San Jose softwarebuilt in-house.
Native iOS apps and custom software for service businesses — booking, quoting, live job tracking, customer messaging, and crew dispatch — built by the same San Jose studio that designs, ships, and supports its own products on the App Store.
- San Jose & the Bay Area
- Insured
- Established 2022
- Free consultation
The overview
What the software work looks like here.
Most local businesses are told an app is out of reach — enterprise budgets, an offshore team, months of handoffs. JC Media builds native iOS apps and custom software for Bay Area service operators the same way it builds websites: a senior person doing the work, a clear fixed scope, and real production software at the end — not a throwaway prototype.
The proof is in what's already shipped. For Silicon Valley Moving & Storage, JC Media built two native apps on one shared real-time backend — a customer app to book, message, and track a move live, and a crew-and-dispatch app that runs the office — both wired into the same website and local SEO. And the studio ships its own products: Interstate Inventory, a professional household-goods inventory app for moving crews, is live on the App Store. When a studio builds and maintains its own software end to end, your project isn't an experiment run on your dime.
Everything is designed to connect. The app talks to your website, your customer data lives in one place, and the whole system — site, app, and back office — works together instead of being stitched from separate vendors. That's the difference between a website with an app bolted on and an actual operating system for your business.
Real clients, real results.
A complete digital operating system for a 36-year San Jose mover — a full website plus two native iOS apps (customer and crew) on one shared real-time backend.
- 2
- native iOS apps for one client
- 1
- real-time backend behind both apps
- 2
- JC Media apps live on the App Store
- iOS
- native SwiftUI, not a template
Silicon Valley Moving & Storage
What you get out of it.
- 01A native iOS app your customers actually keep on their phone
- 02Booking, quoting, and live job tracking wired into your site
- 03Crew and dispatch tools that run the back office
- 04Client portals and booking systems on one real-time backend
- 05Built, shipped, and supported in-house — no offshore handoffs
Everything in the build.
A clear, fixed scope — no surprise line items. Here’s what comes standard with software.
- Native iOS apps (SwiftUI) — customer and crew
- Booking, quoting, and live-tracking flows
- Client portals and booking systems
- Custom platforms, integrations, and real-time backends
- App Store submission and ongoing support
Honest pricing, no surprises.
Software is scoped and quoted — cost tracks what it has to do, not a per-screen rate. Every project is a fixed, written quote after a free consultation:
- Features & flows
- A booking form is a different build than live GPS tracking, offline sync, or a full crew-dispatch system.
- Backend & data
- Real-time sync, customer accounts, and integrations with your existing site or tools add real engineering.
- Platforms
- A single native iOS app is a different scope than iOS plus a separate crew app or an admin dashboard.
- Support & upkeep
- App Store maintenance, OS updates, and new features are scoped as ongoing care after launch.
The senior person does the work.
JC Media sits between a freelancer and a full agency — the range and reliability of a studio, with the senior person who actually does your project picking up the phone.
A freelancer
The alternative
- Usually one skill — design, or code, or SEO, rarely all three
- Lower cost, but availability and follow-through vary
- You coordinate the other pieces yourself
JC Media
This studio
- The senior person who scopes it also builds and shoots it — no handoffs
- Website, app, local SEO, and photography under one roof
- Direct line to the person doing the work
- Fully portable code in your own GitHub — no lock-in
A full agency
The alternative
- Broad bandwidth, but your project is often run by a junior
- Higher overhead and longer timelines
- Communication routed through an account manager
Built for Bay Area service businesses
Moving companiesContractors & tradesJunk removal & haulingLogistics & warehousingExterior cleaningNonprofits
Every industry page is backed by a real build in the portfolio — the problem in that trade, the case study, and the package that fits.
Apps this studio has actually shipped.
First-party products and client systems — built, submitted, and supported in-house.
On the App Store
Interstate Inventory
First-party product
A professional household-goods inventory app for moving crews — LiDAR, photos, voice capture, van-line condition codes, and a signed PDF manifest. Live on the App Store and licensable to moving companies.
On the App Store
Silicon Valley Moving
Client customer app
Quote, book, message, and track a move live — Uber-style crew progress with a route map, built native in SwiftUI for a 36-year San Jose mover.
Client-internal
SVM Crew
Client crew & operations app
The back office in an app: crews get one-tap status updates that sync to the customer's live tracking; admins assign crews, manage bookings, and run support.
In development
StellaCam
First-party product
Scan a listing with an iPhone and get a photorealistic, walk-through 3D tour built on Apple's native Gaussian-splat rendering. In development.
Questions, answered straight.
Can a small business really afford custom software?
Often, yes — the same way a small business can afford a custom website. JC Media scopes software to a fixed, written quote after a free consultation and builds only what earns its keep: the booking, tracking, or crew feature that actually saves you time or wins you work. You're not paying enterprise-agency overhead for it.
What kind of software do you build?
Native iOS apps and custom software for service businesses — customer booking and quoting, live job or delivery tracking, customer messaging, client portals, and crew/dispatch back-office tools. For Silicon Valley Moving & Storage that meant a customer app and a separate crew app on one shared backend; JC Media also ships its own product, Interstate Inventory, an on-site inventory app for moving crews that's live on the App Store.
Will the app connect to my website?
Yes — that's the whole point of one studio doing both. The app and the website share the same real-time backend and customer data, so a booking on the site and an update in the app are the same system, not two tools you reconcile by hand.
Who actually does the work?
JC Media is a San Jose studio — insured, established 2022 — so you talk directly to the person designing, building, and shipping your project. No account managers, no offshore handoffs.
What areas do you serve?
JC Media is based in San Jose, CA and serves the entire San Francisco Bay Area. Web, app, and SEO work is also available remotely for businesses anywhere.
How much does it cost, and how do we start?
Every project gets a fixed, written quote up front after a free consultation, so you know exactly what you're getting before anything starts. Email a few sentences about your business and Joey replies with questions, a rough scope, and a timeline.
Let’s scope your Software project.
A few sentences about your business is enough to start. You get questions, a rough scope, and a timeline. Free consultation, no pressure.
Pairs well with
- WebsitesDesign and build under one roof: strategic, fast, on-brand websites for Bay Area service businesses and nonprofits.
- SEOLocal SEO, Google Business Profile management, AI-search optimization, content, and tracking — focused on the searches that become jobs.
- PhotographyListing, event, and commercial photography — shot by the same studio that builds the site it lives on.