Mobile App Development Company in Europe

Mobile app development for European businesses

RaftLabs builds iOS and Android apps for companies across Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, and the Nordics. GDPR-native builds, EU data residency, senior engineers, and a fixed price in euros.

  • iOS and Android apps shipped for European clients since 2015

  • GDPR-native builds with EU data residency by default

  • Fixed-price scope agreed in euros before development starts

  • Same-time-zone delivery on CET and GMT working hours

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The problem

Sound familiar?

  • You need a GDPR-native app but your last agency treated data protection as a checkbox added at the end?

  • Your users' data has to stay in the EU and your current provider can't tell you where it's hosted?

  • You're scaling across European markets and your app was never built for multiple languages or data-residency rules?

Short answer

RaftLabs is a mobile app development company serving European businesses across Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, and the Nordics. Builds are GDPR-native with EU data residency and priced in euros. A first version starts around €23,000-€55,000 and launches in 8-14 weeks to validate the market, then grows into a fuller platform.

Key takeaways

  • RaftLabs builds GDPR-native iOS and Android apps with EU data residency (Frankfurt, Dublin, or Amsterdam) by default.
  • A first version starts around €23,000-€55,000 and launches in 8-14 weeks to validate the market, then grows into a fuller platform, priced in euros.
  • The team overlaps fully with CET and GMT hours, so reviews and decisions happen in real time.
  • Deepest track record is in Ireland, including national retail (Musgrave's SuperValu and Centra) and utility (Energia) brands.

Compliance

GDPR-native, built for European data rules

  • 01

    GDPR by design

    Lawful-basis consent, data-subject access and deletion, data-minimisation, and audit logging built from the first sprint, when they are cheap to get right.

  • 02

    EU data residency

    EU-region hosting and EU-based sub-processors by default, so personal data stays inside the bloc. Cross-border transfers are flagged and handled with SCCs up front.

  • 03

    DORA-aware fintech builds

    For financial products, operational-resilience and third-party-risk expectations under DORA handled as first-class requirements.

  • 04

    Multi-market internationalisation

    Multi-language support, locale-aware formatting, and market-specific consent and payment flows, so growing from one European market into the next is mostly a configuration change.

Why European businesses build with RaftLabs

Mobile app development for Europe carries a data-protection bar most markets never see, and European buyers rightly expect it handled properly, not treated as legal boilerplate. We build GDPR-native iOS and Android apps with EU data residency as the default, work in your time zone, and quote a fixed price in euros before a line of code is written. Our deepest track record is in Ireland, a hub for EU-headquartered and US-into-EU SaaS, medtech, and consumer products.

The bar European mobile apps have to clear

€5.88B+
GDPR fines issued since 2018
DLA Piper GDPR Fines Survey, 2025
24
official EU languages a pan-European app may localise for
European Union

Those two facts shape every build. Data protection is enforced, not aspirational, and growing past one market means localisation is a build requirement from day one, not a later bolt-on.

Why us

What working with us actually looks like

  • 01
    Same-time-zone delivery

    Full overlap with CET and GMT hours. Decisions happen in your working day, not on tomorrow's standup.

  • 02
    Fixed scope in euros

    A fixed price agreed before we start, quoted and invoiced in euros. No day-rate meter, no surprise change orders.

  • 03
    GDPR-native by default

    Data protection and EU residency designed into the build, so your app clears a privacy review cleanly.

  • 04
    Deep Irish and EU track record

    Products live with European users today, including national retail and utility brands in Ireland.

  • 05
    Senior engineers only

    The people who scope your build are the people who write it. No junior bench, no bait-and-switch after the SOW.

  • 06
    Shipping since 2015

    Production software live across European and global markets, built by a team that has shipped since 2015.

Mobile services

What we build for European teams

The process

How we build your mobile app

  1. 01

    Scope and data-protection review before we start

    We define the exact build and its GDPR and data-residency requirements, then quote a fixed price in euros. You approve scope before any code is written.

  2. 02

    Design sprint

    A working prototype your product and legal reviewers can react to, walked through live in your time zone.

  3. 03

    Build in milestones

    Senior engineers ship in visible milestones, so you see real progress every week instead of one big reveal at the end.

  4. 04

    QA, privacy review, and store submission

    Real-device QA, a data-protection pass, and App Store and Play Store submission handled for you.

Recent work with European clients

Our closest mobile example in Europe is the booking and keyless-entry app for Dublin's City Break Apartments, where guests check in from their phones. Around it sit consumer platforms for national Irish brands: a receipts-and-rewards loyalty build for Musgrave's SuperValu and Centra and a rewards platform for the utility Energia. Each shipped to a fixed scope, in the client's time zone, with EU data handling built in.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes - GDPR is designed into the build, not bolted on before launch. We implement lawful-basis consent, data-subject access and deletion flows, data-minimisation, and audit logging from the first sprint. For products handling sensitive categories we document processing and support your DPIA. GDPR handling is part of scope, agreed before development starts.

Yes. We default to EU data residency - EU-region hosting (typically Frankfurt, Dublin, or Amsterdam) and EU-based sub-processors - so personal data does not leave the bloc. Where a third-party service sits outside the EU, we flag it up front and use the appropriate transfer mechanism (SCCs or an adequacy decision) rather than discovering it in an audit.

Pricing is in euros and fixed before we start. A first version - core workflow, authentication, push notifications, and App Store and Play Store delivery - starts around €23,000-€55,000 and launches in 8-14 weeks to validate the market. From there the full platform grows to €55,000-€120,000 as you add payments, real-time features, offline support, and backend integration. You get a fixed cost before each phase begins, not a running day-rate.

Our team overlaps fully with CET and GMT business hours, so standups, reviews, and decisions happen live during your working day. Most European clients work with us as an extension of their in-house team rather than an offshore vendor on a delayed handoff.

Yes. We build internationalisation in from the start - multi-language support, locale-aware formatting, and market-specific consent and payment flows - so expanding from one European market to the next is a configuration change, not a rebuild.

Work with us

Building for European users?

Tell us what you're building and the data-protection bar it has to clear. Within one business day you get a straight take on cost in euros, timeline, and the right first step.

  • Scope and cost agreed before work starts. No surprises. No obligation.
  • Working prototype within 3 weeks of kickoff.
  • Pay by milestone. You see progress before each invoice.
  • 60-day post-launch warranty. Bug fixes, UI tweaks, and deployment support. No retainer.
  • All conversations are NDA-protected.