iPhone Dating Apps - cost to develop?

[braddo]

A high quality app like BlendR, Badoo, or eHarmony.

Curious to know ballpark figure to create the app itself, from wireframes etc to a fully functioning app. Forget marketing cost and all the rest. No website either. Just cost to create App.

Cheers!

Brad

 

[FreelanceSoftwareDeveloper]

Does the website exist? Or do you mean write the whole thing from scratch?

If the website already exists you can utilise all the logic in there and just add some code to send the data to the app in the required format. if you mean start from scratch then it's a much bigger task.

 

[braddo]

start from scratch......Build database etc.

Ballpark cost? And time to implement, including time for iterations, testing and amendments?

 

[MancunianCreative]

£4-6k ish would need more information on the function and behaviour of the database.

 

[braddo]

4-6k? Really? That cheap?

Would need to function exactly like the dating apps mentioned above. Ie. user creates profile. Is searchable and findable by other members. Can filter by characteristics. Messaging permitted via subscription model (few £ per month). Can filter by location/proximity.

 

[MancunianCreative]

4-6k? Really? That cheap?

Would need to function exactly like the dating apps mentioned above. Ie. user creates profile. Is searchable and findable by other members. Can filter by characteristics. Messaging permitted via subscription model (few £ per month). Can filter by location/proximity.

It may be at the higher end of the £4-6 with the inclusion of proximity and subscriptions but I would expect to be able to produce for under £6k.

 

[FreelanceSoftwareDeveloper]

I was going to say around 50k

Without a spec and some wireframes/storyboards it is difficult to say.

 

[MancunianCreative]

I was going to say around 50k

Without a spec and some wireframes/storyboards it is difficult to say.

I agree it's tough to say, without more information.

There would be ongoing support/updates needing to be included but I would be shocked if it came to even half that.

 

[braddo]

Cool - thanks Guys. Big difference - I'm not sure how to interpret!

But much appreciated.

Cheers!

 

[braddo]

I was going to say around 50k

Without a spec and some wireframes/storyboards it is difficult to say.

If I say the spec, wireframe and storyboards are identical to BlendR - surely this enables a pretty accurate quotation? I mean; you can download BlendR for free and have a look and see more than I could explain in a post.

 

[MancunianCreative]

Im still going to say roughly £7-8k. Would need to know exactly what was involved in terms of timeframe and full list of promo materials and things but would still expect change from £10k.

 

[decworld]

We would charge 15k to 20k taking into account the need to work everything out from scratch.

If you had a site as a basis then 5 to 9k.

If the client wants graphics too maybe an extra 5k.

 

[Morraine]

It may be at the higher end of the £4-6 with the inclusion of proximity and subscriptions but I would expect to be able to produce for under £6k.

I think MancunianCreative is pricing himself cheaper than getting this sort of thing done by quality developers in India!!!! Which leads me to believe that the quality of the app will not be up to scratch in many ways including security and many other important things that get overlooked when doing it on a budget or they will start developing but then start asking for more money and more time as it becomes plainly clear the original quote was no where near enough to complete the job to a high standard... Just my 2 cents... I could be wrong.
But i would be interested to see what other highly dynamic software systems they have created from scratch, the most advanced thing in their portfolio are ecommerce sites done ontop of magento which is obviously not from scratch.....

 

[MancunianCreative]

Or we could just not be trying to milk the app cow for all it's worth and ripping people off.

 

[Morraine]

Or we could just not be trying to milk the app cow for all it's worth and ripping people off.

Right because blendr was obviously entirely done in 2 months by one developer at a well below average pay scale of £20k a year (most good software developers in the UK command pay of £35 - 50k plus) and a graphic designer on a pay scale of 12k a year (most good graphic designers earn 24k plus)

that's if were going on your 6k quote. but then i would still not expect a seasoned team of 2 to complete this with every feature it had to a high degree with no bugs and no obvious security holes in 2 months.

