Are you planning to build an app, but doesn’t know from where to start?
Well, the first and foremost point to decide is the cost to build the app. But then the question comes that how to calculate or finalize the complete cost of the same.
So, there are multiple factors to look into before coming to a final conclusion. Below are a few important factors to look into to determine the cost to build a mobile app.
There are 2 types of entrepreneurs: one who decide whether or not to execute the plan according to the estimated cost and then there are those that put the product or idea ahead of everything else.
Pricing can be quite complex when outsourcing mobile app development service, thus understanding the factors that influence the overall cost of mobile app development is very important.
Having said that let’s dive in together to explore few of the most important factors that influence mobile app development cost.
- PLATFORMS: You first need to decide which platform/platforms you want your app to be in. Android or IOS or both. Android is much more fragmented platform compared to IOS and hence require more testing time. Android has a different screen size, handsets, resolutions and operating systems. So while making an app that has to work on devices with varying sizes, re-sizing of graphics and multiple testing will be needed to ensure app looks good on all the devices. The app also needs to be tested on as many devices as possible to make sure it doesn’t face any operating system peculiarities. Also, there is no forced updating of the operating system on few android devices so there are still a lot of devices running on old versions of the operating system.
- FEATURES & FUNCTIONALITIES: What functionalities should it have? What services should it deliver? There is a whole bunch of features an app can have such as:
a) social logins - b) Camera gallery
- c) Calculator
- d) Payment options
- e) Integration
- f) Location-based service
- g) Chat service and many more
Clearly the more features an app has costlier it becomes, but yes few of the features are provided by 3rd party/API’s which does not require from the scratch coding and hence saving development time and cost.
- CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS): Going further toward the backend we need a content management system abbreviated as CMS. If your app requires updating content after every time period then your app needs a CMS system built in addition to the backend. Basically, CMS enables different owners or managers or admin to update their content to the backend like updating new products, changing pricing, algorithm parameters and many more.
- DESIGN: While designing app we need to do multiple tasks, user research, competitive audit, user experience design, interaction design, mobile app interface design, graphic design, logo & icon and the list continues. Whatever the design decision should be problem-solving design because the main purpose of the app is to solve the problem. Most of the people just look at competitor’s app and try to chase them and build something similar to theirs, well blindly chasing the competitors is a non-effective strategy rather than re-inventing something better which can solve customer’s issue and save their time should be the main goal.
- MAINTENANCE: Every app requires ongoing maintenance, content updates to keep the user engaged and coming back for more. Also if your app relies on a server to store information like user details or payment history then you need to pay to manage that information as well. Emergency maintenance, push notification, payment processing and many more. We provide simpler, cost-effective mobile app development to save your development and maintenance cost as well.
DO YOU HAVE AN APP IDEA IN YOUR MIND?
Paying focus on the above-mentioned point you can get a better idea of the cost of development. You need to analyse all your potential partner based on above five points, some might score more and some less in different assets but keep one thing in mind that sometimes sticker price with low-end developer partners and cheaper price might be misleading. The right app development partner might be a bit expensive but worth the cost.
We at Vigsitainteractives based out in Pune, India is one of the best mobile app development company with the adequate amount of skilled technician having many years of experience, professionally and technically sound resources.
We also offer mobile app development for Android, iPhone and cross platforms, blockchain development, augmented reality, virtual reality, IOT, Machine learning, cloud solutions and custom development as per the client’s requirement. We are a leading outsourcing company across the globe.
Let’s give life to your idea and App to your business. You can reach out to us @ info@vigsitainteractives.com or click here to know more.