Most people searching for a mobile app development company in Chittagong have a phone full of half-finished APKs from a freelancer who vanished. That is the problem I fix.
I am RH Fardin, a one-person studio that designs, builds and ships mobile apps for Chattogram businesses. Restaurants and cloud kitchens off GEC want their own ordering app instead of losing 30% to foodpanda. Trading houses and C&F agents around Agrabad need an order or shipment app their buyers will use. I also build for retailers, gyms, clinics and delivery startups. I do the discovery, Figma design, code, bKash and Nagad setup, and store submission myself. Pricing starts at 50,000 BDT, paid 50/50, with the full design approved before coding.
Senior solo operator, about 5 years building for the BD market. Design approved in writing before code. Direct on WhatsApp, with bKash, Nagad or bank transfer.
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Almost everyone who contacts a mobile app development company in Chittagong like mine is on their second or third try. The first round was a freelancer from a Facebook group who quoted 25,000 taka. He sent a few screens that looked fine and took the advance. Then he went quiet at the hard part: payments, login, push alerts and Play Store approval.
What is left is an APK that crashes on a Redmi. There is no source code, no Apple account and no idea where the back-end lives. That is not a price problem. It is a finishing problem. It is the most common reason a Chattogram business looks for a real mobile app development company chittagong owners can trust to ship the whole job.
Here is what makes the brief specific to this city. Chattogram money is trade, food and retail, and almost none of it touches a desktop. Your customer is on a mid-range Android, like a Redmi, a Realme or an older Samsung. The 4G connection drops between Agrabad and the port.
Take a restaurant near GEC that wants its own ordering app. The real fight is not the design. It is whether bKash and Nagad checkout works on a cheap phone. It is whether the app is small enough to install over patchy data, and whether the kitchen actually gets the order.
A trading firm with a buyer app has a different test. Can a sourcing office abroad open it and see real shipment status, not a spinner? An app that only works on a flagship phone and office WiFi has not solved anything. Building for the real device and the real network is the whole job here.
When you hire me, no project manager forwards your messages. No junior you never meet writes the code that handles your customers' money. I run the discovery call and the screen-by-screen flow. I build the Figma prototype you tap through before anything is coded. I write the front-end, the back-end and the payment setup. I also stay with your Play Store and App Store submission until it is live.
One senior operator, about five years building for the Bangladesh market, and one WhatsApp thread for the whole project. That single line of accountability is why a solo studio finishes apps that agencies and freelancers leave at 80%. There is no one to hand the painful last 20% to, so it gets done.
I will be straight about money, because app pricing shocks most Chittagong founders. My floor is 50,000 BDT for a focused, single-purpose app on one platform, not a full Uber clone. 90,000 BDT adds user accounts, bKash or Nagad, push alerts and an admin panel. 1,50,000 BDT covers order management, roles, and Android plus iOS from one codebase. Live tracking, multiple user types or marketplace logic start from 3,00,000 BDT. Always 50% advance and 50% on launch, by bKash, Nagad or bank.
These six things separate an app that ships and survives from an APK that dies in the Play Store queue. They are how I work from the 50,000 BDT tier, not premium extras.
The person you brief on the first call designs the screens, writes the code, connects payments and ships the app. No salesman-to-junior handoff that loses how your business really runs.
Mobile payment built in and tested on a real cheap Android, not just demoed once. Your customer pays by bKash or Nagad, the way every Chattogram buyer expects. Failure cases are handled, not ignored.
I take the app through Google Play and App Store submission myself. That covers the store listing, icons, privacy policy and the review back-and-forth. The last 20% kills most freelancer projects, and I own it to the end.
Tested on mid-range Redmi, Realme and older Samsung phones on real 4G between Agrabad and the port, not just my own phone on office WiFi. A small install size and a smooth screen on a slow phone.
Where it fits, one codebase ships both Play Store and App Store apps. You don't pay twice or get stuck on Android only. I scope the right approach to your budget honestly, not as a default upsell.
