Why Canadian Startups
Choose a US Agency
Canada has world-class talent, but most Canadian app agencies are booked 4-6 months out. You need an MVP before your next board meeting — not a wait-list spot. Appverra is based in New York. Same timezone as Toronto and Montreal. One hour behind Calgary. Three hours behind Vancouver. No offshore communication gaps. No 10-hour Slack delays. You talk to a co-founder on the Discovery Sprint call and that co-founder writes your Dart.
Same-Timezone Collaboration
New York is ET — same as Toronto and Montreal. Calgary is one hour behind. Vancouver is three. We overlap 6-7 business hours with every Canadian city. Stand-ups, design reviews, and demo calls happen in real time, not via recorded Loom videos.
No Waitlist
Canadian agencies with strong Flutter talent are typically 3-6 months backlogged. We take on 2-3 builds at a time, max. If you book a Discovery Sprint this week, your build can start within 14 days. Funded startups cannot afford to wait a quarter for a kick-off.
Cross-Border Experience
We have shipped apps for clients in the US, Canada, UK, and the Middle East. We handle App Store and Play Store submissions for both US and Canadian Apple Developer accounts. Stripe integration works identically across USD and CAD.
USD Pricing Advantage
Our pricing is in USD. With the CAD-to-USD exchange rate, a $14,997 USD Launch tier costs roughly C$20,500. That is 30-50% less than comparable Canadian agencies billing C$35,000-$55,000 for the same scope. Same quality, better economics.
Founder-Led, Not Outsourced
Three co-founders. No project managers. No offshore handoff at 5 PM. The founder you talk to on the Discovery Sprint writes your Flutter code. We have shipped 150+ apps and our portfolio includes a live marketplace in production right now.
Stack You Can Hire For
Flutter + Laravel or Node.js + Postgres + Stripe. Open ecosystems with deep talent pools in Toronto, Vancouver, and Waterloo. When you make your first Canadian engineering hire, they will read your code on day one.
Toronto &
Vancouver Startups
Toronto / GTA
Toronto is the largest startup ecosystem in Canada — MaRS, DMZ, Communitech, and the MaRS Discovery District put more founders through accelerators each year than any other Canadian city. If you are building a fintech, healthtech, or marketplace app out of Toronto, we are in the same timezone (ET), one flight away, and available for in-person kick-offs when the build warrants it. We have shipped for Toronto-based founders before.
Common builds from Toronto: Fintech apps (Stripe + Plaid integration), marketplace MVPs, SaaS companion mobile apps, on-demand service platforms.
Vancouver / BC
Vancouver has the densest Flutter developer community in Western Canada, but agency availability is tight. Most quality shops are booked through Q4. Appverra overlaps 6 business hours with Vancouver (PT) — enough for a morning stand-up and an afternoon design review, every day. The three-hour offset means we start your build before your morning coffee.
Common builds from Vancouver: Real estate apps, fitness and wellness platforms, food delivery and logistics, climate-tech dashboards with mobile companion apps.
Calgary / Alberta
Calgary is one hour behind New York. The city's startup ecosystem is growing fast — Platform Calgary, the A100, and a wave of energy-tech founders diversifying into software. We have built for founders in resource-adjacent industries before. If you are a Calgary founder building a field-service app, equipment-tracking tool, or workforce scheduling platform, the Flutter + Laravel stack we ship is exactly what that use case needs.
Montreal / Quebec
Montreal is in the same timezone as New York. Same-hour communication, no coordination overhead. The city's AI and gaming talent base creates founders who understand technical depth — they want an agency that ships production Flutter, not a Wix wrapper. Montreal's bilingual market also means your app may need French-language support from day one. We build with Flutter's localization system (l10n) baked in, not bolted on.
What We
Build for Canadian Startups
Every build starts with a $1,997 Discovery Sprint: a 90-minute scoping call with all three co-founders, a Figma click-through prototype, and a fixed-bid SOW. You know the exact price before you commit.
Marketplace & On-Demand
Two-sided Flutter apps with real-time tracking, payments, and driver/provider matching. Our live US ride-booking marketplace handles thousands of transactions. Same architecture, adapted to your vertical — whether it is food delivery in Toronto or cleaning services in Vancouver.
SaaS Companion Apps
Your web SaaS already works. You need an iOS + Android companion app that gives users push notifications, offline access, and a native feel. Flutter ships both platforms from one codebase. We sync with your existing API — no backend rewrite needed.
Fintech & Payments
Stripe, Plaid, Interac integration for the Canadian market. We have built payment flows that handle both CAD and USD, KYC verification, and banking-grade encryption. Flutter's single codebase means your Canadian compliance logic runs identically on iOS and Android.
