App development for Australian startups and businesses

Two or three hours behind Sydney

We work on Philippine time, GMT+8: the same as Perth, two hours behind Brisbane, and two hours behind Sydney and Melbourne in winter or three during daylight saving. So most of your working day is ours too. Calls fit from late morning to the end of your day, and messages get answered within hours, not overnight.

What it costs in Australian dollars

Typical first versions, about in Australian dollars, at 19 October 2026 exchange rates. Payments, an admin dashboard, messaging or an AI feature each add a known amount, and the price is fixed in writing before we start.

What you are building	Typical price	Time
Web appRuns in a browser	A$6,500 to A$10,100	6 to 9 weeks
Mobile appiPhone and Android	A$8,600 to A$13,000	8 to 12 weeks
BothOne system, two front doors	A$13,000 to A$18,700	10 to 16 weeks

We quote and invoice in US dollars, so the Australian dollars figure moves with the exchange rate. The smallest project we take on is $3,000 USD, about A$4,300.

Compared with an Australian agency

Published guides from Australian agencies put a simple MVP at A$20,000 to A$50,000, with senior local developers at A$150 to A$250 an hour. Ours cost less because our senior-led team is in the Philippines, not because the work is cut short: you get the same written scope, fixed price and two-week demos.

Australian agencies also add 10% GST to their quotes. Our invoices come from a Philippine business and do not include Australian GST. If your business is registered for GST, your accountant will confirm how services bought from overseas are treated.

Privacy, and keeping data in Australia

If your app holds personal information, the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles apply to you, and APP 8 keeps you accountable for personal information handled overseas. So before we touch any of your customers’ personal data, we sign a data processing agreement with you that sets out what we may do with it.

The app itself can run in a Sydney data centre, in your own AWS or DigitalOcean account, so your customers’ data stays in Australia and in your name.

What we build for Australian clients

• MVP development for startups Sign-up, payments, an admin area, and the one thing that makes your idea worth using. Built to launch, not to demo.
• Custom web app development Booking systems, marketplaces, dashboards and internal tools that replace spreadsheets and paperwork.
• Mobile app development for iPhone and Android iPhone and Android apps sharing the same information as your website, published under your own accounts.
• AI features for your app or business Assistants, document reading and smarter search, with usage limits and a monthly cost you approve first.
• Systems integration and API development Payments, delivery, accounting and government portals talking to each other, instead of your staff retyping.
• App rescue and maintenance Inherited an app nobody can update? We make it safe to change, then improve it step by step.