4AM

// 04 — APPSANDROID · iOS

Pocket-sized
presence.

Your website. Your admin panel. Now on every customer's home screen.

Every niche site on 4AM ships with an optional Flutter app — one codebase, two stores, native performance. Add Android and iOS to your brand in under twenty days.

00/ APPS LIVE
4.7/ AVG STORE RATING
47K/ MONTHLY ACTIVES
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Iron North

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iOSANDROID

// 01 — THE CASE

A website gets visited. An app gets opened.

Five reasons service businesses put their brand on a phone, not just a domain.

// 01
24 / 7

Home-screen real estate.

Your icon sits next to WhatsApp, Instagram, UPI. Customers see your brand fifty times a day without ever searching for it. No SEO budget buys that.

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WhatsApp
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Instagram
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UPI
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YOUR BRAND
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Gmail
Y
YouTube
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Swiggy
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Zomato
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85%

Push notifications are a direct line.

Open rate on push — vs 18% for email, 3% for SMS. Remind people about their appointment, their delivery, their refill. They actually see it.

4
Your class starts in 30 minnow

HIIT with Aanya · Studio 2

4
Refill reminder — Amoxicillin2m

Tap to reorder from Dr. Mehta

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₹200 loyalty credited5m

Use on your next visit

// 03
2.4×

Repeat business roughly doubles.

Businesses with a branded app see 2.4× more repeat visits in the first year than site-only competitors. Reason: zero friction. One tap and they're in.

2.4×
M1M2M3M4M5M6
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100%

Works when the signal doesn't.

Menus, past orders, loyalty wallets, session records — all cached offline. Airplane mode, metro basement, patchy network — the app still opens.

still working.
OFFLINE MODE ENABLED
// 05
3 sec

Biometric checkout beats any form.

Face ID on iOS, fingerprint on Android. Returning customers log in and pay in three seconds. Your payment drop-off rate drops with it.

AUTHENTICATED · 2.4s

// 02 — ANDROID + iOS · ONE BRAND

Both stores. One build. Zero compromise.

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Native iOS feel — San Francisco typography, Cupertino navigation rhythms, haptic feedback on every tap. Cupertino-first components so it doesn't feel like an Android app dressed up.

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Material You dynamic theming, native Android bottom sheets, fingerprint biometrics, adaptive icons. Matches the OS language instead of fighting it.

// LoginApple ID / Google
// PaymentsApple Pay / UPI / Google Pay
// PushAPNS / FCM

// 03 — INSIDE THE APP

Same backend as your site. Native everything on top.

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Single

Single sign-on with your website

Customers registered on the site log in with the same account

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Single sign-on with your website

Customers registered on the site log in with the same account. One database, two surfaces — we never split your customer list.

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Native

Native push notifications

Segment by customer, behaviour, or schedule

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Native push notifications

Segment by customer, behaviour, or schedule. FCM on Android, APNS on iOS. Templates for reminders, renewals, and seasonal drops.

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Biometric

Biometric login + payment

Face ID, fingerprint, device passcode — returning customers authenticate in under three seconds

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Biometric login + payment

Face ID, fingerprint, device passcode — returning customers authenticate in under three seconds. Faster checkout, fewer drop-offs.

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Native

Native payments

UPI intent, Google Pay, Apple Pay — no browser redirect, no Razorpay iframe

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Native payments

UPI intent, Google Pay, Apple Pay — no browser redirect, no Razorpay iframe. Settled to the same merchant account as your website.

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Camera,

Camera, maps, location

Profile photos, address pickers, delivery tracking — all using native permissions

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Camera, maps, location

Profile photos, address pickers, delivery tracking — all using native permissions. Looks and behaves like a first-party Apple / Google app.

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Offline-first

Offline-first by default

Cached menus, past orders, loyalty wallet, class schedule

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Offline-first by default

Cached menus, past orders, loyalty wallet, class schedule. Syncs quietly when signal returns. Works in the metro, on a plane, in a basement.

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Same

Same admin panel as your site

Add a dish on your web dashboard — it appears in the app within three seconds

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Same admin panel as your site

Add a dish on your web dashboard — it appears in the app within three seconds. No second CMS, no second pipeline.

