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How much will your app cost?
Choose platform, design level, features and scope. The calculator shows you a realistic budget and timeline range for your app project, live. Non-binding, no sign-up.
How much does an app cost?
Why a range instead of a fixed price?
Two apps built around the same idea can differ in price by a factor of three to five. What matters is not the idea but the execution: how many platforms? How custom is the design? Does the app need its own backend? That's why serious vendors quote a range first and a fixed number only after a scoping conversation. Anything else would be a guess.
The biggest cost drivers
The platform choice (native for iOS and Android separately, cross-platform with one codebase, or as a web app), the design ambition, the number of screens and above all the backend determine most of the budget. Features like chat, payments, offline capability or hardware integration each bring their own complexity in development and testing.
Typical budgets in practice
A focused MVP on a single platform realistically starts at around €10,000 to €20,000. Small to mid-sized projects usually land between €10,000 and €50,000, and a typical mid-sized cross-platform project between €30,000 and €60,000. Large apps with many features, an admin area and a dedicated backend start at €50,000 and quickly reach €80,000 and beyond. If you see all-inclusive offers far below that, check carefully what's actually included.
Don't forget the running costs
Launch is not the finish line: operating system updates, new devices, security patches, server and store fees, plus smaller improvements are ongoing. As a rule of thumb, plan for roughly 15–20% of the original build cost per year for maintenance. An app that isn't maintained slowly loses users and eventually its place in the app stores.
How to get a number you can rely on
The calculator above gives you an honest first orientation, no more and no less. A reliable number comes out of a short scoping session: we clarify goals, users, integrations and priorities, and propose a cut that fits your budget. A smartly reduced first version often achieves more than an overloaded requirements document.