Technology prevails everywhere in the world and all human beings are addicted to it. Mobile app use becomes a trend of today. Apps are entertainers, solution providers, used for educational and health purposes. Even we are shopping online through mobile apps and get our food at home with the help of such mobile apps and much more.
An app is a type of software that allows you to perform specific tasks. Those apps which we use on mobile is called mobile apps and run with an operating system. There different types of apps like
All of us use apps for communication, business, food, games, lifestyle, and sports. Even some of us create our own apps for quick solutions for business matters.
An app development cost depends on the needs complexity and platforms you are developing for. It also includes outsourcing or local development along with time and money cost to develop a mobile app. Many other factors affect the cost to create a mobile app like:
Features and functionality
Visual design customization
Number of Platforms
Backend infrastructure and app administration
Location and structure of a development team
Cost of maintenance an app
The recent researches provide the estimates for the average cost of an app development for a simple app is $40000 to $ 60000 and a moderate app may cost you $61000 to $ $69000. A complex app cost is $70000 to$100000 or more. It may depend upon an hourly rate of time consumed to build an app.
Before costing you must have to indicate the specifications of an app you have in your mind. What type of app you need on which platform (Android, IOS WAP, or tablet).
Design (basic, individual, custom) pages you needed approximately. In short with the basics which extra features you want to have. App development cost highly depends upon what type of app you choose to build native or hybrid.
Native app expense depends upon the number of platforms you want to support because of more manpower involved in the development process. Business, education, and entertainment-related apps fall in that category.
The hybrid app targets a bigger audience from the beginning. If a team involved and a single code works for all platforms so it costs you less for its development and maintenance. Gaming, lifestyle, and communication apps are included in it.
Outsourcing or local development
Time and money issues
All mobile apps are not equal just because of platforms that it is developed for. A basic app with basic functionality requires 500 – 700 hours on development and per hour rate also varies from $50 - $250.
Whereas a medium complex app requires 700-1000 hours and a complex app consumes more than 1200 hours on development. The cost will be determined with the hourly rate and also other features involved in it. It depends on your needs that what extra features along with basics you want to acquire in your app.
Do IOS and Android app development cost the same
It is true that the IOS app cost about the same to an Android app cost. An Android device may take more time to develop because of verity in devices and screen sizes. At the cost estimation stage confirm what device and operating system version an android app should support.
If you have to develop a product for an older version of Android as well as IOS the price of the whole project will be higher. If you aimed to have both IOS and Android apps, cross-platform or hybrid app development is a good choice because you have one team working on it.
App development process
Planning
Design
Development
Testing
Deployment
Factors that influence the app development cost
Features and functionality, customization of visual design, platforms, backend infrastructure and app administration, app maintenance cost, Tech complexity, design complexity, selected platform, team’s location, team members, type of team and etc..
The total estimated cost to develop an app: setup cost (UX/UI design, custom development, quality assurance, project management, and business analysis) for basic (for one platform with minimum features), medium (1-2 platforms with complex design and features) and complex apps (large complexity and development plan and support 2 platforms) can be $50000, $100000 and $240000 respectively.
How much does it cost if you develop an app by yourself
You cannot make any app for free even you make an app by yourself that will still cost you some money. You can plan, develop, and test an app by your technical skills by special tools of app building. You must have good knowledge of coding and testing an app correctly. For this purpose, you must have a mobile device, a good computer, and development software. That will cost you also the energy that appliances consumed cost you too for which you must pay.
Online app-building tools also needed though they are free for some time after the free trial period, you have to pay for them. After this struggle chances are there that may app store reject the app made this way.
In short mobile app development cost depends on many factors like application complexity and sizes of devices, development charges, and newness of technologies used; time consumed for development and extra features which are added in-app will be part of the cost.
Lastly, the estimated cost of a medium complex app designed for 1-2 platforms could be $100000 - $500000. Contact us now for app development+ 91 98147 01896 or +91 99888 80293
