InfoBeansMobileDevelopment
Prac6ceHowmuchwillitcosttobuildmyiPhoneapp?
Agenda
• Yourdilemma
• WhatistherangethatIcanexpect?• Whatdowedoforyou?
• WhatincreasesiPhonedevelopmentcost?• WhatreducesiPhonedevelopmentcost?
• Whoownstheapp?
• Apple’srole• Contactinforma6on
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<<Agenda
Yourdilemma
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<<YourDilemma
Ihaveacoolideaforan
iPhoneappHowmuchwillitcost?
Howmuchdoyouget?
DoesApplecharge
anything?
WhatwillIgetinreturn?
Whatisthecost?
$100s‐$10,000s
Itdependsonwhatyouaretryingtobuild
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<<Costrange
Whatdowedoforyou?
Startwiththeconcept
Graphicdesign
Technicaldesign Development Quality
Assurance
Deploymenttotheapp
store
Con6nuewithupdates
&maintenance
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<<Inclusions
Whatincreasesthecost?
• Anima6onandgraphicsbeyondwhatisbuiltin• Asathumbrule,graphicsandanima6oninappsbuiltbyAppleonyour
iPhone(SMS,photogallery,SeXngs,Stocks,Weather)aremostlybuiltin
• Customgraphics,mostlyingamesarenotbuiltinandrequireextraeffort
• Interac6onwithabackendserver/webservicerequiresali]lebitmoreeffortasopposedtostoringdataontheiPhone
• Mul6pleitera6ons
• A6ght6meline• Complexdatainterac6onsandcalcula6ons
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<<Reasonsforhighercost
Whatcanhelpreducecost?
• Youhaveaclearideaofwhatistheendresultandcancreatescreenshotsforthesame
• Exis6ngcodeinanotherlanguage• Youalreadyhaveanappbuiltforanotherpla`ormorfortheweb
• Yourequiretoporttheapplica6ontotheiPhone• Lowongraphicsandnonstandardanima6on
• Oryouhaveagoodchunkofthegraphicsdonealready
• Youcanpushoutnonessen6alfeaturestonextversions
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<<Thesereducecost
OK–sowhoownstheapp?
YOU!Youownthesourcecodeandalltherightstotheapp
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<<IP&ownership
Whatarethepaymentterms?
• 50%advancebeforewestarttheapp• 50%whenwedeliverthefinalbuildtoyou,withoutthe
sourcecode• Youwillbeabletotestouttheapponyourphonewiththisbuild• Wewillsendyouthesourcecodeassoonasthefullpaymentis
realized
• Atthispoint,wecanalsohelpyouputtheappontheappstore
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<<Paymentterms
Great–Ilikeyou,butwhatisApple’srole?
• Appleownstheappstore• Ifyourappisfree,Appledoesnotchargeyouanything• Ifyouchargeforyourapp,Applekeeps30%,youget70%• WedoNOTgetanythingfromApple,butwearehappythat
youdo
• Thereisnorecurringchargetosubmitappstotheappstore• YouwillhavetosignupforApple’sSDK–one6me$99fee
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<<Apple’srole
Bo]omline
• Goaheadandworkonyourideawithus• Weareheretohelpyouachieveyourgoals• Ifyouareconvincedofyourideaorconceptyoustandtogain
alotwithali]lebitofinvestment
• Thenextslidehasourcontactinforma6on
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<<BoAomline
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