About Live Typing

They achieve results in time and for proper prices, applying digital technologies for the best user experience. They are interested in long-term partnership and constant contribution to the success of your business. All their clients are different so they know that it helps if they treat their staff the same way.

Last updated May 13, 2026

Services

Mobile App Development Web Development VR App Development AR App Development UI-UX Design E-commerce Development

Industries Served

Information Technology Events & Event Management Nonprofit & NGO Gaming & Gambling Government & Public Sector Telecommunications

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Project execution that matched the proposal in every dimension that mattered

Danielle Westbrook / Chief Digital Officer - BlueSky Retail Holdings
Verified
Jan 17, 2026

Project summary: Several years of incremental development had left us with a platform that was technically functional but strategically limiting. A structured rebuild was the agreed path forward.

We had worked with three agencies before this engagement. The comparison is not flattering to the others. What distinguished this team was a systematic approach to understanding the problem before proposing a solution — something that sounds obvious and is practiced far less often than it should be. The delivery phase ran to schedule, the codebase is clean enough that our internal engineers made positive comments during handover review, and we have not logged a critical incident in five months of live operation. We intend to use them for our next phase of work.

PROS

Deep domain knowledge that reduced the discovery overhead significantly, proactive risk identification before issues became incidents, delivery cadence that our stakeholders found reassuring

CONS

Time zone coordination required some deliberate overlap management from both sides in the first couple of sprints, after which we had an efficient async rhythm that worked for the whole project

4.5
Overall
4.0
Quality
4.5
Schedule
5.0
Cost
4.5
Communication
Project TypeEmbedded Systems Development
IndustryNonprofit & NGO
Project CostLess than $10,000
DurationJun 2025 – Dec 2025

Questions & Answers

Please describe your company, your role, and the industry you operate in.
BlueSky Retail Holdings operates in the Nonprofit & NGO sector with headquarters in Chicago, USA. In my role as Chief Digital Officer I am accountable for the full technology agenda — infrastructure, product, and vendor relationships. We are a commercially driven organisation and every technology decision is evaluated against a clear business case before it is approved.
What specific problem or business challenge led you to hire this company?
Our platform had been maintained by a previous vendor for three years and the accumulated technical debt had reached a point where delivery velocity had dropped to a fraction of what it should have been. We needed fresh engineering expertise and a structured plan to address the underlying issues.
What services did the company provide for your project?
The core engagement was Embedded Systems Development delivery, though their scope expanded to include technical consultancy during discovery that materially improved our requirements. They also took ownership of the third-party integration workstream that had been a coordination challenge in previous projects, removing that complexity from our internal team entirely.
Why did you choose this company over other providers you considered?
We had a failed engagement behind us and were more rigorous in our selection process as a result. We asked detailed questions about how they managed scope change, how they handled estimation, and how they communicated problems. The answers were specific, evidenced, and consistent across the team members we spoke to. That gave us confidence that the process was real rather than rehearsed.
How clearly did the company understand your requirements and business goals?
Better than we managed ourselves going in. The workshops they facilitated surfaced assumptions we had not examined and exposed three requirements that were in direct conflict with each other. Resolving those before development began saved us what would certainly have been significant rework later in the project.
How was your overall experience with their communication and project management?
Professional and efficient. The project manager maintained a clear view of the critical path at all times and communicated changes to it transparently. The one significant scope adjustment we made mid-project was handled through a clean change request process — fairly priced, clearly documented, and absorbed without disrupting the overall timeline.
Did the company deliver the project on time and within your expected budget?
The project landed on time. The budget was managed within the agreed ceiling, which included one client-driven scope addition that was quoted fairly and handled without affecting the original delivery stream. The discipline around budget transparency throughout meant there was no surprise at invoice stage.
What tangible results or business impact have you seen since the project was completed?
The ROI case we presented to our board was conservative by design. Current performance against the financial model suggests we will hit the projected payback point in under twelve months against an eighteen-month target. The operational efficiency gains in particular have exceeded the model, in part because the quality of the data the new platform generates supports decisions that the previous system could not.
What did you like most about working with this company?
Their instinct for keeping the business objective visible throughout technical decision-making. I have worked with technically excellent teams who lose the strategic thread as complexity increases. This team maintained a clear connection between every architectural choice and the outcome we had agreed to achieve. That orientation made the trade-off conversations significantly easier.
Would you recommend this company to others, and would you work with them again?
Unreservedly. We are in active scoping conversations for a second engagement and I expect this to develop into a multi-year partnership. For any organisation in the Nonprofit & NGO sector looking for Embedded Systems Development expertise combined with genuine delivery discipline, I would put this team at the top of the evaluation list.