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OTA

OTA updates

Content changes ship instantly without a store review

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OTA updates

Content changes ship instantly without a store review. Code updates land when needed. We handle the Play Store and App Store queues for you.

// 04 — BRAND VALUE AFTER LAUNCH

The Play Store is a credibility stamp.

Your business typed into search. Your icon in the results. Your stars next to your name. Brand equity compounds from launch day.

PLAY STORE SEARCH /
APP STORE SEARCH /
GOOGLE PLAY
Apps / Beauty
P

Paloma Salon

4AM Tech Private Ltd.

Contains ads · In-app purchases

4.8
2,430 reviews
10K+DOWNLOADS
Editor's choice · BeautyFEATURED
home
book
done

Book your chair, track your loyalty, rebook in seconds. Built for Paloma's Bombay and Pune studios.

  • Book any stylist, any chair
  • Loyalty wallet + gift cards
  • Biometric payment · UPI / card / Apple Pay
  • Offline menu + past bookings
MIHIKA R.

Faster than walking in. Love that I can pick my stylist and time without calling.

APP STORE
Top charts / Lifestyle
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Paloma Salon

4AM Tech Private Ltd.

Contains ads · In-app purchases

4.8
2,430 reviews
10K+DOWNLOADS
App of the day · LifestyleFEATURED
home
book
done

Book your chair, track your loyalty, rebook in seconds. Built for Paloma's Bombay and Pune studios.

  • Book any stylist, any chair
  • Loyalty wallet + gift cards
  • Biometric payment · UPI / card / Apple Pay
  • Offline menu + past bookings
MIHIKA R.

Faster than walking in. Love that I can pick my stylist and time without calling.

// 01 · SEARCH

First result in the stores.

Customers type your business name in Play Store / App Store search and you come up first. That's instant category validation.

// 02 · SOCIAL PROOF

Stars do what testimonials can't.

A 4.7★ store rating is trusted more than a landing-page testimonial. Real, visible, third-party-held.

// 03 · SHAREABILITY

One link. WhatsApp. Installed.

Send a single Play / App Store link in a group chat. One tap, they install, they're logged in. No signup friction.

// 04 · PERCEPTION

Apps make you look established.

Small businesses with branded apps are perceived as 3× more professional. Price sensitivity drops, trust compounds.

// 05 — THE ENGINE

Flutter. One codebase. Two stores. No shortcuts.

// YOUR BRAND CODEflutterDART · WIDGETS
ANDROID
iOS
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WEB
D
DESKTOP
// NATIVE-RENDERED

Not a webview. Not a hybrid.

Flutter compiles to native ARM. UI renders directly onto Skia. Same performance floor as Swift and Kotlin — no JavaScript bridge, no jank.

// ONE CODEBASE

50% less cost. 50% faster timeline.

Android and iOS ship from the same Dart codebase. We maintain one bug tracker, one release cycle, one design system. You pay once for two apps.

// BATTLE-TESTED

Google Pay. BMW. Alibaba. Nubank.

Flutter is Google's cross-platform standard — used in production by Fortune-500 teams and ₹50B+ banks. Not a fringe framework.

// STACK /DARTWIDGETSNATIVE MODULESRIVERPODDRIFTFIREBASEFASTLANECI/CD

// 06 — FROM SIGN-OFF TO STORE

Fourteen days to Play Store. Twenty to App Store.

App Store takes longer — that's Apple's review queue, not ours.

/ 01

Site goes live

DAY 0
/ 02

Design adaptation

2 DAYS
/ 03

Development

5 DAYS
/ 04

Internal testing

2 DAYS
/ 05

Play Store review

1–2 DAYS
/ 06

App Store review

3–7 DAYSApple's queue, not ours
/ 07

Live on both stores

DAY 14–20
LIVE ON /
APP STORE
PLAY STORE

// 07 — WHAT IT COSTS

Transparent. Add-on to your site.

No hidden store fees. No monthly maintenance surprise.

