APP DEVELOPMENT COSTS - WHAT CAN AND SHOULD IT COST?

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APP DEVELOPMENT COSTS - WHAT CAN AND SHOULD IT
COST?

• Why are the app development costs so different?
• App development costs Germany and International,
  what are these? Have you ever experienced that
  the prices for application service providers
  fluctuate extremely, both internationally and
  domestically? But how does that happen? How is
  it possible that one and the same performance
  seems to cost different amounts? Going abroad
  with the development of software is nowadays
  common practice and also recommended if you have
  an experienced partner at your side. This
  article discusses general differences in pricing
  structures and also pays close attention to the
  quality you can and must expect. Is App
  Development Germany really more expensive? More
  about app development costs.
• For the graphic illustration, we have prepared a
  small overview of the worldwide price
  differences.

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App
development costs worldwide Average hourly rates
for software developers worldwide The graph
shows that the hourly rates for software
development vary widely. However, if you compare
the average salaries of these countries in these
areas, you will see that the differences here are
not in proportion to the differences in the
hourly rates for programming hours.
What quality can you expect in the app
development
If a company is looking for a software developer
these days, they often try to get the best
quality at a good price. App development costs
are an important issue here. For private
individuals, however, we have often had the
experience that most people are looking for the
cheapest price because they are unfamiliar with
the matter of "software" in a private environment
and only resort to the old "means of price". Of
course, an offer worth 10,000 sounds far
better than an offer of 80,000. The result of
this we experience from
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applaunch.io daily. Many teams and companies are
reporting because they have previously failed
with other service providers. dilemma These
service providers often do not even come from
abroad. But how can that be? How can a bargain
apparently backfire and how can something like
that happen in Germany? How can it be that
customers come to us who have invested 80,000
for an app and now have to complain and implement
this app with us with a perfect result for
40,000 ? We listened to the customer and
understood what he wanted. Much time is wasted in
project development due to misunderstandings or
"unclear" information. This costs time and
money. Therefore, take a lot of time in the
preparation of the project. Software is not the
same software in the app development An
entrepreneur can go to an agency today and
commission an app development for 50,000. The
result may be good, but another 30,000 is
needed to make the final product perfect.
However, the company could also have invested
50,000 for the entire app with another
provider, which has better met expectations and
remained at its price. But that's not all. As an
example, let's take the email login you find in
almost every app today.
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Example of the realization of a
component Here we have started a test and
obtained various offers and tested the result.

• Offer 1 Free programmer in Russia
• Offer Type 2 Freelance Software Developer in
  Germany
• Offer 3 Random agency in Germany
• To the app development costs 1
• The estimate of the Free Developer from Russia
  was just 250 . The result was delivered within
  1 week and the login worked, even if after
  forever long back and forth and with much
  communication problems, flawless.
• After review of our app agency
• During the development a third party SDK was used
  which covers all functions. The third party SDK
  was unlicensed and freely available. If one had
  applied this login in a market tire app, hackers
  could have easily read out all login data of the
  users. The SDK version was also not supported and

