MVP Design & Development
Your first version, live in the stores, in 6 to 8 weeks.
One paid discovery week to lock the scope. Then 6 to 8 weeks to a working iOS and Android app in the stores. You own the code on the day you make the final payment.
You own the source code, the designs and the accounts. Take them anywhere.
An MVP is not a demo and it is not a prototype. It is the smallest version of your product that a real stranger can download, use, and pay for, and the fastest honest way to find out whether anyone wants it. We build that version for founders and businesses who would rather learn from a hundred real users in two months than from a hundred slides in six.
Who you will work with
Anand Yadav
I have shipped 52 apps in seven years, and I have taken over enough half-finished ones to know exactly how a first version goes wrong. It is almost never the code. It is that nobody wrote down what ‘done’ meant.
So that is what the discovery week is for. At the end of it you have a document that says exactly what ships, what does not, and by when, and that document is yours, even if you take it to a different developer.
I am on every project. Not a salesperson, not an account manager. Me.
What usually goes wrong
What clients say, and what it actually means
“Can we just add one more feature before we launch?”
What it meansOne more feature is how MVPs stop being minimum.
“We want it to look like the big apps but built in six weeks.”
What it meansNobody had separated what that app looks like from the years it took to earn that look.
“We will figure out the business model after we launch.”
What it meansNobody had decided what they were actually testing for.
Before anything is built
The discovery week
One paid week. Fixed price, fixed length, and credited back in full against the build invoice if you go ahead.
| Day | What happens |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | We take your idea apart. Who is the one user, what is the one job they hire the app to do. |
| Day 2 | The feature list, split into three columns: ships, does not ship, phase two. |
| Day 3 | The core screens, drawn and clickable. |
| Day 4 | The technical shape: data, integrations, what is risky and what is not. |
| Day 5 | You receive the scope document, the estimate, and the delivery date. |
What you leave with: a document that names every screen, every exclusion, the price and the date. It is yours whether or not you continue with us.
Why it is paid: because a free version would be a sales pitch, and you would be right not to trust it. Charging for it is what lets us spend the week on your product instead of on winning you.
What an MVP is for
The point is the answer, not the app
You are buying evidence that people want this, as cheaply as evidence can be bought. Every scope decision below is measured against that and nothing else.
The list nobody else publishes
What is not in your MVP
One user type
Not in MVP: A second user type or role
iOS and Android
Not in MVP: Offline mode
One payment provider
Not in MVP: Multiple payment providers, marketplaces, split payouts
One AI feature
Not in MVP: A second AI feature
Store submission, both stores
Not in MVP: Migrating data from an old system
30 days of post-launch fixes
Not in MVP: Subscriptions, tenants, seats, billing logic
Nothing in the excluded scope is refused. It is scheduled, after real users have told you which of it you actually need. That is the entire point of building a first version.
Your Android launch has a hidden queue
The two weeks nobody tells you about
Since 13 November 2023, Google requires new developer accounts to run a closed test with 12 testers, enrolled for 14 continuous days, before the app can be promoted to production. It is not optional and it cannot be rushed.
Most teams find out in week sevenand tell the client it is Google’s fault.
What we do instead
Scheduled in parallel
The closed test runs alongside the final build week, not after it.
Testers recruited early
We recruit and brief the twelve testers in week one, not week seven.
An established account
Your app publishes under an established developer account, so the queue does not start from zero.
Also on your calendar, and also not our rules
| Date | What changes | Who it affects |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Aug 2026 | EU AI Act Article 50: an AI feature that talks to a person must say it is AI, and AI-generated content must be machine-readably marked. | Any MVP with an AI chat or content feature, and any EU user |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Texas App Store Accountability Act in force; enforcement allowed to proceed from 10 Jun 2026. Age category and parental-consent duties, with Apple and Google compliance APIs. | Any app with US users. Utah and other states following |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Google Play target API level 36 (extension available to 1 Nov). | Any app being updated after this date |
Checked 12 August 2026. Sources: Google Play Console Help · artificialintelligenceact.eu · Apple and Google developer documentation.
Cost control, built in on day one
The bill that arrives when you are not looking
Real, documented, and none of it exotic:
A runaway loop on Google Cloud took one team from $5,000 to $72,000 in two hours. (The Register)
A forgotten public API key produced an $18,000 bill on a $7 budget, straight through a $1,400 spending cap. (Tom's Hardware)
Before your app goes live we set hard request limits, per-service budget alerts, key rotation and rate limiting, and we show you where the switches are. It takes half a day and it is the cheapest insurance in the project.
