How to write an iPhone application for $6,000
Building a simple app can be affordable for most companies. Although a developer might charge $6,000 to $8,000 to create a typical app, a modest app with fewer features could cost a company less than $2,000, says Jarin Udom, a developer in San Diego.
It is quotations and articles like this that don’t make sense. The cost of building a mobile application is significant and these prices are highly misleading. This is production software, folks, not a website. Once it is out there, you can’t change things on the fly. So, let’s add maintenance to this price. Add to this the cost of discovery, so that people can find the application.
The decision to build an iPhone application should be based on a rational understanding of what you are trying to achieve, not guided by price alone. If iPhone applications really are that important to your company, you should look for a development partner that will work with you. A fire-and-forget $6k app will be lost in the noise.
