Build an app around the business problem, not around an app-store checkbox.
Ell Vii's Automations designs installable progressive web apps, customer-facing tools, team applications, portals, CRM-connected experiences, and custom mobile products. The goal is to give customers or staff a focused experience that actually does something useful.
Business App and PWA repertoire updated August 24, 2026
Progressive web apps give businesses another lane between “website” and “native app.”
A PWA can deliver an app-like, mobile-first experience from the web and can be installable on supported devices. That can make sense when a business needs a customer tool, tourism experience, loyalty flow, internal dashboard, field workflow, CRM companion, request portal, or interactive product without starting with the cost and release process of a traditional app-store build.
When native mobile distribution is the better fit, Ell Vii's can scope that separately. The technology follows the use case instead of forcing every idea into the same container.
Progressive Web Apps
Installable, mobile-first web applications for customer journeys, portals, discovery experiences, loyalty, interactive tools, and business workflows.
CRM views, lead lists, customer notes, pipeline visibility, internal check-ins, task dashboards, and repeatable operational workflows.
Location-Aware Experiences
Tourism, event, campus, park, discovery, route, and challenge experiences that can use location context when the project and permissions call for it.
Connected Business Apps
Apps that connect approved customer actions to CRM, scheduling, lead-source tracking, portals, notifications, automation, or business data.
Custom Mobile Apps
Cross-platform mobile development with project-specific UX/UI, testing, device requirements, publishing support, and ongoing maintenance scoped separately.
Protected client PWA example
Arizona Treasure Trail PWA
Arizona Treasure Trail is represented publicly as a location-aware tourism and adventure PWA project. It demonstrates Ell Vii's ability to shape an installable, mobile-first experience around exploration, interactive discovery, branded UX, and real-world destinations.
What this proves: Ell Vii's can design beyond brochure websites into location-aware customer experiences, PWA architecture, mobile interaction design, and project-specific product flows.
Public-safe boundary: this example intentionally does not publish unreleased routes, challenge logic, partner details, client pricing, private CRM configuration, source code, proprietary implementation, or other confidential project material.
Design + ingenuity
Give the idea a fresh experience, not a recycled shell.
We help businesses move from “we have an idea” to “customers can see and understand it.” That can include a new visual direction, clearer screen hierarchy, stronger calls-to-action, simpler navigation, installable PWA behavior, interactive concepts, mobile-first flows, and a design language that fits the business.
Fresh visual direction: shape layout, imagery, motion, and interface style around the business.
Customer-first UX: decide what the customer needs to see, understand, and do next.
Practical ingenuity: look for a smarter interaction instead of automatically copying the usual industry pattern.
Connected experience: where useful, connect the app to CRM, portals, automation, booking, lead capture, or business workflows.
Prototype before overbuilding: make the concept visible early so decisions can be made against a real experience.
Business App Demo starts at $750+ for a focused proof of concept. Business Web App builds start at $1,500+ for customer portals, CRM screens, internal workflows, quote intake, Website Assistant app experiences, or appropriately scoped PWAs. Custom Mobile App Development starts at $1,950+ for cross-platform mobile application work.
Final pricing depends on screens, users, CRM/database needs, login requirements, location capabilities, offline expectations, automation, third-party tools, security, payment or booking connections, device/store requirements, custom design, and ongoing support.
Customer portal for requests, updates, files, or check-ins
Tourism, event, scavenger-hunt, park, campus, or discovery experience
Loyalty, rewards, membership, or repeat-customer experience
Quote, intake, booking, or service-selection tool
CRM viewer for leads, notes, source, status, and follow-up
Field or internal dashboard for owner/team tasks
QR or NFC destination that opens into an app-like workflow
Website Assistant app that answers questions and captures leads
What is quoted separately
App-store accounts, publishing fees, and special store work
Custom login, identity, and user-account systems
Advanced maps, location services, route data, or third-party geospatial APIs
Payment, booking, phone, email, push, or SMS integrations
Advanced CRM/database workflows and data migration
Specialized illustration, photography, 3D, or third-party creative assets
Ongoing hosting, maintenance, monitoring, and support
PWA, web app, or native mobile app?
PWA: useful when the experience should be web-delivered, mobile-first, and potentially installable without making app-store distribution the starting requirement.
Business web app: useful for portals, dashboards, internal systems, CRM companions, and browser-based workflows where installability is not the main goal.
Native/cross-platform mobile app: useful when device capabilities, distribution requirements, store presence, or deeper mobile behavior justify the additional development and release work.
Common questions
Questions business owners ask before choosing an app path
What is a progressive web app?
A progressive web app, or PWA, is a web-based application designed to feel app-like on supported devices. It can support installable experiences, responsive mobile use, and project-specific capabilities without requiring every project to begin as a traditional app-store application.
When is a PWA a good fit?
PWAs can be a strong fit for customer portals, field tools, tourism and discovery experiences, loyalty programs, quote and intake tools, dashboards, scheduling workflows, and other experiences that should work smoothly from a browser and mobile home screen.
Can a business app connect to CRM or automation?
Yes. When appropriate, a business app can connect customer actions to CRM records, lead source tracking, assignments, reminders, approved automation, scheduling, and business workflows.
Do all business apps need an app-store release?
No. Some projects are better delivered as responsive web apps or installable PWAs. Traditional app-store distribution can be scoped separately when the business requirements justify it.
Bring the idea before it is fully figured out.
You do not need finished screens or technical specifications. Show us the business problem, the audience, and the experience you want people to have. We can help determine whether the right answer is a website, PWA, web app, mobile app, or connected system.
