What Apps with love does

Apps with love AG is a Swiss full-service digital agency founded in 2010 and headquartered in Bern, with a secondary office in Basel and a wholly-owned subsidiary, Apps with love d.o.o., in Varaždin, Croatia. The firm conceives, designs, and develops custom digital products spanning native iOS and Android apps, cross-platform mobile experiences, web applications and websites, backend and infrastructure services, applied AI integration, and blockchain consulting. Service coverage runs end-to-end from digital strategy, user research, and requirements engineering through design, agile software development, quality assurance, post-launch support, and marketing.

The agency's revenue model is project-based professional services: clients engage through direct sales and referral, each project is scoped individually, and acceptance is gated by a Sales-Board committee using criteria such as strategic fit, available resources, learning potential, budget adequacy, and methodology alignment. Pricing is custom and not publicly disclosed, with multi-year contract cadences for larger enterprise engagements. Customer segments span large Swiss enterprises (Denner, FELFEL, Pestalozzi AG, ZRH, NZZ Connect), federal and municipal governments (EDA Travel Admin, Stadt Basel-Stadt Dräggwägg), media and news (SWIplus), and nonprofit or social-sector initiatives (inklus.io's Kompass Integration with multiple Swiss cantons).

Operationally, Apps with love maintains ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 27001 certifications and operates a decentralized, self-management model without a traditional management board, alongside a transparent compensation framework that replaced salary negotiation in 2017. The agency has accumulated extensive Swiss and international industry recognition, including 8 Gold BOSA awards, BOSW accolades, an App of the Year Master Award, German Design Awards in 2019 and 2023, and the Swiss HR Award 2020. Recent strategic involvement in the BIDI municipal biodiversity voucher system on Hedera and the Kompass Integration suite suggests ongoing expansion into blockchain-enabled public-sector and government-grade digital products.

Name

Apps with love

Legal name

Apps with love AG

Website

https://appswithlove.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Apps with love is a Swiss full-service digital agency founded in 2010 in Bern that designs and develops custom mobile apps, websites, and digital platforms for Swiss enterprises, federal agencies, and media organizations, with offices in Bern, Basel, and a Croatian subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Digital Agency Services: Apps with love generates revenue through providing digital agency services including consulting, strategy, UX, design, software development, AI integration, quality assurance, marketing, support, project management, and blockchain services. Revenue is project-based, with clients engaging the agency for end-to-end digital product development from concept through launch and ongoing support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Apps with love is a full-service digital agency that conceives, designs and develops custom digital products for web, native iOS, native Android and cross-platform environments. The agency delivers end-to-end engagements covering consulting, requirements engineering, user experience, app and web design, software development, applied AI integration, quality assurance, marketing, support, project management and blockchain services, typically scoped per project for enterprise and government clients in Switzerland.

Product overview

Apps with love is a Swiss full-service digital agency (Apps with love AG) offering custom concept, design, and development of digital products for web, iOS, Android, and cross-platform environments. The company's service portfolio spans consulting and digital strategy, requirements engineering, user experience, app and web design, software development, applied AI integration, quality assurance, marketing for apps and websites, support and operations, project management, and blockchain services. Key client-facing products include SWIplus (Swiss overseas news app), NZZ Connect (multi-site CMS), FELFEL (workplace meal app), Dräggwägg (Basel recycling app), Denner (promotions app), Travel Admin (EDA travel app), ZRH Insider (airport employee benefits app), and Hörminute (audio experience platform). The company also developed the Kompass Integration working instruments (a web-based integration pathway planner, self-assessment questionnaire, and AI-generated video portraits) in partnership with inklus.io for Swiss cantons, and participated as a partner in the BIDI municipal blockchain biodiversity voucher system on Hedera.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Software Development (Konzept, Design und Entwicklung) Full-service digital agency offering concept, design, user research and complex technical development for web, native iOS, native Android and cross-platform applications. Spans consulting, requirements engineering, UX, design, software development, applied AI integration, quality assurance, marketing, support, project management and blockchain services for enterprise and government clients.
• FELFEL App Interactive app for the FELFEL smart fridge system delivering fresh and healthy meals at the workplace, enabling employee meal management and ordering for corporate clients.
• SWIplus Mobile application delivering daily top news from Switzerland, connecting Swiss nationals living abroad (expatriates) with home-country news.
• NZZ Connect A centralized CMS solution managing 12 different event websites for NZZ Connect, enabling efficient content maintenance across multiple web properties.
• Dräggwägg Mobile app for waste disposal and recycling guidance in Basel, providing useful features, information and tips for residents.
• Hörminute Platform inviting users to share moments of active listening and explore a collection of sound experiences.
• Denner App Mobile app providing an overview of all Denner promotions, shopping lists and access to the Denner wine shop for the Swiss retailer Denner.
• Travel Admin Travel management application for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA), enabling staff to manage travel administrative tasks.
• ZRH Insider Exclusive offers and discounts app for employees at Zurich Airport, delivered as a client engagement with Flughafen Zürich.
• Pestalozzi Stahltechnik System Kalkulator System calculator for efficient and safe planning and cost estimation in steel technology, developed for Pestalozzi AG.
• Kompass Integration A suite of working instruments for integration work with refugees, including the web application 'Wege zur Integration' for visualizing integration pathways, the digital self-assessment questionnaire 'Hier stehe ich', AI-generated video portraits of refugees sharing experiences, and coaching cards, developed in collaboration with inklus.io for the cantons of Basel-Stadt, Bern, Graubünden and Luzern and the SEM.
• BIDI (Biodiversity Voucher System) Switzerland's first municipal blockchain-based biodiversity voucher system running on the Hedera network with Swiss franc peg (HCHF stablecoin). Residents earn on-chain vouchers for conservation activities such as meadow restoration and wetland conservation, redeemable at local businesses.

