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We build and deliver software that businesses can rely upon
We design and build the software SMEs and growing businesses actually need, so their teams are more productive. Human expertise that is second to none, leveraging the latest in AI technologies to deliver at breakneck speeds. We're the reliable tech partner you have been searching for.
Human expertise. AI speed.
- Delivering since 2013
- Award-winning digital agency
- Handcrafted in Edinburgh, Scotland
Clutch Awards — Top Software Developers, 2022
ScotlandIS — Digital Tech Business of the Year, 2020
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce — Net Zero Shortlist, 2024
TechBehemoths — Top UX/UI Design Agency, 2025
TechBehemoths — Top UK Mobile App Development Agency, 2025
TechBehemoths — Top Custom Software Dev Agency, 2025
Clutch Awards — Top Software Developers, 2022
ScotlandIS — Digital Tech Business of the Year, 2020
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce — Net Zero Shortlist, 2024
TechBehemoths — Top UX/UI Design Agency, 2025
TechBehemoths — Top UK Mobile App Development Agency, 2025
TechBehemoths — Top Custom Software Dev Agency, 2025
Wherever you're starting from, we've got you covered.
Human expertise. AI speed.
How we use AI
Our developers use AI to move fast through the repetitive parts of a build. What AI can't do is understand how the rest of your product fits together, or catch the decision that quietly creates six months of technical debt. That's where we come in. Experts who know your product inside and out so you're not waiting on an AI prompt when things go wrong.
Code is cheap. Expertise isn't.
Some businesses we've supercharged
We've helped launch over 100 digital products since 2013. Here's a few of our highlights. Want more?
GreenCheck™ - Web App
Bad Dino collaborated with Green Tourism to refresh their GreenCheck™ tool, enhancing usability and resolving technical issues while retaining all key features that help businesses operate more sustainably.
Parkinson's ON - Mobile App
A mobile companion app for those with Parkinson's to help spot trends in their symptoms, manage their medication, and access personalised insights into their health data.
Beacon Buddy for an NHS Trust - Mobile App
A companion mobile app on iOS and Android for the NHS Somerset Trust that helps patients navigate their radiotherapy treatment. Built cross-platform in Microsoft .NET MAUI Blazor technologies.
The Lang Cat - Web App
An intuitive financial directory and comparison platform that allows financial advisors to perform due diligence reports against a range of financial providers.
Featherbed Tales - Web App
Children's digital picture books, with narrated recordings from loved ones who can’t be there at story-time, available as a web app - optimised for mobile and tablet use.
Fanbase - Web App
Uniting clubs and their fans through the latest mobile technology. Mobile optimised web app using native QR code scanning.
Budgerty - Web and Mobile App
The PROPERTY BUDGETING Platform, designed for home buyers and investors to simulate and assess the financial implications of property investments.
Student Companion App - Web & Mobile App
St Andrews College Language Schools approached us for a digital transformation project — designed to replace paper-based processes with a modern companion app, giving their students, group leaders and staff everything they need in one place.
Let us help you...
Depending on where you're at in your journey, we can help in different ways - with the goal always being to get your digital product delivered on time and on budget.
App development + design on mobile and web
Handcrafted in Edinburgh, Scotland by an inhouse team.
No outsourcing or shenanigans.
13 years and counting.
Simple pricing
We don't over-complicate things so we have just a single day rate that you pay - whether that's design, development, strategy or fractional CTO services -- it's all the same to us.
Full visibility
Comet, our own bespoke software, gives you live budget, sprint plans, and issue tracking in one place, not scattered across a bunch of tools built for developers.
No outsourcing
Our team is all inhouse and permanently employed at Bad Dinosaur, right here in Scotland. We don't outsource unless you need us to for expedited delivery.
Partnerships focused
We embed into your business and stick around, we're not chasing the next sign-off. We're keen on helping you scale until you don't need us anymore.
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What our clients say about partnering up with us
I want more testimonials please
What makes the team at Bad Dinosaur special is the flexibility to adapt to the ever-changing needs of our business, their capability to understand our challenges so that every conversation with them feels like an extension of our team and as simple as it sounds how hard working and nice they are to work with.
Iain Martin, Pour
The word I would use to describe my overall experience of working with Bad Dinosaur would be inspiring. We thought we knew what we wanted, but they helped us understand exactly what we needed and how to achieve it.
