Mobile apps shaped for
today's Yemen reality.
Tech services that reach the Yemeni market remotely, with a payment model designed to route around today's constraints.
Darb Productions builds iOS and Android apps for Yemeni businesses with a build shaped for the local reality — offline-first support where relevant, smart image compression for low-bandwidth networks, and a payment model designed to route around banking constraints. Alkuraimi as the primary rail.
Darb Productions is a mobile app development company working with Yemeni businesses on a delivery and payment model designed for the local reality — remotely from its Riyadh headquarters, building native iOS and Android apps and cross-platform React Native apps for startups, SMEs, and enterprises in Sana'a, Aden, Taiz, Hodeidah, Mukalla and every other city. There is no in-country branch in Yemen; the model is remote-first. App Store and Google Play accounts are opened in the name of your Yemeni Ministry of Industry and Trade-registered company; we handle the DUNS number step. Mobile payment integrations handled in-house: Alkuraimi, Cactus, Islamic Wallet, hawala remittance, USD cash. Pricing is flexible (fixed price, retainer, or 12-month instalments from USD 229/month) — USD-invoiced from the Saudi entity.
What you get, beyond the code.
One team owns design, iOS, Android, and backend
No four-vendor chain. Same team designs the flow, ships the iOS build, the Android build, the backend, and the App Store submission. One accountability line for the whole product — critical when you're paying from Yemen for delivery from Riyadh.
Yemen's mobile payment stack, wired properly
Alkuraimi, Cactus, Islamic Wallet, hawala remittance, USD cash — integrated with the correct SDK for each, tested end-to-end on real local cards and phone numbers, not just sandbox. International cards (Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay) supported too.
Arabic RTL as a first-class citizen
The app ships fully bilingual (Arabic + English) with proper RTL layout, native Arabic fonts, and reversed animations — not the broken RTL you get when Arabic is bolted on later.
App Store and Google Play submission handled
Apple Developer + Google Play Console accounts opened under your Yemeni Ministry of Industry and Trade trade licence, DUNS number setup, TestFlight builds, App Store review responses. You don't need to learn App Store Connect to ship.
Backend that scales with local internet reality
PostgreSQL, Node.js, monitoring — plus offline-first patterns for zones with unreliable connectivity, smart image compression for 3G/4G audiences, and hosting close to the region for lower latency.
You own the source code
On any of our payment models, the full source code (iOS, Android, backend, deployment config) transfers to your GitHub organisation. No SDK lock-in, no black-box runtime, no vendor gate.
From brief to App Store live.
Discovery + scope (remote)
One-week paid discovery over Zoom + WhatsApp: user flows, screen inventory, backend model, payment integration list (Alkuraimi, Cactus...), cross-border payment plan.
Design + prototype
Interactive Figma prototype. You click through the app before we write code. Every screen signed off in Arabic and English before development starts.
Two-week build sprints
Every sprint ships to TestFlight and Play Beta on your team's phones. You use the app while we build it.
Store submission + launch
Apple Developer + Google Play Console opened under your Yemeni Ministry of Industry and Trade trade licence, DUNS registration, submission, reviewer responses, staged rollout coordinated with your marketing.
Ongoing updates + support
Post-launch: OS updates, Apple/Google policy changes, bug fixes, new-feature sprints. Retainer or per-sprint pricing.
Clear packages — pick what fits.
Transparent USD pricing with full source-code ownership at the end. Tap the order button on the package that fits — your request reaches us directly on WhatsApp.
- Custom UI/UX design
- Native iOS app (Swift)
- Shared backend + APIs
- App Store publishing under your licence
- Full source-code ownership
- Full e-commerce web store
- Native iOS + Android apps
- Unified backend + product admin
- Alkuraimi & Cactus integration
- Push notifications + in-app payments
- App Store + Google Play publishing
- Full source-code ownership
- Multi-tenant SaaS platform
- Custom admin dashboards
- External API integrations
- Architecture that scales with your business
- Post-launch support
- Full source-code ownership
Larger scopes (SaaS, multi-vendor marketplaces, complex integrations) are quoted separately after a paid scoping sprint. Primarily USDT / crypto settlement, or hawala remittance networks to our Riyadh representative.
Everything Yemeni founders ask us.
Do you have a branch in Yemen?
No. Darb Productions is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and delivers to Yemeni clients remotely — daily WhatsApp, weekly Zoom, GitHub for code, Figma for design. All contracts and invoices are issued from our Saudi entity. If you need someone physically on-site for a specific milestone, we quote it as a separately-billed travel line.
How much does a mobile app cost in Yemen?
On Darb's instalment plan, a store + iOS + Android package starts at USD 229/month for 12 months. Enterprise or custom-integration apps are quoted separately, typically USD 15,000 to USD 90,000+ depending on scope.
How does payment from Yemen work?
The main path is USDT settlement to our wallet (same-day, no banking friction). The alternative: hawala via trusted remittance networks to our Riyadh representative. International wires from Yemen are usually not practical.
Do you integrate Alkuraimi and Cactus?
Yes. Alkuraimi and Cactus are Yemen's widest-adopted mobile wallets; we integrate each via their official APIs and add Islamic Wallet when the client requests it.
Do you actually work with Yemeni businesses despite the situation?
Yes. The Yemeni market is active despite the constraints; serious businesses in Sana'a, Aden and Hadhramaut need tech partners that don't require on-the-ground delivery. We're specifically designed for that model.
Is opening Apple Developer and Google Play under a Yemeni company possible?
Yes, but DUNS setup takes patience. Our experience opening accounts for markets with less-familiar regulatory frameworks (Syria, Libya, Yemen) saves you months of dealing with Apple directly.
Ready to ship your Yemeni app?
Fastest path is WhatsApp — send a one-paragraph brief and we reply within business hours (Riyadh time) with a fit read and rough scope. Cross-border by design, tuned for the Yemeni market.