The proliferation of mobile devices has made it necessary for organizations of all sizes to create a mobile app of their own.
Having a mobile app allows a business to engage with its current customers more effectively, attract new customers, and opens up new revenue streams.
Mobile app development costs can, however, make it difficult for some businesses to create a mobile app.
There are multiple ways of reducing the app development cost.
Let us look at some of the ways that your app builder can help you in developing an affordable mobile application.
#1 Follow An Iterative Process
Traditional software development processes circles around improving all aspects of design, measuring performance, etc.
Now, your app may have some features that may not be significant enough to be retained after the trial period. You would eventually end up wasting the time of your app developer on building them completely.
Your mobile app developer should use an iterative development process to break app development into smaller chunks of workable groups of features. This allows your app developer the luxury of dropping the development of non-significant features earlier on. This reduces your app development cost.
#2 Create MVP First
MVP (Minimum Viable Product) is a concept that goes along with adopting a flexible software development methodology.
MVP means that you launch an app with just the basic performance capabilities in the beginning.
Your app developer can start by creating an MVP and include superior features after the demand and estimated ROI have been carefully studied.
Adopting such a strategy will not only keep your mobile app development cost down, but also protect your mobile app developer from possible technical drawbacks and wasted development.
#3 Make Use Of Existing Frameworks
When you create a mobile app, coming up with a framework from scratch can significantly add to app development cost.
The good thing is that your app builder can make use of pre-built frameworks to provide common solutions for free or at a nominal fee.
For example, your app maker does not need to spend time on providing push notification service – they can make use of a 3rd party plugin for Android as well as iOS.
Further, they can utilize Google Cloud Platform to provide helpful backend services such as processing data from different sources and user authentication.
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#4 Utilize Universal UI/UX Elements
Use of high-end user interface elements, animations and graphics by your app developer will increase mobile app development cost.
Though every mobile app is different, various components such as buttons and GPS are similar. Both iOS and Android have set well-defined guidelines to get your app’s UI/UX certified.
It is thus imperative to utilize regular and universal UI/UX elements wherever feasible.
#6 Make Use Of RMAD Tools
Creating a basic prototype for the mobile app helps nail down the app features earlier on, so you do not end up spending development dollars on rework.
Your app developer can make use of RMAD (Rapid mobile app development) tools to quickly put together an affordable app prototype without having to code. RMAD can also be employed for creating an MVP in certain cases.
Apps built using RMAD may not be as pretty or have any fancy features as the app hand coded by your professional app builder, but they do enough to solve the purpose in an affordable manner.
As you can see, it does not take much to cut down on mobile app development cost. Just have your app developer follow the tips outlined above.
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