How much does it cost to make an app?

How much does an App cost?

App development is a complex dimension, just like all other IT development. A successful app development project therefore requires specialists, and the price varies depending on the scope and complexity of the project. At imangu, we have been developing Apps since 2008, and our experience enables us to estimate projects in advance, so contact us and get some free sparring with a consultant, as well as a price estimate.

In short, the price is about development time, i.e. how many hours of work the project in question takes. However, there are many factors that come into play when the working time has to be estimated in advance. That is why we also spend a lot of time sparring about the project initially, and we do it free of charge. During this introductory sparring, we help to round off the concept, and jointly seek to answer a number of basic questions.

This dialogue then results in a specific price estimate or a decidedly fixed price offer. This concerns, among other things, about design, functions and system integrations. In addition, the technologies you choose to use, including which code language and framework you choose to work in. Read if necessary. more about App technologies here: App technologies here.

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Process of App Development

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Native

Duration

1-12 weeks

imangu’s team

Customer | Project Manager | Native Developers

A Native App is an app that has been developed specifically for the operating system running on the device.

+ Best performance (load time, battery consumption, etc.),

+ Full flexibility in terms of technologies, functions and system integrations.

+ The app works offline.

+ Full access to the device's other functions (e.g. camera; GPS; other installed Apps).

+ Access to a huge global community of developers and open source technologies

+ Independent of third-party frameworks and licenses

+ Most flexible, stable and best future-proof solution.

- Requires specialists within both iOS and Android and development is therefore more resource-intensive.

iOS

Duration

1-12 weeks

imangu’s team

Customer | Project Manager | iOS Developers

We start out by making a detailed project plan. This plan includes technical requirements, wireframes of the entire app, 2 to 3 proposals for the design, and a detailed overview of development tasks and time consumption.

Android

Duration

1-12 weeks

imangu’s team

Customer | Project Manager | Android Developers

Development starts after planning and design are approved by you. The development phase is managed by the same project manager who made the technical planning and will follow you throught he entire project.

Through our project management system, you will be able to follow the development closely and you will soon start to receive builds of the app, that you can test on your own smart phone. Any changes or issues, you can easily report through our project management system. All questions or requests are assigned to your project manager at imangu.

Hybrid

Duration

1-12 weeks

imangu’s team

Customer | Project Manager | Developers

Xamarin is a so-called Hybrid framework, which makes it possible to use 90% of the same code for both iOS and Android. That is that in practice only one app must be developed, which with a few native adjustments can be done on both types of devices. Xamarin is an open source tool based on the Microsoft .NET framework, and the code language is thus C#. Xamarin apps are developed at imangu by experts, supplemented by our native development team.

+ Almost meets Native performance, as long as heavy graphics are not used.

+ Offline functionality.

+ Fewer development hours than with Native.

+ Access to the device's other Apps.

- High licenses for Enterprises.

- Less flexibility due to a smaller community of developers.

- Challenges in scaling and recruitment.

- Significantly fewer open-source resources/technologies available.

- The app takes up more space and is less stable on average.

- Delayed updates operating system related adjustments.

- Full dependency on third party system.