Full detail on Backend, API & Integrations.
Standards
How we work to spec
Every merge is reviewed by a person. AI writes code here, it does not approve code.
Real-device testing on both platforms before submission, not simulators only.
Crash reporting and analytics live before launch day, not after the first bad review.
Store submission handled by us, including rejections and resubmissions.
Your repository, your cloud accounts, your store accounts, from week one, not migrated to you at the end.
Plain-language weekly update with a build you can install on your own phone.
Where AI actually helps
AI made us faster. Here is where it made us slower.
The most careful study of this so far took 16 experienced developers, working on codebases they already knew, and measured them with and without AI tools. (METR, July 2025, n=16, and the authors say themselves it is a small sample.)
So here is our honest position. AI genuinely speeds up the repetitive parts: boilerplate, test scaffolding, the fourth version of a form screen. It does not speed up the decisions: what to cut, what the architecture should be, why this screen confuses people. Those still take somebody who has shipped 52 apps.
That is why we sell six to eight weeks and not two. Anyone promising an MVP in ten days is selling you the AI and keeping the judgement.
Where we have shipped
Industries we serve
WALL OF PROOF
What clients say once the project is over
The SightInfusion team delivered our app with impressive speed, clear communication, and reliable quality. Every detail was handled thoughtfully, and the final result exceeded expectations. A professional team we're excited to work with again soon.
Working with SightInfusion was a smooth and professional experience. The team was proactive, technically strong, and always transparent with updates. Our finance app was delivered on time with great care. We look forward to future projects together.
SightInfusion handled our complex project with patience, expertise, and consistent communication. Their team learns fast, solves challenges quickly, and delivers dependable results. A skilled, trustworthy team we'll confidently partner with again in the future.
Stack
Tech we use
Flutter
Swift (native iOS)
Kotlin (native Android)
React Native
Node / TypeScript
Firebase
Supabase
PostgreSQL
OpenAI
Anthropic
Stripe
Razorpay
GitHub
CrashlyticsFlutter is our core. It is not our limit. Where a project needs a technology we do not use every day, we bring in a developer for it and manage the delivery ourselves, you still have one team and one contract.
Questions buyers ask
Six to eight weeks from when?
From the day scope is locked at the end of the discovery week. Not from the day you sign.
Do I own the code?
Yes. Source code, designs, accounts, all of it, on final payment.
Why can't you tell me the price on our first call?
Because we would be guessing, and you would pay for the guess later. You get a fixed number at the end of the discovery week.
My Android launch: what is this 12-tester thing?
Google requires developer accounts created after 13 November 2023 to run a closed test with 12 testers for 14 continuous days before going live. We schedule it in parallel with the final build week.
What happens if it takes longer than eight weeks?
We tell you the moment we know, not at the deadline, and we tell you which of the exclusions caused it. In practice the overrun is almost always a third party: a payment provider, an API key, a store review, and we name it rather than absorb it silently.
What exactly is an MVP, and how is it different from a prototype?
A prototype is a picture of an app. An MVP is an app: downloadable, usable by a stranger, able to take money. If a real user cannot complete the core job in it, it is not an MVP.
Why is the discovery week paid?
Because a free one would be a sales pitch. Paying for it means the week is spent on your product, not on winning you. It is credited back in full against the build.
What if I do the discovery week and then do not hire you?
You keep the scope document, the screens and the estimate, and you can take them to any other developer. That happens, and it is fine.
Can you really build an app that fast with AI?
Partly. AI speeds up repetitive code. It does not speed up decisions, and the best measured study on this found experienced developers were 19% slower with AI while believing they were 20% faster (METR, 2025, n=16). We are fast because the scope is small and locked, not because of a tool.
What is not included?
There is a full table above, in the What is not in your MVP section. We publish it rather than argue about it in week five.
My MVP has an AI chatbot. Is there anything legal I need to know?
If you have EU users, yes. EU AI Act Article 50 has applied since 2 August 2026: the AI must disclose that it is AI, and AI-generated content must be machine-readably marked. We handle it in the build.
Can you build it in native iOS or Android instead of Flutter?
Yes. Flutter is our core, not our limit.
What happens after launch?
30 days of fixes included, then you choose: in-house, a maintenance plan, or phase two.
Do you work with people who are not technical at all?
Most of our clients are not. Every weekly update is written in plain language and comes with a build you can install on your own phone, so you judge it by using it, not by reading a status report.
Tell us the problem. We bring the engineering.
A short call, an honest answer on whether we are the right team, and a scope you can hold us to.
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