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• SwisscoastminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwisscoast developed the HCHF stablecoin infrastructure for the BIDI municipal biodiversity voucher system in Muri bei Bern, Switzerland. Apps with love participated as an additional partner in this Hedera-based blockchain project, which replaced an eight-year-old paper biodiversity reward program with a digital system pegged to the Swiss franc.
• Patrick OberholzerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent illustrator and author who illustrated the integration landscape and all visual components for the Kompass Integration project. Patrick Oberholzer also works on stories of refugees, including his book 'Games' documenting experiences of people from Afghanistan.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Liip: Swiss digital agency with offices in Lausanne, Zurich, and Bern that builds open-source web and mobile applications for clients using agile methods. Direct peer by geography, service mix (UX, design, native & cross-platform development), and emphasis on craftsmanship.
• Unic: Swiss-headquartered digital engineering consultancy delivering custom web and mobile products to enterprise clients across DACH. Direct peer in full-service digital product delivery for large Swiss organizations.
• MMT Digital / MMT.ch: Swiss digital agency with comparable app, web, and content platform development focus serving Swiss enterprise and brand customers. Direct peer by service offering and Swiss mid-to-large enterprise client base.
• Netlight: Swiss-founded technology and digital consulting firm with strong Nordic and German presence, focused on strategy, design, and engineering of digital products. Direct peer by consulting-led delivery model and DACH/Nordic clientele.
• Ergon Informatik: Swiss custom software firm specializing in bespoke application development for enterprise and public-sector clients. Direct peer by craft focus, Swiss-headquartered delivery, and emphasis on quality-engineered custom software over packaged products.

Broad incumbents

• Dept Agency: Global digital agency offering creative, engineering, and marketing services at scale with a Swiss presence. Broader incumbent that competes with Apps with love for Swiss enterprise digital product work while serving a much wider portfolio.
• IBM iX (formerly Aperto): IBM-owned digital agency with German roots and a Swiss practice that delivers large-scale app and web engagements for enterprise and government. Broader incumbent competing on the same Swiss enterprise RFPs but with vastly greater headcount.
• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy delivering custom digital products, platform modernization, and AI engineering for enterprise clients with a DACH presence. Broader incumbent offering similar custom engineering and design at significantly larger scale.
• Merkle (Namics DACH): Global data-driven digital agency whose Namics unit is a longstanding Swiss/German digital product and marketing firm. Broader incumbent with similar Swiss enterprise client footprint but a much wider service and geographic portfolio.
• Sopra Steria (Switzerland): Large European IT services group with a Swiss digital product and public-sector practice. Broader incumbent that competes for Swiss federal and large-enterprise app/web contracts but on a much larger scale and with more offshore-delivered work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/appswithlove
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/appswithlove
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/apps-with-love
• Instagraminstagram.com/appswithlove_team
• Xx.com/appswithlove
• Facebookfacebook.com/appswithlove

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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