Key Factors Contributing To iPhone Application Development Costs

Here are some of the key factors contributing to iPhone application development costs:

1. Platform

With traditional app development, development costs vary significantly as per the number of OS platforms that the app is being developed and published upon. A useful rule of thumb is that higher the number of OS platforms supporting the application, the higher the associated cost.

However, low-code iPhone application development platforms like HokuApps feature an automated platform. The platform reuses codes to reduce app development time by 10 times, and thus affects costs by huge margins. HokuApps uses a 90-10 model of iPhone app development, where 90% of the app is automated to deliver cross-platform apps for iOS, Android, and the Web.

The remaining 10% is the configuration of the apps at a business level to suit the business’s unique architecture and business ecosystem.

2. Development Model And Scope

Once the iPhone app development process is underway, the contracting company must pen-down objectives and the required solutions to be employed to develop them. This can be further structured in the form of technical documents that enlist features and functionality right from the minimum viable product (MVP) stage to the final stages of product maturity.

4. Web Services

Apple Web services can be used to host data and content remotely to help users update their iOS app. This is done with the help of XML files that protect the integrity of the raw code of the application while installing the latest updates in the app. While traditional app development platforms build apps from scratch, HokuApps uses pre-built elements to rapidly speed up the process. This makes a significant difference in costs.

5. Infrastructure

Infrastructure expenses also contribute notably to traditional iPhone app development costs. Infrastructure spends include server components that are installed within facilities for storing and managing data since most apps can’t be offline at any point. Other requirements include data encryption and safety that escalate costs.

With HokuApps, infrastructure costs stay low as the platform is automated and features a scalable and secure infrastructure where all apps developed on the platform subscribe to these features (unlike traditional app development platforms).

6. Application Maintenance

iPhone app development is a dynamic landscape. App developers work tirelessly to meet user needs and release newer features and updates for existing applications. These updates enhance the app capabilities, fix bugs, and improve the general functionality of the app. Application maintenance is hence, a necessary, but expensive endeavor for traditional iPhone application development.

HokuApps low-code platform is a viable alternative as application maintenance, OS and security updates, and bug-fixing (a rare occurrence), are automatically shared via patches.