Process
The same four stages on every project, whether it's a marketing site or a mobile app. You approve each one before the next begins.
Step 01
Fifteen minutes, no technical brief needed. We work out who the product is for, what they need to accomplish, and what success looks like. You leave with a clear answer on whether we are a fit.
Step 02
We decide together what the first release must include and what can wait. You get a prototype to click through, a written scope, and a price before any code is written.
Step 03
We design and develop in short cycles and show you working software as it lands. Every decision gets explained in plain language, so you always know what you are approving.
Step 04
We handle the release, the App Store submission, and the first weeks of live use. Then we use what real users do to decide what gets built next.
FAQs
Anything not covered here, ask on the call. It is free and there is no obligation at the end of it.
Yes, and that is the usual starting point. Bring the problem and who has it. Working out what to build, and what to leave out of the first release, is the first stage of the work.
It depends on scope, so you get a fixed estimate before any code is written. A focused first release typically lands in the low five figures; a marketing site is considerably less. Nothing starts until you have approved the number.
A first release usually takes six to twelve weeks depending on scope. You see working software long before that, in short cycles, rather than waiting for one big reveal at the end.
Anes does. Five Square Design is deliberately one engineer, so the person on your first call is the person who builds and ships. There is no sales handoff and no team you never met.
Completely. The code, the accounts, the domain, and the data are all yours, handed over documented. You are never locked into us to keep the product running.
Yes. Calls, documents, and the product itself can be in English or French. We are based in Montreal and work in both every week.
Book a free 15-minute call. We will clarify what you are building, what it takes, and the sensible next step. No obligation, in English or French.
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