The senior builder 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. They all promise the same thing, so here is what I do differently: I am one senior designer and developer. I quote you the real number on the first call. The person who pitches the app is the same person who ships it. No account manager, no junior bench, no surprise change orders. I have about five years of work behind me. Projects start at 50,000 BDT, with 50% advance and 50% at launch.
Solo senior builder | from 50,000 BDT | 50/50 milestones | design-approval guarantee
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Most lists of the best mobile app development company in Dhaka are paid placements, and many are copies of each other. The ranking that matters to you is private. Which shop will answer 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 hard questions for a sales team in a Gulshan office. They are easy questions for me. If I get one of them wrong, my next client hears about it. That is how a top mobile app development company in Dhaka should earn its name.
I am RH Fardin, a website designer and developer. I have worked solo for about five years, and I work with businesses across Dhaka. Mobile apps are a smaller slice of my work than websites, and I am upfront about that. Do you need native iOS and Android apps with offline sync, custom maps and real-time chat for 100k users on day one? Then you should hire a 12-person team.
But maybe you need a tight, well-built MVP. Or a Progressive Web App, or a hybrid app that wraps a strong web product. Or a marketing companion app where design and conversion matter more than raw engineering scale. That is exactly where a senior solo beats an agency. I win on speed, price and quality.
Here is the honest comparison I give founders. A typical Dhaka mobile app agency quote starts around 2 to 4 lakh BDT. It climbs fast because you pay for layers: a sales lead, an account manager and a project manager. Two juniors do the work, and a senior reviews it now and then. With me, that whole stack collapses.
My website projects start at 50,000 BDT. My standard tiers run 50,000, 90,000 and 1,50,000 BDT. Serious custom work starts at 3,00,000 BDT, and most apps fall into that group. You pay for one senior brain. You do not pay to feed everyone the agency employs.
What I will not do is pretend to be the best at everything. Maybe your project needs a native Swift specialist. Maybe it needs a React Native engineer with five years of production apps, or a backend team running Kubernetes. If so, I will tell you on the first call and point you somewhere honest.
I am not the biggest name in mobile app development in Dhaka, and I do not claim to be. People recommend me for a different reason. The founders 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 disaster your friends warned you about.
Say the bKash sandbox throws a strange 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.
On the first 20-minute call, I will tell you what your idea really is. It might be a real app, a PWA, or a website with a good mobile UX. Most Dhaka founders get quoted for the wrong thing and pay twice.
bKash, Nagad, Rocket, SSLCommerz and AamarPay: I have wired all of these into live products. I know which one fails on which carrier. You will never hear "we will figure it out in sprint 3" from me.
Most of your users are on mid-range Android phones, and their 4G drops during CNG rides. I design and test for that reality, not for a MacBook in a quiet conference room.
You get one number on the quote. You pay 50% advance by bank or bKash, and 50% on launch. No "out of scope" emails, no padded hours, and no surprise invoice on the day you go live.
I do not write one line of production code until you sign off the mobile design in Figma. If the design never lands right, you can walk away. Your advance covers only the design work used.
Almost every Dhaka founder who asks for an app needs one of three things. The first is a Progressive Web App that installs from Chrome and feels native. The second is a hybrid Flutter or React Native app that wraps a clean web product. The third is a full native build. The agencies at the top of Google rarely ask which one you need. They quote the full native build, because that is the largest invoice.
Here is the truth. About 70% of the "app" briefs in my inbox would do better as a PWA backed by a strong responsive website. They would launch faster, cost a third as much and convert better. The other 30% truly need a native or hybrid app. For those, I tell you clearly whether I am the right person for the engineering scale you need.
Are you comparing mobile app development companies in Dhaka side by side? Ask each one four questions before you sign anything. One: who 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: if a payment gateway changes its API mid-project, who pays for that?
Four: can I see a live URL of something you built that serves real Bangladeshi users today? The shops that answer all four cleanly are your real shortlist. The ones that switch 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
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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 on the first call, answered straight.
Here is my honest range. A PWA or simple hybrid wrapper starts at 1,50,000 BDT. A proper custom hybrid app with bKash, Nagad, login and a dashboard starts at 3,00,000 BDT. A full native production app from a real Dhaka team usually lands between 4 and 12 lakh BDT. I will tell you upfront if your project needs that scale and a bigger team. Anyone in Dhaka quoting 25,000 BDT for "a Play Store app" is selling you a broken WebView.
I do not claim to be the best for every project, only the best fit for one kind of buyer. Maybe you are a founder, SME owner or marketing lead. You want a senior who does the work, talks to you directly, ships on time and quotes one fixed number. For you, 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 hybrid builds in Flutter or React Native. That is where the return on investment lives for 80% of Dhaka clients. For pure native Swift or Kotlin work, I do one of two things. I bring in a vetted specialist on contract, or I send you to a team that does native work every day. I do not pretend to be a native iOS shop just to win the project.
A PWA or simple hybrid app takes 3 to 5 weeks from advance to launch. A custom hybrid app with payments and a dashboard takes 8 to 12 weeks. Full custom builds take 12 weeks and up, scoped sprint by sprint. The timer starts once your advance clears and you sign off the design in Figma. That sign-off usually takes the first 7 to 10 days.
Yes. You pay 50% advance and 50% on launch, all in BDT. The advance goes through bank transfer, bKash or Nagad, whichever is easier for you. I send a tax invoice. No USD invoices, no PayPal headaches, and no "convert at today's rate" surprises.
Book a 20-minute call. I will ask what your app does, who uses it, and what success looks like in 90 days. By the end of that call, you will have a real number and a real timeline. You will also get 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 a place on your shortlist.
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