What would be the estimated cost of developing an app?
Know about all the major factors affecting the total expense related to developing an app.
With the ever-increasing number of smartphones used and people becoming smarter and smarter about the devices, they're using. Everyone wants to become more and more advanced in terms of knowledge about the technology available and wants to use it before anybody else.
Due to such popularity among people to use more advanced technology, they have started learning about new ways by which they can interact and try their hands on the newly emerging technology to facilitate their lives, and for that, the feasibility offered by apps is incomparable.
Whether you are an entrepreneur or a developer, everyone understands how easily people can be influenced to download an app.
Just to bring it to your notice, there are 7.3 billion Android and 1.3 billion iOS users, and nobody can discard such a huge audience that can be so easily catered.
If you wish to know, what factors will be talked about in this article and want to hop onto a certain topic first, you can simply refer to the table of contents below,
· Factors that affect the total cost of an app
∘ Based on Platform
∘ Based on Category
∘ Based on Region
∘ Based on Functionality
∘ Based on UI-UX
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Factors that affect the total cost of an app
There are a lot of factors that affect the total cost of an app, and most of them are explained in the subsections in great detail. While some of the things that affect the cost are,
- Functionalities, such as live location sharing, contact gathering, payment gateways, database data storage and retrieval, etc.
- Platform, where you wish to publish your app, such as Apple App Store, Google Play Store, etc.
- App category, this affects the cost of the app by a huge margin. Some app categories are education, games, health & fitness, productivity, etc.
These are the main factors that affect the total cost of the app to be developed. Now let us dive into the real figures, that one should keep in mind while thinking of getting an app developed.
Based on Platform
The type of application that has to be developed can have a significant impact on total cost. For example, if one wishes to develop apps for both the iOS and Android platforms, this can lead to a significant increase in the total cost as compared to the app developed for a specific platform.
Generally, the cost of developing an iOS app is higher as compared to Andriod. On average the cost of getting an iOS app developed is about 1.2X to 1.5X the cost of an Android app.
Also, there are some other kinds of apps available that are cross-platform, i.e., the app has to be developed only once and can be deployed for both types of operating systems.
Based on Category
Category sometimes gives a glimpse of the functionalities of an app. For example, a basic app such as a calculator does not need to have complicated functionalities such as payment gateways, database connection & retrieval, and so on.
The cost of various types of apps developed as per the category are discussed in the image below.
Based on Region
This factor seems to be irrelevant to consider while thinking of getting an app developed, but it affects the costs of the app developed by a huge margin.
The region of the developer affects the cost of the app to be developed because of huge differences in the conversion rates of currency of different countries, and likewise the cost increases or decreases.
Generally, an app takes 500 to 600 hours for an intermediate app developer with enough experience to fully complete the app to get published. This time can vary as per the functionality and the expertise of the developer
Now, the hourly rate of app developers can range from $15 to $75 as per the region of the developer. It has been observed that app developers based in Asia have the lowest average hourly rate, around $18.
Based on Functionality
Adding functionality costs developer hours, and eventually adds up to the total cost of the app being developed. In the previous factor, the average hourly rate of a developer has been stated, and you can estimate the cost for the functionality you wish to add to your app.
The average time taken by a developer to add a functionality to an app is given below,
Based on UI-UX Designs
We all know the importance of user interface and user experience and are well aware that the easier the app is for navigation, the more easy it will be to retain the user.
But sometimes, in the race to make the user experience more unique and intuitive for the user, we tend to adopt certain complex animations and designs, which might look pleasing to the user but could be very difficult to implement in the app as per the design, which eventually leads to unwanted wastage of developer hours and increases the total cost of the app.
So, while making the wireframe and prototype, there should be proper coordination with the developer, if there is something that might be difficult or time-consuming to implement in the app.
Yeah, that’s pretty much everything for this time, thank you for reading, I have been developing apps for 4 years and have quite enough experience with how much should an app cost. With this article, I tried to put some light on the things that genuinely affect the cost of an app and anyone could refer to it to get an estimate about the total cost of their app.
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