Many people who wants their apps to be developed are not really sure on how complicated or easy it will be to develop their idea into a real-working application. There is not a lot of information out there that will answer this question and most of the times the search will end up making you feel that your idea will be expensive to produce.
There is no real price for developing an iPhone app beacuse the price range is large and varies so much from country to country and from developer to developer, it is not simple to find the right person for the job and have them working with your budget but searching online while knowing what you want and how complicated it should be will give you a much better idea on how long your project will take to produce and how much money you can expect spending on that.
How to start ?
The first thing you need to do is to get your idea in writing. take a notepad and simply write down all of the features your app will contain, what is it suppose to do ? who is it targeted to ? how will it help others or solve others problems, how will the user interact with the app, which kind of information will be there and basicly all the information you can extract from your idea.
Next, try to summerize all those points into one sentence that will represent your main idea and the purpes of your application, once you have that you already took a big step to get your application out there!.
Having your idea in like that will give you (and the developer) a much clearer view of your app development needs.
A simple application
There is no way to really define what a simple application is, from developer to developer this definition will change. And what about graphic design? User Interface (UI) design? Audio files included? how would that work in your application?
You will be one step furter if you will have answers to all those questions, knowing your app capablities will allow you to know what you want better and will help you find a developer that will fit your requiements better.
Here are some features that will take longer (and will be more expencive) to develop:
Using a web-service (your own, RSS Feed, Dropbox etc..)
Using social media (Facebook, Twitter)
Using a design and componets that are not part of the iPhone SDK (Diffrant Buttons, Toolbars)
Having a large or complex data source (a big employie list that needs to be edited for example)
Having more the 5 diffrent screens to display (Views)
Using Push Notifications Service (Local and Remote)
Downloading data from your server (Pictures, Videos)
Using the camera
And the list goes on.
If you want your application out there, regardless to its compexity and your programming skills, you will have to spend time, money and mind space for that, there is no replacment to having thousands of people downloding and using somthing that you have created.
Focus on your idea needs and get it written down, sketch your idea on paper and figure out which components it needs and how many views it will have, find a great developer for the job, set a budjet and go for it!
There is no real price for developing an iPhone app beacuse the price range is large and varies so much from country to country and from developer to developer, it is not simple to find the right person for the job and have them working with your budget but searching online while knowing what you want and how complicated it should be will give you a much better idea on how long your project will take to produce and how much money you can expect spending on that.
How to start ?
The first thing you need to do is to get your idea in writing. take a notepad and simply write down all of the features your app will contain, what is it suppose to do ? who is it targeted to ? how will it help others or solve others problems, how will the user interact with the app, which kind of information will be there and basicly all the information you can extract from your idea.
Next, try to summerize all those points into one sentence that will represent your main idea and the purpes of your application, once you have that you already took a big step to get your application out there!.
Having your idea in like that will give you (and the developer) a much clearer view of your app development needs.
A simple application
There is no way to really define what a simple application is, from developer to developer this definition will change. And what about graphic design? User Interface (UI) design? Audio files included? how would that work in your application?
You will be one step furter if you will have answers to all those questions, knowing your app capablities will allow you to know what you want better and will help you find a developer that will fit your requiements better.
Here are some features that will take longer (and will be more expencive) to develop:
Using a web-service (your own, RSS Feed, Dropbox etc..)
Using social media (Facebook, Twitter)
Using a design and componets that are not part of the iPhone SDK (Diffrant Buttons, Toolbars)
Having a large or complex data source (a big employie list that needs to be edited for example)
Having more the 5 diffrent screens to display (Views)
Using Push Notifications Service (Local and Remote)
Downloading data from your server (Pictures, Videos)
Using the camera
And the list goes on.
If you want your application out there, regardless to its compexity and your programming skills, you will have to spend time, money and mind space for that, there is no replacment to having thousands of people downloding and using somthing that you have created.
Focus on your idea needs and get it written down, sketch your idea on paper and figure out which components it needs and how many views it will have, find a great developer for the job, set a budjet and go for it!
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