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App development in Melbourne

App development for Melbourne's health, education and creative sectors

Melbourne's hospitals, universities and design studios all build around people and sensitive records. Software that respects both, at a fixed price per milestone.

Melbourne is known for its health and medical research sector, its universities and its design and creative studios, three fields where an app is judged by how carefully it treats people.

Health and education data is sensitive data

Under the Privacy Act 1988, health information is treated as sensitive information with a higher bar for collection and use, and apps used by students or minors raise their own questions. The data model separates identifying data from the rest, limits who can read what, records access and supports deletion. Sector rules, such as those for health records, apply to your organisation and stay with you; the build documents how information moves so you can map them.

Creative products need craft, not templates

For studios, publishers and arts organisations, the app is part of the brand. Built specifically for iPhone and iPad where the experience demands it, from one shared code base where both platforms are needed. Accessibility is planned from the first screen: dynamic type, contrast and screen reader labels, not an audit at the end.

The deal

  • App Check $2,000 when an app already exists, a new First Version (MVP) from $27,800
  • Fixed price and scope in writing before the first line of code
  • iPhone, iPad and Android, with accessibility considered from the first screen
  • Invoiced in US dollars by DigitalFreedom Global LLC, Wyoming
  • Full handover of code, cloud accounts and documentation

The wider picture: app developer for Australia. Also in Australia: Sydney. To start a conversation: get in touch.

Price, contract and data

  • Every step has a fixed price, set in writing before work starts; extra scope is added only through a change order you approve in writing.
  • The code sits in your repository from day one; with each paid milestone, the rights to everything delivered up to that point pass to you. Third-party components and pre-existing tools keep their own licences.
  • For rescues and new builds, 90 days of free bug-fixing after launch, on top of the 12-month warranty under the Terms. Ongoing operation starts at $1,400 a month.
  • You contract with DigitalFreedom Global LLC, Wyoming, USA. All prices are net; the tax treatment is clarified before contract and stated in the offer.
  • Our infrastructure is in the United Kingdom and Europe. Where I process personal data on your behalf, we sign a data processing agreement. The provider overview on digitalfreedom.co.za lists the subprocessors, their locations and the contractual safeguards.

Common questions

How is sensitive health or student data handled?

Identifying data is separated from usage data, access is role-based and logged, and retention and deletion are planned from the start, with GDPR principles in mind, which share much with the Australian Privacy Principles. Sector-specific rules and your own responsibilities as the holder of the data stay with you.

Can you build for both iPhone and Android?

Yes. One shared code base serves both platforms, and where the product depends on what only an iPhone can do, that part is built specifically for it. The choice is made with you during scoping and written into the fixed scope.

What does it cost?

A First Version (MVP) from $27,800 in two to four weeks, a market-ready app from $83,300 in three to four months. Fixed price agreed in writing, not a day rate.

Talk to the architect who'll be accountable for your app

Free, no obligation, NDA beforehand on request: in 30 minutes we look at what happened, who holds which account and what it takes to get your app running smoothly with you covered. You leave with a clear next step.

Free 30-minute call, no obligation

You talk to Marcel directly, the architect who is accountable for the work. No sales rep, no pitch.

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