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Plain answers about what a web, iPhone and Android product costs in Dubai, how long it takes, and how a fixed price changes the decision.
How much does it cost to build an app in Dubai?
Studios in Dubai publish AED 50,000 to AED 120,000 for an app on iPhone and Android and AED 45,000 to AED 180,000 for a web application, with the most common investment in a business app landing at AED 92,000 to AED 294,000. The First Build is AED 150,000 for web, iPhone and Android together, with the source code and the store submissions included.
How long does it take to build an app in Dubai?
Published timelines in Dubai run 12 to 20 weeks for an app on iPhone and Android, 2 to 4 months for a web application, and 3 to 5 months once payments and integrations are in it. The First Build delivers web, iPhone and Android in 90 days, which is 13 weeks, with the store submissions inside the same window.
Fixed price or hourly rate: which one fits a first product?
A fixed price holds the estimate risk with the studio; an hourly rate keeps it with the buyer. The published investment in a business app in Dubai is AED 92,000 to AED 294,000, and which end of that a project lands on is settled after the contract is signed.
What is included when a studio builds your app?
A build worth paying for arrives as a working product on every surface it was promised on, with the source code handed over and the apps in the stores. The First Build names those as terms of the contract: a Web App, an iPhone App, an Android App, the Source Code, and the Launch.
Should you build an MVP or the full product?
An MVP is quoted in this market at AED 25,000 to AED 50,000 and 6 to 10 weeks, which makes it the cheaper way to find out whether anybody wants the idea at all. The full product is the better answer once the question has moved to whether people will keep using it, because that one is decided by the parts an MVP leaves out.
How do you choose a software company in Dubai?
A portfolio shows finished work at its best moment, chosen by the people being judged, with the price and the timeline left out. The two facts that separate one studio from another are the two a portfolio omits, and each can be published: what it costs, and when it is due.
No-code or custom software for a business product?
No-code wins when the product is a familiar shape, a booking form, a directory, a simple shop, and the goal is to be live this week. Custom software wins the moment the product is the thing that makes the business different, because that part is precisely what a template already decided.
What do you write when you brief a software studio?
One sentence describing the software and who will use it. The brief a studio can start from is the one a founder can write in a minute, because the specification is the studio's work, and asking a buyer to produce it is asking them to do the job they came to buy.
The First Build · AED 150,000 · Delivered within 90 days.