The cost of developing a mobile application, development stages
In order to make your application stand out from the crowd of competitors, it is important to make it technically high-quality and one that really helps to solve the problems of your consumers.
To create a quality application, you need to find a good development team. How many days the work will take, how the application is created and how much it costs, you will learn in this article.
Factors that affect the cost of creating an application
Two criteria are important here: the performer (the price depends on the country in which the developer is located) and the functional complexity of the application.
Naturally, the price depends on the amount of work that the team needs to do. It directly depends on the number of screens, controls, device type, screen orientation modes, security, the number of languages supported in the application, and much more. The more functionality the customer wants, the more time and money it will take to develop. While there is a way to spend less time and money developing a PWA
The application development process is really quite difficult. Sometimes a team of at least 6-7 specialists may be required.
The development plan looks something like this:
1. First you need to think about for whom and for what purpose the application is being created, how can the user enter it, what problems will they encounter?
2. Then the design stage and design development begin, navigation is thought out, a layout is made and a guideline is drawn up — this is an instruction for developers: how design elements should look for different mobile devices.
3. Next, graphics are cut so as not to overload the application by weight, but at the same time leave everything you need. Please note that when developing not a regular web application, but a PWA, the weight of the application will be no more than 200 kB.
4. Further, all these materials are transferred to development. Often in the process of work, new ideas appear that make adjustments to the initial plan.
5. After that comes the testing phase. The tester checks the application on different devices, and also uses special services to test the application on different operating systems.
6. After testing, the application is uploaded to the App Store and the monitoring phase begins. Google Analytics is also used for this purpose.
7. After the release of the application, you need to work on user acquisition, collect all the metrics and analyze user behavior. Having made the necessary conclusions, improve the application.
How to calculate the cost of developing a mobile application
First, we make a cursory estimate of the cost of the order. You can get it in a couple of days, for free.
If the cost is satisfactory, we sign a contract, which calculates the exact price of the application development, the deadline for the completion of the work, and a description of the final result. Sometimes the price may change if during the development process it was decided to add additional functionality. But this must be agreed with the customer.
The average cost of developing a mobile application depends on the complexity of the application:
- A simple application costs about $3,000 (work time is 1 months);
- Application of medium complexity — 5000-7000 dollars (3-4 months);
- Complex — from $ 10,000 (more than 4 months).
How long does it take to create a mobile application?
The process of creating an application for Android, iOS, Windows Phone operating systems consists of several stages.
1. Free valuation (takes about 2 days);
2. Study of the task, market and competition (about 5 days);
3. Writing a technical task depending on the complexity of the application (10-15 days);
4. Design development (from 5 to 15 days);
5. Programming takes from 20 days to 4 months;
6. Testing and monitoring of the application is carried out within 5 — 10 days.
If the application being developed is very complex, then parallel programming is carried out to speed up the delivery of work.
Creating a PWA, is faster and much cheaper. In addition, in this case we are talking about a hybrid, combined version of the application and the site. A Progressive Web App is created once and works on all platforms and devices, even Apple has already implemented this technology into its latest developments. Such an application gets into the smartphones of your customers with one click during the first visit to the site from a mobile device. A site with PWA stays on the client’s smartphone (on his desktop), loads within milliseconds, is available offline and is automatically updated (Service Workers are used for this). Another advanced Google technology is built into the work of PWAs — push notifications that return users to the site. Google’s innovative PWA technology has just begun to be adopted by the world’s leading commercial and media companies, including OLX, AliExpress, The Washington Post and others — and has already brought an increase in conversions of 50% or more.
So, how to develop a mobile application for adequate money?
1. In order for your application to be popular and generate income, you need to meet the needs of your audience. If an application does not solve any user problems, it is doomed to failure. Consider this important aspect.
2. Before ordering, it is necessary to fill out a brief. Wait for a rough estimate of the project.
3. It is necessary to discuss all the details of the project with the development team, preferably a prototype application. Decide on the design, functionality of the application. You must clearly understand what you need and what you don’t. Then the cost of work can be significantly reduced if you understand what you will discard as superfluous.
And only after discussing all the issues, we can sign the contract.
