From marketing websites that bring in leads to full-stack apps that power your operations — we help local businesses and startups ship software that grows revenue.
From concept to deployment, we deliver end-to-end solutions tailored to your unique needs.
End-to-end development from frontend interfaces to backend systems, built with modern technologies and best practices.
Beautiful, performant applications for web and mobile platforms that deliver exceptional user experiences.
From MVP to market-ready product, we help businesses build scalable software products powered by modern cloud infrastructure.
Strategic technical guidance and system design to help you make informed decisions and avoid costly mistakes.
Real products we've built from concept to launch.
Built end-to-end for a junk removal business in San Joaquin County. Customers photograph their junk, get instant AI-powered pricing via GPT-4o Vision, and schedule pickups. The platform includes a customer web app, native iOS and Android apps, a driver operations app with GPS tracking and digital signatures, an admin dashboard, and a Cloudflare Workers API with 1,300+ automated tests.
A bilingual carpooling platform connecting neighbors in Stockton, CA for affordable recurring rides ($3–$10). Drivers keep 100% of earnings — no commission. Includes a customer web app, an admin operations dashboard, a backend API, and native mobile apps in development.
An all-in-one booking platform for hair salons, barbers, nail techs, and spas. Each business gets a custom-branded website with 24/7 online booking, SMS reminders, deposit collection via Stripe and PayPal, and an owner dashboard for appointments and staff — all bilingual EN/ES, no per-booking commission.
Bilingual marketing site for a licensed Stockton remodeling studio (CSLB #1118129) covering kitchens, bathrooms, electrical, plumbing, and carpentry. Built to convert local search traffic into estimate requests with service galleries, Google Reviews, WhatsApp messaging, and a contact form.
Bilingual marketing site for a family-owned landscaping, garden, and tree care business serving Hollister, Gilroy, Morgan Hill, and San Jose since 2005. Built to turn local search traffic into estimate requests with a service catalog, project gallery, WhatsApp messaging, and a quote-request form.
From estimate phone calls to instant, computer-vision-priced pickups across San Joaquin County, California.
Junk removal has a pricing problem. Traditional operators quote estimates by phone, then send a crew to inspect, then send a written quote — a workflow that loses jobs to faster competitors and misprices a meaningful share of what shows up. ScanJunk needed a way to give honest, instant prices the moment a customer photographs the pile in their garage, and to do it across an entire metro area without growing a phone bank to match. The constraint from day one: the platform had to feel familiar to a customer who has used Uber and DoorDash, but who has never used a junk removal service in their life. No phone calls. No "we'll call you back." Photograph it, see a price, book a window.
We built the pricing engine on OpenAI's GPT-4o Vision model, scored against an internal calibration set so quotes stay accurate as supply and disposal costs shift. The backend runs entirely on Cloudflare Workers — no servers to maintain, sub-50 ms response times at the edge, and capacity that scales by request rather than by provisioned VMs. Transactional data lives in Cloudflare D1; photos and digital signatures in R2; Stripe handles checkout; Firebase Phone Authentication keeps signups frictionless. On the front end we shipped four separate clients, each one purpose-built rather than a webview wrapper: a customer web app in Next.js, a native iOS app in SwiftUI, a native Android app in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, and a driver operations app in React Native (Expo) because crews iterate fastest with a shared cross-platform codebase. Every layer is independently deployable.
A platform this broad fails if quality lives in only one developer's head. We built over 1,300 automated tests across the Workers API, the web client, and the mobile apps — every booking flow, every pricing edge case, every payment state transition exercised in continuous integration before code reaches production. GPS tracking and digital signature capture in the driver app are end-to-end tested against a simulator. The admin dashboard, used by ScanJunk's operations team to dispatch crews and reconcile payments, is treated as a first-class application rather than an afterthought. None of this is glamorous — but it's why a single-region launch in San Joaquin County can confidently expand to neighboring counties without a rewrite.
ScanJunk is live at scanjunkremoval.com, with the iOS and Android apps in their respective stores. The platform processes photo-priced jobs end-to-end — quote, booking, payment, dispatch, completion, receipt — without a human in the loop until the driver shows up. Tobala Labs continues to ship new features monthly: route optimization, seasonal pricing rules, recurring service bookings, multilingual support. We approach every engagement the same way: build the smallest correct version first, ship it to real users, expand on what works. ScanJunk is the proof point. We'd be glad to walk through any of these technical decisions in depth if you're evaluating a similar build — write to [email protected] or use the contact form below.
"Excellent service, punctuality, and a good price. I recommend it."
"I had such a great experience working with Tobala Labs! She helped me build my own website and made the entire process feel so easy and stress free. She was patient, professional, and explained everything in a way that was super easy to understand."
Tobala Labs is a boutique software studio that works with local businesses and startups who need more than an off-the-shelf solution. Whether you need a bilingual website that converts visitors into customers or a full-stack platform with AI, payments, and mobile apps — we build it from scratch, tailored to how your business actually works.
We're hands-on from day one. You'll work directly with the people writing the code — no account managers, no handoffs, no surprises. Most clients stay with us long after launch because we treat your product like our own.
A proven methodology that ensures quality, transparency, and results.
We start by deeply understanding your business, your users, and the problems worth solving. In working sessions — not slide decks — we map the customer journey, define the scope, and decide what not to build in v1. The output is a written spec with success metrics, a risk inventory, and a budget envelope, so there are no surprises later. Most engagements begin here with a fixed-fee discovery sprint before any production code is written.
User experience and system architecture are designed in parallel — not sequentially. Wireframes get pressure-tested against API contracts before they are polished, so we don't discover a load-bearing data problem on the day of UI sign-off. We pick technology for the next five years of growth, not just the launch: Cloudflare Workers for serverless edge compute, D1 or Postgres for transactional data, R2 for blob storage, native frameworks (SwiftUI on iOS, Kotlin/Jetpack Compose on Android) when raw performance matters, React Native (Expo) when shared code matters more.
We ship in two-week increments with working software at the end of each one. You see real progress, not status reports — every iteration lands on staging, fully tested, ready for hands-on review. Automated test suites (typically 1,000+ tests on a production SaaS platform) prevent regressions as the codebase grows. Tickets are written in plain English, not jira-speak. If something is off-track, you'll know within the same sprint, not at the demo at the end.
Launch isn't the finish line — it's where the real data starts arriving. We instrument everything before go-live: error tracking, performance monitoring, conversion funnels, uptime alerts. Post-launch we stay close: weekly check-ins, prompt fixes, and a roadmap that evolves with what users actually do, not what we guessed in discovery. Most clients become long-term partners — we've been with our flagship customer ScanJunk since the original concept and continue to ship new features monthly.
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Answers to common questions about working with us.
We specialize in modern web and mobile technologies including React, Next.js, SwiftUI, Kotlin, React Native, and serverless infrastructure on Cloudflare. We choose the best tools for each project's specific needs.
We believe in transparent communication. You'll have a dedicated point of contact, regular status updates, and access to our project management tools. We adapt to your preferred communication style.
Our process includes discovery, design, iterative development, and launch phases. We work in sprints, delivering working features regularly so you can provide feedback throughout the project.
Absolutely. We offer maintenance and support packages tailored to your needs. This includes bug fixes, security updates, performance monitoring, and feature enhancements.
Yes! We frequently collaborate with in-house teams. Whether you need us to lead development, augment your team, or provide specialized expertise, we adapt to fit your structure.
We work on projects of all sizes, from MVP development for startups to enterprise-scale applications. Our boutique approach means we give the same attention to detail regardless of project size.