Stellar Apps
Built By a Proven Team

A PITTSBURGH & CLEVELAND APP Design AGENCY, APP DEVELOPMENT AGENCY & STAFFING FIRM TRUSTED BY:

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Launch My App in 90 Days

INCLUDES   STRATEGY  +  BRAND  +  UX DESIGN  +  DEVELOPMENT  +  LAUNCH

App Prototypes in 30 Days

INCLUDES   STRATEGY  +  UX DESIGN  +  DEVELOPMENT  +  LAUNCH

Full Website & Brand in 60 Days

INCLUDES   STRATEGY  +  BRAND  +  UX DESIGN  +  DEVELOPMENT  +  LAUNCH

UX Sprint + FE in 30 Days

SUPPORT for product teams under pressure

Fill a Product Role in 14 Days

WE ARE Product experts hiring product experts
WE ARE
Partners in Progress

Exceptional work is expected. In a crowded field of app creation agencies, app design agencies, and staffing agencies, our clients choose us not just for the outcomes, but because they genuinely enjoy working with us.

Dedicated

We dedicate our app developers and app designers to only a handful of engagements a year. This keeps us focused on solving your product and team challenges—not on juggling clients. This type of attention makes Roket an easy choice as a long-term app agency partner.

Hardy Schmidbauer
Former CEO of Tabs
their dedication and talent were exceptional.
9
YEARS
PJ Dick

Roket worked along-side PJ's internal teams to led UX and development of enterprise software.

6
YEARS
Google

For over 7 years, Roket built and managed design and engineering teams for Google.

3
YEARS
Tabs

Roket designed, developed, and launch the end-to-end customer experience at CES.

Battle-Tested Process

When we understand your business, the more value we add during app development. In this spirit, our software creation process is client-inclusive to help extract meaningful data, clearly map a path to success. And with our clear communication, you’ll never have to guess what’s next.

Lovie J. Jackson Foster
Founder of AskMe.HearMe
...communication remained faultless throughout... 
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Mission Plan

Our planning removes assumptions and sets us up for mutual success, working closely with our partners.

02
Mission Design

We untangle the big, hairy messes that prevent an effortless UX and get yours, and your users, buy-in.

03
Mission Build

Using agile development, we ensure efficient delivery and continuous improvement of code.

04
Mission Launch

Post-launch we can continue delivering value by applying our iterative cycle of “Create, Measure, Learn.”

Proactive Partners

Our team is empowered to take charge. We speak up. We jump in. We push forward. That’s how problems are solved and how progress is made. This means, the promises you make to your investors, board members, or customers are kept.

Craig E. Oaks
Former Dir of SW Dev at 360fly
Roket attacked our problems with ownership.
Entrepreneurial

We’ve worked as founders, consultants, or team members in hundreds of startups at every stage of growth.

Attentive

Roket founders leads each engagement. This ensures efficiency, mitigates issues, and improves outcomes.

Data Driven

We use business metrics, analytics, and user feedback to validate our work and ensure we deliver game-changing value to our clients.

Design Led

Good design creates a competitive advantage. Lean on Roket’s expertise to solve business challenges.

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Team Leads

For nearly 12 years, our 2 founders have led each app creation client engagement: no handoffs, no layers of management, and no frustrating games of telephone. They are transparent and honest partners who deliver on our mission to design experiences people love.

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Alex Hendershott
Co-Founder, Engineering Lead

Balancing product design and full-stack development, Alex's hybrid skillset gives Roket’s work a level of seldom-seen thoughtfulness and efficiency during the app creation process.

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David Crawford
Co-Founder, DESIGN + STAFFING LEAD

With a belief that empathy is drives smart user experiences and great teams, David has spent 20 years building products, brands, and high-performing teams.

THIS IS OUR
Selected Work

Over 12 years, we've been lucky enough to partner with a variety of clients in consumer electronics, construction, agriculture, healthcare, and beyond.

TERRAWISE

Agriculture IOT APP UX + BRAND

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Detailed mobile UI for a agriculture internet of things UX, naming and brand client

Roket delivered a brand and intuitive, user-centered mobile app that integrates with IoT hardware to provide busy farm owners with critical data and insights about field irrigation and health.

SERVICES
Strategic Mission Planning
Brand/Product Naming
Logo + Brand Identity
UI Design + Delivery

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SMART HOME APP + GO-To-MARKET

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10

IOT App UI
Consumer Electronics App UI
IOT Ecomm UI
IOT App UI
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We are extremely happy with Roket's performance and the final product.
Hardy Schmidbauer
Former CEO of Tabs

Roket designed and launched an all-in-one, family-focused smart home monitoring and locator solution named Tabs.

We focused on creating a frictionless experience for our customers—from discovery, to purchase, to setup, to everyday use of the IoT app products.

SERVICES
Strategic Mission Planning
Brand/Product Naming
Logo + Brand Identity
Go-to-Market Support
E-Commerce Store

PJ DICK

ENTERPRISE DESIGN SYSTEM

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10

They are a genuine part of our team.
Dennis DiPalma  Former IT Director at PJ Dick
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UX Design Leadership

Roket worked with PJ Dick to identify, design, and develop a custom construction design system that resolved decades old usability issues and improved app development efficiency.

Full-Stack Development

Roket applied our design system UX standards and UI components to dozens of applications. The work created a cohesive user experience across the corporation and aids each new application development.

SERVICES
Enterprise-wide UX Leadership
Full-Stack Development
Design Systems

LINDY

ASPHALT TICKETING SOFTWARE

04 .

