Let's figure out how much it costs to develop a mobile app. We multiply the time of each specialist who works on the app by the hourly rate. Depending on how many hours it takes to create, we divide applications into simple, medium-, and high-level complexity.

These applications include platforms with a simple design (sometimes with no design at all) and local data storage. As a rule, there is no backend, or it is very simple. There is no integration in such applications — they do not interact with CRM systems or a corporate website, for instance. These are business card applications with company contacts and addresses, authorization forms, and calculators. Such apps have less than 10 screens and it takes up to three weeks to create them.

A simple application costs around $6,000:

Design and prototype: $800

Mobile app development: $3,500

Simple backend and API: $1200

Testing $300

Publication $200

In our experience, this is the most popular type. It includes apps for food delivery, beauty salons, restaurants, and fitness clubs. They have a more thoughtful design, complex functionality, and can be implemented with client's CRM systems. Users can pay for orders with a card, book tables, plan routes, and send messages. It takes around 1.5 months to develop such an app.

The cost of applications of medium complexity: up to to $15,000

Design and prototype: $1,700

Mobile app development: $6,500

Backend and API: $5,500

Testing: $800

Publication: $500

This category includes apps with over 25 screens, backend, and extensive functionality. Complex applications take approximately 1.5 months to complete.

The cost of complex applications: starts at $15,000

Design and prototype: from $1,000

Development: from $7,000

Backend and API: from $5,000

Testing: from $1,000

Publication: starting at $200

The app does not always fit into the specified framework. For example, an app with a limited functionality, but a well-designed interface will cost as much as an app with a large set of features, but a modest design. Our typology is not perfect, but it helps to get an idea of an approximate cost of the app.