Mobile App cost

How much does a mobile app cost?

One app for iOS and Android, built with Flutter or React Native, with an admin panel behind it. The price depends on the features, how much the backend has to do, and how polished the design needs to be.

Typical cost: $13,000 - $21,000
With AI agents: 6-9 weeks
Traditional build: 10-13 weeks

We've filled this in with a typical mobile app scope. Change anything you like and the estimate updates as you go. You can download it as a PDF at the end.

1 What are you building?

2 How big is the first release?

3 Platforms

4 Features pick all that apply

5 Design level

6 Delivery speed

What drives the cost

BackendThe accounts, data and business logic the app talks to.
Device featuresPush notifications, camera, location, and working offline.
Store releaseGetting through App Store and Play Store review.

What a typical mobile app includes

Sign-in & profilesPhone, email or social sign-in with one-time codes, and a profile screen where users can edit or delete their account.
Push notificationsMessages for orders, reminders or offers, sent by your team from the admin panel or triggered by events in the backend.
Offline mode & syncKey screens keep working without signal and changes sync when the connection returns, which matters for field staff and weak networks.
In-app paymentsCard and wallet payments for goods and services, with digital content sold through Apple and Google billing where store rules require it.
Admin web panelA dashboard where your team manages users, content and orders and changes what the app shows without a new release.
Crash reportingCrash reports and basic usage analytics set up from the first build, so problems on specific phones are caught early.

How we usually build it

1 Backend and core screensThe API, accounts and the few screens users open most ship first, tested on real phones through internal test builds.
2 Camera, push and offlinePush notifications, camera, location, payments and offline mode follow, each tested on older and newer phones.
3 Store submissionStore listings, privacy details, screenshots and review submission come last, with time kept for changes if Apple or Google ask for them.

Common questions

Flutter or React Native: which should we pick?

Both give one codebase for iOS and Android and suit most business apps. We tend to pick Flutter when the design is heavily custom and React Native when your team already works in JavaScript. Beyut Libya's app, live on both stores, is built in Flutter.

What if Apple or Google reject the app?

First-time rejections are common and usually fixable, such as a missing account-deletion option or a login the reviewer can't test. We follow the store guidelines from the start, give reviewers a demo account and handle the replies until approval.

Do we need a website as well?

Not always. The admin panel is already a web app for your team, and a landing page with store links is often enough at launch. A customer-facing web version can share the same backend later.