Runs on iOS and Android. Helps parents find kids fashion fast.
Banoun runs on iOS and Android and helps parents find what their kids need in seconds. The iOS app is built in Swift, the Android app in Kotlin, and a Laravel backend keeps stock counts in sync across the customer apps, the admin panel and the storefront. The store team can push a new collection live on a Friday afternoon without waiting on engineers, and nothing slows down on the phone.
Banoun leans on a navy that feels calm and a peach that feels warm. The palette tells parents they have landed somewhere considered, and tells kids they have landed somewhere friendly, and every screen from the splash to the checkout follows the same rules. It is a small thing that does a lot of work, because in retail the way an app feels in the first three seconds shapes whether anyone trusts it with their card.
Swift runs the iOS app and Kotlin runs the Android app, while a Laravel backend on AWS holds the MySQL database and handles every sync. The split is deliberate: the phones handle the polish, and the server handles the speed. That division is what lets the apps feel instant while the stock stays correct everywhere at once.
Banoun has two kinds of user sharing a single app. Kids pick by picture and get bored fast, while parents want to check the brand, the price and the size before they buy. The app had to work for both at once, without making either feel like an afterthought.
Stock has to update the instant it changes during a weekend drop, when a popular item can sell out in under an hour. Stock counts had to stay live across the customer apps, the admin panel and the storefront at the same time, and the apps had to stay fast even while constantly checking for updates.
Because the app serves children, privacy could not be an afterthought. We needed a parent to approve every new account, to store only the data that personalisation genuinely needs, and to delete old data quickly, treating the rules as the floor we start from rather than the finish line.
iOS and Android had to feel the same everywhere it counts and native everywhere it shows. Notifications needed to behave the way iPhone and Android users expect, payments had to work properly through Apple Pay and Google Pay, and swipes and taps had to feel right on each phone.
We watched real families shop before designing a single screen, following parents and children on actual shopping trips. What we saw changed how the app moves people from browsing to the cart and how the categories sit on the home screen. Big pictures sit at the top for the kids, and the full product details are always one tap away for the parents.
The Laravel backend development keeps stock counts in sync everywhere at once, so what a parent sees on the phone matches the storefront and the admin panel in real time. We built the syncing so the apps stay fast while they check for updates, which is what stops a weekend drop from turning into a wave of disappointed buyers and oversold items.
We built those protections in from the first decision. A parent has to approve every new account, the app saves only the data personalisation really requires, and old data is deleted promptly. Designing for child privacy up front, rather than retrofitting it, is what makes a kids retail app safe to trust.
We wrote the iOS app in Swift and the Android app in Kotlin, with no shared codebase, so swipes, animations, small haptic buzzes and checkout all feel the way each platform expects. We built both apps at the same time, running Android app development in parallel so Android never felt like an afterthought, because people stay with retail apps that feel polished, and that polish is worth paying for.
The home screen moves parents from the weekend promotion into the right category and then on to what is trending, with no detour and no hunting around. The whole layout is built to shorten the path from opening the app to adding something to the cart.
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TrendingPractical questions retail brands ask before investing in a mobile app. Costs, timelines, tech choices, results and compliance, answered in plain English.
It depends on scope, but as a guide, a native retail shopping app like Banoun in the Netherlands typically runs from around EUR 25,000 to EUR 60,000 or more, depending on features, integrations and whether you build native on both platforms. We give a fixed estimate after a short discovery call rather than quoting blind.
There is no single answer, but a strong combination is Swift for iOS and Kotlin for Android, built natively for a polished feel, with a backend such as Laravel and a database like MySQL on cloud hosting like AWS handling stock, orders and sync. We chose exactly this for Banoun because it keeps the phones fast and the data correct everywhere.
A native retail app on both platforms typically takes around four to six months from concept to launch, including design, build and beta testing. We work in two-week sprints with working software throughout, and we build for both platforms in parallel so Android is never an afterthought, with progress visible the whole way.
Through the backend. We connect the app's backend to your existing ERP, POS or inventory systems so stock, prices and orders stay in sync rather than living in a separate silo. We map these integrations carefully up front, because they are where retail app projects most often hit surprises.
Yes. We build apps with full multi-language support, including right-to-left languages such as Arabic alongside English, designed in from the start rather than bolted on. The layout, text and flows are built to work properly in both directions so the experience feels native in each language.
The ones that connect browsing to buying: conversion rate, add-to-cart and checkout completion, retention and repeat purchases, and what drives them. In Banoun the feed learns from what parents pick and what kids do, and the store team reads the same data to plan the next drop, so analytics inform both the app and the merchandising.
We stay involved. A retail app needs regular updates as collections, promotions and seasons change, and as the app stores release new requirements. The same senior team that built it supports and evolves it, so it keeps performing rather than drifting out of date after handover.
It varies by brand, but a well-built app pays back through higher conversion, stronger retention and repeat purchases, and the ability to push promotions and drops directly to customers. A native, polished app that loads fast and keeps stock accurate tends to convert better than a slow or generic one, which is where the return comes from.
We ship apps that run natively on iOS and Android, backed by Laravel servers on AWS, and we partner with retail, boutique and lifestyle brands that want apps that actually perform. If you are planning something like Banoun, tell us about your project and a senior engineer will reply within one business day with an honest view of what it would take.