The senior operator most Dhaka founders meet after a slow agency burns six months
Search "best mobile app development company in Dhaka" and you get a wall of agencies promising the same thing. Here is what I do differently: I am one senior designer-developer, I quote you the real number on the first call, and the person who pitches the app is the person who ships it. No account manager, no junior bench, no surprise change-orders. About five years of work, projects starting at 50,000 BDT, 50% advance and 50% at launch.
Solo senior operator | from 50,000 BDT | 50/50 milestones | design-approval guarantee
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Most "top mobile app development company in Dhaka" lists are paid placements or copies of each other. The ranking that matters to you is private: which shop will return your WhatsApp on day 47 when a bKash callback breaks, which one will tell you a feature is a bad idea instead of billing for it, and which one ships within the quarter you planned around. Those are uncomfortable questions for a sales team in a Gulshan office. They are easy questions for me, because if I get one of them wrong, my next client hears about it.
I am RH Fardin, a Dhaka-based website designer and developer running solo for about five years. Mobile app projects are a smaller slice of what I do than websites, and I am upfront about that: if you need a native iOS + Android app with offline sync, custom maps, and real-time chat for 100k users on day one, you should hire a 12-person team. If you need a tight, well-built MVP, a Progressive Web App, a hybrid app wrapping a strong web product, or a marketing companion app where design and conversion matter more than raw engineering scale, that is exactly the territory where a senior solo beats an agency on speed, price and quality.
Here is the honest comparison I tell founders. A typical Dhaka mobile app agency quote starts around 2 to 4 lakh BDT and climbs fast because you are paying for layers: a sales lead, an account manager, a project manager, two juniors who do the work, a senior who occasionally reviews. With me, that stack collapses. My website projects start at 50,000 BDT, my standard tiers run 50,000 / 90,000 / 1,50,000 BDT, and serious custom work, which most apps fall under, starts at 3,00,000 BDT. You pay for one senior brain, not for everyone the agency has to feed.
What I will not do is pretend to be the best at everything. If your project needs a native Swift specialist, a React Native engineer with five years of production apps, or a backend team running Kubernetes, I will tell you on the first call and point you somewhere honest. The reason I rank well for "best mobile app development company in Dhaka" in the conversations that matter is not because I claim to be the biggest. It is because the people who hired me tell other founders, "talk to him first, he will tell you the truth about your idea before he takes your money."
Forget the standard "why us" grid. Here is what separates a good Dhaka mobile app build from the agency-shaped disaster you have heard about from friends.
When the bKash sandbox returns a weird error at 11pm before launch, you call me, not a ticket queue. The person who built it is the person who fixes it, in the same hour.
I will tell you on the first 20-minute call whether your idea is a real app, a PWA, or a website with a good mobile UX. Most Dhaka founders are quoted for the wrong thing and pay twice.
bKash, Nagad, Rocket, SSLCommerz, AamarPay — I have wired these into live products and know exactly which one fails on which carrier. No "we will figure it out in sprint 3".
Most of your users are on mid-range Androids with 4G that drops in CNG rides. I design and test for that reality, not a MacBook in a quiet conference room.
You get one number on the quote, 50% advance via bank or bKash, 50% on launch. No "out of scope" emails, no padded hours, no surprise invoice on the day you go live.
We do not write a single line of production code until you sign off the mobile design in Figma. If the design never lands right, you can walk away with your advance for design work used.
Almost every Dhaka founder asking for an app actually needs one of three things: a Progressive Web App that installs from Chrome and feels native, a hybrid Flutter or React Native app wrapping a clean web product, or a full native build. The agencies that show up first in Google rarely ask which one you need — they quote the full native build because that is the largest invoice.
I will tell you the truth: about 70% of the "app" briefs that land in my inbox would launch faster, cost a third as much, and convert better as a PWA backed by a strong responsive web product. The remaining 30% genuinely need a native or hybrid app, and for those I am clear about whether I am the right person for the engineering scale you need.
If you are evaluating Dhaka app shops side by side, ask each of them four questions before you sign anything. One, who exactly writes the code — the person in the meeting or someone you will never meet? Two, what is the fixed all-in price in BDT, not USD, with bKash and bank-transfer terms? Three, what happens if a payment gateway changes its API mid-project, who absorbs that cost? Four, can I see a live URL of something you built that handles real Bangladeshi users today?
The shops that answer those four cleanly are your real shortlist. The ones that pivot to "we will send a proposal" are selling you a process, not a product. I answer all four on the first call, in writing if you want.
Clear packages, fixed quotes, paid in BDT. Pick a starting point — I'll tailor the exact scope on a quick call.
Every project starts at ৳50,000
A sharp, credible site that makes the right first impression and brings enquiries.
Books a 15-min call · fixed BDT quote · 50/50 · hosting extra
A full, professional site that ranks and converts for a growing business.
Books a 15-min call · fixed BDT quote · 50/50 · hosting extra
An online store built to sell and scale.
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Need something bigger? Custom & enterprise builds from ৳3,00,000. Pay by bKash, Nagad, bank transfer or card. Ask for an exact price or send an email.
The questions Dhaka founders actually ask me in the first call, answered straight.
My honest range: a PWA or simple hybrid wrapper starts at 1,50,000 BDT. A proper custom hybrid app with bKash, Nagad, auth and a dashboard starts at 3,00,000 BDT. Anything resembling a full native production app from a real Dhaka team realistically lands between 4 and 12 lakh BDT, and I will tell you upfront if your project needs that scale and a bigger team. Anyone in Dhaka quoting you 25,000 BDT for "a Play Store app" is selling you a broken WebView.
I am not claiming I am the best for every project — I am claiming I am the best fit for a specific kind of buyer. If you are a founder, SME owner or marketing lead who wants a senior to actually do the work, talk to you directly, ship on time and quote one fixed number, a solo senior beats a mid-tier agency every time. If you need a team of 15 building a fintech super-app, hire a larger studio. I will tell you which one you are on the first call.
Most of what I ship is Progressive Web Apps and Flutter or React Native hybrid builds, because that is where the ROI lives for 80% of Dhaka clients. For pure native Swift or Kotlin work I either bring in a vetted specialist on contract or I send you to a team that does native daily. I do not pretend to be a native iOS shop just to win the project.
A PWA or simple hybrid: 3 to 5 weeks from advance to launch. A custom hybrid app with payments and dashboard: 8 to 12 weeks. Full custom builds: 12 weeks and up, scoped sprint by sprint. I do not start the timer until your advance clears and you have signed off the design in Figma, which usually takes the first 7 to 10 days.
Yes. 50% advance, 50% on launch, all in BDT. Advance goes through bank transfer, bKash, or Nagad — whichever is easier for you. I send a tax invoice. No USD invoices, no PayPal headaches, no "convert at today's rate" surprises.
Book a 20-minute call. I will ask what your app actually does, who uses it, and what success looks like in 90 days. By the end of that call you will have a real number, a real timeline and an honest opinion on whether your idea is an app, a PWA or a great mobile website. If I am not the right fit, I will tell you who is. That is the test — anyone who passes it deserves your shortlist.
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