 

[MancunianCreative]

I think you'll find I said roughly £7-8k after seeing a better spec, and should have change from £10k but still can't give accurate until I knew all that was required.

Maybe this is an app we really want to work on to demonstrate something in a portfolio. Maybe we went tight because we're quiet? Maybe both? Maybe neither. Maybe it's none of your business how we justify pricing?

 

[Morraine]

I think you'll find I said roughly £7-8k after seeing a better spec, and should have change from £10k but still can't give accurate until I knew all that was required.

Maybe this is an app we really want to work on to demonstrate something in a portfolio. Maybe we went tight because we're quiet? Maybe both? Maybe neither. Maybe it's none of your business how we justify pricing?

Your right I don't think it's any of my business to how YOU justify YOUR pricing but to state

Or We could just not be trying to milk the app cow for all it's worth and ripping people off

Is totally unfounded as it's not in step with the reality of the average costs of doing this thing in the UK.

 

[MancunianCreative]

As is your comment on my pricing. Which came prior to my point. The fact people charge untold thousands for apps is not unfounded but in fact proven in this very thread. Because its new and because it's still a little mystery surrounding it, people can and will charge whatever they like. Consumers should be aware of the actual cost (plus profit, this is a business after all) is just time. Exactly the same as building a website.

Dearer when custom original programming is required. Cheaper when there may exist open source materials. Now some of this app can be developed doing that. Therefore I would be comfortable charging my price.

In the exact same way we could produce a Magento store. For a few k. Someone could arguably produce one for fifty. But your comment regarding security holes and that someone like ourselves may ask for more cash halfway through a project because we'd maybe mispriced is completely unproven and frankly out of order.

Now you know what Abe Lincoln said about arguing on the Internet. So I'm no longer going to.

 

[Morraine]

MancunianCreative - What part of this post:

start from scratch......Build database etc.

Ballpark cost? And time to implement, including time for iterations, testing and amendments?

Did you believe the OP to be saying get some open source apps out there and create me a blendr clone ontop of it...............

I think when your quoting for some thing you should be clear what it is your quoting......

 

[MancunianCreative]

Re-read the whole thread.

 

[Morraine]

Re-read the whole thread.

I just did and read every post you have made. Of which none have stated you will be using open source apps as the basis to create this application on until your second to last post after posts from me about your pricing.

But as we have finally got to the bottom of this I will leave it there.

i would say this to the OP creating this with open source is fine if you know about it and you are fine with its limitations (not owning the source code of the produced application - depending on license of the open source application). This can be effective if you want to get this up and running quickly and test the market to see if it will be viable. But you will need to develop it from scratch in the future if you want to own any of the source code (again depending on the license of said open source).

 

[MancunianCreative]

I just did and read every post you have made. Of which none have stated you will be using open source apps as the basis to create this application on until your second to last post after posts from me about your pricing.

But as we have finally got to the bottom of this I will leave it there.

i would say this to the OP creating this with open source is fine if you know about it and you are fine with its limitations (not owning the source code of the produced application - depending on license of the open source application). This can be effective if you want to get this up and running quickly and test the market to see if it will be viable. But you will need to develop it from scratch in the future if you want to own any of the source code (again depending on the license of said open source).

Why would I?

The OP asked for a rough cost I gave him a rough cost, now when it came down to talk about the particulars of the app when we sat down with our client and not some anonymous person on the internet, we would outline exactly what we were going to do.

If you have nothing of value to add, I would ask you to please stop posting.

 

[Morraine]

Why would I?

The OP asked for a rough cost I gave him a rough cost, now when it came down to talk about the particulars of the app when we sat down with our client and not some anonymous person on the internet, we would outline exactly what we were going to do.

If you have nothing of value to add, I would ask you to please stop posting.

Until you own this forum and delete my account I will continue to post on anything I find fit to. Good day to you to.

 

[IGM_Computers]

Maybe it's none of your business how we justify pricing?

Love it.

FYI Roughly £10 sounds about right given the lack of info to work on ST this stage.