ANDROID

Android only

000

One-time · bundled with website

  • Flutter native Android app
  • Play Store publishing included
  • Biometric + UPI payments
  • Push notifications wired
  • Same admin panel as site
  • Launches in 10–14 days
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ANDROIDIOS

Both platforms

000

Most chosen · saves ₹4,000 vs individual

  • Both Android + iOS apps
  • Play Store + App Store publishing
  • Biometric, UPI, Apple/Google Pay
  • Push notifications on both
  • Same admin panel as site
  • Launches in 14–20 days
IOS

iOS only

000

One-time · Apple dev account not included

  • Flutter native iOS app
  • App Store publishing included
  • Face ID + Apple Pay
  • Push notifications wired
  • Same admin panel as site
  • Launches in 14–20 days

// DETAILED BREAKDOWN

Play Store publishing (one-time)₹4,000
App Store publishing (one-time)₹6,000
Apple Developer account (annual, passed through)₹8,500 / yr
Google Play Developer (one-time, passed through)₹2,100
Post-launch content updatesIncluded
Store review responses we handleIncluded

// 08 — WHY US, NOT THEM

You have options. Here's the honest comparison.

Ten criteria, four paths. Pick the one that fits your timeline and tolerance for uncertainty.

// CRITERION
4AM Tech/ TEMPLATED · YEARLY
Freelancer/ UPWORK · REFERRAL
Big agency/ RETAINER · RFP
DIY no-code/ GLIDE · ADALO · WEBVIEW
Timeline to both stores live
14–20 days
6–10 weeks
3–5 months
2 weeks (but not native)
Total build cost
₹32,000
₹80,000 – ₹2L
₹5L – ₹15L
₹1,000 / month forever
Actually native (not webview)
Depends
Brand-consistent with your website
Inconsistent
Store publishing handled for you
Often not
Post-launch content updates
Included
Hourly rate
Retainer
Self-serve UI
Reliability when things break
6-person team · SLA
Often ghosts
Account manager phone tag
Zero support
Ownership of your code + store listings
You own it
Sometimes
Escrow clauses
Never · platform-locked
Store-review rejection support
We respond
Your problem
Extra billing
Your problem
Scales with website changes
Same backend
Separate project
Separate invoice
Rebuild both

We tried a freelancer first. The app sat in Play Store review for six weeks with no response. 4AM rebuilt it in ten days and it was live in two.

ARJUN MEHTA/ Founder, Iron North Gyms · Pune

// 09 — LIVE ON THE STORES

Four businesses. Real downloads. Real ratings.

Apps shipped by us, running in customers' pockets every day. Tap any card to open its store listing.

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Iron North

Iron North

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Iron North

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Members check in with a QR. Renewals auto-pay. We never chase anyone.

ARJUN MEHTA
4.8 ★RATING
2.3KDOWNLOADS
1,140WEEKLY ACTIVES
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Paloma Salon

Paloma Salon

Clients rebook from their phone in forty seconds

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Paloma Salon

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Clients rebook from their phone in forty seconds. Peak-hour chairs run full.

TANYA SHAH
4.9 ★RATING
1.1KDOWNLOADS
640WEEKLY ACTIVES
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Masa Kitchen

Masa Kitchen

Regulars order ahead for the 8pm seating

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Masa Kitchen

/ FINE DINING · DELHI

Regulars order ahead for the 8pm seating. We plate the second they walk in.

CHEF VIKAS ANAND
4.7 ★RATING
5.8KDOWNLOADS
2,210WEEKLY ACTIVES
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Linen Paediatric

Linen Paediatric

Parents log prescriptions right from the app

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Linen Paediatric

/ CLINIC · KOCHI

Parents log prescriptions right from the app. Our reception phone doesn't ring anymore.

DR. MAYA THOMAS
4.9 ★RATING
1.6KDOWNLOADS
890WEEKLY ACTIVES

// 10 — QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK

The things people usually wonder.

Platform quirks, store reviews, Apple's 30% — the honest answers most app agencies skip.

Android 7+ and iOS 13+. That covers roughly 97% of active phones in India. We test on mid-range devices first, so it feels good on a ₹10K phone, not just the latest flagship.

// READY TO BE IN EVERY POCKET?

Apps that people actually open.

Add Android + iOS apps to your 4AM Tech site. Fourteen days to Play Store. Twenty to App Store. Launch your pocket.

iOS · FROM ₹20KANDROID · FROM ₹16KBOTH · ₹32K · MOST CHOSEN