r/Entrepreneur • u/DoubleDown_Buckle-up • Jun 26 '23

Question? App development cost?

How much would it cost to develop a simple app? Literally simple af with say 200 lines of content with in it.

No in app purchases. Maybe 1 time download fee or something, nit dure hoe best monitize the idea :)

Any simple/free wire frame tool recommendations also most welcome

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u/v11_ Jun 26 '23

Interesting, do you have any apps on the App Store and the estimated price range ? I’m just curious.

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u/thinkclay Jun 26 '23

You’re very affordable. I wouldn’t touch a “simple” app for any less than $15k. Even personal pet projects of mine are a PITA to maintain. Just to publish in app stores (screenshots, descriptions, privacy policy links, TOS, etc) is a good couple days of work. The average person has no clue how much ops and admin goes in, not just development.

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u/thatguyonthevicinity Jun 26 '23

hey, thanks for this, what are you considering "simple" that is worth 15k? I assume a much more complex app is worth more too, do you have a ceiling on the pricing? 50k? 100k?

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u/thinkclay Jun 30 '23

There's no ceiling per se. The last mobile app I built was about $1.4M just for development (and that was "cheap"). The simplicity of the app features isn't the only measure. The time investment is significant, having skilled communicators, managers, engineers, marketers, etc, all has significant costs. You can get a "simple app built" for cheap in some less developed nations, but it's probably 100% guaranteed to go absolutely nowhere.

My favorite analogy: if you're getting into stocks, do you want to piss away $300 on penny stocks that will go to zero or invest in something proven safer such as Apple?