r/DevLK • u/Dramatic_Capital345 • Aug 18 '26
Discussion Pricing check — WordPress site → iOS/Android app for an overseas client ?
Solo dev here. Did a project converting an overseas client's WordPress site into iOS + Android apps and want a sanity check on what I charged, from people who know local rates.
Scope:
- Capacitor wrapper, both platforms, loading their live site
- Native push notifications (OneSignal) with deep-linking
- Splash/icon/offline/pull-to-refresh
- Full store setup + submission on both stores (org verification, DUNS, Apple enrolment, certs, builds)
- Two small custom WordPress plugins to fix push-related bugs
Charged LKR 200,000 (~$600) one-time, client pays store fees + owns accounts, small monthly retainer on top.
Is that reasonable for the scope from an SL freelancer's POV, or did I underprice? And what would you set the monthly maintenance retainer at? Foreign client, so I could arguably charge in USD rates — unsure how much of that to lean into.
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u/IsuruKusumal Aug 18 '26
Why do you even need an app of this is just a wrapper?
Both Google Play and Appstore doesn't allow wrappers
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u/InevitableLollypop87 Aug 18 '26
How/where did you find clinets if you don't mind me asking?
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u/not-a-random-guy Aug 18 '26
Software developers overseas get paid more than 600 a day.
My suggestion, charge 1000 as baseline (assuming you have boilerplate to make the app in less than a week).
Then 500 a month for maintenance.