Axtra Studios is a design, development and AI agency in Lahore, working with teams worldwide. We design, build and scale web apps, mobile apps and the brands behind them.
We do three things: design, development and AI.
- UX/UI design: product design, discovery workshops, UX audits, and a design system on every project.
- Web design and development: websites, web apps, SaaS, e-commerce (Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce) and redesigns, built in Next.js and React.
- Mobile app development: iOS and Android apps in React Native, Swift and Flutter, through to App Store release. - AI solutions: AI-powered products and AI agents, with evaluation sets that keep them doing what they should.
- MVP launch: from proof of concept to a product in front of users in four to six weeks.
- Brand identity: strategy and naming, logo and visual identity, and guidelines.
We have shipped more than 100 projects for startups and growing businesses across 12 time zones, mostly in fintech, SaaS, health and wellness, e-commerce and AI, reaching over a million users.
How we work: Two-week sprints, each ending with something you can review; milestones agreed against a written scope; and everything we make, code, accounts and designs, is yours. Zafar Ahmed (CEO) leads strategy and the client relationship, Shahzaib Shakeel (CTO) leads engineering, and Subhan Shahzad (COO) leads delivery, with our designers, developers and QA beside them.
Frontend Application Development for Basketball Academy
Custom Software Development
Confidential
Oct. 2025 - Ongoing
5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
5.0
Willing to Refer
5.0
"The team understands exactly what we want, and we don't have to hold their hand."
Oct 12, 2026
CEO & Owner, Basketball Academy
Anonymous
Verified
Sports
Melbourne, Australia
11-50 Employees
Online Review
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Axtra Studios has developed a custom frontend application for a basketball academy. The team has also provided API access and database work.
The frontend app is now used daily by all of the client's coaching staff, and it has helped increase their retention. Axtra Studios has delivered on time and has had very speedy turnaround times. The team is always extremely prompt in their communication.
BACKGROUND
Introduce your business and what you do there.
We're a junior basketball academy, offering small group skills training, high-intensity camps, and clinics for players aged 10+, focusing on rapid skill development and individual improvement.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What challenge were you trying to address with Axtra Studios?
We needed help creating a custom frontend application to sit over the backend of the membership software that we use.
SOLUTION
What was the scope of their involvement?
Axtra Studios has developed a custom frontend application for us. The team has also provided API access and database work.
What is the team composition?
We've worked with one teammate from Axtra Studios.
How did you come to work with Axtra Studios?
We found them on Upwork. We chose them because they had high ratings, and we were impressed with their proposal and communication.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in October 2025, and the engagement is ongoing.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
The frontend app is now used by all of our coaching staff daily and has allowed us to leave regular progress notes for all of our players, which has helped increase our retention. Over the last few months, since Axtra Studios got consistency in these progress notes, we've had our best three months of retention ever for the academy program. Our retention is a couple of percent better than it was at the same time last year.
How did Axtra Studios perform from a project management standpoint?
Axtra Studios has delivered on time and has had very speedy turnaround times. The team is always extremely prompt in their communication. We communicate via email and messaging apps.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Axtra Studios' communication is great, and their English proficiency is excellent. The team understands exactly what we want, and we don't have to hold their hand. We can literally just tell them our goals and figure out a way to do them.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I can't think of anything for Axtra Studios to improve.
RATINGS
5.0
Quality
5.0
Service & Deliverables
Schedule
5.0
On time / deadlines
Cost
5.0
Value / within estimates
Willing to Refer
5.0
NPS
Web Design & Development for Digital Platform
Web DesignWeb Development
Other app platform
Less than $10,000
Feb. - Oct. 2026
5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
5.0
Willing to Refer
5.0
"Axtra Studios' communication was great."
Oct 5, 2026
CEO, Mesterache SRL
Cristian Taune
Consumer products & services
Ramnicu Sarat, Romania
11-50 Employees
Online Review
Axtra Studios provided web design and development services for a digital platform. The team was responsible for building the client's website, database, and customer accounts from scratch.
Axtra Studios completed all tasks, resulting in a significant increase in sign-ups, website traffic, and subscriptions for the client. The team created excellent functionality and UI for the client's website. Axtra Studios delivered on time and communicated via virtual meetings, email, and messages.
BACKGROUND
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the CEO of Meșterache, a digital platform that connects customers with professionals in construction, renovation, and design, facilitating quick and transparent collaborations through project postings and requests for offers.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What challenge were you trying to address with Axtra Studios?
We needed help building our website, database, and customer accounts from scratch, including reviews and subscription options.
SOLUTION
What was the scope of their involvement?
Axtra Studios helped us finish our platform, create promotional subscriptions and campaigns, and develop a functional website. The team was responsible for all the tasks involved in these objectives.
What is the team composition?
We worked with 2–5 teammates from Axtra Studios.
How did you come to work with Axtra Studios?
We found Axtra Studios through an online search. We chose them over other options because they had high ratings, their pricing fit our budget, they offered good value for the cost, and their company values aligned with ours.
How much have you invested with them?
We spent less than $10,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We worked together from February to October 2026.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Axtra Studios achieved 100% success in all the tasks. We doubled our sign-ups, our website traffic exploded, and our completed subscriptions increased by 200%. The website functionality and UI were great, and the subscriptions, campaigns, and plans in the admin were easy to use.
How did Axtra Studios perform from a project management standpoint?
They delivered on time and were very prompt. We communicated via virtual meetings, emails, and messaging apps.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Axtra Studios' communication was great.
Are there any areas they could improve?
No, everything was as expected.
RATINGS
5.0
"Excellent overall experience with Axtra Studios. Professional, reliable, responsive, good value for money, and always helpful with ideas and improveme"
Quality
5.0
Service & Deliverables
"Axtra Studios achieved everything assigned for my website. The work was professional, high quality, and changes were handled quickly and efficiently."
Schedule
5.0
On time / deadlines
"All tasks were completed on time, and meetings were always attended as agreed, even when they were arranged at very short notice."
Cost
5.0
Value / within estimates
"Very good value for money. The work stayed within our budget while maintaining a high standard of quality and professional service."
Willing to Refer
5.0
NPS
"I fully recommend Axtra Studios. Communication was excellent, and they were particularly good at suggesting useful improvements to the project.
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Our Story
We are Axtra Studios, a design, development and AI studio in Lahore, founded in 2024 by Zafar Ahmed, Shahzaib Shakeel and Subhan Shahzad. Since then our small senior team has shipped 100+ digital products, websites and brands for clients across 12 time zones, used by more than a million people. There are no account managers in between: you work directly with the founders and the people building your product, and the same team carries it from the first call through launch and beyond.
Meet the Team
Shahzaib ShakeelCTO & Co-founder
Co-founder and CTO of Axtra Studios. Shahzaib leads engineering across web apps, mobile apps and AI products, and is hands-on with the architecture and code behind every project we ship.
Subhan ShahzadCOO & Co-founder
Co-founder and COO of Axtra Studios. Subhan leads delivery: running the sprints, keeping every milestone to its written scope, and making sure clients always know where things stand and what comes next.
What Sets Us Apart
No account managers
What really sets us apart is that there are no account managers. The three founders are on your project from the first call, and the same small senior team carries it all the way to launch.
Something to review every two weeks
Two-week sprints, each ending with a build or design you can try, against milestones agreed in a written scope.
Everything we make is yours
Code, designs and accounts are handed over in full at the end. If your project is sensitive, we sign an NDA before you share the details.
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