We develop bespoke web apps and online portals for any device
Looking for a specialist web app development company in the UK?
We've been growing client margins with automated digital processes, integrated web apps, and online portals since 2013.
Web development services
- Mobile-friendly apps
- Web portals
- Dashboards & widgets
- Import from spreadsheets (Excel, CSV)
- Generate spreadsheets, PDFs
- API integrations
- Design prototypes
Our core technologies
- Symfony framework (PHP)
- Node.js (JavaScript/TypeScript)
- React (JavaScript/TypeScript)
- MySQL & PostgreSQL databases
- Native iOS apps (Swift)
- Infrastructure (Amazon AWS)
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"Codevate really understood what we wanted to achieve. I can't recommend them enough!"
Developing a web app, online portal, or creating a digital process?
We can help with that. We've developed bespoke apps for dozens of industries, from single digital processes to full business transformation projects with field-based apps.
From simple email reminders, to full-blown stock management systems with customisable Excel reports and beautiful PDFs. We've been developing custom web apps for almost a decade.
If you’re looking for a UK-based web developer to help you drive revenue and scale your business, get in touch.
Get a web app development quote tailored to your business
A quote from an industry-leading web app developer goes beyond just development — we consider your business goals, technical constraints, and long-term scalability. We align our solutions with your strategy to deliver high-impact features, cost-effectively.
If your requirements are complex, your project may benefit from upfront consultancy or rapid prototyping. These can reduce risk and cost by identifying your most valuable features early on.
For example, we can pinpoint and refine key features by developing:
- A functional prototype that tests one feature or idea with your users; or,
- A design prototype that maps out the user experience (UX or "flow") of your web app.
Prototyping helps you de-risk development and plan the next phase of development with clarity.
We’d be happy to explore these options with you in a free, no-obligation consultation.
Why you should get in touch
- Mobile-friendly apps for any device
- Improve your existing process
- Launch faster with our iterative process
-
100% project success rate(compared with an industry average of ~25%)
- Highly qualified senior engineers
- Complementary project scoping call
- Chat with an expert
- Complementary high-level quote
- Ongoing support with maintenance retainers
Featured case study
Centralised security audit & reporting portal
We built a scalable, secure web platform that transformed how penetration testing and audit engagements are managed — from discovery to delivery — streamlining workflows and client communication.
- Custom dashboard with real-time data
- Automated PDF report generation
- Process digitisation
- Secure role-based authentication
"The team at Codevate have been excellent from start to today. They really understood what we wanted to achieve and the feedback from our clients, prospects and even competitors has been excellent. I can't recommend them enough!"
Web-based digital processes and online portals are our speciality
We can develop a mobile-friendly custom web app for almost any occasion. Working with UK businesses from our HQ in Birmingham, West Midlands, our web apps power millions in revenue every year.
Digitise or automate an existing process
Level-up your processes so staff can use them online, and allow your business to scale with a mobile-friendly custom web app.
Develop a secure online portal
Connect your systems and store everything in one place. Create a customer portal or back office system.
Create dashboards & widgets
Find and filter data in real-time. See charts, graphs, and reports update with the latest information.
Import data & download reports
Need to work with existing data? Upload Excel or CSV files, and generate Word or PDF reports. Don't forget QR or bar codes too.
Integrate with powerful APIs
- Work with GPS & Maps
- Payments: recurring or one-off
- WhatsApp, SMS, Email, Voice calls, and Video
Transform legacy apps
Got existing software that's slow or clunky? Develop new, modern software and retain the merits of the original.
Ready to develop your online portal or digital process?
Fast track your web app development with us
"Codevate was the only company who ‘got’ our idea. We’ve worked with them to incrementally digitise most of our business processes with custom software."
- Free 30 minute scoping call
- Face-to-face consultation available
- Free at-a-glance feasibility analysis
- No obligation high-level proposal
Is developing an online portal or web-based digital process right for your business?
Custom web apps come in all shapes and sizes: mobile-friendly or desktop-only, customer-facing or back-office focused. But what's the difference between developing an online portal and a bespoke digital process, and which is right for your business?
Why should you develop a web-based bespoke digital process?
Developing a bespoke web-based process gives your business ultimate control over how its process(es) work.
In comparison, one-size-fits-all or off-the-shelf solutions can make it difficult to create a competitive advantage - you're limited to the same playing field as your competitors.
Introducing automation and integrating with existing online services can add to your business's bottom line by increasing productivity, or connecting directly with your customers online.
When does a web app become an online portal?
Developing an online portal generally involves creating multiple digital processes and supporting features like user accounts and dashboards, rather than a single web-based process.
Online portals are often integrated with multiple data sources or existing third party services to create aggregate features that add value to the user's experience.
We typically start our web app development projects by prototyping a single digital process, focusing on proving the core concept as a primary outcome before developing ancillary features.
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Got a bespoke web app idea?
Feel free to get in touch via phone, email or send us a message. We’re always happy to hear from you.
"Contracting Codevate has been and remains one of the best experiences I have had in 25 years of business and I am so looking forward to progressing with them."
Frequently asked questions
Looking to develop a bespoke web app but want to know more? Take a look at our FAQs below.
Feel free to send us a message about more project-specific questions.
Is your web development team based in the UK?
Yes. We're based in Birmingham City Centre, meaning that most of our web developers are in the West Midlands.
We offer remote working, allowing us to source the best talent in the UK.
How much does it cost to develop bespoke software or a custom web app?
The cost can vary with the number of different features, their complexity, and if you need mobile apps to communicate with your web app.
For example, you may need to develop mobile apps for remote workers to submit forms to your web app.
Many features can be straightforward, such as taking free-text notes. Others can be more complex, especially when working with multiple third parties. Such as using Google and Stripe APIs to calculate and charge for the price of a taxi ride.
You can find out more in our articles below:
- How to get your money's worth in your app development quote
Will my web app idea stay confidential?
What languages do you develop your bespoke web apps with?
Our web development team is multidisciplinary, and we strive to be "platform agnostic". This allows us to select the right tool for the job (an important part of our core beliefs).
For full stack web development, we usually use PHP with the Symfony framework for the back-end, and TypeScript (JavaScript) with the React framework for the front-end.
What makes Codevate different to other web development companies in the UK?
Besides being fully UK-based we only hire senior web developers.
Other companies will often have a UK address, but their app development team could be offshore. Offshore developers come with their own issues, such as time zone and language barriers. Working across legal jurisdictions can also make transferring or protecting your intellectual property complicated.
We've had a 100% project completion rate since we started in 2013. Much higher than the eye watering reported industry standard of approximately 25%). We maintain this by being meticulous at the app specification stage.
Our top focus is on the long-term, developing and maintaining large-scale web apps that will stand the test of time.
One of our most successful projects is a business management platform that has been continuously developed and maintained for the last decade. Our client runs its main business activities through the software. This is primarily a web portal, with supporting mobile apps for remote engineers that we also developed.
Get in touch to requesting a demo of our projects.
Do you develop mobile apps for iOS and Android to go with my web platform?
Yes. We've been developing native and cross-platform iOS and Android apps since 2013.
Mobile apps can be used to display data from a web platform, or submit data to it, using APIs that we develop. APIs are a means of communication between different pieces of software.