An app for your business
Booking, ordering, customer follow-up or an internal tool: a mobile or web app designed around how you work.
Charente-Maritime
Mobile and web apps in Charente-Maritime,
from Île d'Oléron.
Black Tide Studio, formerly Studio Bidibou, has been based in Saint-Georges-d'Oléron since 2020. We design and build mobile, web and AI applications for companies on the island and across France, and we travel within Charente-Maritime when a project calls for it.
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● ÎLE D’OLÉRON · 17190MOBILE · WEB · AI
Situations
What we do for local businesses.
A website that turns visits into enquiries
As for Fred n' So and Sur les traces d'Ularius, two businesses on Île d'Oléron.
An app to take over
A supplier who has left, an unstable app: diagnostic, stabilisation and takeover.
An AI project
Assistants, search across your documents, automation: language models built into your tools.
Scope of work
A local studio with a complete skill set.
The same engineers from discovery to go-live.
Mobile apps
iOS and Android, natively in Swift and Kotlin, or with Flutter or React Native.
Web apps and websites
Web applications, showcase websites and online booking.
AI integration
Language models built into your applications and processes.
UX/UI design
Journeys, mock-ups and interfaces designed by the team that builds them.
Cloud and hosting
Hosting, deployments and monitoring, with costs under control.
Takeover and maintenance
Audit, stabilisation and support for existing applications.
Method
How we work together.
- 01
Meet
A first conversation, remote or in person depending on where you are, to understand the need.
- 02
Scope
Journeys, scope and budget agreed together before development starts.
- 03
Develop in increments
Regular demos, remotely or in person.
- 04
Launch and support
Go-live, store releases and follow-up after launch.
Responsibilities
Who decides what.
A typical division of responsibilities, agreed for each engagement.
| Topic | Your team | Black Tide |
|---|---|---|
| Need | You describe your business and your customers | We propose the scope and budget |
| Content | You provide text, photos and information | We integrate and format them |
| Approval | You approve mock-ups and increments | We develop and fix within the agreed scope |
| Go-live | You decide the date | We publish and monitor |
| Next steps | You choose the level of support | We maintain and evolve |
Selected work
Projects delivered on Île d'Oléron.
Fred n' So
Showcase website for an eco-conscious caterer in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron: presenting the chef and the dishes, turning visits into quote requests, with no server to maintain.
Read the Fred n' So caseSur les traces d'Ularius
Showcase and booking website for real-life adventure rallies on Île d'Oléron, with a contact service on AWS.
Read the Ularius caseEach case describes the work delivered, its scope and the current status of the product.
Budget and next steps
Budget, meetings and support.
What discovery establishes
Scope, risks, architecture and delivery increments: the basis for a quote.
Public pricing
A day rate of €750 excl. VAT and ranges by maturity level, published on our pricing page.
In person or remote
Work is done from Saint-Georges-d'Oléron; we travel within Charente-Maritime when a project calls for it.
Maintenance
Fixes, updates and new features are agreed after go-live.
Useful questions
Frequent questions.
Where are you based?
At the Maison des Entreprises in Chéray, ZAE Les Quatre Moulins, 17190 Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, France.
Do you only work in Charente-Maritime?
No. We work with teams in France, across Europe and sometimes beyond, in French and English. Being close simply makes meetings easier for local businesses.
Can you come to La Rochelle, Rochefort or Royan?
Yes, when a project calls for it, for example for a discovery workshop or acceptance testing. The rest of the work is done remotely.
How much does an app cost?
It depends on the scope. Our public ranges go from €12k–25k excl. VAT for a prototype to €80k–160k excl. VAT for a scalable product; the final quote follows discovery.
Next step
Let’s talk about your project.
Your business, your users and your deadline: one conversation is enough to know whether we are the right fit.