Smart infrastructure project that paid back the investment in under two quarters

Bilal Chaudhry / Co-Founder & CTO - Indus Software House
Verified
Jan 17, 2026

Project summary: B2B customer churn was concentrated among accounts that had complained about portal usability. We needed a complete redesign of the self-service experience before the next contract renewal cycle.

The thing that retrospectively seems most significant is how little drama there was. Complex technology projects tend to accumulate incidents, escalations, and tense conversations. This one did not. Problems were surfaced before they became incidents. Scope changes were handled with process rather than conflict. Risks were managed rather than avoided. That level of maturity is rare in my experience and it made the delivery feel almost effortless from our side, which I know it was not from theirs.

PROS

Architectural decisions designed for longevity rather than just the current brief, thorough automated test coverage, post-launch stability that validated every technical choice made during discovery

CONS

The quality of documentation they produce means our team needed to set aside dedicated review time to do it justice — a minor scheduling point rather than a genuine criticism

4.0
Overall
4.5
Quality
3.5
Schedule
4.0
Cost
4.0
Communication
Project TypeIoT Development
IndustryTelecommunications
Project Cost$50,000 to $149,999
DurationDec 2024 – Oct 2025

Questions & Answers

Please describe your company, your role, and the industry you operate in.
Indus Software House operates in the Telecommunications sector with headquarters in Islamabad, Pakistan. In my role as Co-Founder & CTO I am accountable for the full technology agenda — infrastructure, product, and vendor relationships. We are a commercially driven organisation and every technology decision is evaluated against a clear business case before it is approved.
What specific problem or business challenge led you to hire this company?
A competitive threat had accelerated our roadmap. We had planned a significant IoT Development investment for the following year. External pressure moved that timeline forward by six months and required us to find an external partner rather than attempting to build internally in the time available.
What services did the company provide for your project?
The core engagement was IoT Development delivery, though their scope expanded to include technical consultancy during discovery that materially improved our requirements. They also took ownership of the third-party integration workstream that had been a coordination challenge in previous projects, removing that complexity from our internal team entirely.
Why did you choose this company over other providers you considered?
A trusted peer in the Telecommunications sector had used them for a comparable IoT Development engagement and their recommendation was unequivocal. Our own due diligence confirmed the pattern they described. The combination of domain knowledge, IoT Development depth, and demonstrated delivery discipline was the deciding factor.
How clearly did the company understand your requirements and business goals?
Better than we managed ourselves going in. The workshops they facilitated surfaced assumptions we had not examined and exposed three requirements that were in direct conflict with each other. Resolving those before development began saved us what would certainly have been significant rework later in the project.
How was your overall experience with their communication and project management?
Communication was proactive, timely, and appropriately calibrated. Technical updates for the engineering audience, executive summaries for the steering group, risk flags with proposed mitigations rather than just problem statements. The fortnightly sprint reviews gave our stakeholders visibility without requiring them to attend every working session.
Did the company deliver the project on time and within your expected budget?
Yes. I had privately built a contingency expectation into my planning given the project complexity and the number of integrations involved. None of that contingency was needed. The delivery landed on the agreed date and the final invoice matched the approved budget to within a fraction of a percent. That outcome is rarer than the industry acknowledges.
What tangible results or business impact have you seen since the project was completed?
The most direct measure is the performance of the system in production. In the five months since go-live we have had zero P1 incidents, our page performance scores have improved across every Core Web Vitals metric, and two enterprise clients who had cited our previous platform limitations during contract negotiations have since renewed without that objection arising.
What did you like most about working with this company?
The continuity of the team. The engineers who participated in the discovery sessions were the engineers who built the system. That consistency of institutional knowledge across a six-month project has a value that is difficult to quantify but easy to notice when it is absent. Every conversation built on the previous ones.
Would you recommend this company to others, and would you work with them again?
Yes. I would add the context that this is not the cheapest option in the market and they are selective about the engagements they take on. If your primary criterion is price, there are alternatives. If you want a technology partner who can be trusted with a complex IoT Development programme in the Telecommunications space and will deliver against a serious brief, this is the team.

