How Much Does it Cost to Hire Mobile App Developers in China

Posted by Xingyue Li on September 2nd, 2016

Mobile app development is crucial to ensuring your business leverages the exceptional strength of the mobile market. With more and more consumers opting to check everything from flight times to news on their mobiles, having a mobile app may mean the difference between business success and failure. 

Most people may not be aware of this, but China is one of the key mobile app developers in the world. The presence of some of the best mobile companies in the country has helped fuel the mobile software development business over the years. The introduction of the smartphone has given a further fillip, and there are now various developers and businesses which can make a robust and user-friendly app for you with ease. All you need to do is to find the right one. 

Now to answer the critical question: How Much Does it Cost to Hire Mobile App Developers in China, you need to understand an often-ignored fact, i.e each mobile app is different from another. This means that the price of the app will be different from the one that your competitors or some other company may have made. The prices of mobile apps vary due to the following reasons: 

The backend will be different for each: There are apps that will need a strong platform as the amount of data that needs to be pulled up will be more or the user interaction will be more. For instance, an app that shows you the temperature or the time will have lesser backend requirements than say a taxi-booking app. As such, the price of each of these apps will vary. 

The front-end interface will also be different: The design and interaction features will vary for each app. Consequently, the effort required will be different for each. Again taking the example of the temperature or time app, the design and interface structure will be less complicated than say, a gaming app. 

The end-purpose of the app will vary: This is a key aspect to determine how much the app will cost. An app that doctors or emergency response personnel need will have to be fail-safe and run at all times. Alternatively, an app that delivers news can afford to be less reliable in comparison to the emergency-needs app. This means that how fail-safe you want the app will determine the cost. If you want your app to run at all times and never crash no matter the specs of the phone, then app design will be more expensive. 

On an average, developing an app in China will be much less expensive than getting one built in your home country. Also, since the developers here have built quite a few robust apps over the years, you can rely on them to give you what you need. Just ensure that they give you a reason for the cost and a break-up if possible. 

In addition, ask them what they are offering, the schedule, the blueprint, etc. so you know what you are getting for your money. Some may offer you an hourly pricing and you ought to see if that works out to be more expensive or less than a project-based rate. Since your app will need regular updates, it is better to negotiate a development plus maintenance contract so that the long-term costs turn out to be lower than signing separate contracts for development and maintenance. 

About the Author:

Nova Software is the biggest software offshore development company in western China which  has been dedicated in software offshore development industry for over 10 years. Nova Software provides timely delivered, highly qualitative and cost-effective offshore software development, including, web development, mobile application development services,  and product development services.