Source code, back-end and store accounts are handed over in your name at launch, in one document. No lock-in and no developer holding your APK hostage. Most local freelancers quietly fail this test.
The hardest talk I have with Chattogram founders is about scope, so let me have it here. Someone describes an app like Pathao or daraz, with live tracking, thousands of products, riders, many logins and a wallet. Then they ask if 50,000 taka covers it. It does not. A developer who says yes plans to vanish with the advance or ship something that breaks in week one.
A real app is not one thing. It is a front-end, a back-end, a database, payments, an admin panel, push alerts and a live store listing. Each one is genuine work. So my tiers are honest. 50,000 BDT buys a focused app. 90,000 BDT adds accounts, bKash or Nagad and an admin panel. 1,50,000 BDT gives a fuller product on Android and iOS. Tracking, marketplace or logistics logic starts from 3,00,000 BDT. What the app must do sets the number.
Here is advice that usually saves founders money. Do not build the full vision in version one. The restaurant off GEC does not need a loyalty engine and a rider network on day one. It needs a clean ordering app with bKash checkout that the kitchen receives, live in weeks and earning before next season. The trading firm does not need a full marketplace. It needs a buyer app that shows real order and shipment status without a desktop.
Start with the version that solves the one costly problem. Get it live with real Chattogram customers on their real phones. Then spend the next budget on what that usage proves you need. A small app that ships and earns beats a big app stuck forever in a Figma file. Send me your idea and one line on who it is for. Within a day, I will tell you which tier fits and what version one should be.
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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The questions Chattogram founders actually open with on WhatsApp, starting with the one everyone asks first.
It starts at 50,000 BDT for a focused app on one platform, like a menu or catalogue with an order flow. 90,000 BDT adds accounts, bKash or Nagad, push alerts and an admin panel. 1,50,000 BDT adds order management, roles, and Android plus iOS from one codebase. Live tracking, many user types or marketplace logic start from 3,00,000 BDT. Pay 50% upfront and 50% on launch. A 20,000 taka quote for a payment app buys an app that never finishes. Ask who ships it and who holds the source code.
Judge the work, not the headcount. Many Chattogram agencies win the pitch with a senior face. Then a junior with under two years of experience builds your app. Freelancers often vanish at the hard part. With me, the senior you brief designs, codes, adds payments and ships every screen. The honest trade-off: I take a few app projects at a time, and I don't run a 24-hour helpdesk. But I finish each app properly, from payments to store approval and handover. So a solo operator can be the safer choice.
Yes. For the Chattogram market, that is not optional. It is the whole point. From the 90,000 BDT tier, I add bKash and Nagad so your customers pay the way they already pay for everything. I test it on a real mid-range Android, not just in a one-time demo. I also handle the failure cases, like a dropped connection, a timeout or a cancelled payment. On Chittagong 4G those happen. An app that loses an order when the network blinks loses the customer.
Yes. Getting it published is part of the job, not an extra you chase later. I prepare the store listing, icons, screenshots and privacy policy. I submit to Google Play and the Apple App Store. Then I handle the review back-and-forth until the app is live and not rejected. The accounts are set up in your name and handed to you, so you own the listing. This last 20% is where most Chattogram freelancer projects die. It is the part I own to the end.
For most Chattogram businesses, I am honest from the start. Your customers are mostly on Android phones like Redmi, Realme and Samsung. So if budget is tight, an Android-first app gets you live and earning faster. Sometimes iOS matters, like for a premium brand, overseas buyers or a founder set on both. Then I build one codebase that ships to the Play Store and App Store. That is the 1,50,000 BDT tier. I will tell you what fits your audience, not default to the pricier answer.
Sometimes, and I will be honest after I look. Send me what you have: the code, the APK, the back-end details and the store account if there is one. If the old work is clean and you own the source, I can often continue it and save you money. But many abandoned Chattogram apps come with no source code, a tangled back-end or no Apple account. Then a proper rebuild is cheaper and faster than untangling it. Either way, you get a straight answer within a day.
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