Company Info

Founded 2009
Employees 10 - 49
Hourly Rate $50 - $99
Client Rating 4.1/5 (7 reviews)

Rating Breakdown

Quality
4.3
Schedule
3.9
Cost
4.2
Communication
3.9

FAQs

What should I expect to pay to work with Live Typing?
What Live Typing charges comes down to a handful of variables — how complex the project is, the number of development hours involved, the tech stack required, team size, and which engagement model you pick. Based on available data, Live Typing's typical hourly rate is around $50 - $99, with an average project cost of $10000+.
Roughly how long does a project with Live Typing take start to finish?
It depends heavily on scope. A lean MVP might be a matter of weeks, while a full enterprise system or a larger digital transformation project can stretch into months once you factor in development, testing, and deployment. With a team of 10 - 49 professionals, Live Typing can scale resources based on project urgency.
What should I actually be looking at when comparing a company like Live Typing to others?
When you're weighing up a software partner such as Live Typing, it's worth looking past the pitch and checking the portfolio, what past clients say, relevant industry background, technical range, how they communicate, pricing structure, project management style, and what support looks like after launch. For context, it has served clients in Russia, and it reports a team size of 10 - 49 professionals.
What's actually in Live Typing's technical toolkit?
The exact stack shifts by project, but Live Typing commonly works across things like React, Angular, Vue.js, Node.js, Python, .NET, Java, PHP, Flutter, React Native, native iOS and Android, and cloud platforms like AWS and Azure. For context, it has served clients in Russia, and its listed capabilities span AR App Development, E-commerce Development, Mobile App Development, UI-UX Design and VR App Development.
Would Live Typing be a good fit for an early-stage startup?
Generally, yes — companies like Live Typing tend to work well with startups because of what they typically offer: MVP builds, product strategy input, architecture that can scale later, and dedicated teams that keep costs manageable while still moving fast. For context, it has experience across industries such as Nonprofit & NGO, Government & Public Sector, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Events & Event Management and Gaming & Gambling, and its listed capabilities span AR App Development, E-commerce Development, Mobile App Development, UI-UX Design and VR App Development.
What kind of software work does Live Typing take on?
Live Typing typically covers the standard range of software development work — mobile apps, web platforms, custom internal tools, UI/UX design, cloud infrastructure, AI integrations, and larger enterprise builds. Its core focus areas include AR App Development, E-commerce Development, Mobile App Development, UI-UX Design and VR App Development.
What are the actual contract options if I want to work with Live Typing?
Most companies structured like Live Typing give you a choice between a fixed-price contract, a dedicated team arrangement, or time-and-materials billing, so you can pick whichever lines up with your budget and how well-defined your scope already is. For context, its listed capabilities span AR App Development, E-commerce Development, Mobile App Development, UI-UX Design and VR App Development, and it has served clients in Russia.
Does Live Typing actually build with AI, or just talk about it?
Plenty of modern software teams, Live Typing included, now build real AI and machine learning features — chatbots, predictive models, computer vision, and automation that goes beyond simple rule-based scripts. For context, it has experience across industries such as Nonprofit & NGO, Government & Public Sector, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Events & Event Management and Gaming & Gambling, and it reports a team size of 10 - 49 professionals.
What does Live Typing's actual delivery process look like week to week?
Live Typing generally runs something close to a standard structured process — requirements gathering, UI/UX design, development in agile sprints, QA testing along the way, deployment, and support once it's live. For context, its listed capabilities span AR App Development, E-commerce Development, Mobile App Development, UI-UX Design and VR App Development, and it has served clients in Russia.