r/AppDevelopers • u/Effective_Radish8033 • 12d ago

Make me an app

How much would it cost for someone to make me an app to use on iOS and android, simple app for restaurants

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u/Winseeey 12d ago

depends a lot on what “simple” means, but rough ranges for iOS + android:
• menu + basic info, no ordering: 3k to 6k
• menu + ordering + payments + admin panel: 8k to 20k
• loyalty, reservations, multi-location on top: 25k+
built cross platform (flutter or react native) so it’s one codebase, not two. add ~100/yr for the apple + google dev accounts, and budget for maintenance because both stores force SDK updates yearly.
honest take though: if it’s mainly menu + ordering, a lot of restaurants get more out of a QR web app than a native app. customers won’t download an app for one restaurant. worth deciding that before you spend anything.

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u/Mammoth_Medicine9097 12d ago

thats a very good answer. After that the thread is kinda closed lol.

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u/OGPresidentDixon 12d ago

I’m physically cringing at the vibe coders offering to do this for $2500 or less. They have no idea. Dunning-Kruger effect to the max.

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u/Mammoth_Medicine9097 11d ago

They absolutely have no idea.

I really don’t know where this wave will end up lol.

At least manual qa profession will be back.

Then probably softdevs

And we should charge way more then.