2026 BENCHMARK SIMULATOR

Mobile App Cost Calculator

Estimate realistic budgets, engineering timelines, and architecture requirements for building your next iOS, Android, or cross-platform application.

Application Specifications

Target Platform

iOS Only Swift & SwiftUI

Android Only Kotlin & Jetpack

Cross-Platform Flutter / React Native

UI/UX Design Quality

Standard Clean UI templates

Custom Pro Bespoke branding

Premium Deluxe Micro-animations & 3D

Core Modules & Features

User Auth & Profiles In-App Purchases & Stripe Push Notifications & Feed Real-time Chat & WebSockets Geolocation & Maps AI / LLM API Integration

$19,200

Estimated MVP Development Cost

13 - 15 wks

Development Timeline

$124 / yr

App Store Annual Fees

Recommended Stack:

Flutter + Supabase Backend with RevenueCat subscription routing and automated GitHub Actions CI/CD.

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Mobile App Development FAQs

Native (Swift/Kotlin) vs Cross-Platform (Flutter/React Native)?

Cross-platform frameworks allow sharing 80-95% of the codebase across iOS and Android, reducing upfront engineering and maintenance costs by ~40% with near-native performance for 99% of business applications.

What are mandatory store developer fees?

Apple charges $99/year for the Apple Developer Program. Google charges a one-time $25 fee for the Google Play Developer Console.