Welcome To The Clear App Development

Have you ever found yourself sitting in your office, with a stack of papers to be reviewed and ink smudged all over your right palm and thought, “There has to be a better, more STREAMLINED way to do all this.”? Maybe you:

• Direct a school
• Manage a healthcare center
• Lead an army of salesmen (and women!)
• Run a construction company
• Or any other business that has a number of employees working away from the typical desk job

The old method was that any paperwork, hours to be logged, or signatures to be signed would need to be processed manually. Or maybe your employees would have to log on to the company website with their tiny little phones, zoom in on the text fields and fill it out there.

All of these small inconveniences pile up over time to waste about 6 weeks of work per employee, per year.

You deserve better, and that’s why you’re here today. With over 30 years of combined developing experience, our private team of developers and designers will help you create the perfect mobile solution, so that you can have MORE time, MORE productivity, and BETTER management systems that will put you head and shoulders above your competition.

So scroll down to the next section to find out HOW we will carefully bring your app idea to life.

The Howfrom start to finish in detail

If you’re tired of wading through the flood of mobile app companies with vague websites that tell you virtually NOTHING about their design process, you can finally hang up that raincoat and dry off those rubber boots. Because by the time you reach the end of this landing page you will know exactly what you’ll be getting from us, so that you can sit back and relax knowing that your app is being coded under the highest standards and procedures.

We make apps specifically designed to help your business run faster, smoother, and more efficiently – and we do this through our four carefully crafted stages:

Strategy

Every last feature of your app planned out, together.

Design

A gorgeous UI that actually makes sense.

Develop

Each prototype delivered fast and tested hard.

Update

Done so app can grow with your business.

Now lets take a closer look…

Strategy

A good business strategy is the key factor to a successful business. Likewise, our unique strategy to developing your app is absolutely key to the success of your soon-to-be mobile solution – and we’re excited to share it with you. Our primary question during this stage is: “How can we make this app have plenty of useful features but be SO clear and SO straightforward that a monkey could use it?”.

If you’ve called already and you’re wondering when our strategy sessions are going to start, you’re in luck! They’ve already started. The Strategy Stage starts immediately when we get on our initial Skype/call to talk about your project (so if you haven’t done so already, shoot us your email at the top of the screen!). This first strategy session is a part of four total sections we call Phases, starting with Phase 0:

Phase 0 – The Initial Session

We listen to everything you need to tell us – from the app idea, to your company’s needs, down to all the features you want in the app. We do this for at least 1 hour to sufficiently understand everything we need to know to make you a wireframe, which will be a basic, clickable version of your app. You’ll be sent a link to this app so that you can play with it on your computer. If you don’t quite have a clear idea of what you want in the app, not to worry. We’ll talk you through everything and come to a solution together.

Phase 1 – The One Key Function

From there, we’ll have a friendly second call. After taking in your thoughts and input on the first wireframe, we’ll dig much deeper into the app’s functionalities. In Phase 1, we first clearly define what the One Key Function of your app should be. What is the BIGGEST purpose of your app? We want this One Key Function to be the focal point of your app, with the remaining features blossoming neatly around it – so that none of your employees will ever be confused again.

Phase 2 – The Secondary Functions

Then comes Phase 2: Secondary Functions. We find out what the top supporting features are that will give this app its power and flexibility. How do we do this? Why, through an age old method called Company Analysis. We learn everything about your company, what your industry is like, what your needs are, and where you want your business to scale from here on out. This will yield a big list of possible features to put into the app. Usually there are too many. We help you pick the highest priority features and order the rest based off importance.

Phase 3 – The Tertiary Functions

Finally we add the final features; the things that will spice up the app to specifically fit your business like a glove. We do a Competitor Analysis on other similar apps on the market, taking note on any features we might have missed, and add them to our big list of potential features. From there, we discuss with you which final features to put in and which to leave out. This is perhaps the most pivotal part of the Strategy Stage – what to leave out. Many a good app has been cast into the pit of confusing UX and stuffy UI by designers who don’t understand proper app design. No, no, no. Not on our watch. We pride ourselves in designing the smoothest, crystal clear apps that will get your employees reaching maximal efficiency.

And since we’re already talking about it, let’s move on to the Design Stage!

Design

For us, designing your app isn’t just drawing pretty little pictures. It’s also the place where we help you display all those great features from the Strategy Stage. Every workplace has its unique style, and your business is no different. We design your app to fit your own personal style so that when your workers click on your app’s icon, they do it with a smile.

Eye candy aside, the Design Stage is also where we figure out where each feature should be. How can we position the features of your app so that one feature leads to the next in a clear, natural way? Let’s take a look.

Phase 0 – The Initial Wireframe

Just like the Strategy Stage, Phase 0 of the Design stage starts right when you pick up the phone during our first call. After getting down your initial idea, we hit the labs and create a rough sketch that we turn into a page-by-page clickable wireframe (don’t worry, you won’t be billed for it – it’s on us). This will give you a basic visualization of how your app might look, so that you can have fun clicking through it and getting a clearer idea of what you like and don’t like.

Phase 1 – The Revised Wireframe

Once all four phases of the Strategy Stage is done, we completely rebuild the wireframe based on your notes and our list of features. You’ll get to see where each feature fits into the puzzle, and revise it until it’s exactly how you’ve dreamed it to be. You can even send this version to your employees to get input and feedback on its User Experience (UX).

