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Freezil is a mobile app development company in Doha, Qatar. We design and build iOS and Android apps — one React Native codebase when that is the right call, native Swift and Kotlin when a project earns it. Arabic and English are handled from the first screen, not retrofitted before launch. Discovery, design, build, store submission and the first thirty days of tuning: one studio, one accountability line.
What we make
App projects rarely fail at the coding stage. They fail at the seams — between design and build, between Arabic and English, between launch and whoever was supposed to maintain it. We hold all of those seams in one studio in Doha.
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Cross-platform from one React Native codebase, which keeps both stores in sync and roughly halves the maintenance bill. Native Swift or Kotlin when performance, hardware or platform features genuinely require it.
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Before anyone writes code: who the app is for, what job it does, and what the first release must contain to be worth shipping. Ends in a scope, a prototype and a price rather than an open-ended retainer.
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Screens designed against real device constraints and real content. A design system your app and your website can share, so the brand does not fracture across platforms.
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Full right-to-left layout, Arabic typography that is set rather than auto-flipped, and locale-aware dates, numerals and currency. Both languages are first-class from screen one.
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Authentication, roles, push notifications, offline behaviour and the database underneath. Built so your app is not one vendor outage away from being unusable.
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We handle review guidelines, store listings, screenshots, privacy declarations and the rejection loop. Store listings written in Arabic and English, because that is where Qatari users search.
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Apps rot faster than websites — OS updates, deprecations and store policy changes arrive whether you budgeted for them or not. Optional care plans cover updates, monitoring and release management.
App development
The usual Qatari app story goes like this: a low quote from an offshore team, a build that demos well, an Arabic version that is a mirrored screenshot, and then nobody answers when iOS updates break the login. We build mobile apps in Doha — same timezone, same working week, and a team you can sit with. Arabic and English are architected in from the first screen. You own the source code, the repository and the store listings outright, so you are never renting access to your own product. And because our web and mobile teams share one design system, an app and a website commissioned together cost less and ship more consistently than two vendors ever manage.
Proof
Products and platforms we shipped.
Georgetown Qatar
ISMAHA programme platform
QPlastics
Corporate site + tender portal
PassTo
Fintech launch site
Kulud Pharmacies
Marketing site
Beema
Bilingual marketing site
Freezil
Yes — this site too
How we work
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The job the app does, the users it does it for, and the shortest first release worth shipping. Platform decision — cross-platform or native — is made here, with the reasoning written down.
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Every screen and every state mapped in both languages, then a clickable prototype you can put in front of real users before the expensive part starts.
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High-fidelity screens in Figma with an Arabic RTL mirror, built on a shared design system so your app and website stay recognisably the same brand.
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Two-week cycles with a real build on your own device at the end of each one. You use the app as it grows instead of reading status reports about it.
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Real-device testing across iOS and Android, accessibility and performance passes, then store listings, privacy declarations and the review process handled end to end.
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Thirty days of crash monitoring, analytics review and fast fixes after release — the window where most apps quietly lose the users they just acquired.
Recent work
FAQ
Scope decides it, and a fixed number quoted before discovery is a number someone intends to renegotiate later. A focused single-purpose app, a customer app with accounts and payments, and a platform with a full backend are very different builds. We scope in discovery and give you a fixed price before development starts.
Typically 12–20 weeks for a native mobile app from discovery to store approval, and less for a focused first release. Store review itself adds days, not weeks, provided the submission is prepared properly — which is where inexperienced teams lose a month.
Most business apps should be cross-platform. One React Native codebase keeps iOS and Android in step and roughly halves ongoing maintenance. We recommend native Swift or Kotlin when a project genuinely needs heavy graphics, deep hardware access or platform-specific features — and we explain which case you are in rather than defaulting to whichever we prefer.
Yes, and properly. Right-to-left layout is architected from the first screen rather than mirrored at the end, Arabic type is set by people who read it, and dates, numerals and currency follow the locale. Bilingual is our default, not an add-on line item.
Yes — store listings, screenshots, privacy declarations, review guidelines and the rejection loop if one happens. Listings are written in Arabic and English, since that is how Qatari users actually search the stores.
You do. Full source, full commercial rights, your own repository, and store listings published under your own developer account so you are never locked out of your own product.
Thirty days of crash monitoring, analytics review and fast fixes are included. After that, an optional care plan covers OS updates, store policy changes, security patches and new releases. Apps decay faster than websites, so this is a real budget line rather than an upsell.
Yes, and it is meaningfully cheaper and faster when we do. One team, one shared design system, one Arabic and English content model, one accountability line — instead of two vendors blaming each other about an API.
Often, yes. We audit the codebase, the store accounts and the backend first and tell you honestly whether it is worth continuing or whether a rebuild costs less than the rescue. We will say so when the answer is rebuild.
Yes — Stripe alongside local Qatari providers including Dibsy and QPay, plus the CRM and marketing tools you already run, such as HubSpot, Salesforce and Mailchimp. Every integration is documented.
Offshore quotes look cheaper until the rebuild. The recurring failures are weak Arabic RTL, timezone lag during launch week, and nobody accountable when an OS update breaks sign-in. We are in Doha, bilingual by default, and still reachable after the invoice is paid.
Yes where the product calls for it. Offline behaviour, background sync and push notifications are designed in during discovery rather than bolted on, because retrofitting offline support into a finished app is close to a rewrite.
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