How much does it cost to build an app?
Before you contact us, you want a number. Here it is: our 9 shipped projects cost between $1,798 and $3,596 USD, using 2 to 4 packages of $899 USD each. This page covers what pushes that price up or down, how the credit model works, and what you get from the estimate before talking to anyone.
Price depends on what you build, not on a flat rate. Every feature consumes credits: a simple screen costs less than a bank integration or an approval workflow. Critical processes — accounting, legal or business decisions — run through two or more AI verification passes before they're approved, which costs more credits but cuts errors. Non-critical processes run a single pass. The stack matters too: Laravel, Django or React cover most cases; other languages get evaluated case by case.
Each package costs $899 USD and equals 60,000 credits. You buy as many packages as your project needs; leftover credits stay in your wallet for maintenance, change requests or new features later, they never get lost. After launch, any adjustment is requested from a module in the client portal and draws from those saved credits. If you'd rather use your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini account, you can connect it: AI usage runs on your account instead of spending credits.
What drives app development cost
There's no flat rate for 'an app': there's a rate for what that app does. What counts is screen count, integrations with outside systems, business rules, and whether the project needs human review before any commitment. A clearly described idea goes straight into packages; a vague one goes through review first.
The stack you pick barely moves app development cost — PHP with Laravel, Python with Django or React cover almost any case — but if yours needs another language we evaluate it separately. What moves the number most are critical processes: accounting or business decisions run through two or more AI verification passes, which costs more credits than a single-pass process.
How our credit-based pricing works
Our credit-based pricing works in packages, not billed hours. One package costs $899 USD and equals 60,000 credits, the unit every feature draws from. Our 9 shipped projects, from simple internal tools to full platforms, used between 2 and 4 packages each: between $1,798 and $3,596 USD start to finish.
Leftover credits don't expire: they stay in your wallet and cover change requests or new features after launch, from a dedicated module in the client portal. If you run heavy AI usage, connect your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini keys and that usage runs on your account instead of drawing from your credit balance.
Timeline and what's included in the price
You describe the idea in your own words and an AI compares it against real projects we have already shipped to build an estimate in minutes, no meetings, no sales calls. Every estimate carries a confidence score: 85-95% for a clear description, 50-70% for a vague one — and we tell you before you decide anything.
That first number is preliminary, not a bill: complex ideas go through human review before any commitment, so you never get charged against a figure nobody checked. Based on our shipped projects, development takes between 15 and 38 calendar days, roughly 4 times faster than the market standard for the same scope.
Real examples of cost to build an app
We don't talk in the abstract: we have 9 projects already in production, each using between 2 and 4 packages, between $1,798 and $3,596 USD. That's the most honest starting point we can give without knowing your case, and the AI estimate narrows it to yours in minutes, with the breakdown of what each feature costs.
We work with PHP and Laravel, Python and Django, and React on Next.js or as a SPA; other languages get evaluated case by case. Your idea's description is only used to produce the estimate and improve the model — it's never sold or shared —, and you can ask us to delete it anytime.
Frequently asked questions about cost
How much does it cost to build an app from scratch?
It depends on scope, but we have real numbers: our 9 shipped projects cost between $1,798 and $3,596 USD, using 2 to 4 packages of $899 USD each. The AI estimate gives you the exact figure for your idea in minutes.
What's included in the price of an app?
Every feature we build, measured in credits: screens, integrations, business rules, and, for critical processes like accounting, two or more AI verification passes before approval. The $899 USD package equals 60,000 credits, and leftover credits carry over.
How long does it take to build an app?
In our shipped projects, delivery ran between 15 and 38 calendar days, roughly 4 times faster than the market standard for the same scope. The exact time depends on how many packages your project consumes.
How accurate is an AI-generated quote?
Every estimate carries a confidence score: 85-95% for a clear description, 50-70% for a vague idea, and we tell you upfront before you decide anything. Complex ideas also go through human review before any commitment.
What happens to leftover package credits?
They don't expire or disappear: they stay in your wallet and cover maintenance, change requests or new features later from the client portal, no need to buy a new package each time you need one.
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