When a WordPress template won't do — portals, dashboards, internal tools, scheduling, ecom flows, and API integrations. Built and owned by you, not rented from a SaaS funnel.
Most local web shops stop at WordPress templates. That's fine for a brochure site. It's not enough when your business needs software that actually does something — when the value is in workflows, integrations, and bespoke logic, not in a page builder. Code With Power builds custom web applications for Memphis-area businesses that have outgrown off-the-shelf tools, with the same owner-led delivery as every other engagement we ship.
If your need is a marketing site, we'll tell you. If your need is an app, we'll tell you that too — and we'll quote it honestly either way.
Six common shapes of custom-app work, drawn from real Memphis-metro engagements. Most projects combine a few of these.
Customer-facing portals, client dashboards, vendor logins. Account management, role-based access, real-time data views.
Bespoke admin panels, ops dashboards, workflow tools that replace spreadsheets and clunky third-party SaaS.
Custom appointment, reservation, and ordering systems — like the Dumpster Orders app and a custom homeschool gradebook app we built and continue to maintain.
WooCommerce when it fits, custom-built when it doesn't. Subscriptions, quote-to-order, B2B portals, multi-step checkout.
Stripe, Twilio, Mailgun, accounting systems, CRMs, legacy SOAP / REST endpoints. We wire it up and keep it wired.
One developer making coherent architectural decisions across the whole stack — not five contractors each picking their favorite framework.
Three steps, no theatrical "discovery sprint" upcharge.
30–60 min call with Joel directly. We walk through what the app needs to do, who uses it, what success looks like, and where the integrations land. Written scope back within a week.
We ship in small working pieces. You see and use real versions every 2–3 weeks — not a 6-month black box. Feedback rolls back into scope.
Production deploy, written documentation, deployment access transferred to you. Ongoing development under a retainer or hourly, your choice.
Honest framing: most businesses don't need custom-app development, and we'd rather tell you that than sell you one.
A WordPress site is mostly content — pages, posts, forms. A custom web app has logic and state — users, accounts, workflows, business rules, integrations. When your business depends on the software doing something specific that no plugin or template handles, you need a custom app.
Most custom-app engagements run 8–16 weeks from kickoff to first usable version, depending on scope. We ship in small, working pieces — not a 6-month waterfall — so you can use and validate the app while later features are still in development.
Scope-dependent, but most custom-app builds land in the $10k–$50k range for the initial build, with ongoing development billed at hourly or retainer rates. Smaller bolt-on workflows can start lower. We scope and quote up front before any work begins.
You do. We deliver source code, deployment access, and documentation. No vendor lock-in, no proprietary platform you can only edit through us. If we ever stopped working together, your app keeps running.
Hey! Tell me what you're working on — I'll get back to you personally, usually same-day.