Susan Scurlock MBE, OneDotAll
Working with Bad Dinosaur is allowing us to properly penetrate the market with confidence, and we are 100% satisfied with the speed and quality of their cost-effective service. I would absolutely recommend Bad Dinosaur to others.
Anthony Horrigan, SPKTRAL
We are Microsoft evangelists.
Leveraging the latest AI.
Seriously, we nerd out about how cool .NET is.
And it really is cool. We've built and launched 100+ products on it.
Build once, release EVERYWHERE.
Microsoft .NET 10
Our new projects start on the latest and greatest in Microsoft .NET - leveraging a few decades worth of learnings on a scalable and enterprise grade framework. Ignore the fads.
Blazor
Use the power of .NET and C# to build full stack web apps without writing a line of JavaScript - lovely stuff! We use Blazor components on the web and in hybrid native apps for mobile & desktop.
.NET MAUI
A cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. We develop apps that can run on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows from a single shared code-base.
The latest AI
Our develpment team uses Microsoft Visual Studio powered by Github Copilot and Claude Code for the latest in AI assisted programming - the worlds most widely adopted AI developer tool. Saving you time and money.
Keen on integrating your app with something?
We've integrated with some of the biggest names out there and on multiple occasions. It's rare that you'll come across an API or SDK we haven't worked with but we'd like to name a few for you.
We've integrated with Anthropic's API for enhanced AI enablement across a number of projects, using cutting edge generative AI in some unique and pioneering ways.
We're already integrating our apps into ChatGPT to help automate things and provide more cutting edge technology to your users.
We've integrated using the .NET PayPal SDK to handle a community led marketplace selling used kids clothes and toys.
Stripe is our bread and butter integration with majority of our apps choosing this payment provider. We've done Stripe Checkout, Stripe Connect, you name it, we've done it with Stripe. We're even a Stripe partner!
From simple Shopify checkout integrations to full blown marketplaces allowing individual shops to sell their items, we've handled pretty much every use case with the Shopify SDK's.
Of course we've worked with one of the most popular CRM's in the world, Hubspot. From simple API integrations like creating new contacts to entire workflows integrated into apps, we've done it.
Pipedrive is a lesser known CRM that we use for our own sales pipeline. We've integrated with them using their .NET SDK's to handle our contact form hits on our website.
Algolia is the go-to tool for building highly scalable and lightning fast search functionality into your app. We've integrated with their REST API via their .NET SDK for a number of products.
NHS integrations are not easy, but we've worked with a number of trusts to successfully integrate their apps into a variety of their backend services, taking the necessary precautions with patient data.
Apple App Store In-App Billing to give some of the products we've built a seamless experience when it comes to purchasing in app items or subscriptions.
Atlassian Jira for handling tickets via a customer service desk. There are numerous API's that we've worked with in JIRA.
We're serious about Net Zero
Scotland has set an ambitious target of being net zero emissions by 2045. We're doing whatever we can as a small business to help reach those goals.
What we're doing to help
Free pool e-bikes for our team
We have 4 of the latest Cowboy city ebikes that are available for the team to use for commuting (as well as for personal use on the weekends). We introduced this 3 years ago and we've seen a big reduction in reliance on driving in to work or public transport.
Find out more about Cowboy bicycles.
Carbon offset with Ecologi
We've planted over 4,000 trees and funded 35 carbon offsetting projects around the world since we started using Ecologi in 2020. We offset all of our employees carbon footprints from day 1. So far we've also prevented 218.48 tons of CO2e from being emitted.
Take a look at our Ecologi profile.
Net zero suppliers
Our major suppliers are all committed to net zero in the short term. As a software development agency we don't have a lot of suppliers but our primary one for hosting, Microsoft, has ambitious targets to be carbon negative by 2030.
Check out Microsoft's sustainability commitments.
Refurbished tech over new
We buy a lot of tech so we can make an impact by choosing refurbished over new whenever possible. All of our test devices and any new laptops we've purchased since 2022 have been previously owned and refurbished.
Back Market is a good option for refurbished goods.
What we're talking about
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We share newly available grants, funding schemes, and competitions that UK businesses can apply for - plus the occasional update from us when we launch something new or have something interesting to tell you.