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App cost calculator.

Six questions. A cost range and a timeline for an app like yours. Free, no email.

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Question 1 of 6
What’s your goal?
Tap an answer to move on.
How it works

How it works.

01
You answer six questions.Your goal, who uses it, payments, web or phones, where you’d hire, and what’s built already.
02
We match them to real builds.Our cost bands for apps like yours, checked against 2,779 founder job posts.
03
You see a range and a timeline.And what would move them.

This app development cost calculator is a guide, not a quote.

Your result

Read your result.

Build range. What an app like yours usually costs, for your goal and the region you’d hire from.
What founders post. What others budget for the same thing. It’s usually lower, and it’s why first quotes feel high.
Timeline. Weeks from plan to live, if the scope holds.

If your budget is closer to the second line, cut scope before you hire.

Lower the number

Make it cost less.

✓Pick the goal you need now: a prototype, an MVP or a stable first version.
✓Cut the first version to what a user would miss in month one.
✓Launch on the web first. Each app store adds a review, a listing and a release.
✓Write one page: who it’s for, what it does, what it leaves out.

The full guide to app development cost covers what moves the price and how to read a quote.

Not included

What it leaves out.

✓Running costs after launch: hosting, tools, email, store fees.
✓Changes you make mid-build.
✓The next version.
Free · Done by a person

Send your brief. Get one page back the same working day.

What to cut, what it should cost as a range, how long, and three questions to ask anyone who bids. Done by a person on our team, subject to availability.

Questions

Questions.

Is this app cost calculator free?

Yes. You see your result straight away, with no email. You can choose to have the estimate emailed to you.

How accurate is the app cost calculator?

It's a guide, not a quote. The range comes from our cost bands for apps like yours, checked against what founders post for the same work. Your real price depends on your brief, so use it to plan and to sense-check quotes.

Where do the figures come from?

The build range comes from Onekode’s cost bands for each kind of app. The “what founders post” figure comes from 2,779 founder job posts on Upwork in September and October 2026. Those are posted budgets, not amounts paid, from one marketplace where developers from all over the world bid. They reflect that marketplace, not the whole market.

Is the result an Onekode quote?

No. We price every app on its own brief, with one fixed price and a breakdown before you commit.

I started my app with Lovable, Bolt or Replit. Does the calculator help?

Yes. Pick “an AI-built prototype” in the last question and the range takes it into account. For a part-by-part answer, the Free Build Audit tells you what stays, what needs fixing and what blocks launch.

How is the calculator different from the Price and Scope Check?

The calculator is self-serve and instant. The Price and Scope Check is done by a person on our team, on your own brief, and comes back the same working day, subject to availability.