Mobile app development in Dhaka built for the phones your Dhaka customers actually carry.
I am RH Fardin — a senior website and mobile-first developer in Dhaka. I build progressive web apps (PWAs), mobile-optimised web apps, and hybrid Capacitor builds that install from a link, work on slow GP/Banglalink data, and accept bKash, Nagad and card payments through SSLCOMMERZ. No agency layers, no junior handover — I design, build and ship your app personally, with a 50% advance and 50% on launch. Projects start from 50,000 BDT and the design is approved by you before a single line of production code is written.
Senior solo developer in Dhaka. ~5 years shipping mobile-first web apps and PWAs. 50,000 BDT starting price. 50/50 milestone payments. Design approval before build begins.
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Most app pitches in Dhaka start with a fantasy: "native iOS, native Android, admin panel, delivery rider app, three dashboards — 4,50,000 taka." Six months later the founder is paying for hosting, the rider app crashes on a Symphony phone, and nobody at the agency remembers who wrote the Firebase rules. I built this page because that cycle is the single biggest reason small Dhaka businesses give up on going mobile. There is a faster, cheaper, honest path — and for most local startups, restaurants, clinics, real-estate firms and ecommerce brands, it starts with a mobile-first web app or PWA, not a Play Store listing on day one.
I am a senior website and web-app developer working solo from Dhaka. Roughly five years of building things that have to load on a 4G connection in Dhanmondi traffic and a 3G signal somewhere off the Jamuna bridge. I specialise in mobile-first web apps built with React, Next.js and Tailwind, hybrid wrappers using Capacitor when you genuinely need a Play Store icon, and PWAs that install to the home screen and work offline — the format most Dhaka customers actually convert through.
What you get is one person across discovery, UX, build, payment integration and launch. No relay race between a sales person, an account manager, three juniors and a project coordinator. You message me on WhatsApp, you get me. When the bKash payment gateway throws a weird 1009 error at 11pm, I am the one fixing it, not waiting for a ticket queue.
Pricing is fixed and printed: 50,000 BDT to start a mobile-first web app, 90,000 and 1,50,000 BDT for larger builds with multiple modules, and from 3,00,000 BDT for custom hybrid apps with native shells, admin panels and delivery flows. 50% advance, 50% on launch, in BDT, paid by bKash, Nagad or bank transfer. Design is signed off by you before development starts — if the design doesn't fit, you don't pay for the build.
Six concrete reasons clients in Gulshan, Dhanmondi, Uttara and Bashundhara choose a senior solo build over a 12-page agency proposal.
Every screen is designed at 360px first, then scaled up — because over 85% of your Dhaka traffic is coming from a phone on mobile data, not a desk.
I steer you toward an installable PWA when it suits the use case, so you skip the 25 USD Play Store fee, App Store reviews, and a 6-week native build cycle.
Direct integration with bKash Tokenized Checkout, Nagad and SSLCOMMERZ. Real test merchant accounts, real failure handling — not just a "contact us" button.
Lazy-loaded images, skeleton states and offline fallbacks tuned for actual Banglalink and Robi network conditions, not a Cloudflare-perfect San Francisco lab.
The person who scopes the app writes the code and pushes the build. No sales-to-junior gap where your requirements quietly disappear.
If you do not need native iOS, I will tell you. If a PWA cannot do what you need, I will tell you that too. Scope is shaped to your budget, not inflated.
The single most expensive mistake I see in mobile app development in Dhaka is founders paying 4 to 8 lakh taka for a "native iOS + Android" app when their entire user base is on mid-range Android phones, finds the business through Facebook ads, and would never search for it on the Play Store.
For a tuition centre in Mirpur, a restaurant in Banani, a real-estate firm in Bashundhara, or a small fashion brand selling through Instagram — a fast, installable PWA almost always converts better, ships in 3 to 6 weeks, and costs 50,000 to 1,50,000 BDT instead of multi-lakh. Your customer clicks a link in your Facebook ad, the app opens instantly in their browser, they tap "Add to Home Screen," and you have a Chrome icon on their phone that pushes notifications, accepts bKash, and works offline.
No Play Store gatekeeping, no Apple review delays.
Where a hybrid build with Capacitor genuinely earns its cost is when you need real device features at scale — camera-heavy use, Bluetooth printer integration for a POS, background GPS for a delivery or pickup app, biometric login for a fintech, or you specifically need a Play Store presence for institutional trust (banks, large schools, government work). For those, I build with Next.js or React on the inside and wrap with Capacitor so you have one codebase and a real .aab and .ipa file to ship.
Custom hybrid projects of that shape start at 3,00,000 BDT. We will have a 30-minute call first, look at your actual users, your ad funnel, and your unit economics, and only then decide PWA, hybrid or native. The decision is made on numbers, not on what sounds impressive in the proposal.
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.
Books a 15-min call · fixed BDT quote · 50/50 · hosting extra
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 I get asked on every first call from a Dhaka founder considering a mobile app.
Real numbers, no "contact us": an installable PWA or mobile-first web app starts at 50,000 BDT. Larger PWAs with login, payments and dashboards sit at 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT. Custom hybrid apps built with Capacitor and shipped to the Play Store start at 3,00,000 BDT. Payment is 50% advance, 50% on launch, in BDT via bKash, Nagad or bank transfer.
For most Dhaka SMEs — restaurants, tuition centres, clinics, real-estate, small ecommerce — a PWA is enough and converts faster because the install friction is one tap from a Facebook ad. Native iOS/Android only makes sense if you need deep device hardware (background GPS for delivery, Bluetooth POS printers, biometric login) or Play Store presence is itself the trust signal. I will tell you honestly on the first call which one fits.
Yes. I integrate bKash Tokenized Checkout, Nagad and SSLCOMMERZ (for cards plus other local wallets) directly. That includes real merchant onboarding guidance, sandbox testing with the test merchant numbers, and proper failure handling so customers do not lose their cart when the gateway times out — which happens more often in Bangladesh than the gateway docs admit.
Yes — that is the entire point of building mobile-first from Dhaka. I test on real low-end Android phones and throttle to slow 3G during development. Initial page loads target under 3 seconds on mid-range hardware. Images are lazy-loaded and compressed, JavaScript is split per route, and offline fallback screens are built in so the app does not look broken when the signal drops in a lift in Bashundhara City.
A 50,000 BDT mobile-first PWA: about 3 weeks from signed advance to live URL. The 90,000 and 1,50,000 BDT tiers: 4 to 6 weeks. A custom hybrid app with Play Store submission (3,00,000 BDT+): 8 to 12 weeks because of the Play Store review window and the back-and-forth on Google's content policy. You see design files first; nothing goes into build until you have approved them.
For the first 30 days post-launch I fix any bug that traces back to the original scope at no extra cost. After that, I offer a flat monthly retainer for updates, gateway changes, OS version compatibility and minor feature work, or you can pay per-task. You also get the full source code in your own GitHub repo and your own hosting account from day one — so if you ever choose to move on, nothing is locked behind me.
Grab a free 15-minute call and I'll show you exactly what your new website should do — and what it'll cost in BDT. No pitch, no pressure.
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