Estimate
What your app actually costs
Most estimates give you the build price and stop. This one keeps going, because the lines that get left out of a quote are the ones that show up every year afterwards.
What are you building
Platforms
Cross-platform saves money until it doesn't. Heavy camera, Bluetooth or platform-specific payment work pushes you back to native.
Design
Features
Who builds it
Team structure at 30–50% below metro rates.
Device testing
Business app build
both, cross-platform, custom design
₹3,75,000 – ₹9,00,000
Accounts and roles
OTP, sessions, permissions
₹37,500 – ₹90,000
Entry-level device testing
Real Redmi and Realme hardware, not emulators
₹30,000 – ₹67,500
Every year after that
The part most quotes leave out.
Backend and hosting
Servers, database, storage
₹30,000 – ₹1,80,000
Maintenance retainer
15–20% of build, industry standard
₹66,375 – ₹2,11,500
Annual OS compliance update
Miss it and the store delists you
₹60,000 – ₹1,80,000
Crash reporting and monitoring
Knowing it broke before users tell you
₹12,000 – ₹60,000
Three-year cost
₹7,79,250 – ₹23,20,500
Build plus running costs for years two and three.
Store fees sit outside these totals: Apple charges $99 a year, Google Play $25 once. Ranges are indicative and assume a defined scope. A real quote needs a conversation.