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Cost

What mobile app development cost depends on

Mobile app development costs follow the scope. 514IT in Montreal will tell you the cost to develop an app after that scope is clear. This page does not publish a price.

The Problem

Why there is no price on this page

A public price describes an app we have not seen. Two businesses can both say “we need an app” and mean a booking button or a tool their whole staff uses offline. Those are not the same quote.

Our Approach

The choices that move the quote

App development cost is the quote for one app, not a number that applies to every app. The cost to develop an app moves when the stores change, when more people need different logins, and when the first release has to do more on day one.

What's Included

What you actually get

The scope is written for your app. These are the pieces that show up in that scope.

A quote for a named scope

The number arrives with a list of what is in, what is out, and what a change costs after you accept it.

The store decision, written down

iPhone, Android, or both, and whether that is two builds or one shared build.

The day-one line

What a real user must be able to finish on the day it launches. Everything past that line waits.

A list of outside services

Payments, bookings, maps, or anything else the app has to talk to. Each one is named, not waved at.

Process

How a project moves

  1. 01

    You send the job

    Who uses the app, what they must finish, and which phones they are on.

  2. 02

    We name the choices

    Stores, logins, offline use, a desk screen, and a first version versus the whole product.

  3. 03

    You get a quote

    One number tied to that list. Not a range copied from another company’s blog.

  4. 04

    The scope can still shrink

    If the number is for more app than you need, we cut the first release and quote that.

The quote

How much does it cost to develop an app?

The honest answer is a quote after a scope, not a dollar figure on a marketing page. These are the decisions that quote is made of.

A price without a scope is a different app

Mobile app development cost only means something next to a description of the product. If a page gives you a single number with no scope, it is describing their sample, not your Tuesday.

514IT sends the number after a conversation. This page exists so you know which facts to bring to that conversation.

One store, or both

iPhone only, Android only, or both. Both can mean two native builds or one shared codebase. Those are different amounts of work, and they fail in different ways.

Read iOS app development if your people are on iPhone, and cross-platform app development if they are split. Say Android out loud if Android is where the work happens. We will not assume.

Logins, weak connections, and the desk

An app with one kind of user is simpler than an app where staff and customers see different things. An app that has to keep working in a parking garage or a warehouse is more than an app that can wait for a signal.

Payments, bookings, and maps are real integrations, not checkboxes. A browser screen for the office is a second surface. Each of these is either in the quote or it is not. The quote should say which.

A first version, or the whole product

The whole product is every audience and every report someone might want. The first version is the one job that has to work so you can learn. MVP software development is how we make that cut.

A custom workflow can still be a small first version. Custom app development is about the fit, not about shipping everything.

What to send so the quote is about your app

Send the job the app does, who uses it, which phones, and what has to be true on launch day. A wishlist of features is less useful than a description of a Tuesday.

If you already know the workflow is unusual, say where the current tool breaks. That detail changes the quote more than a longer list of nice-to-haves.

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