Costs to consider in your ongoing budget for your app
Maintenance
OS updates (required every time Apple or Android updates their OS), minor bug fixes and general maintenance fees sit at around $500/month or more. Having an ongoing maintenance budget it absolutely vital to maintain a functional, user friendly app with longevity.
Hosting services
You’ll need to pay to have a cloud service host your app and enable downloads. These start from around $400/month and can increase with higher download rates.
Security
The more secure your app needs to be the more expensive it is to develop, test and maintain its security features. This can run into the thousands of dollars per month for complex apps with high security demands.
There’s no doubting that the app world is an exciting new frontier with virtually limitless possibilities for creating all manner of products to meet the ever-changing demands of life in the 21st century. Just remember that if you’re going to going to get involved, just like any other business venture you have to factor in the inevitable maintenance costs if you’re going to make it profitable in the long term.
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