How much does it cost to outsource the development of an App

Nowadays, many companies want to have a mobile app for their own business or products, but one of the most troubling questions for business owners is: how much does it cost to develop a mobile app?

To put it simply, depending on the needs and quality of the cell phone APP, the price is generally in the thousands to more than a hundred thousand or so, the higher end of the price is higher.

Today, we will analyze this issue in detail, please continue to read on.　

One, APP development style is divided into fixed and customized models, both prices are different

Fixed models: refers to the direct application of the existing, ready-made APP fixed template, the offer is fixed, the required function is also fixed, the disadvantage is that the customer can not get the source code, can not be customized according to the needs of the enterprise, due to the source code is encapsulated, if the enterprise wants to later on Because the source code is encapsulated, if the enterprise wants to upgrade the function or system maintenance, it can not be realized, and can only redevelop a new software.

Fixed APP development time is short, about 2~3 days can be completed, the cost is about a few thousand to tens of thousands.

Customized model: customized model is to redevelop all the functions of the APP, the process is more cumbersome, requires artwork, planning, APP development (front/client/mobile), background programmers and other types of work to complete, large, complex functions of the APP or even need dozens of people in the team.

Since the function and design of APP are customized, the price will be higher. The development time of the customized model is directly proportional to the development price, the development time is long, about two or three months or even indeterminate cycle can be completed, and the cost is probably in the tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 or so.

So, to know how much it costs to develop a mobile APP, business owners must first inform the APP development company of the detailed needs and functions of the APP, so that the development company can quote a reasonable price.

Two, the cell phone APP platform is different, the production cost is also different

Now there are two popular cell phone APP production platforms on the market generally include two systems: Android system (Android) and Apple system (IOS).

Generally speaking, the cost of making mobile APP software for Apple system is more expensive than that for Android platform, because Apple's closedness to Apple platform and the difficulty of Objective-C, the language of mobile APP development, have made APP developers increase the difficulty of mobile APP development for Apple system.

Three, APP production costs include the salaries of the staff involved

Often, the development of an APP requires a product manager, client engineers, back-end engineers and UI designers, which is already a more streamlined configuration for the production of mobile APP applications, so the salaries of these staff involved are also included in the cost of the APP production. The monthly salary of these staff may add up to more than 40,000 or 50,000 yuan.

Four, the location of the APP development company

It should be noted that the same strength of the APP development company, in different cities will also lead to APP cost higher, such as in Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai, etc. The development cost of the development company development cost will be higher, because the local developer's salary and other expenditures are relatively higher.