IOS & Android Apps

Of course, in our time, everyone already understands that the mobile environment is a gold mine for business. In 2020, over 60% of people use smartphones to shop online on websites and mobile apps. But the main question that arises is how to understand whether your business also needs a mobile application for IOS and Android, or should you be content with developing an adaptive site optimized for mobile devices?

First of all, you should ask the main question: will users download your application to their smartphone?

In the age of smartphones, users sometimes limit themselves to the number of applications on their smartphone, due to the large number of applications that exist in the market, as well as the lack of memory and the slowdown of the mobile device with each addition of a new application. For your application to be successful, you must create an application that is more useful than the applications that exist today in the IOS and Android market, so that the client has no choice but to download it on their mobile.

Mobile business applications can be divided into several types:

•   for the internal needs of the company
•   To optimize marketing, branding and increase sales

The main purposes of using a business application:

•   Additional business automation.
•   Increasing the productivity of collaboration sources - for example, creating a file hosting service, a database for groups, a chat for internal communication, a task management system, projects, orders, a product catalog that includes inventory and is integrated with an accounting system, tracking the route of personnel via GPS and other purposes.
• The main purposes of using trading applications
•   Additional commerce market - If your site is consistently successful and your goal is to increase sales growth by providing a better technical solution for your audience, get customers to visit your site more often and reach your audience faster and easier, a mobile app is an absolute must.
•   The use of a mobile application as an addition to the company's online services: storefronts, catalogs, applications for buying tickets, Internet banking, checking the status of delivery of goods, and so on.
•   Creation of a mobile loyalty program.

If you have come to the conclusion that you need a mobile application, your next step will most likely be to find worthy developers. The issue of pricing when ordering development is very relevant, and there is one feature here - a wide range of prices on the market. The main reason for this variety of prices is the different rate per hour of work required to get a good result from the development team. It is important to note that only in rare cases can you get by with one developer.
Once we have received a proposal to develop your project, we strongly recommend that you do not consider price alone. Experts do not set a price without any logic. Basically, the cost of creating a mobile application depends on the number of hours required for development and the amount of work, including the design of the application. Based on your initial description, an estimate is generated based on three main factors:

  List of the most expensive components in app development

•   Support for multiple platforms and devices
•   Number of UI elements and custom animation

Professional IT companies take the task of studying the brief of the client seriously and try to get as much information from it as possible in order to make the most accurate estimate of the hours required to develop the application. After that, the number of hours is multiplied by the cost of an hour of work of a specialist, and from this the budget required to complete the project is determined.

The most expensive items to develop

•   A large amount of data, screens and actions in the application significantly increases the work of the designer and layout designer of the project
•   Backend - the server part of the system that stores the databases and business logic of the project and transfers them to the client side via API
•   The control panel with which you manage the content, users, reports, and other data of your system.
•   Several types of clients that use the application - for example, if you make an application like GETT, you will have a customer and a performer, so you need to develop an interface for each side.
•   Modern smartphones are equipped with hardware components such as gyroscopes, accelerometers, heart rate sensors, NFC chips, Bluetooth sensors, and barometers. Their use adds a new and not a small cost item to the development of your application.
•   Recently, AR (augmented reality) and facial capture technologies are very popular and are the most expensive of all. Therefore, we recommend that you evaluate your capabilities before starting development.
•   Often a mobile application needs to be integrated with third-party libraries, frameworks and services. For example, payment systems, accounting software, CRM and chats.
•   The number of supported devices and operating systems - often customers treat this expense item as something banal and expected, but it is worth considering that developing an application for both iOS and Android increases the cost of development. Also adapting to tablets can also increase the cost by up to 75%. In addition, even supporting older versions of iOS and Android can increase the cost of development by 1.5 times, and this is due to the fact that older versions have performance limitations and are often not updated and developed.

  We recommend that you do not try to use all solutions at the same time, but start with the most popular models, and then, through analysis, refine the applications if necessary.

Of course, if your food ordering and delivery service is successful, developing a mobile food delivery app is another key to success. It is more convenient for the client to enter his address and credit card details only once, and on subsequent orders, simply select dishes from the menu without having to re-enter all the details. In addition, you can even specify the route closest to your restaurant, thus creating a great opportunity to get more customers, increase the average check and the number of requests, providing users of the application with personalized discounts and special offers. Good examples are zaprest, mishloha, wolt.
Your application may include:

•   Checkout from the available menu
•   Adding favorite foods to favorites
•   Adding or removing ingredients from a dish individually
•   Specify the route to the nearest restaurant in your chain
•   Order Delivery Tracking
•   Organization of a personal account that will allow the customer to navigate the history of orders, personal data and payments
•   Carrying out promotions that will increase the loyalty of your customers to the restaurant
•   Implementation of a bonus program that will increase profits by linking a client to a restaurant

Success in tourism activities largely depends on regular customers of the service. In the field of tourism, a mobile application is a must. The application allows customers to quickly book a flight and hotel, as well as contact a personal agent. Such a service clearly and distinctly increases ticket sales, and this is because it is difficult to underestimate the convenience of buying a ticket using a smartphone, compared to wasting time looking for travel agencies, going to ticket offices and standing in long lines.
Your application may consist of the following components:

•   Convenient search for tickets, hotels, car rental
•   Notification of a reduction in the cost of tickets to the desired destination
•   Loyalty program that will allow the client to accumulate points for purchased services
•   News updates and travel tips
•   A personal account that will allow the buyer to navigate through the history of orders, personal data and payments

When was the last time you stood on the side of the road and waved your hand in the hope of hailing a taxi? Mobile applications work well in the field of ordering a taxi, and the well-known UBER, which is successfully operating in many countries of the world, is an example of this. Using the taxi application, you can quickly and conveniently place an order, indicating your wishes and preferences. In addition, the customer can track the location of the car using a card, and the trip itself can be paid by credit card through the application without cash.

Your application may consist of the following components:

•   Order a taxi according to personal preferences
•   Courier order, if you need to deliver the package
•   Ordering scooters, bicycles, flowers - everything works on the same principle.
•   A personal account that will allow the buyer to navigate through the history of orders, personal data and payments
•   Loyalty program that will allow the client to accumulate points for purchased services
•   Feedback system that will allow your customers to be more confident in the quality of your service

This app will help you learn more about your club's active program. Clubs can provide users with free content in the form of exercise videos and helpful nutrition tips, as well as a virtual tour of the club. In the application, you can find out the training schedule, sign up for a specific coach, and even save on a subscription by purchasing a more affordable rate. This will help the club stand out from the competition, attract new customers and reduce the number of those who forget to play sports.

Your application may include the following components:

•   Free educational video content
•   Nutrition Tips
•   Virtual tour of the club
•   Schedule and enrollment
•   Loyalty program that will allow the client to accumulate points for purchased services
•   Club pricing policy