App developers in Cape Town. From idea to the App Store in 6 weeks.

BluShift is an app development company in Cape Town. We help founders launch mobile MVPs on a fixed scope and price, and help operations teams automate manual work.

Cape Town office

28 Bradwell Road, 8001

contact@blu-shift.co.za

Meet us in person or on a call.

Two ways we work

One studio. Apps for founders, automation for enterprise.

The same senior team and the same low-code-first approach. Pick the page that matches your problem. Each one has the scope, the timeline and the price.

Startups

Startups: MVP & App Development

You have an idea and a limited runway. We design, build and launch a real mobile app on iOS and Android, at a fixed scope and a fixed price.

Flutter and FlutterFlow apps from a single codebase
Supabase or Firebase backend, PayFast or Ozow payments
You own the code, the accounts and the store listings

The 6-Week FlutterFlow MVP Sprint

R180,000 – R250,000

MVP & app development →

Enterprise

Enterprise: Automation & Modernization

Your teams lose hours to manual, repeatable work. We automate it on the Microsoft licences you already pay for, inside your governance and audit process.

Power Automate workflows with approval gates and audit logs
Power BI dashboards on live data, not last month’s export
Custom web and mobile apps where the platform runs out

Automation Audit & Proof-of-Concept

R35,000 – R50,000

Enterprise automation →

Startup apps

Pet rewards

Patter

A rewards platform that turns pet-care goals into habits.

Read the story →

Yacht crew recruitment

SeaMe

Matching yacht crews with vessels, from the dock to the deck.

Read the story →

Learn-to-earn

Master.it

An education platform that pays learners to finish what they start.

Case study coming soon

Loyalty

BlitzBar

A loyalty app for a smoothie bar that regulars actually open.

Case study coming soon

“They told us what wouldn’t work before we paid for it. That honesty saved us months.”
Andrew Smart · Boxzero

“We had a working prototype in front of clinicians inside two weeks.”
Dr Craig Nossel · Carenomix

Enterprise automation

26h → 8h

Process automation

26 hours of manual work, automated in 8.

Global fast-food chain

→

4 → 1

Sales operations

Four disconnected sales workflows unified into one console.

Global energy company

→

100%

Compliance automation

Compliance workflows that used to live in inboxes now run themselves.

Professional services

→

Why work with app developers in Cape Town

Same time zone, in-person workshops

No hand-off delays, and a whiteboard session when you want one.

South African payments and compliance experience

PayFast, Ozow and POPIA are part of how we build, not an afterthought.

Fixed rand pricing

Quoted and invoiced in rand — no exchange-rate risk on a fixed-scope package.

FAQ

Questions from Cape Town founders and teams

Do you work with Cape Town founders in person?

Yes — our Cape Town office runs workshops and reviews in person as well as on calls.

How fast can a Cape Town founder launch an MVP?

The 6-Week FlutterFlow MVP Sprint takes you from kickoff to the App Store in 6 weeks, fixed scope and price.

Do you invoice in rand?

Yes, all packages are quoted and invoiced in South African rand.

Start here · no cost, no obligation

Building or automating something in Cape Town? Start with 45 minutes.

Free 45-Minute Software Architecture & Automation Assessment

We reply within one business day to set a time.

What you leave with

01A straight answer on feasibilityWhether it can be built, on what stack, and what we would cut from version one.
02A realistic timeline and budget rangeMapped to a fixed-scope package where one fits, so there are no surprises later.
03A recommended architectureFlutterFlow, custom Flutter or Power Platform, and how it connects to what you already run.