App Modernization

Modernise Your App. Keep Your Users.

Legacy mobile app holding you back? We migrate Cordova, Ionic, and outdated React Native apps to modern Flutter or React Native โ€” incrementally, without downtime, without losing your user base.

Legacy Apps Modernised
Avg Performance Gain
0
Production Downtime
Avg Technical Debt Reduction

Signs Your App Needs Modernisation

Slow Build Times Blocking Delivery

A 30-minute CI build running 4ร— per day wastes 2 hours of developer productivity daily. Outdated build tooling is often the cause โ€” and usually fixable in a week.

App Store Rejections Increasing

Apple and Google frequently remove support for old APIs, deprecated frameworks, and outdated privacy disclosures. A Cordova or old React Native app may face rejection on the next submission.

Can't Hire Because of the Tech Stack

Finding Cordova or RN 0.6x developers is nearly impossible. Technical debt in the stack is a recruiting liability that compounds over time.

Security Vulnerabilities in Dependencies

Old npm/pub packages accumulate critical CVEs. Legacy apps that aren't actively maintained against known vulnerabilities are a security liability and may breach compliance requirements.

Can't Implement Requested Features

When the architecture wasn't designed for the features you now need โ€” offline sync, live updates, complex animations โ€” the cost to bolt them on exceeds a targeted rewrite.

App Store Ratings Declining

1-star reviews citing crashes, slow loading, and missing platform-native features are your users telling you the app has been left behind. Ratings below 3.5 significantly suppress organic downloads.

Our Modernization Approach

We use the Strangler Fig pattern โ€” your legacy app stays live and serving users throughout. New code replaces old components incrementally, with feature flags controlling the rollout. No big-bang rewrites.

Discovery: full code audit, dependency vulnerability scan, performance baseline
Prioritise: identify the 20% of debt causing 80% of the problems
Incremental migration: Strangler Fig โ€” legacy runs until each component is replaced
Feature flags: new code deployed to 5% of users before full rollout
Zero-downtime DB migrations using expand/contract pattern
Continuous QA: automated regression suite running against both old and new code
Modernization Roadmap
Phase 1 โ€” Audit
Week 1โ€“2
Code quality scan
Dependency CVE audit
Performance baseline
Tech debt backlog
Phase 2 โ€” Foundation
Week 2โ€“4
CI/CD rebuild
TypeScript migration
Test suite scaffolding
Error tracking setup
Phase 3 โ€” Core Modules
Week 4โ€“10
Navigation system update
State management migration
API layer rewrite
Native module updates
Phase 4 โ€” UI & Polish
Week 10โ€“14
Component library update
Platform-native patterns
Performance validation
App Store submission

What We Modernise

Cordova / Ionic โ†’ Flutter or React Native

Full migration from hybrid WebView-based apps to native-compiled frameworks. Typically delivers 3โ€“5ร— performance improvement on startup and scroll.

React Native 0.6x โ†’ 0.74+ (New Architecture)

JSI, Fabric renderer, Hermes engine, and Concurrent React โ€” the New Architecture eliminates the bridge bottleneck and unlocks concurrent features.

Monolith โ†’ Micro-Frontends / Feature Modules

Breaking a tangled codebase into independently deployable feature modules so teams can ship without stepping on each other.

Legacy Backend โ†’ Cloud-Native

Migrating PHP/Rails monoliths to Node.js/Django microservices on AWS, with proper service boundaries, API versioning, and contract testing.

Security Hardening

Dependency CVE remediation, API authentication upgrade (JWT โ†’ OAuth2/PKCE), certificate pinning, and secrets management migration.

Performance Overhaul

JS bundle splitting, lazy loading, image optimisation, database query analysis, caching layer addition โ€” systematic performance engineering.

Platform API Upgrades

Updating deprecated iOS 16 / Android 13 APIs to current equivalents โ€” push notifications, location, Bluetooth, camera โ€” before App Store forces removal.

CI/CD Pipeline Rebuild

Replacing manual release processes or broken pipelines with GitHub Actions/Fastlane โ€” automated builds, tests, and App Store submissions.

Industries We Modernise Apps For

FinTechHealthcareE-CommerceLogisticsEnterprise B2BEdTechOn-DemandMedia
Case Study

Cordova โ†’ React Native Migration โ€” From Poor Reviews to Production Stability

A logistics company's Cordova hybrid app had degraded scroll performance, high crash rates, and consistent negative reviews about performance. They were losing enterprise deals over App Store rating concerns.

4.6โ˜…
Rating (was 2.9โ˜…)
99.7%
Crash-Free Sessions
78%
Faster App Launch
14wk
Zero Downtime Migration
Challenge

Cordova hybrid app: 22fps scroll, 6.2s launch, 8.8% crash rate, 2.9โ˜… rating. Blocking enterprise sales. Existing users couldn't be disrupted.

Solution

React Native 0.74+ with New Architecture. Strangler Fig migration โ€” feature flag 10% โ†’ 50% โ†’ 100% rollout over 14 weeks. Zero maintenance windows.

Outcome

4.6โ˜… within 6 weeks of full rollout. Launch time 1.4s. Crash-free sessions 99.7%. First enterprise deal closed 3 weeks after rating improved.

Frequently Asked Questions

Stop Maintaining the Past.

Incremental modernization โ€” no downtime, no user disruption, no big-bang rewrites. A technical assessment in week 1, production improvements in week 4.