5 Step Approach to Find the Cost to Make an App

More often than not, first-time app developers fall into one of these 3 categories:

• Enterprise Solution: You want to reach your custom via a convenient, pocket-sized extension of your service, or you want an internal app to make your business processes more efficient.
• Startup MVP: You have the next big idea and you need to start bringing it to life asap. You want to start with a basic version now and expand your features as your business grows. Small business owners who want to expand their reach and increase brand loyalty can also fall into this category.
• Game: Angry Birds and Candy Crush Saga are child’s play in comparison to the addictive gaming idea you have.

Whichever of the 3 categories you fall into, if it’s your first time trying to make an app and you’re not willing to sit for hours and weeks on end coding and designing everything yourself, the big question in the front of your mind is, “How much does it even cost to build an app?!”

We wish we could give you a simple, straight-forward answer, but there are simply too many factors to consider to give you an honest estimate of the cost to make an app without knowing the details of your project.

We do, however, have some guidelines to help you quantify and estimate the cost of app development depending on the features you need and the nature of the app you want to build. This way, you can empower yourself to build an awesome app rather than get frustrated by cheap talk that says, “Oh, well, you know, it’s prohibitively expensive to make a mobile application these days.” Because that kind of talk is just not true.

So, what exactly are these guidelines? Let’s get started: