Frequently Asked
Questions
Have questions about app, web, or AI development? Here's what Irish businesses ask us most, and the honest answers.
Frequently Asked
Drop us a message with what type of app you're thinking about. Our team will get back to you within one working day, and together we'll work out the development approach and technical detail needed to get your project live on the app stores.
Yes. Having an app alongside your website gives your business another way to reach and retain customers. With our app development services, you get a robust, high-performing app built to help you get a genuine return on the investment.
Yes, without question. Before we discuss anything in detail, we sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement to protect your idea fully.
Native app development means building exclusively for one platform, Android or iOS. Cross-platform development means building a single app that runs on both. We'll recommend the right approach based on your audience and budget.
It depends on your target audience and which platform they use most. Where budget allows, we recommend building natively for both, since each has strong market share in Ireland and across Europe.
Both are leading cross-platform technologies with their own strengths. We'll recommend the right one for your specific project during discovery.
Timelines vary by project type. As a general guide: social media apps take 3–4 months, on-demand apps 4–5 months, mobile games around 6 months, enterprise apps around 3 months, media streaming apps 4–5 months, and FinTech apps around 6 months.
Yes, launching on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store is part of our standard app development service.
Yes. Every project includes a complimentary 3-month maintenance and support period after launch.
Yes. Once your app is complete, full ownership of the source code is transferred to you, no exceptions.
We use React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build fast, high-performing frontends.
We use PHP, Node.js, and Java, chosen based on the specific needs of your project.
Yes. We provide combined app and web development services, and we'll work with you to design a solution that fits together properly rather than treating them as two separate projects.
Static websites are simple, read-only sites like brochures or portfolios, typically 3–4 pages. Dynamic websites, like e-commerce sites or blogs, allow interaction and frequent content updates. We'll help you decide based on how your business actually needs the site to work.
We've built for education, real estate, social media, travel and tourism, finance, healthcare, hospitality, entertainment, sport, and transport, among others.
Yes. We regularly turn static websites into dynamic, interactive web applications.
Yes. We provide full website redesign and redevelopment services, giving your site a genuine rebrand rather than a surface-level refresh.
Design typically takes around 3 weeks, with development taking up to 3 months depending on complexity.
Yes. Our team can help your website rank properly on search engines, get in touch for more detail on what that involves for your specific site.
Both. We can integrate AI directly into your app or web platform, or build a standalone AI solution, depending on what your business needs.
Yes. Square Root Solutions is one of Ireland's first companies to achieve ISO 42001:2023 certification, the world's international standard for AI management systems. Every AI feature we build is governed to that standard.
From AI-powered personalisation and recommendation engines to chatbots, predictive analytics, computer vision, and agentic AI systems that automate complex workflows.
Not necessarily. AI features vary widely in complexity. We'll be upfront about cost and value during discovery, so you're never paying for AI that doesn't genuinely improve your product.
Every AI system we build is designed with GDPR compliance and EU data sovereignty at its core, alongside our ISO 27001 information security certification.
It depends on scope, features, and complexity. We provide a detailed, transparent quote in euro after understanding your requirements, with no hidden costs.
Fixed price, dedicated team, and time and materials. Fixed price suits projects with clear, defined scope. Dedicated team suits ongoing development needs. Time and materials suits projects where scope is likely to evolve.
We work primarily in Agile, delivering in two-week sprints so you see working software regularly rather than waiting until the end of the project. Waterfall is available for projects with genuinely fixed, unchanging scope.
That's normal, and it's exactly why we work in Agile sprints. We'll show you how any change affects timeline and cost before anything is agreed.
Yes. Alongside fixed price and time and materials, we offer a dedicated development model and a Scrum team model, so you can choose the engagement style that suits how your business works.
Yes. Square Root Solutions is based in Dublin, and we understand the Irish market, Irish regulatory context, and how Irish businesses like to work.
No. While we're Dublin-based, we work with startups, SMEs, and enterprises across Ireland and Europe.
Yes. Every project is built with GDPR compliance and EU data residency considered from day one, backed by our ISO 27001 information security certification.
No. Many of the Irish businesses we work with don't have an in-house tech team. We communicate in plain language and keep you informed at every step.
Yes. We regularly work with Irish startups operating within a fixed funding round or grant budget, and our fixed price model is well suited to that kind of constraint.
Yes. You can hire dedicated app and web developers, as well as dedicated UI/UX designers, working entirely on your project.
Yes. We offer a Scrum team model, fixed cost model, hourly rate model, and dedicated development model, so you can choose what suits your project.
Yes. With our dedicated team model, you can select your team of designers and developers, assign tasks directly, and manage development yourself. This model suits CTOs and technical leaders at organisations with a high level of ongoing work.
We follow both Agile and Waterfall, depending on project requirements and client preference.
Three simple steps: share your requirements with us, meet and select your developers or team, then onboard your match and get started.
Yes. We offer hourly, weekly, and monthly hiring, as well as a Scrum team model for a specific sprint or phase.
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