Mobile App and Web Development Company

Simpalm is a leading digital product development company in the USA, specializing in UI/UX design, mobile app development, web development, AI solutions, and SaaS platforms. With offices in Maryland, Chicago and New York, we’ve been building transformative digital solutions for startups, established companies, and nonprofits. Our digital solutions have solved challenges for healthcare, financial services, construction, education, IoT, charities, associations and SaaS industry.

United States

11821 Parklawn Drive, Suite 130, Silver Spring, MD 20852

301-541-3076

United States

205 N Michigan Ave Suite 810, Indore, MP 60601

312-554-5843

United States

1775 Tysons Blvd 5th Floor, 22102

301-541-3076

United States

535 5th Ave 4th floor, New York, NY 10017, 20002

301-541-3076

Why Simpalm?

15 Years of Experience in App and Web Development
Hybrid Shoring Model
One Stop Shop

Service Focus

Focus of Mobile App Development

iOS - iPhone - 35%
Android - 25%
Flutter - 15%
iOS - iPad - 10%
React Native - 10%
Swift - 5%

Industry Focus

Education - 20%
Financial & Payments - 20%
Government - 20%
Healthcare & Medical - 20%
NGOs - 10%
Neo-banks - 10%

Client Focus

45% Small Business

30% Midmarket Business

25% Enterprise

Review Analytics of Simpalm

36
Total Reviews

5.0/5
Overall Rating

7
Recent Reviews

What Users Say

Smooth, collaborative team—responsive and always helping us find solutions and move forward.

Julia Melo, Administrator at KAH

Solid partner for building our logistics app

Michael Milanoski, Co-Founder at TransloadX

Reliable team that delivers on time and communicates well

Matt Rudnick, Founder and CEO at Main Sheet LLC

Great team that built our telehealth and patient care app from start to finish

Morley Baker, Founder & CEO at Shed

Great team that built our skincare app from start to finish

Aubri Thompson, Founder and CEO at Rebrand Skincare

What Users Like The Most

What we liked most about SimPalm was their responsiveness and problem-solving mindset—they don’t just execute tasks, they actively help find solutions and keep things moving forward.
We appreciate that they stayed on budget, provided post-release support, and helped us with additional tasks without extra charges. Their commitment to fulfilling the contract and going above and beyond has been commendable.
They were fast and educated us about the PWA.

What Users Like The Least

What we liked the least about SimPalm was that, at times, timelines shifted more than we would have liked—but the team was always communicative and worked with us to keep things on track.
Not that I can think of.
Testing could have been a bit faster, but everything else was solid.

Detailed Reviews of Simpalm

5.036 Reviews

Julian Mulvey, Partner at Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc

Posted on Aug 26, 2017

Excellent firm. Smart, reliable and Very responsive.

After a disastrous first developer experience, Simplam came recommended to us. They did not disappoint. Reliable, very smart and a pleasure to work with on our project. I would hire them again.

What was the project name that you have worked with Simpalm?

App Development Project

What service was provided as part of the project?

Mobile App Development

Rating Breakdown

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Schedule & Timing
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Project Detail

Completed

Andres Lares, Chief Innovation Officer at Shapiro Negotiations Institute

Posted on Aug 9, 2017

Great App Developers

Simpalm was easy to work with, produced good work, and went through as many iterations as needed to get it right. I would recommend Simpalm for mobile app work. We would strongly consider them for any additional mobile app development work we undertake.

What service was provided as part of the project?

Mobile App Development

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Quality
Schedule & Timing
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Bryan Stafford, President & COO at AudiobooksNow

Posted on Aug 9, 2017

Good App Developer

Good app developer at a good price. They are resonable to work with.

What service was provided as part of the project?

App Designing (UI/UX)

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Quality
Schedule & Timing
Communication
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Rob Pavosavich, Lead Actuary at U.S. Department of Labor

Posted on Aug 8, 2017

SimPalm Listens

I had Simpalm build a rather unique and complex game as a mobile app. Even though my instructions were not always well laid out, the Simpalm programmers were always patient and very responsive to all of my changes. I felt comfortable at each step in the process that they were listening closely to everything I wanted to achieve with this app.

What service was provided as part of the project?

Mobile App Development, Web Development

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Responsive and technically proficient

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

Billing statements.

Rating Breakdown

Quality
Schedule & Timing
Communication
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Project Detail

$10001 to $50000

Gina Haldeman, Owner at Medical Software Innovations

Posted on Sep 13, 2016

Very experienced, friendly, and tech-savvy.

The client is a software company that focuses on connecting the health care and technology with their software and applications. The client wanted to develop a medical application for prenatal care and thus connected with SIMpalm. They helped the client with the development and designing of an iOS and Android application that can be used by the pregnant women and their families to take proper care.

The project took a little more time than estimated since the client put the project on hold a couple of times during the development. The client is satisfied with SIMpalm as they dealt with the client very patiently and delivered a high-quality product.

What was the project name that you have worked with Simpalm?

iOS & Android Prenatal Care App Development

What service was provided as part of the project?

Mobile App Development

Rating Breakdown

Quality
Schedule & Timing
Communication
Overall Rating

Project Detail

$10001 to $50000
Completed

Morley Baker, Founder & CEO at Shed

Great team that built our telehealth and patient care app from start to finish

Very good. They stayed on schedule, communicated well, and made changes when needed. The app has improved patient engagement about 20% and reduced manual support tasks about 50%.

What was the project name that you have worked with Simpalm?

Mobile App for Telehealth and Patient Care

What service was provided as part of the project?

Mobile App Development

Describe your project in brief

We needed an app that lets patients manage subscriptions, refills, and appointments for our telehealth programs. Simpalm handled design, development, and backend work for both iOS and Android.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

They took time to understand our brand and our goals before building. They really cared about the user experience.

