App development for UAE businesses, from Bangalore
CountryDevs builds mobile apps, web apps and websites for businesses in the UAE from our studio in Bangalore, which is 1 hour 30 minutes ahead of UAE time. Our largest UAE build is Trainr, a two-sided fitness marketplace whose Android app is live on Google Play, with Stripe payments in dirhams.
We are not a Dubai company and have no office there; we say so up front so you can decide whether a remote studio suits the project.
- 39 clients
- 5 countries
- 30+ products and sites shipped
- 2021 working since
What have we built for businesses in the UAE?
Trainr Live
A two-sided fitness marketplace for the UAE: one React Native app for clients and trainers, two Node.js backends and the admin console, with bookings, packages, Stripe payments and payouts, workouts, diet plans and chat.
978backend HTTP endpoints across the two APIs
A five-page website for a Dubai general contractor: photo slider, company story, services, project gallery and contact page.
5pages, live
We also build for businesses across India, from Bangalore and in the UK. See every kind of product we build.
What does it cost to start?
A full build gets one fixed price after a Discovery Sprint or a short call.
UAE rules and costs we have looked into
A UAE app usually takes cards through Stripe in dirhams and has to meet the UAE's data-protection law. These pages cover both, with the limits of what we could confirm.
- Stripe fee calculator (UAE)The fee and payout for UAE Stripe accounts, domestic and international cards.
- UAE PDPL for appsThe federal data-protection law, read from the Arabic text, with what is still unconfirmed.
- Stripe payments and payouts, from our codeHow Trainr takes card payments and reconciles them.
- Fitness app developmentThe niche page built around Trainr.
How does working with us run?
- Time difference
- Bangalore (UTC+05:30) is 1 hour 30 minutes ahead of the UAE (UTC+04:00), and neither changes its clocks, so a UAE morning is a Bangalore late morning all year.
- Who you talk to
- Mayur Srivatsav (CEO) and Surya Kumar (CTO), the engineers who write the code.
- Prices
- Published in US dollars outside India: the offers below, then a fixed quote for the build.
- Where we are
- Bangalore only. No UAE office, agent or reseller.
The full picture: how a project runs, step by step, the services we offer and the people behind CountryDevs.
Questions from UAE clients
Can a studio in India build an app for the Dubai market?
Yes, if the hard parts are known: Trainr, a fitness marketplace for the UAE, takes card payments in dirhams through Stripe and is live on Google Play. What matters most is the payment provider's UAE support and the data-protection rules, both covered on this page.
What is the time difference between Bangalore and Dubai?
Bangalore is 1 hour 30 minutes ahead of Dubai all year, because India and the UAE both stay on standard time. A 10 a.m. call in Dubai is 11:30 a.m. in Bangalore.
Do you have an office in the UAE?
No. We work from Bangalore over calls, email and WhatsApp. If an in-person team in Dubai is a requirement, a local agency is the better fit.
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