Based in Galway. Working across Ireland.

What a custom internal app costs, and how long it takes

The short answer. A first build is a fixed price, from €3,900, and it is usually working end to end inside two weeks. The price is agreed in writing before anything is built, and there is no bill for time on top.

The rest of this page is the longer answer.

15 minute chat. No hard sell.

How much does it cost to get a custom app made in Ireland?

A lot of custom software is priced by the developer and the month. The meter runs, and the real number only becomes clear near the end. I price the job instead. You tell me what the app has to do, I put a figure on it, and that figure is agreed in writing before anything is built.

Why is that less than most custom software quotes? Because I build with AI, every day, and that has changed what one builder can produce. You get software designed around how your business already works, without the overhead that usually comes with the word custom.

How do I get an app made for my business?

Four steps, and the first one costs you fifteen minutes.

A fifteen minute call

You tell me where the hours are going. If an app will not pay for itself, I will say so on the call and we both save the bother.

A price in writing

What the app will do and what it costs, agreed before anything is built. No surprises later.

The build

You see working screens while the build is still in progress, not a big reveal at the end. Anything that looks wrong gets fixed while it is cheap to fix.

Working end to end, usually inside two weeks

Your team runs it on real work and I shape it around what they find. A bigger build across connected jobs takes longer, and gets its own timeline agreed alongside the price.

A full review of the whole operation is a different animal, a programme of work measured in months rather than weeks. How that works is on the services page.

Should you build it yourself or get it built for you?

Honest answer, sometimes you should build it yourself. If someone in the office has the time and the interest, a no-code tool can carry a simple job, a form that feeds a spreadsheet, a basic booking sheet. Plenty of businesses run that way and it is a fine place to start.

Where it usually falls down is afterwards. The person who built it becomes the person who maintains it, on top of the job they were already doing. Every new thing you want runs into the ceiling of the tool. And the data ends up scattered across subscriptions that do not talk to each other.

What I offer is the custom route without those jobs landing back on you. The app is built around how you already work, I maintain it and extend it, and your team just uses it.

What counts as a custom internal app?

Any screen your office or crew works from that used to be paper, a spreadsheet or someone's memory. The usual candidates:

Jobs and scheduling

Jobs, crews and bookings on one board, with reminders that go out on their own.

Dockets and timesheets

Filled in from the phone and filed where the office can see them, not living on paper in the van.

Pre-starts and checks

Walkaround checks and sign-offs done on site, stored where an audit can find them.

Quotes and invoices

Quotes followed up after you send them. Invoices chased politely until they are paid.

Renewals and expiry dates

NCT, CVRT, insurance, certs, service-due dates. Reminders on time, every time.

Reporting

The week's numbers on one screen, updated automatically. No Sunday night spreadsheet.

It can start as one screen for one job and grow from there. Your internal app can become the central hub of all operations.

In construction or heavy industry? See what an internal app looks like on your jobs. Solar, heat pump or retrofit installer? There is a page for you too.

What happens after the first build?

A custom app is not a handover and goodbye. The first build proves the idea. After that, most clients extend it one job at a time, once the last piece has paid for itself, and I keep building and maintaining it as the operation changes.

The AI underneath these systems gets better every few months, and because I build on it every day, your app keeps improving too. Along the way your staff learn to use AI themselves, so the gains keep compounding rather than depending on me.

For a business that wants the ongoing side arranged properly, work after the first build can be set up as a yearly agreement. It covers support and changes once the system is running, and the figure is agreed in writing before it starts.

Get a figure on the job that eats the most time

Fifteen minutes on the phone will tell us both whether it is worth doing. If it is not, I will say so.

Or email peter@streamlinedai.tech