How much does mobile app development cost?
App cost depends almost entirely on scope, so Devmenta quotes each app after a scoping call instead of publishing one fixed price. US agencies often quote tens of thousands of dollars even for a modest app; a Pakistan-based team is typically far less expensive for the same scope.
The main cost drivers are:
- Platforms: Android, iOS or both, and whether one cross-platform codebase can serve them.
- Features: logins, payments, chat, maps, notifications and offline use each add work.
- Backend: the database, APIs and the admin dashboard your team uses to run the app.
- Integrations: CRMs, payment providers, portals or third-party data feeds.
- Design: number of screens and how custom the interface needs to be.
Flutter, React Native or native: which should you choose?
For most startups, a cross-platform framework such as Flutter or React Native is the practical choice because one codebase serves both Android and iOS. Native Swift or Kotlin makes more sense when an app leans heavily on device hardware or platform-specific features.
Devmenta recommends a stack during scoping based on your features, budget, timeline and who will maintain the code later, and explains the trade-offs in the written proposal so you can decide with clear information.
MVP development for startups
An MVP is the smallest version of your app that real users can use to prove the idea, and Devmenta helps you cut the feature list down to that core before any code is written. Shipping less, sooner, is usually cheaper than building everything and guessing.
A focused MVP typically includes one core user journey, simple sign-up, a basic admin dashboard and analytics so you can see what people actually use. Everything else goes on a version-two list.
App backend and API development
Most of an app's real work happens on the backend, in accounts, data, payments, notifications and admin tools, and that is the kind of work Devmenta's portfolio shows most. Our public portfolio is mostly websites and web apps, and those web apps run on the same kind of backend systems mobile apps rely on.
Examples include PourPoint, a hospitality SaaS with venue onboarding, recipes and invoicing; PSX Scrip Radar, a stock screener with batched scans and watchlists; and ONCORE, an oncology research platform with project matching. Devmenta also built its own agency OS with billing, time tracking and a client content-approval portal. See CRM and portal development.
Why build your app with a Pakistan-based team?
A Pakistan-based team like Devmenta gives you app, backend, website and launch marketing under one roof, at rates that are often well below US or UK agencies, with working hours that overlap yours.
Devmenta works on Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5), which covers the full UK and UAE/Saudi working day and US East Coast mornings, with calls on Zoom, Google Meet or WhatsApp. When you are ready to launch, the same team can build your app's website on plans from $399 a month and run SEO, social media and paid ads.
