You’re done with all the hard work that goes into the creation of mobile apps, publishing the app effectively in the Google Play or App Store, promoting it very well to attract customers and now desperately waiting while feeling you’re done with the marketing job. If you’re a similar thinker, then you’re losing everything.

You’re only doing part of mobile app creation with those specific tasks. It’s just a section you’ve completed from the book titled, “How much does having an app cost?”It is important that you maintain your mobile application after you have successfully developed it, and that entails some additional costs. Lack of maintenance of your mobile app can become a reason for your application failure.

Publishing the application on the Google Play and Apple App Store isn’t the end of the application’s story. And a hundred thousand downloads are not another happy ending. Your app competes with thousands of other requests.

The app’s Daily Active Users or DAU defines the number of app installs and the users that are visiting again. Monthly Active User or MAU, on the other hand, provides the same statistics but on a monthly basis and both of these components must be exceptional for the successful survival of the app.

If you’re not yet clear about what we’re hinting at, let’s show it. We focus on the maintenance of the mobile app, which starts after you have completed the development phase. Device maintenance calls for additional costs, which is 15–20 percent of the development’s original cost. The cost of maintaining the app also includes features that may be updated in the future.

We’ve had research on the features that users use most often, rarely or never. Here are some insights.

This means that app developers continue to invest their time on the features and functionalities that users never use. The approach is not acceptable at all when it comes to developing applications that prove to be functional enough and the solution is to develop the features that users wish to use. Okay, there are some demands you can’t get rid of including:

· Servers — $(20–60)/month

· Push Notifications — $10/month

· Payment Gateways — up to $149/month(or more). It also includes a certain percentage of each transaction

Besides all this, there are other features to include in the applications that may request additional expenses.

Note: The cost of maintaining a mobile app is only a rough estimate. Depending on the functionality of the app it may either exceed or dropdown.

How to calculate the cost of Mobile App Maintenance?

When we talk about the cost of maintaining an app, there are several factors that count. Here are a few of:

· Even when an app is published, it has an ongoing cost the developer will have to incur in addition to developing the application.

· Thus, the additional cost is to create new content, track how your app performs, and inform users about the new updates.

· An additional cost would be to offer all of these services to the users.

· If your services rely on a server that stores related information such as user records, or history of payment, the publisher needs to pay extra for this information.

How Much Does it Cost to Make an App?

If you’re still stuck on the “How much does an app cost?”Here’s your answer: The actual answer to this question depends on how the service uses the build (app development).

· You can also at a cheaper cost get the developers, which is another issue.

· The thumb rule says the initial cost of keeping the app is 20 percent of the overall development cost.

· That means that if the total cost of your app is $100,000, you’re required to spend about $20,000 annually to keep it the same.

· In addition, when you spend on marketing strategies for the app, it will also be counted in the overall development costs.

If that sounds like an enormous chunk of money we have something for you! Read on, to learn more.

How to Cut Down the Cost of Mobile App Development?

The cost of app development depends upon multiple factors, still, developers can bring down the app development cost.

1. Invest in the Right Development Platform

There are two kinds of platforms available for developing an application. You can either choose from:

· Native app development

· Hybrid app development

Native development helps to get an app that is stable enough for the users and has better access to the resources of the smartphone, which means it will perform faster and will feel lighter on your smartphone. When compared with web apps, such services can be more reliable in terms of features and functionality.

Well, there is a downside that you will have to maintain at least two apps for two different platforms including Android and iOS, meaning it will expand the budget you have.

The solution can be investing in a hybrid application. It combines the best of the native platforms and includes some of the best offerings that HTML5 offers.

2. Include the Features That Users Will Use

Users never use 45% of an app’s features and thus, it is wise to invest in elements that users would actually use. This will help to cut down the cost and the efforts that your developers would have to take while developing and designing the application.

But how would you ensure which features are the best?

Ask users for feedback and include the same in your app development practice.

Besides, the app developer also needs to analyze and study the concerns of the users to come up with something that could be brought on the board. Serving users with what they are asking for is one of the most important concerns for a publisher to win over the hearts of the users.

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