Phase 2 – The Mock-up

This is a beautifully constructed mock-up of your app, with all artwork photoshopped to near perfection. This is a really exciting point for many of our clients – when you look into this clickable mock-up, you can really see how your app is going to look! Like the last phase, we invite you to send this to your employees to get suggestions, this time on its User Interface (UI).

Phase 3 – The Final Design

Pixel-perfect, stunning designs are delivered that will make you drool, and are sized precisely to each phone size. You can click through each button and flip from one beautiful screen to the next to your heart’s content. The only thing thats missing is… the functionality.

So without further ado, let’s head over to that stage now!

Clear App Development was fantastic and a pleasure to work with on this project. I am looking forward to working with them again in the near future for two other projects. Excellent knowledge, thorough and professional!

Timothy, Publisher of Daytripper Detroit

Development

Ah, the development stage. The reason why you’re here. The reason why we’re both here, really. If Strategy was the heart of the app and Design was the face, Development is the brain. And like any brain, it’s very easy to develop it the wrong way in its early childhood. Many businesses will receive an app that looks fine on the outside, but under the hood is a giant tangle of unmaintainable code. This ends up causing MASSIVE problems later down the line. You don’t want that.

Thankfully, everyone in our team is a smart, degree-holding expert in our respective fields, and we follow a set procedure in developing your app step by step. We place particular emphasis on testing each model before moving on to the next, so that you can rest assured any problems that arise can be identified with pinpoint accuracy.

The Alpha Model

Remember the One Key Function? Yeah. That’s going right in here. In this model, both the One Key Function and ALL the Secondary Functions will be done. And we’re going to do one thing once they are – vigorously test these features to ensure that the speed, reliability, and security of the app is top notch. We then give it to you to test, because we want to hear any concerns or inputs you or your company members may have.

The Beta Model

All Tertiary Functions and remaining features will be implemented here. At this point, the app functions 100% correctly. It may be missing some of the artwork from our Final Design, but every feature we’ve planned out is fully functional, scalable, and works like a charm. But we don’t pat ourselves on the back just yet, because a very pivotal part of the Beta Model happens now – the Beta Testing. We open the app up to anyone you wish, and stress test the hell out of it. This is the best way to find any bugs that may exist and squash them before they can lay eggs.

The Final Model

Finally, we arrive at the finish line. Launch time is coming, and we’re waiting there, right on time (or a little early!). All graphics and splash art for the app are completed here, a landing page is set up if you wanted one, and finishing touches to the app are painted on. Congratulations! You can now reap the benefits of having the most clear, efficient, and productive app in your entire industry. Our work here is done… or is it?

Scroll down to see how we keep your app updated to the standards of tomorrow!

Great work! We have been working together for several months and are extremely excited about the quality of work provided! They’re honest, an expert in their field, communicates great and is very flexible! Highly recommended!

Angel, Owner of Viooz

Update

We promise you a bug free, powerful mobile application solution to your business needs. But as with any piece of software, it must grow with you… or die.

Lucky for you, we’re here to stay.

Apple comes out with a new update for their phones every couple months. Google does the same. You’re going to want your app to do so as well, or you might face some pretty lame compatibility issues. But don’t worry, we’ll maintain your app even after it’s left our shop.

Or maybe you have a new idea or feature for the app that you’re just dying to implement. We can help you with that too. In fact, we anticipated it. Back in the Alpha Model of the Development Stage, we did something that virtually no other development company does…

…we preemptively structured the code to account for possible new features in the future..!!

Aha! So there was a reason why we spent so much time in the Strategy Stage building that big fat list of features.

By analyzing similarities your Feature List, we can anticipate what kind of new features might benefit your app, and position the code to scale maximally into the future.

We call this The Clairvoyance Method, and we apply it to every one of our apps – including yours.

Keep this a secret for us though – It’s kind of our hidden USP – veiled in the depths of this website for only those who are truly intrigued.

But enough of this secrecy, it’s time to lay down some stats!

Enterprise apps boost worker productivity by more then 34% – That’s about 6 weeks of work per year, per employee.

The Truth

The truth is that although we would love to help out everybody, we’re still a pretty small company. We like to keep it that way, so that we can offer the exclusive service of personal communication with each and every client we work with.

Unfortunately, that also makes our availability quite limited. We only take on a few projects at a time so that we can focus on providing work of the highest quality.

We’ve had to turn away a number of clients in the past because of this, so we hope you understand if this is the case for you.

Give us a call anyway though, because at the very least we can help you clarify your app idea and give you a free wireframe to further your process. It doesn’t matter if you don’t end up working with us – getting you to was never our main focus.

Our main focus has and always will be GIVING VALUE.

We believe that giving value is simply a skill, and we want to keep our ability to give value to the world as sharp as can be.

We believe that every great leader the world has ever seen had the SKILL of giving value at a top-notch level.

It’s simply a prerequisite to becoming successful on a large scale.

And that’s why we’d be happy to help you out, no matter how full our schedule is…

…just take it and go help someone else!

Clear App Development was able to deliver my project on time and with excellent results. The professionalism and communication between us was excellent! They were always available to Skype and talk about how to improve the designs and performance. They were engaged and made sure they understood what my needs were and excelled in them. Their skills and delivery for each milestone were very well done. Their explanation and detail to work shows that Clear App Development can absolutely design, build, and deliver a product to exactly what I have envisioned. Will I work with Clear App Development again? Absolutely and very soon!