Is Developing An IOS App More Profitable?

 

The Significant Benefits Of Ios Over Android Apps

As mentioned before, both the Android and iOS mobile OS platforms have their advantages and disadvantages but research has shown that developing iOS apps is slightly more beneficial for businesses in any industry and we shall have a detailed study on the reasons for that in the following section.

iOS apps give the following significant benefits to business owners, which Android apps cannot give:

iOS app users are mostly highly educated and well-settled working professionals living in developed countries like the US, Canada, Australia, etcetera. They love iOS apps of any kind and spend a lot of time on the apps (i.e., the user engagement is very high). iOS app users are hard to acquire but once acquired, they become loyal users of iOS apps, which is not the case for Android users.

Iphone and ipad users spend an average of USD 140 in buying iOS apps every week. Android smartphone users on the other hand spend only about USD 6.19 on monthly native Android app purchases. So, Apple’s users give a lot of income and profits to businesses that have their own high quality iOS apps.

Technology Stack Used To Develop IOS And Android Apps

The table given below gives in-depth details of the ios app development platforms and programming languages used to develop iOS and Android apps. The variation in the apps’ coding technologies and features leads to variations in app development costs.

A Comprehensive Guide To Estimate The Cost Of IOS App Development

The Complexity And The Number Of Desired Features

This point is quite intuitional. Obviously, the more the number of app features you would want, the more development time it’s going to take and the more it’s going to cost you to develop the iOS app.

Even demanding elaborate and complex features for your iOS app is going to require a high degree of technical expertise from the app development team and a lot of app development time. Hence, it too will cost you more.

The Experience And Expertise Of The App Development Team

Enterprises are beginning to discover that contracting an app development team is way more cost-effective and effective than hiring in-house, full time app developers.

The contracted app development team can be expanded or cut down to suit your dynamic project requirements unlike hiring in-house, full time app developers. Also, once the app development project is complete, the contacted team can be dismantled unlike in the case of hiring in-house, full time app developers.

Even if you approach an app development agency for your interim app development project needs, the hourly charges will certainly vary. Recently launched app development agencies will mostly have freshers who will charge you low hourly app development charges as there is stiff competition in the field and they are yet to prove themselves sufficiently before demanding more.

More established app development agencies will mostly have tenured app developers who would have completed several of their clients’ projects successfully. Hence, such app development agencies will charge a lot more (two to three times more) for their services than recently founded app development agencies. While established app development agencies can certainly complete your app development project marvelously, their hourly rates might breach your project’s budget.

While the hourly charges of newly established app development agencies will most likely fall within your budget, quality of work is not a given. The inexperienced app developers in such agencies may complete your app development project satisfactorily and innovatively or they may also do it in a shoddy and sketchy manner.

Hence, you are best advised to approach a reasonably established app development agency who have successfully completed a few client projects. Always, visit the app development agency in person, interact with their team members, verify their app development portfolio, and read their ex-clients’ testimonials to get a fair idea about their knowledge, experience, dedication, and authenticity.

The Time Taken For Testing The App

Simple business application apps will have brief and easily testable features. Testing simple business apps will require the least amount of time and effort from the app testing team. Hence, if your official app has simple features and a simple layout, getting it tested under all possible circumstances will cost you a considerably lesser amount.

The Cyber Security Of The Server Hosting Your App

Your business app might host monetary transactions or may involve sharing of important official information and files. Hence, information security becomes of paramount importance.

You can buy one or more dedicated servers with multi-layer cyber security frameworks but that will cost you quite a lot of money. You can also opt for shared web hosting and common cyber security but then you’ll have no control over the level of cyber security provided and your precious official information might be hacked leading to loss of customers’ trust, customers, business volume, revenue, and profits.

The Complexity Of Your UI/UX Design

Apps with simple and easy-to-navigate UIs will cost a lot less to design. A UI with advanced features and heavy graphical content will cost a lot more to design but will surely have a higher user engagement. So, you must choose your UI’s layout and features based on your app’s requirements and your project’s budget.

After-Project App Maintenance

If you need your app development agency to provide certain additional services like App Store Optimization (ASO), run-time bug fixing and app maintenance, Social Media Marketing (SMM), customer/client support, etcetera, after the completion of your project, it’s obviously going to cost you more but will give you numerous significant benefits and will make your app development project worthwhile.

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