Mobile apps are a part of most of the businesses now, almost all the service providers now introduce their app for facilitating their services at the users’ end. In a nutshell, it can be considered a summarized copy of your business within a phone. It brings your business into a worldwide arena on which it can be viewed and reviewed by millions of users.
Mobile apps have evolved over the years and now possess a significant place in business. If you own a business, it is obvious for you to think about broadening it with a mobile app, but without knowing the basics mobile app development, you might end up jeopardizing your own business with an imperfect app that fails to deliver what you offer.
It is must that you know about the fundamentals of mobile app development before visualizing your business through it. It is recommended by the top mobile app developers to learn about the cost of development first and then opting the mobile platforms for your app. Business owners today conduct a thorough research and analysis based on articles, and prepare a baseline on costs before choosing an app development company. This approach is really helpful as it compares different providers on the basis of their services and costs involved.
Dissection of Costs
The cost is indeed an essential factor for every business be it an established organization or a startup. You wouldn’t surely to compromise on the quality of app keeping the cost to your budget. Mobile app development involves a plenty of modifications throughout the phases of development. In such a dynamic environment, it is not really possible to determine the exact cost at the time of taking up the project, the development company can give you a rough estimate, but there are fair chances of prices going up and down based on the end-product.
There are many aspects on which the cost of development can be determined:
- Genre of App- game, transport, food-delivery, e-commerce
- Mobile Platforms- iOS, Android, Hybrid
- Pages/ screens count
- Infrastructure, API Integrations, Features
- Cost of Hardware- VR headset, Beacon, AR equipment
- Device Features’ Access- Media and Camera
- Design specs- customer-made, clones, basic
- Target Audience
- Customization level
- Modifications
The first and foremost task is to decide what kind of app you want to develop. Strategizing the basic layout helps a lot to implement it better and make the app more effective. Here are some points listed below that can help you understand what all you need to take care of when developing your app:
Team of developers, designers and other resources engaged in developing your app. The number of resources involved in the development effect the cost greatly, a lot of companies hire part-timers and hourly working developers. All the accessories that are needed for app such as hardware/firmware add significant amount to the app. Mostly the manufacturing costs are borne by app development companies.
Miscellaneous expenses.
Platform-specific apps
Apps that are built specifically for iOS and Android demand higher development costs. Usually a dedicated team is assigned to work on the app platforms, the efforts and costs involved go high. This genre of app development requires expertise in Android Studio, Swift for iOS app, Java for Android apps, Objective C, OS X and Cocoa Touch. Because of the number of developers and designers involved in project management, these apps are more expensive with the number of devices the app gets installed on.
Hybrid-platform apps
Hybrid apps are the ones that can work on both the platforms i.e. Android and iOS. As compared to platform-specific apps, these apps have a wider reach since they can surpass the platform barrier. Also these apps cost much lesser compared the platform-specific apps due to some major reasons:
- Cross-platform gives a scope of finding the experts on HTML5, CSS, JavaScript easily.
- No need to create multiple codes, since one code can work on multiple platforms with this platform.
- This method of app development has been long seen as less effective due to the technology bundle and the little resources it took. But this view has been changed now as more apps are being developed on hybrid platform.
Advanced AR/VR apps
These apps can run on both the platforms mentioned above. These apps are high-tech and includes some cutting edge features such as hardware/firmware, real-time synchronizations, complex backend, integration with third-party services, custom animations etc. It is an uphill task for even the most skilled app developers to create a AR/VR app which meets all the expectations. However, there are developers who have mastered the techniques of these apps and can deliver well-designed AR/VR app.
Developing an App Idea
There are basically two ways of creating an app, you can either get a topnotch app development company or hire a freelancer. Both options have their own pros and cons, and being a business owner, you need to take the reins and steer the campaign. Having said that, working with a company definitely gives you a lot more advantages as you sit with an entire team generating a volley of ideas and brainstorm each & every idea before implementing it
Benefits of working with app development companies:
Easy channelizing of resources– When you work with a company you work with a lot of people with their different assigned tasks. It then becomes easy gauge the performance of every component.
Timely Updates– You get updated regularly about every single change and each person reports ultimately to the client for approval. There are also different resources through which you’re informed timely even if you’re not physically present with the team, this is generally a part of their schedule.
Transparency– Companies maintain a transparency in their operations by telling every cost induction and modification in the platform.
Hiring a freelancer definitely saves you cost but it comes with many other hassles that you save yourself from when dealing with a company.
Do it yourself- Technically, you have to take care of everything from assembling a team to providing resources to them and it can get quite disorganized allotting the resources to many people simultaneously.
No Contracts– There are no contracts that bound freelancers, they can back out of the project anytime they want and leave you to find another one without any surety or commitment to project.
Onus is on you– There is noone who you can appoint as a project manager, so you have to oversee each and every thing from the subtle changes in app to overheads which may leave puzzled.
No Authenticity– If you’re getting your project done from a faraway place, it is quite possible you’re shown something else and you get another thing which doesn’t is below par than what you saw at the time of handing out the project.
Given the comparison of both the mediums of app development, hiring a company is definitely a better option despite being a costly affair.
Technoloader is a Mobile App Development Company with a team highly skilled and professional developers and designers. We have created apps which got highest rankings and most positive reviews. Our method of development involves discussions on each element and full transparency maintained throughout the period of development. Technology and cognizance, both are the basics in the apps that we have developed.
