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Fashion apps for Riyadh labels, ateliers and mall retailers.

Fashion app development Riyadh, done by a team that has people in the city. We build shopping apps for Saudi designer labels, abaya ateliers and multi-branch retailers in Olaya, Tahlia and the big malls of the north. Collections, sizing, made-to-measure orders, mada and Apple Pay checkout, delivery across a city built around the car, and a loyalty programme sit in one Arabic-first app that your own team can run.

Riyadh shoppers already buy clothes on their phones. What they rarely get is an app from the label they love that knows their size, remembers their tailoring measurements and tells them when the Eid collection lands. Our fashion shopping app development for Riyadh brands closes that gap, and keeps the customer relationship with you rather than a marketplace.

Built for
Saudi designer labels, abaya and thobe ateliers, boutique owners and multi-branch fashion retailers based in Riyadh.
Typical timeline
We agree the first release in a discovery workshop in Riyadh or online, and write the delivery plan down before design begins, usually working back from a launch moment such as Ramadan, Eid or a new season.
What you own
Your source code, both app store accounts, the admin panel, product data and customer records, all held under your company's own accounts.
Rated
4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer

Modon
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What the app can include

Features built for how Riyadh buys clothes.

Fashion buying in the capital follows a rhythm of its own. Demand climbs before Ramadan and both Eids, wedding season fills the diary for occasion wear, and Riyadh Season brings crowds out at night. Many customers browse late in the evening and expect delivery to a villa or apartment without having to explain the route. Since the Fashion Commission staged the first Riyadh Fashion Week at King Abdullah Financial District, homegrown labels have gained a sharper audience that wants to buy directly from the designer. The capabilities below are the ones we see Riyadh fashion businesses actually use, ordered roughly by how often they appear in a first release. You will not need all of them on day one, and discovery is where we decide which ones earn a place.

Explain your project
  • Collection drops and early access

    Release a new capsule to loyal customers first, with a countdown screen, waitlists for limited pieces and a push alert the moment the drop opens. Designers who show at Riyadh Fashion Week can turn runway interest into orders the same evening rather than sending people to a direct message thread.

    Launch demand turns into orders instead of unanswered messages.

  • Made-to-measure abaya ordering

    Customers save their measurements once, choose fabric, sleeve and embroidery options, and follow the order through cutting, stitching and finishing. Your atelier sees each order with its measurements attached, so nobody retypes numbers from a voice note. Clients can also book a fitting at the atelier or request a home visit where you offer one.

    Tailored orders arrive complete and stay traceable until collection or delivery.

  • Size and fit guidance

    Size charts per garment, notes on how each cut sits, and a saved fit profile that recommends a size based on earlier purchases and returns. This matters most for brands mixing Saudi sizing habits with imported European and Turkish ranges. Fit notes are written by your own team, who know how each piece is cut.

    Fewer exchanges caused by guessing the wrong size.

  • Arabic-first catalogue

    Right-to-left layouts designed first, English second, with filters for occasion, fabric, colour, modest cut and price band. Product names and descriptions are written by people for each language, not machine translated at the last minute. Search understands common Arabic spellings and the English names customers type for the same garment.

    A catalogue that reads naturally for Saudi customers and expatriate shoppers alike.

  • Local checkout options

    mada cards, Apple Pay, credit cards and buy now pay later through Tabby or Tamara where you choose to offer them, plus cash on delivery if your margins allow it. Every order produces a ZATCA compliant electronic invoice through your existing billing setup. Saved cards and Apple Pay keep repeat checkout short.

    Customers pay the way they prefer and finance gets compliant invoices.

  • Click and collect at mall branches

    Customers reserve a size online and pick it up at Riyadh Park, Kingdom Centre or whichever branch is nearest, with live stock shown per store. Staff receive the reservation on a tablet and mark it ready. Reservations expire after a time you set, so stock returns to sale automatically if nobody comes.

    Online browsing brings people into your Riyadh stores.

  • Delivery slots across the city

    Delivery windows that reflect real driving times between neighbourhoods such as Al Malqa, Al Yasmin, Al Nakheel and the south of the city, with National Address lookup and courier tracking inside the app. Express delivery inside your nearest districts can carry its own fee and cut-off time.

    Delivery promises that match what drivers can actually reach.

  • Loyalty and private client tiers

    Points, tier benefits, birthday offers and private appointment booking for top clients, all managed from the admin panel without a developer. Private clients can be given early access to new collections and invitations to trunk shows or seasonal previews at your Riyadh boutique, with attendance recorded against their profile so your team knows who came and what they bought.

    Repeat buyers have a reason to stay with your label.

  • Returns and exchanges

    Customers start a return or size exchange in the app, choose a courier pickup or drop the item at a Riyadh branch, and see the refund status without phoning anyone. You set the rules per category, so tailored pieces, sale items and swimwear can follow different policies that are shown clearly before checkout.

    Returns become predictable for customers and easier to process for staff.

  • Staff and stylist console

    A back office for merchandisers, stylists and branch managers: stock by branch, order status, tailoring queues, returns and simple sales reporting for the owner. Each role sees only the screens it needs, so a branch cashier cannot change prices and a stylist cannot see finance reports, and every change is logged against the person who made it.

    The team runs the app day to day without calling the developers.

Who this is for

Four kinds of Riyadh fashion business we build for.

The capital has a mix of fashion operators that does not exist anywhere else in the Kingdom in quite the same proportions: young Saudi designers with strong social followings, established ateliers on the older commercial streets, and retailers running franchise and own brand stores in the northern malls. Each needs a different first version. These are the four starting points we meet most often in Riyadh, and how we would approach each one. Whichever describes you, the first release is kept narrow enough to launch on time and broad enough that customers have a real reason to install it.

01

A Saudi designer label selling through Instagram and WhatsApp

Your orders arrive as messages, your stock lives in a spreadsheet and every drop sells out before you can reply. We give you a branded app with a proper catalogue, waitlists and checkout, connected to the stock sheet or a light inventory system, so the founder stops acting as the order desk. The first release stays small: catalogue, checkout, delivery and alerts. Lookbooks and loyalty follow once the team has settled into it. Your followers get a link in your bio that opens straight into the new collection.

Social channels stay; the app becomes where the sale happens.

02

An abaya or thobe atelier with regular clients

Much of your business is repeat tailoring for families who have trusted you for years. The app holds each client's measurements, previous orders and preferred fabrics, lets them reorder or request a fitting, and gives your workshop a production queue. Arabic is the main language from the first screen, and the booking flow fits how your clients actually like to arrange fittings, including at home. Wedding and Eid orders can be flagged so the workshop sees deadlines early and plans capacity around them.

03

A retailer with branches in several Riyadh malls

You run stores across the city and need online stock to match what is on the rails. We connect the app to your point of sale or ERP, show stock per branch, support click and collect and returns in store, and keep one customer record across channels. Branch managers get their own views so a reservation at one mall does not get lost in another. Sales and returns from every branch then feed one report, so owners compare malls fairly.

Point of sale integration is scoped carefully in discovery.

04

A brand preparing for a national rollout from Riyadh

You are headquartered in the capital and plan to open in Jeddah and the Eastern Province later. We design the app and admin so new cities, warehouses and delivery partners can be added without a rebuild, while launching first with Riyadh delivery zones and Riyadh stock. Pricing, promotions and delivery rules can then differ by city while the catalogue and customer accounts stay in one place. Arabic content and brand assets are built once and reused in every new city.

How a Riyadh fashion app goes from idea to launch.

  1. 01Discovery with your teamWe meet owners, merchandisers and store staff, in our Riyadh office or yours, to map how orders, stock, tailoring and returns work today and which seasonal moment the launch should hit.
  2. 02Catalogue and content modelWe structure products, variants, sizes, fabrics and tailoring options so the catalogue can grow from one collection to many without breaking filters or search. The same structure feeds the app, the website and any marketplace feed you run.
  3. 03Arabic-first designScreens designed right to left from the start, tested with real Riyadh customers, with photography and typography that carry your label rather than a generic template. Feedback sessions happen with customers who already buy from you, not a generic panel.
  4. 04Build and integrationsApps for iOS and Android, the admin panel, payments, invoicing, delivery partners and your point of sale or stock system, built in short cycles you can review. Integration tests run against your real systems, not only sample data.
  5. 05Testing and store launchEvery flow tested on common devices, including tailoring orders and returns, then App Store and Google Play submission and training for your staff. Store staff rehearse click and collect and returns before the public launch date.
  6. 06Seasonal improvementAfter launch we review what sold, where people dropped out and what staff struggle with, and plan the next release around the coming season. Small changes ship between seasons so the app never sits untouched for long.

Technology

What we build this with.

We choose native or cross platform builds based on your catalogue size, the integrations you need and who will maintain the app later. The admin panel is web based so merchandisers can work from any office or store, and hosting is agreed with you with Saudi data rules in mind.

01Mobile

  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • Flutter
  • React Native

02Data and cloud

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker

03Marketing and tracking

  • GA4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Search Console
  • Meta Pixel
  • Looker Studio

Questions Riyadh fashion brands ask us.

It depends on scope and integrations, and we agree the plan before design starts.

A label with one warehouse and a straightforward catalogue moves faster than a retailer connecting several mall branches to a point of sale system. Made-to-measure ordering and loyalty also add time. In discovery we list every feature and integration, agree what belongs in the first release, and set dates working back from your launch moment, whether that is Ramadan, a new season or a Riyadh Season pop-up. We also agree what can wait for a second release, so the first one launches when it matters commercially.

Tell us what the business needs. We will tell you what to build first.

Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.

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PROVEN RESULTS

4.7 / 5from 23 Google reviews