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Preston Stecklein
13,150 Pointsprice to develop ios apps
How much does it cost to develop an ios app for iphone
3 Answers
Fernando Zhu
22,304 PointsIt depends on what cost you are looking for, if you work as a developer and do all the coding and design yourself, it only costs for 99 USD/year to get an Apple developer membership. You need to pay the membership if you want to install the app on your device or submit to App Store. On the other hand, if you hire a designer or developer to do the UX/graphics design and coding, the price varies based on the scope of the project.
Preston Stecklein
13,150 PointsThanks! Also, does it cost extra for your game to connect with game center? or say you have a social media app, does it cost extra to have thousands of servers going at once?
Fernando Zhu
22,304 PointsHmm... As far as I know, game center has been removed from iPhone after iOS 10. Games now need to handle actions such as adding friends within their app. But for data storage, yes, it does cost you money. For a new game, it takes time to grow its user base, thus at the beginning, you don't need to buy hundreds of servers at once. You can scale up your backend as more and more users start playing your game. If you have heard Backend as a Service (i.e Parse) before, you could try Heroku or Amazon Mobile Hub, amazon nowadays provides 12 months free data hosting. The price needed for your backend varies from a couple of dollars to hundreds of dollars per month based on your traffic. Normally the benefit you could make from your app is proportional to your traffic as well. So come up with a good business model/plan is critical to balance your cost and benefit.
Preston Stecklein
13,150 PointsThank You, I appreciate the help.