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150+ projects delivered for UK and international brands

Progressive Web App Development in London

Expert PWA developers in London building home-screen web apps with offline reads and push where browsers allow — and honest limits on iOS.

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Progressive web apps for UK businesses that need installable, offline-capable web — without App Store fees or a 14-week native programme when the web can do the job.
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Installable web when stores are the wrong tax

PWAs when the web can do the job of a light app

Design Dev builds progressive web apps for UK teams who need home-screen install, offline reads and push where browsers allow. If you need full IAP, background OS features or App Store distribution, we will point you at native.A PWA is still a website with extra duties: manifest, service worker, cache rules you can explain, and SEO that is not locked behind a client-only shell. We take you from ideation to launch with the same discipline as our mobile app development work.
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Progressive Web App Development

Installable web with icons, splash and a real home-screen presence.
Progressive Web App Development
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Offline-first Reads

Service workers for the content that must work on the tube — with rules for what must not go stale.
Offline-first Reads
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Push Where Allowed

Strong on Android; iOS constraints named up front so nobody discovers them in a board meeting.
Push Where Allowed
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One Codebase with the Site

Often cheaper than a second native client — Laravel, WordPress or React, chosen for the job.
One Codebase with the Site

Our work process — from web product to PWA

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Fit vs Native

Install, offline, push and iOS gaps. If native is required, we say so before you spend.

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App Shell & Prototypes

Routes that work offline vs must-network. Install UX that is not spammy.

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PWA Development

Manifest, worker, cache strategy, HTTPS, auth that is offline-aware.

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QA as an App

Add to home screen, poor network, SW failure fallback, iOS Safari behaviour.

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Launch & Engagement

HTTPS, manifest hygiene, analytics on install, and a native exit ramp if you outgrow it.

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A PWA is still a website with extra duties

A PWA is still a website with extra duties

If SEO matters, we do not hide the product behind a client-only shell. If offline matters, we design cache rules that do not serve yesterday’s price. Design Dev is honest about iOS PWA gaps so you do not discover them in a board meeting.PWAs suit catalogues, internal tools, field reference and booking when store tax is the wrong spend. They are not a secret App Store bypass for digital goods Apple wants in IAP.

  • Honest iOS limitations in the proposal
  • Cache invalidation rules you can explain
  • Install UX that is not spammy
  • HTTPS and manifest hygiene
  • Performance as an app shell
  • Push only where supported
  • Auth that works offline-aware
  • Fallback when the service worker fails

Complete PWA capabilities

Installable web products with cache rules you can explain — shell, worker, offline, push and handover under one London team.

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Progressive Web App Development

Customer PWAs for catalogue, account and booking.

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Internal PWA Tools

Install on staff phones without store programmes.

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Offline Content

Guides, lists and job cards that work underground.

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Web Push

Where the browser allows — Android-strong, iOS named.

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App Shell Rebuilds

Turn a sluggish site into something that feels installed.

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Service Worker Strategy

What is cached, what would be wrong stale, how to bust cache.

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Manifest & Install UX

Icons, splash, name and prompts that are not spam.

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iOS-honest UX

No lying about capabilities Safari does not give you.

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SEO-friendly PWAs

Indexable content when we do not lock the product in a client shell.

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Performance

The worker should help, not fight Core Web Vitals.

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API & Auth

Offline-aware sessions and a backend that matches the shell.

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Handover & Support

How to ship updates and bust cache safely after launch.

Ready for a PWA only if native is the wrong tax?

Speak with Design Dev about installable web with offline rules and honest iOS limits.

PWAs across key industries

Healthcare

Industry focus

Healthcare

Appointment, aftercare and clinic apps with careful permissions, secure login and journeys patients can actually finish.

  • Clinic apps
  • Appointments
  • Reminders
  • Secure login

Why Design Dev

A London team that will not sell a PWA as a fake native app

Design Dev builds PWAs when web distribution wins. We name iOS gaps, cache risks and when you should spend on stores instead. Expect the same process discipline as our native app work — ideation to launch, without the theatre.

150+

Projects delivered

5+

Years experience

UK+

London & worldwide

A London team that will not sell a PWA as a fake native app

Strategy, design and engineering for brands that need a website that performs.

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Product before pixels

Journeys, store rules and backend are planned with the app — not after a demo build.

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Platform choice that fits

Native, Flutter, React Native or PWA is a commercial decision, not a trend.

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Store-ready delivery

Listings, review, performance and QA on real devices — not a one-off APK email.

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Support after launch

OS updates, crashes and iteration once real users arrive.

Technologies we work with

JavaScript

JavaScript

React

React

HTML5

HTML5

CSS3

CSS3

Laravel

Laravel

PHP

PHP

WordPress

WordPress

Stripe

Stripe

Next.js

Next.js

TypeScript

TypeScript

Node.js

Node.js

Figma

Figma

What clients say

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Design Dev transformed our e-commerce platform. Their team was efficient, responsive, and delivered a stunning layout that doubled our conversion rate within a month.

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Sarah Jenkins

Vauxhall Marketing - Shopify Development
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An absolute pleasure to work with. They understood our brand identity perfectly and designed a clean, user-friendly SaaS platform that our clients love.

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David Thorne

FluxGig - UI/UX Design
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The custom WordPress build is super fast and easy for our content editors to update. Outstanding attention to detail and SEO optimization.

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Amara K.

Apsara Cosmetics - WordPress Development
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They built a highly custom, secure medical inventory portal on-budget. Their engineering skills are top-tier.

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Julian Reed

Upcycled Medical - Web App Development
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From logo creation to full visual guidelines, Design Dev gave our construction firm a modern and premium corporate look.

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Emily Watson

Smart Build UK - Branding & Design
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Our organic search traffic increased by 150% in three months. Their SEO team really knows their stuff.

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Marcus Sterling

Supra Cycling - Search Engine Optimization

We worked with largest global brands

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Straightforward answers to the questions we hear most often about scope, timelines, and how we work.

A website that can install to the home screen, work offline for agreed content, and send push where the browser allows. It is still the web — with a manifest and service worker.

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Tell us about your project

Share install, offline and push needs, and whether iOS parity is mandatory. We will recommend PWA vs native.

UK Branch Office

London, United Kingdom

2 Bessborough Gardens, Westminster, London, UK

+44 7459 579227

Development Center

Sialkot, Pakistan

2nd Floor, Yousaf Plaza, Opposite Mazeeo Sadar Bazar, Sialkot Cantt

+92 337 4905 313
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