The app feels like a shrunk-down website instead of a native mobile experience.
Service
Mobile app design that feels native on iOS and Android, not ported.
NetForemost designs mobile interfaces around each platform's real conventions — gestures, navigation patterns, and system components — so the app feels native instead of like a resized web page.
Mobile design flowActive
- Define platform strategyDecide what's shared vs. platform-specific across iOS and Android
- 02Design core screensBuild key flows using native navigation and gesture patterns
- 03Design for device varianceCover different screen sizes, notches, and safe areas
- 04Prototype interactionsValidate gestures, transitions, and touch targets
- 05Prepare store-ready assetsPackage screens, icons, and specs for app store submission
Why teams come to us
What this service helps you solve
Touch targets, gestures, or navigation don't match what iOS or Android users expect.
App store ratings mention confusing navigation or awkward layouts on certain devices.
Deliverables
What’s included
Platform strategy: shared vs. iOS/Android-specific patternsNative navigation and gesture-based interaction designScreens designed across device sizes and safe areasTouch target and accessibility sizingInteractive prototypes for key gestures and transitionsApp icon, splash screen, and store listing assetsDeveloper-ready specs for iOS and Android handoff
Process
How the service works
- 01
Decide what's shared vs. platform-specific between iOS and Android
- 02
Design core screens using each platform's native patterns
- 03
Account for different screen sizes and safe areas
- 04
Prototype gestures and transitions before handoff
- 05
Package store-ready assets and dev specs
Roles
Roles that may support this service
Mobile UI DesignerProduct DesignerUX Designer
Final roles are recommended after discovery.Discovery before SOW
Discovery comes before every reliable statement of work.
Before we recommend roles, timelines, or pricing, we need to understand your goals, technology stack, product situation, scope, risks, and constraints. Discovery helps us align expectations and create a realistic statement of work.
What discovery documents
- Business goals
- Product goals
- Technology stack
- Current situation
- Required roles
- Timeline expectations
- Budget expectations
- Risks and unknowns
- Success criteria
FAQ
Questions about this service
We decide this during discovery based on your users and team — some products share one visual language with platform-specific navigation, others need fully separate flows. Either way, we design against each platform's real conventions instead of forcing one layout onto both.
Yes — we audit the current app, flag where it breaks platform conventions or usability norms, and scope the redesign around the screens causing the most drop-off rather than rebuilding everything.
We can, as part of the same engagement — icons, screenshots, and preview assets are a small addition once the core screens exist, and we typically bundle them into the same fixed-scope deliverable.