Booking & Scheduling
Appointment booking, class scheduling, resource management. Calendar sync with Google Calendar and Outlook. Push notifications for reminders. Admin dashboard for your team. This is one of our most-shipped verticals — we have the patterns memorized.
MVP for Accelerators
Going through MaRS, DMZ, Techstars, or Y Combinator? We ship demo-ready MVPs in 6 weeks flat. Investor-grade UI. Real data behind it. Architecture clean enough for the CTO hire you make after you raise. We have shipped for accelerator-backed founders before.
Bilingual Apps (EN/FR)
If you serve Quebec or operate nationally, your app needs French. Flutter's built-in l10n system handles language switching at the OS level. We set up the ARB files and translation workflow on day one — not as a month-three add-on that breaks half the UI.
Pricing
in USD
Fixed-bid USD pricing. No retainers. No hourly billing. Canadian founders save 30-50% vs comparable Canadian agencies billing in CAD.
Discovery Sprint
$1,997
~C$2,750
- 90-minute call with all 3 co-founders
- Figma click-through prototype
- Fixed-bid SOW
- Refund if not a fit
Starter
$7,997
~C$11,000
- Flutter app — iOS + Android
- Firebase or Supabase backend
- 6-week delivery
- App Store + Play Store launch
Launch
$14,997
~C$20,500
- Flutter app — iOS + Android
- Backend API (Laravel/Node.js)
- Stripe or Interac payments
- ASO + 30-day post-launch support
Growth
$29,997
~C$41,000
- Everything in Launch
- Admin dashboard
- Marketplace / two-sided features
- Real-time (chat, tracking)
- 90-day post-launch support
Need bigger? Scale ($59,997+) and Enterprise ($99,997+) tiers available. Same fixed-bid model. All prices in USD.
How It
Works
01
Discovery Sprint
90-minute call with all three co-founders. We scope your build, design a Figma prototype, and deliver a fixed-bid SOW. $1,997 USD, refundable if we are not a fit.
02
Build (6-8 Weeks)
Daily stand-ups via Slack or Google Meet during overlapping business hours. Weekly demo of working code. You see progress every Friday — not a black box until launch day.
03
Launch
We submit to both App Store and Play Store under your Canadian or US developer account. ASO baseline included at Launch tier and above. Your app goes live with optimized store listings.
04
Handoff
Full source code. Architecture docs. CI/CD pipeline. 30-90 days of post-launch bug support depending on tier. When you hire your first developer in Toronto or Waterloo, they inherit a clean codebase.
Questions from Canadian Founders
You are based in the US. Will the timezone difference be a problem?
No. New York is in the same timezone as Toronto and Montreal (ET). Calgary is one hour behind. Vancouver is three. We overlap 6-7 business hours with every major Canadian city. Daily stand-ups happen live, not async. We have shipped for clients across four countries and three continents — Canada is the easiest timezone overlap we get.
Can you bill in CAD?
We bill in USD via Stripe or wire transfer. At current exchange rates (roughly 1.37 CAD/USD), our $14,997 Launch tier costs approximately C$20,500 — which is 30-50% less than comparable Canadian agencies charging C$35,000-$55,000. Your bank handles the conversion automatically on any Visa, Mastercard, or wire transfer.
Do you handle Canadian App Store submissions?
Yes. We submit under your Apple Developer account and Google Play Console — whether it is registered in Canada or the US. We have launched apps on both Canadian and US accounts. The process is identical; the only difference is your account's billing country and tax reporting.
What about PIPEDA compliance?
We build with privacy-by-design. Data minimization, consent flows, and user-data-export endpoints are standard in every build. That said, we are developers — not lawyers. If your app handles sensitive personal information under PIPEDA or Quebec's Law 25, you should have your legal counsel review the data flows. We will build whatever your privacy policy requires.
Can you travel to Toronto or Vancouver for an in-person kick-off?
Yes, for Growth tier builds ($29,997+) we include one in-person kick-off meeting at your office. For Launch tier, we can arrange it at cost (flights + hotel). Most of our Canadian clients work entirely remote — 90% of our builds are shipped without a single in-person meeting, and the output is the same.
My app needs French-language support for Quebec. Can you handle that?
Yes. Flutter has a built-in internationalization system (l10n with ARB files). We set it up on day one of the build, not as a bolt-on. You provide the French translations (or we integrate with a translation service), and the app switches languages at the OS level. Every text string, error message, and button label is localized.
Why should I hire a US agency instead of a local Canadian one?
Three reasons. First, availability — top Canadian Flutter agencies are 3-6 months backlogged. Second, price — our USD pricing gives you 30-50% savings at current exchange rates. Third, timezone — New York to Toronto is zero hours. You get same-day turnaround without paying the local premium. If a local agency has immediate availability at a comparable price, take them. Otherwise, we are the better deal.
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