App Development Company in Kochi, Kerala
From Infopark startups to Willingdon Island freight desks — mobile, web and AI builds from an India studio that's shipped 250+ apps since 2010.
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Kochi is the only Indian city where a deep-water container terminal, a seafood export belt and two state-built tech parks sit inside a twenty-kilometre radius. Infopark Kakkanad and SmartCity house the engineers, Vallarpadam moves the boxes, Aroor freezes the shrimp. What ties them together is software — tracking dashboards, export documentation, booking engines, ERP. That's the work we've been doing since 2010, from our studio in Jodhpur.
Kerala Startup Mission has seeded one of India's densest founder communities, and those founders need a build partner who won't burn a grant on juniors. Meanwhile Fort Kochi homestays, backwater houseboat operators and Ayurveda resorts still hand 20 percent of every booking to the OTAs. We build MVPs for the first group and direct-booking engines for the second — part of 250+ apps shipped for 100+ clients over sixteen years.
One thing straight away: we're headquartered in Jodhpur, and there's no Kochi office to walk into. What you get instead is the same IST working day, engineers who'll fly down for a kickoff when the project justifies it, an ISO 9001:2015 process, and rates from about ₹1,600 an hour. For an exporter or a seed-stage startup, that's metro-grade engineering without the Bengaluru invoice.
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We're an India-based studio, so we already share your working day — and when it helps, we can meet in person.
| Your timezone | India Standard Time (IST) · GMT+5:30 |
|---|---|
| Working-day overlap | Full day — we work the same hours you do |
| On the ground | India-based team; on-site meetings in Kochi on request |
| Engagement rate | from ≈ ₹1,600 / hr (≈ USD 20) |
| What that covers | Senior, dedicated engineers with ISO 9001:2015 QA |
Rates are indicative and vary with scope, seniority and contract length. Ask us for a fixed quote on your build.
What We Build for Kochi Businesses
Logistics and tracking platforms
Shipment tracking, freight-forwarding dashboards and customs documentation tools for the firms working Cochin Port and the Vallarpadam terminal.
Direct-booking engines
Reservation systems with payment gateways and channel sync, so Fort Kochi homestays and houseboat operators stop paying OTA commission on every guest.
Startup MVPs
Flutter and React Native builds that get a Kerala Startup Mission-backed founder to demo day with money left over.
Export and trade systems
Order management, buyer portals and lot-level traceability for seafood and spice exporters whose customers in Europe and Japan ask hard questions.
Healthcare and Ayurveda apps
Appointment booking, teleconsultation and treatment-plan tracking for Kochi's hospitals and the Ayurveda centres that treat international patients.
Why Kochi Companies Choose GTS
Same clock, same country
We work your IST day end to end — no overnight ticket queues — and we'll come to Kochi in person when a project needs it.
Pricing a grant survives
From around USD 20 (₹1,600) an hour, itemized before we start. A seed round or KSUM grant goes a lot further here than at a metro agency.
Sixteen years of shipping
250+ apps, 100+ clients, ISO 9001:2015 certification — and the senior engineers behind that record stay on your build.
Documentation buyers can audit
Exporters answer to foreign buyers and certifying bodies; our ISO process produces the requirement and test records those audits ask for.
Industries We Know in Kochi
Shipping and logistics
Cochin Port and the ICTT at Vallarpadam anchor a freight economy of forwarders, customs agents and NVOCCs. We build the tracking portals and documentation tools that replace their spreadsheets.
Seafood and spice export
From the Aroor seafood belt to the old Mattancherry spice trade, exporters need lot traceability, batch records and buyer portals — and their margins reward getting these right.
Tourism and hospitality
Homestays in Fort Kochi, houseboats on the backwaters, Ayurveda resorts up the coast. Direct-booking engines and guest apps that claw revenue back from the OTAs.
Healthcare
Kochi's private hospital cluster and its medical-tourism traffic need appointment systems, patient portals and teleconsultation that work for overseas patients too.
Startups and IT services
Infopark and SmartCity firms bring us in for product engineering and overflow capacity; Kerala Startup Mission founders bring us their first build.
How We Work With You
Engagement models that flex
Fixed-scope builds, a dedicated team, or extra engineers inside your existing one — pick what fits the stage you're at.
A fixed estimate before code
Discovery first, then an itemized quote and delivery plan. You know cost and timeline before anything gets built.
Short sprints, visible progress
Demos every sprint, shared boards, and a direct line to the engineers — not an account manager relaying messages.
Clean handover
NDA up front, full IP and source code to you at the end, and support after launch if you want it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have an office in Kochi?
No — our studio is in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. We work with Kochi clients remotely across the same IST day, and for larger projects we'll travel down for kickoffs and milestone reviews.
Can you build a direct-booking system for a homestay or houseboat business?
Yes, that's bread-and-butter work: reservation calendar, payment gateway, automated confirmations and channel sync with the OTAs you keep, so direct bookings grow without double-booking risk.
We're a Kerala Startup Mission startup on grant funding. Will that budget work?
Usually, yes. We scope a fixed MVP against the money you actually have, at rates from about USD 20 an hour, and tell you plainly if the idea needs trimming to fit.
What does a typical app cost?
Scope decides it. Simple booking or ordering apps land at the lower end; logistics platforms with several integrations cost more. Every project gets an itemized fixed estimate before we begin — no hidden fees.
How do you handle NDAs, IP and data?
NDA before anything's shared, full IP and source ownership assigned to you, and ISO 9001:2015 controls on repositories, access and data handling throughout.
What clients say
“Navratan and his team made the app exactly as we wanted/hoped and were great about making any changes we requested along the way. It really looks perfect and we couldn't be happier!”
“We have been working on this project for about 11 months. Navratan and the team at GTS did a great job getting us to a good point and completing the MVP. The project has a very large amount of moving parts that changed continually. I appreciate their patience and persistence in delivering a good product.”
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