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

Testing could have been a bit faster, but everything else was solid.

Rating Breakdown

Quality
Schedule & Timing
Communication
Overall Rating

Project Detail

$10001 to $50000
Completed
Healthcare & Medical

Client Portfolio of Simpalm

Project Industry

Financial & Payments - 6.7%
Business Services - 13.3%
Other Industries - 13.3%
Education - 6.7%
Startups - 6.7%
Legal & Compliance - 6.7%
Healthcare & Medical - 26.7%
Information Technology - 6.7%
Media - 6.7%
Art, Entertainment & Music - 6.7%

Major Industry Focus

Healthcare & Medical

Project Cost

$50001 to $100000 - 60%
$10001 to $50000 - 26.7%
$500000+ - 6.7%
$100001 to $500000 - 6.7%

Common Project Cost

$50001 to $100000

Project Timeline

1 to 25 Weeks - 33.3%
26 to 50 Weeks - 53.3%
51 to 100 Weeks - 13.3%

Project Timeline

26 to 50 Weeks

Portfolios: 15

Executive Interview of Simpalm

Piyush Jain

CEO and Founder

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Please introduce your company and give a brief about your role within the company?

Simpalm is a niche mobile app development company based in the USA with offices in Washington DC and Chicago Area. We were incorporated in 2009 with the vision of bringing more mobility in the World. We provide full end to end app development services including UIUX design, app development, backend development and web app development. Since our inception, we have delivered 250+ mobile apps for enterprises, start-ups, non-profits, and government agencies.

What was the idea behind starting this organization?

My vision for founding Simpalmwas was to bring more mobility to the world. Back in 2009, when smartphones were becoming popular, companies and startups didn’t have the technical know-how on how to build mobile apps. I quit my job and started with two developers to start building mobile apps. We have grown steadily and build a team of 35 engineers, designers and project managers with expertise in mobility.

What are your company’s business model–in house team or third party vendors/ outsourcing?

All of our team is in-house, which includes designers, developers, testers and project managers. We have three locations: Maryland, Chicago, and India. We offer onshore model and global shoring model to clients. Depending upon the client's requirements and budget, we come up with the right engagement model.

How is your business model beneficial from a value addition perspective to the clients compared to other companies' models?

We provide a unique global shoring model to companies based in the USA. Global shoring model thrives on having senior team onshore, in direct communication with the client and developers being offshore, working behind the scene with the onshore team. The onshore team consists of Project Managers, Technical lead and UX Designer and offshore team consist of software developers and testers. The model provides the value of an onshore company and pricing of an offshore firm.

What industries do you generally cater to? Are your customers repetitive?If yes, what ratio of clients has been repetitive to you?

We serve all different industry verticals including healthcare, education, startups, fin-tech, non-profits, Inc 5000 and Fortune 500 companies.

Mention the objectives or the parameters critical in determining the time frame of developing a mobile app.

Timeframe to develop a mobile app depends upon several parameters such as design, number of features, backend development, third-party integration, the complexity of the features and MVP model. We spend time to analyze the client’s requirements and come up with the estimated timeline.

How much effort in terms of time goes into developing the front end and back end of a mobile app?

Developing front end always require more time than the backend development. If it takes three months to do the front end, backend generally can be done in 2 months or less. We do the front end and backend development simultaneously so that the overall delivery time is shorter.

What are the key parameters to be considered before selecting the right platform for a mobile application?

It depends upon the complexity of features, design intensity and budget. If the app requires very complex functions such as Bluetooth integration, we always go for native frameworks. If the design has a lot of interaction/animation, we still prefer native over the cross-platform framework. If the app is simple, doesn’t require sophisticated features and has a simple design, then we opt for cross-platform tools like ReactNative. If the budget is tight and the client wants to do both iOS and Android Apps, we go for ReactNative.

Which platform do you suggest your clients to begin with when they approach you with an idea (Android or iOS) and why?

We always recommend starting with the iOS App since iPhones are still more popular in the USA compared to Android. iPhones also provide a better ecosystem to test the UIUX of the app.

Android or iOS, Native or Hybrid — which platform is best to use to build your app? What are your recommendations?

Native vs. Hybrid really depends upon what types of the app we are trying to build and what is the budget the client has. If the app has very complex features like BLE integration or require a very high custom design, we always recommend the native approach. If the app is relatively simpler in design and functionality, we recommend the Hybrid Approach. Also if the budget is tight and the client is looking for both the platforms, we go for the Hybrid approach.

What are the key factors that you consider before deciding the cost of a mobile application?

Our pre-sales team thoroughly analyzes the client requirements and do several brainstorming sessions with clients to understand the proper scope of the project. We consider several factors like design, type of functionalities, number of features, backend development and integrations to determine the time and cost. We always make sure to have a lean product with higher ROI so that the app can be launched with the least money and timeline. Once we have a scope defined, we have our Technical Leads review the range and come up with a time and cost estimate.

What kind of payment structure do you follow to bill your clients? Is it Pay per Feature, Fixed Cost, Pay per Milestone (could be in phases, months, versions etc.)

We typically follow Pay per Milestones and Time & Material.

Do you take in projects which meet your basic budget requirement? If yes, what is the minimum requirement? If no, on what minimum budget you have worked for?

Our minimum budget requirement is around $10000 for a new project. For an existing project, we can begin at $5000.

What is the price range (min and max) of the projects that you catered to in 2018?

Our price range varies depending upon the engagement model we have with our client; typically it ranges from $30-$60 per hour.

Which business model do you suggest to your clients enabling them to generate revenue from mobile applications? Why?

I always recommend the monthly subscription as the best business model for mobile apps, since it allows you to offer certain features for free and then charge a monthly subscription.