Software & Mobile App Development Company in Kazakhstan
Custom software, mobile app and AI development for Kazakh companies in Almaty, Astana and Shymkent, built around local data rules, Kaspi-era payment habits and bilingual users.
- NDA & full IP ownership
- Senior engineers
- Working hours that overlap with Kazakhstan
Kazakh consumers already expect a lot from an app. Years of paying, borrowing, shopping and booking government services through polished super-apps have set a high bar, and a clunky checkout or a Russian-only interface gets uninstalled quickly. Sigmato is a software development company Kazakhstan teams can rely on to design and build mobile apps, web platforms and AI products that meet that bar. We work with founders, banks, retailers and industrial firms in Almaty, Astana and Shymkent, and because Kazakhstan’s single time zone sits just 30 minutes behind our Bengaluru engineering centre, we collaborate in real time across almost your entire working day.
Where Kazakhstan’s Digital Economy Is Heading
Kazakhstan is Central Asia’s largest economy, and the government has spent a decade pushing services online through the eGov portal and the Digital Kazakhstan programme. Astana Hub, the international technology park in the capital, offers tax and visa incentives to IT companies, while the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) runs its own common-law court and regulator for financial services. Demand for custom software is strongest in:
- Banking and fintech: digital onboarding, lending decisions, merchant tools and Islamic finance products under the AIFC framework.
- Oil, gas and mining: maintenance apps for remote sites, sensor dashboards and digital twins of plants and pipelines.
- Logistics: freight tracking and customs workflows for the Trans-Caspian “Middle Corridor” linking China and Europe.
- Retail and marketplaces: seller portals, loyalty programmes and delivery apps for a market that shifted online quickly.
- Agriculture: grain and livestock traceability, farm finance and weather-driven planning tools.
What We Build for Kazakh Organisations
Our mobile app development team builds native Android and iOS apps as well as cross-platform apps with Flutter, which suits Kazakhstan’s Android-heavy but mixed device base. For internal systems, customer portals and B2B tools we deliver web applications on React, Next.js, Node.js, NestJS or Django. We also design multi-tenant SaaS platforms for regional expansion into Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and beyond, and add AI features such as Russian- and Kazakh-language chatbots, document extraction and demand forecasting through our AI development practice.
Personal Data Law and Localisation in Kazakhstan
Compliance has a direct effect on architecture here, so we settle it during discovery rather than at launch:
- Law on Personal Data and Its Protection: requires consent for collecting and processing personal data, defined purposes and protection measures. It also contains a localisation rule: databases holding Kazakh citizens’ personal data must be stored on servers located in Kazakhstan. We plan hosting with local data centres or local cloud providers and keep any offshore processing to what the law permits.
- AIFC Data Protection Regulations: firms registered in the Astana International Financial Centre follow a separate, GDPR-style regime, which changes how consent, transfers and breach notification are handled.
- National Bank and ARDFM rules: payment services, digital lending and e-money products need licences and specific security controls, so fintech features are designed with your compliance team from the first sprint.
- eGov and digital signature integration: many B2B and government-facing products need to verify users with an electronic digital signature (EDS) or link to state databases, which we treat as a core integration rather than an afterthought.
Kazakh, Russian and the Latin Script
Most Kazakhstan apps need to work fully in both Kazakh and Russian, and many add English for investors or foreign staff. Kazakh is gradually moving from Cyrillic to a Latin-based alphabet, so we store text in Unicode, keep every string in translation files and avoid hard-coded labels, which means a script change later is a content update rather than a rebuild. We also check that Kazakh-specific Cyrillic letters such as Ә, Ғ, Қ, Ң, Ө, Ұ, Ү and І render correctly in fonts, search and sorting.
Payments Kazakh Customers Actually Use
Kaspi.kz dominates daily payments, and customers are used to paying by QR code inside its app, often choosing instalments at checkout. Halyk Bank’s Homebank is the other widely used banking app. Domestic cards and bank transfers remain common for B2B. We integrate local acquiring and QR payment flows through your chosen bank or payment provider, price in tenge (KZT), and support Apple Pay and Google Pay where your acquirer offers them. For subscription products we design billing that copes with card re-issues and failed renewals.
Working Hours: Almost Full Overlap
Since March 2024 the whole country runs on a single time zone (UTC+5), only half an hour behind India. In practice our Bengaluru team works the same day you do: morning stand-ups, lunchtime design reviews and late-afternoon demos all happen inside normal office hours in Almaty or Astana. Our UK branch adds a further window for clients whose headquarters or investors sit in Europe.
Indicative Project Budgets
| Project type | Typical timeline | Indicative range (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Bilingual MVP mobile app | 10–14 weeks | $18,000–$45,000 |
| Marketplace or delivery platform | 4–6 months | $45,000–$110,000 |
| Industrial dashboard or digital twin pilot | 3–5 months | $35,000–$90,000 |
| AI chatbot in Kazakh and Russian | 6–10 weeks | $12,000–$35,000 |
For a deeper breakdown, see our guide to mobile app development cost.
Why Kazakh Companies Work with Sigmato
- Same-day collaboration without the cost of a fully local team.
- Localisation-ready architecture for Kazakh, Russian and English from the first wireframe.
- Hosting that respects the localisation rule, with your code in your repositories and full IP transfer.
- Flexible engagement: fixed-price projects, time-and-material, or dedicated developers who join your sprints.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does our app’s data have to be stored inside Kazakhstan?
If you collect personal data about Kazakh citizens, the primary database generally has to sit on servers in Kazakhstan. We design the architecture around local hosting and confirm the details with your legal adviser, particularly if you operate under the AIFC regime.
Can you integrate Kaspi QR or Halyk payments?
Yes, provided you hold a merchant agreement with the relevant bank. We implement the provider’s API or QR flow, handle payment callbacks and reconciliation, and test the full checkout on real devices.
Should we build in Kazakh first or Russian first?
Ideally both at launch. Consumer and government-facing apps increasingly need full Kazakh support, while many business users still default to Russian. Building both from day one costs far less than retrofitting a second language later.
Can your developers join our team in Astana or Almaty?
Our engineers work remotely from Bengaluru, but with only a 30-minute time difference they attend your stand-ups and planning sessions live. Dedicated developers can usually be onboarded within one to two weeks.
Plan Your Kazakhstan Software Project
Share your idea, your users and your deadlines. We will reply with a scoped plan, a recommended stack and an itemised estimate, usually within two working days.