10

We designed, developed, and maintained this business-critical application with an impressive uptime. Over the years, we expanded the functionality to support graphing, exportable reports, saved searches—and the largest addition—the inclusion of customer-direct web and mobile ordering.

SERVICES
Full-Stack Development
UX Design
Design Systems

PJ DICK

Construction ERP Software

05 .

10

PJ Dick’s construction ERP software required a ground-up user experience overhaul to resolve decades-old usability and technical limitations. We led UX app design and front-end development for this multi-year effort which reached our goals of technology modernization, UX unification, and user task simplification.

SERVICES
Front-End Development
UX Design
Logo + Brand Identity
Construction ERP Software

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Construction GIS Software

06 .

10

Roket re-imagined PJ Dick’s construction mapping software to better meet the needs of its users and integrate our latest UX design system updates. While integrating new interactive features, intuitive navigation, and data views we worked to reduce user experience complexity of its current features.

SERVICES
User Experience Design
Rapid Prototypes
Construction UI

ASKME.HEARME

Mental Health Screening App

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10

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Healthcare UI
Healthcare Education UI
They created an app and brand that truly resonates with its audience.
Lovie J. Jackson Foster
FOUNDER OF ASKME.HEARME

In partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, AskMe.HearMe was a research project to educate, engage, and connect young people to mental health and wellness information and services by addressing mental health literacy though the creation of a responsive web app.

SERVICES
Product Strategy + Definition
Logo + Brand Identity
User Research
Full-Stack Development

360FLY

360° video app ecosystem

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10

360 App UI
Thanks to Roket’s approach, we launched successfully with a holistic look and feel
Craig Oaks
Former Dir of SW Dev at 360fly

Roket worked closely with 360fly’s marketing, product, engineering, and management teams to architect, design, and develop the apps that accompanied the launch of their revolutionary 360-degree action camera.

SERVICES
Design and Dev Team Augmentation
Front-End Development
User Experience Design
Go-to-Market Support
E-Commerce Store

FORBES FUNDS

OPEN INNOVATION APP + BRAND

09 .

10

They really listen and their work is exceptional.
Kate Dewey  Former President at The Forbes Funds
App Design UI

UpPrize is a purpose-driven entrepreneurial competition developed in partnership with BNY Mellon, The Forbes Funds, and Roket. Roket was responsible for the naming and identity of the competition as well as the open innovation app that managed the competition.

SERVICES
Product Strategy + Definition
Brand/Product Naming
Logo + Brand Identity
Full-Stack Development
Go-to-Market Support

BACK'D

RETAIL Loyalty Rewards App

10 .

10

They delivered a crisp and clean user experience.
Matthew Williams  FOUNDER + CEO OF BACK'D
THESE ARE OUR
Solutions

Need a quick working prototype? A full market-ready app? Or just a few extra product teammates, we can tackle any challenge. Are you ready to chat? Choose a time here.

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· STARTING AT $25K ·

Market-Ready App in 90 Days

You’ve got the idea—we’ll get it launched. We take you from concept to a market-ready product in just 90 days. It’s perfect for first-time founders, startups or innovation teams who want expert app creation without hiring in-house. Our battle-tested team handles every step: planning, branding, design, development, and launch.

Full Mission Planning
Brand + Product Naming
Logo + Brand Identity
Complete UI Design
Development + Launch
30-Day Support
Schedule a Free App Consultation
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· STARTING AT $8K ·

Functional Prototypes 30 Days

Are you fundraising or kicking the tires on an idea? Our functional prototypes are a fast, focused 30-day engagement to bring your vision to life as a clickable, testable prototype. Whether you already have wireframes or need help starting from scratch, this is how you validate your idea with real users before you commit to full software development.

Focused Mission Planning
Features Scoping + Flow Mapping
UI Templates + Rapid Visual Design
Development + Launch
Schedule a Free Prototype Consultation
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· STARTING AT $15K ·

Purpose-Built Website + Brand 60 Days

This is for founders and teams who need more than a pretty homepage—they need a website and brand designed to do work. Our Purpose-Built websites and brands engagement delivers a high-performing, custom-built website and a thoughtful brand identity—everything you need to launch with clarity, confidence, and conversion in mind.


Full Mission Planning
Project Management
Logo + Brand Identity
End-to-End UI Design
Development + Launch
Schedule a Free Consultation
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· STARTING AT $10K ·

UX Sprint & Front-End Delivery 30 Days

Hit your deadlines. Our rapid-response UI design sprint and front-end delivery service is built for product teams under pressure. We drop in fast to transform your UI and get it implementation-ready with highly-polished and speedy output that makes your app (and your team) feel great.

Focused Mission Planning
Complete UI Design + Figma Components
Front-End Handoff or In-Sprint Delivery
QA Support for Your Dev Team
Schedule a Free Rapid Support Consultation
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Hire Product Team Talent Quickly

Our team has spent decades building products as designers, developers, and innovators. Combining that experience with our leadership roles as business owners and managers, we know the challenges of building and shipping the best product possible—because we've done it. We are product experts—hiring product experts.

Contract-to-Hire
Direct Hire
Team Augmentation
Retained Search
Offshore Team Building
DESIGN & DEV STAFFING TRUSTED BY:
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Recruiting & Team Augmentation
Staffing Agency Client
Contract-to-Hire
Staffing Agency Client
Team Augmentation
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Recruiting & Contract-to-Hire
Staffing Agency Client
Direct Hire
Consumer Electronics App
Team Augmentation
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Offshore Team
LET'S START THE CONVERSATION
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