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Web apps

Web app development
past what a website can do.

At some point a business outgrows pages. You need accounts, permissions, recurring billing, a dashboard that shows the real numbers, and logic that no page builder will ever handle. That is a different discipline from web design, and it is one we practise on our own products.

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What usually goes wrong

Three problems
we see every time.

01

Your operation runs on spreadsheets and goodwill

Most businesses reach a point where the spreadsheet that got them here becomes the thing holding them back, usually around the time more than two people need it at once.

02

Off-the-shelf software almost fits

Almost is expensive. Teams end up paying per seat for a tool they fight against, then paying again in the manual workarounds that develop around it.

03

You have been quoted a number with no scope behind it

Vague quotes are how software projects go wrong. What you need first is a written scope and a phased plan, not a six-figure figure with a handshake.

What we build

Web App Development,
built the way it should be.

Accounts, roles and permissions

Authentication, user roles and access control built properly from the start, because retrofitting permissions later is where budgets go to die.

Subscriptions and billing

Recurring plans, upgrades, proration and failed-payment handling, wired to a real payment processor rather than a manual invoice process.

Dashboards and admin panels

The internal tooling your team runs the business from, which is usually the part that determines whether the product actually gets used.

Business logic, not just screens

The rules that make the product yours: workflows, entitlements, scheduling, scoring, whatever the operation actually depends on.

Every build includes
  • SEO-friendly structure
  • Mobile-first, works on every device
  • Fast load times
  • Clean, accessible code
  • Analytics & tracking set up from day one
  • A design system built around your brand

See it built

Not a mockup.
A working site.

Every build below is live and clickable. Except where marked as an actual site, these are concept builds for fictional businesses, created to show what a real business in this industry could have.

cultiv8hub.com
Cultiv8Hub website built by StoryNova

Cultiv8Hub

SaaS platform + AI mentor product

A leadership platform with subscriptions, an AI mentor and a member dashboard.

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Questions

Asked and answered.

How is this different from a website project?

A website persuades a visitor. A web app serves a logged-in user doing work. Different architecture, different testing burden, different timeline, and a meaningfully different budget. We will tell you early which one your idea actually needs, and sometimes the honest answer is that a good website plus an existing tool solves it for a fraction of the cost.

What does a web app cost?

Far more variable than a website, which is why we scope before quoting. The first step is a paid discovery: a written scope, a phased plan and a real number. That way you own the specification whether or not you build it with us.

Can you take over an existing codebase?

Often yes. We start with a short audit of what exists, then tell you honestly whether it is worth extending or whether continuing to patch it will cost more than rebuilding the core.

Have you actually shipped one?

Cultiv8Hub is ours: subscriptions, an AI mentor with persistent memory, assessments, member dashboards and a multilingual content library, live and running in production. It is linked above, and you are welcome to poke at it.

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Want to see it
before you commit?

Send us your current site and we will build one full sample page free, in less than a week, so you can see exactly what we would do differently. Starting from scratch? Let's get on a call to understand your business, and we'll come back with a site plan and single page within a week.

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