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Personal and family apps

The family photo archive, the collection you've catalogued in a notebook, the idea you've had for years. A private app for you or your family, at a fixed price from £295.

What it can be

A family photo library. Like the Dropbox photo app case study: more than 123,000 photos and videos, browsable by date and on a map, costing £0 a month to run.
A collection catalogue. Records, stamps, cards, books: searchable, with photos.
Home admin reminders. MOT, insurance, boiler service and passport renewal dates in one place, with a reminder before each one.
Something just for fun. Road trip bingo for the car, an allotment planner, a dashboard for your commute.

Personal apps are single-purpose, for one person or one family, and installable on a phone home screen where that makes sense.

Price

Personal apps start at £295. A £49 scope fixes the exact price before anything is built, and it is credited if you go ahead within 30 days. The scope comes with the terms, including your cancellation rights.

How it works

Free 30-minute call. An honest view on whether an app is the answer.
Fixed-price scope (£49). Exactly what gets built and what it costs. Credited if you go ahead within 30 days.
Build, 50% to start. Built in your own GitHub and Cloudflare accounts, with a preview link as it takes shape.
Handover, 50% on acceptance. You check it against the scope, then get the logins and a plain-English guide.
30 days of bug fixes included. After that, care plans are optional: £15 a month to keep it running, or £60 a month including up to an hour of small changes.

Yours from day one

The app lives in your own Cloudflare account, the code in your own GitHub, and the web address is yours. If we stop working together, nothing moves and nothing gets switched off. The code is plain and documented, so any web developer can pick it up.

Most small apps run inside Cloudflare's free allowance, so there's usually no hosting bill. Both case studies cost £0 a month to run. Your own domain name costs about £10 to £15 a year.

Common questions

How much does a personal app cost?

Personal apps start at £295. A £49 scope fixes the exact price, credited if you go ahead within 30 days.

Will it cost anything to keep running?

Usually not. Most personal apps run inside Cloudflare's free allowance. The photo library case study costs £0 a month.

Is it private?

Yes. It can be locked with a PIN or a login, and it lives in your own account, not ours.

Do I need to be technical?

No. You get a plain-English guide at handover, and the logins are in your name.

Tell me about your idea

A free 30-minute video call, no obligation. Tell me what's slowing you down and I'll tell you honestly whether an app will help.

Email to book a call

Or email hello@kct-services.co.uk with a line about what you need.