How Much Does Your App Cost?

Estimating App CostDevelopment

While developing an app, the biggest question for any

company is how much it would cost to develop the

app. Companies would like to know how much would

it cost for them to build the app from scratch.

1. Platform

More the number of platforms, higher the cost. There

are three major platforms, Android, iOS, and

Windows. Blackberry stands on own too but you might

want to give it a miss unless you have an audience of

BB users.

2. Number of screens

Every devices has its different screen sizes. Cost

related to app development depends on the number of

platforms, screens and backend functionality that

links these screens.

3. Data storage

What kind of data the app stores also affects costs. Is

it text, audio, video or images? The cost will depend

on how these data is treated.

4. User management

What kind of system are you using to manage the

users? You may use email registration or social media

registration. Creating database to manage this

registration will have an impact on the cost.

5. Data integration

The cost will depend on the how much data are you

linking. More the data linking, hire the cost. The other

is third-party data, which includes Facebook, Twitter

or another website. This requires extra development

cost.

6. Location data

Location data means how many time the app pings to

the location server to estimate the location. It will

mostly affect the accuracy of location for the app,

which in long term effects the cost.

7. Level of security

The higher the level of inscription, the hire will be the

development cost because more work goes into

making it. However, it depends on the application.

8. App Analytics

If you want to track your application and analyze the

data, it will cost you extra. However, it is not

necessary for all applications.

9. Scalability

In future if you want to improve the capability of an

app, generate more revenue and offer more features.

Leaving an area for such improvement on

development stages affects the cost.

10. User management portal

A backend content management system for your app

that will allow much better control over the app

content.

These major factors affect the cost of building an app.

If you think about these factors, you can get a rough

estimate.

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