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it was uncertain how long it would be supported
by the operating system iOS or Android. The app
would not have worked from one day to the next.
Also, the login was not designed for different
email users, even elements of an in- app
purchase were found. (Scam?) To the App
Development Cost 2 The offer of the free
developer in Germany was 1,900 The result was
also about after 1 week finished and the login
worked flawlessly. However, no error messages
were issued if an email address was wrong, or if
the email was already taken, etc. It had to be
reworked a lot, in a large mobile app that would
have become a Mamut task. The login was
hard-coded, but an old version was used, again
another quality claim. Backend was also not
available, was not developed for both operating
systems. To the App Development Cost 3 The
offer of the agency was 5,400. In this area,
already begin with some providers whole
applications. The result was finished after 2
days, also here there were missing error
messages, these were recalculated on demand,
again 1000 . The result is suitable for the
market, the functions were hard- coded.
Development costs were far too high, many factors
were taken for granted extra. CONCLUSION To 1
50 of the requests that come to us today are
companies or startups that have failed with
developers abroad. An app consists of many
components. These can be developed cleanly or put
together from many individual components by
other suppliers. Apps that are only put together
are very common, work for a short period of
time, but with a probability of 99 you will
fail and in the end the bargain became too much
effort and no result. To 2 Working with
freelance programmers in Germany is sometimes
very cumbersome because they usually lack
experience because normally every
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reasonable software developer in Germany works in
a large company and earns well. It is always
very difficult to rely on individual resources
and you never know what you will get. In app
development, UX and UI design as well as testing
is very important, Agencies have their own
designers and their own testing departments
responsible for quality control. This usually
accounts for free service providers completely.
Even lateral thinking is often not wrong.
Experience in mobile hybrid App Conception,
responsive design or technologies such as
augmented reality are topics that a strong
partner should have already dealt with.
To 3 An agency is from the perspective of many
customers a very expensive alternative. But if
you find a good agency that can score with a
branch abroad, then you certainly have a good
deal price. The fact is, if you want to have
carefree software realized today, it will not be
easy to find. However, software development is
sometimes the same as many other products. If you
want to spend a little, you may just have a
lower expectation than someone who will spend
more.
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App
Development at Applaunch ignorance Since this
point was very important, we would like to take
it up again here. We would like to give you a
concrete example at applaunch.io. In this case,
the customer was a startup from Nuremberg. This
had previously developed in Ukraine a social app
in Instagram format for the platforms iOS and
Android and get here from the agency (based in
Ukraine) get a Web App recommended. Anyone who
reads this article and knows about software
development is now going to beat his or her hand.
This project failed. The price paid for this was
120.000 and many small nerves. The startup came
up to us afterwards.
Our solution regarding app development costs Of
course, we've recommended Native Programming
right now, which is standard in hybrid app
development today (if requirements allow). Our
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estimate was 65,000. The app is now in the
testing phase, everything works fine and soon it
will appear on the market. How was that
possible? Pure ignorance! Therefore, we recommend
each of our customers to inform extensively
before the start of development.For this
purpose, we also offer free consultations from
applaunch.io. Unfortunately, that happens too
often. Both large companies and individuals. We
at applaunch.io have been on the market since
2013 and have worked with the most up-to-date
frameworks since the beginning. Let us advise
you, we know ourselves better here than a company
that has been doing IT for 30 years. Please also
read https//applaunch.io/blog/app-entwicklung-u
nd-die- affected-kosten/
The
decision for Android or iOS can affect the
cost Another example. This is about a customer
from Munich who wanted to book a React.js
programmer with us to support their own team. The
hourly rates we offer are very favorable for the
German developer market. What is this related
to? Our team consists of German and Indian
developers. This team
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has been adapted and optimized over the last 5
years so that today a perfectly coordinated team
works together. The cheaper salaries in India
allow us to have better hourly rates which can
compete in the market. However, this customer
wanted to compare the prices even further and
then opted for a freelance native coder from the
university. The typical developer error We often
experience these decisions and we have to respect
them. 3 months later, the customer has reported
again and then booked the programmer with us for
6 months. What happened? The coder from the
university was too inexperienced and could not
translate many components or took a long time.
When it came backend hops and malt was lost. From
an hourly rate of 15 so quickly once 45-75 .
And this problem often crops up when working
with agencies abroad. So fast times an hourly
rate of 9 to one of 60 since the programming
takes much longer. Development costs must
therefore be defined precisely, these are highly
dependent on the experience of the programmer.
This is often not even related to the location of
the programmer.
Conclusion The value of a developer can only be
determined on the basis of his results. When
looking for developers, you should not compare
prices, but think for a moment about how to
evaluate the resource "programmer".

• The programmer knows what he is talking about, he
  must have enough experience!
• Does he have examples that he can show? Does he
  have examples
• for different platforms?
• Is the contact person himself a coder or is he a
  pure salesman?
• Have enough counter questions been asked about
  the project?
• Is the contact person interested in my project?

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• Knowledge of operating systems such as Android
  and iOS should be equally present