Apps built around how people work

Mobile app development.
For iPhone and Android.

Bring a task people do on their phones, an idea for an app, or an existing app that needs work. Milk Can designs and builds mobile apps for iOS and Android, from field tools that keep working offline to apps that connect to devices.

Based in Appleton, in Wisconsin’s Fox Valley, we work with businesses across North America.

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Project fit

Is a mobile app the right fit?

An app makes sense when the work happens on a phone, away from a desk, or alongside something physical. Good starting points include:

  • Work in the field. Technicians, apprentices or crews who record information where the job happens.
  • Unreliable connections. Apps that save work offline and sync when a connection returns.
  • A device to connect. Apps that talk to sensors, medical devices or other hardware over Bluetooth.
  • A companion to something physical. Timers, scoring and guides for games, events or products.
  • An app you already have. Fixes, new features and updates for an app that needs attention.

Behind the app

What about the website or system behind it?

Most business apps need somewhere for the information to go: a web portal, an admin screen or a connection to software you already use. We scope the app and what sits behind it together.

For OMS, we built the apprenticeworkrecord.com website first, then a mobile app so apprentices could log hours from their phones. For larger systems, see our custom software development work.

How it works

From idea to the app stores

A new app and an established one need different starting points. We’ll talk through who uses it, where they are when they use it and what a useful first version could include.

  1. Understand the work

    Who uses the app, where they are when they use it, and what they need to get done.

  2. Agree on a first version

    The screens and workflows the first release needs, and what can wait.

  3. Build and review together

    Try test builds on your own phone as the app comes together.

  4. Launch and support

    Publishing to the App Store and Google Play, then updates as phones and needs change.

Related work

Apps we’ve built.

Field work, device connections and day-to-day records each call for a different kind of app.

Other app work includes the Cuphead companion app for The Op Games, and educational game apps for zoo and aquarium visitors with Photo Fun Safaris.

Let’s find the next step

What should your app make easier?

Tell us who will use it and what they need to do. We’ll talk through whether an app is the right step and where to start.

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