An app built for Canberra has to pass tests other cities rarely set. It will be used by staff who hold clearances, by members of a professional institute who expect it to work with a screen reader, by facilities crews on sites where photographs are controlled, and by a public that will notice if it is not accessible. Security, accessibility and a clear record of who did what are the brief before the brief.
NexusByte builds apps for Canberra and Queanbeyan organisations from our Australian base, three hours up the Hume and in the same time zone, with the backend and administration tools built as part of the same system. Secure staff and field apps for the contractors and consultancies that supply government, member and event apps for associations and institutes, and accessible service apps for practices, schools and community organisations across the ACT.
We host in Australian data centres, design to WCAG accessibility standards from the first screen and can distribute staff apps privately, so nothing your organisation would rather keep internal ever appears in a public store.
Apps we build for Canberra organisations:
Canberra stakeholders want to see the requirements written down, the risks addressed and the evidence kept. Our app process gives them that without slowing the build to a crawl.
An app a Canberra organisation can put in front of its agency client, its board or its members without a caveat is the standard we build to.
Canberra apps carry obligations: controlled access, logged actions, accessible design and data that stays in Australia. We build those in from the start rather than retrofitting them after a review.
Each app ships with the reporting a contract manager, a board or a funder will ask for.
Every software project starts with a clear scope and fixed pricing, so you always know what you're getting and when.
We deliver scalable, secure software backed by a transparent process and ongoing support.
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Canberra's app market is split between large integrators priced for departmental programs and small studios built for consumer products. The contractor, association or practice that needs a secure, accessible working app for its own operation is poorly served by both. We build that class of app, with the backend behind it, to a written scope and a fixed price, and we keep supporting it.
We build the app around the obligations it carries, because in Canberra those obligations are the brief.
A Canberra staff app that cannot show who approved what, or a member app that does not update the register, has failed the test it will be set. We build the backend first, with the access control and audit logging already in place, on the same stack our own booking, quoting and portal software runs on.
One API and database for the app, the website and the administration tools, with role-based access, audit logs and Australian hosting from the start.
How we build the backendSecure internal systems, grant and membership portals, compliance and booking systems for ACT organisations, with or without an app in front of them.
Software development in CanberraPrototypes tested with the people who will use the app, including with assistive technology, before production code.
Our mobile app design principlesWeighing native against cross-platform? Our cross-platform apps guide sets out the trade-offs, and the full service is on the mobile app development page.
Facilities and security contractors, training providers, labour-hire firms and consultancies across Fyshwick, Mitchell, Hume and the airport precinct keep the Commonwealth running, and their staff work on sites with rules about what can be photographed, who can enter and what must be logged. A staff app for those businesses handles inductions and clearances before a shift, captures inspections and incidents with controlled photo handling, records time against the right contract line and produces the evidence an agency contract manager asks for, all distributed privately to managed devices rather than through a public store.
Canberra's peak bodies, professional institutes and research associations run memberships, accreditation schemes and conferences for members scattered across the country. A member app that handles renewals, continuing education points, event registration, check-in and resources, built on the same backend as the membership register, replaces the inbox as the system of record and gives the secretariat an accurate picture at any moment. Accessibility is non-negotiable for these apps, and we design and test them with assistive technology from the first prototype.
Clinics, allied health groups, tutoring providers, sporting clubs and community organisations across Belconnen, Woden, Tuggeranong and Gungahlin serve a population that expects to book, pay and communicate from a phone, and that includes people using screen readers, switch access and large text. We build those apps to WCAG 2.2 AA, test them with assistive technology and connect them to the practice, accounting and payment systems already in use, so the app reduces reception work rather than adding a channel to monitor.
Most Canberra organisational apps are workflow, capture and communication apps, and those are usually best built cross-platform: one codebase for iPhone and Android, lower cost for every future change and accessibility support that is now mature on both platforms. Native builds earn their place when the app depends on managed-device features, specific hardware or background location. We make the recommendation after discovery, write it down with the reasons, and build for both platforms either way.
Our developers are in Sydney, in Canberra's time zone and three hours away by road. Design and development run over video, shared prototypes and test builds installed on your own devices. We travel to Canberra for discovery with your staff or members, for the prototype review with real users and assistive technology, for stakeholder presentations and for go-live week. After launch the developers who built the app handle each iOS and Android release, security updates and the changes real usage suggests, under a plan your finance committee can budget for.
Where we work
App Development Across Canberra and the Capital Region
We build apps for organisations across the ACT and Queanbeyan. Discovery, user testing and stakeholder sessions can be run on site anywhere on this list, with the rest of the project in your time zone over video and test builds on your own devices.
Canberra Central & Parliamentary Triangle
Inner North
Belconnen
Gungahlin
Woden Valley & Weston Creek
Tuggeranong
Molonglo Valley & Industrial Precincts
Queanbeyan & Capital Region
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Tell us who will use the app, what they are accountable for and who will review it. We will map it with them, prototype it accessibly and quote it fixed.
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