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What app development actually costs
Anyone quoting a single “app development cost” without seeing your features is selling a number, not a build. Cost moves with platforms (iOS, Android, or both), native vs Flutter vs React Native, backend, payments, and how many roles the product has. CodeLoop Studio is a Sarajevo studio: we give a written range after a brief, typically within 24 hours — not a menu of fake packages.
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A single “app cost” without a feature list is marketing
Anyone quoting one app development cost without seeing platforms, roles, and integrations is selling a number, not a build. Cost moves with iOS, Android, or both; native versus Flutter versus React Native; backend; payments; how many people log in. CodeLoop Studio in Sarajevo gives a written range after a brief — typically within 24 hours — not a menu of fake starter packages.
A QR menu, a Bluetooth inventory tool, and a health protocol app are not the same product. A poster price that explodes when you add login is how you pay twice. Timeline and cost are the same conversation: rushing a nine-month product into six weeks is not a discount. Calendar detail lives on how long to build an app. Scope discipline lives on MVP development.
We work in English with US, UK, and EU teams. Remote from Sarajevo. If you already know you need a website only, that is a different landing. This page is for mobile and product software. Send the brief through the online estimate.
What we will not put on a banner
Feature count, store polish, offline rules, hardware (Bluetooth, camera), and whether you need an admin all move the number. A consumer MVP with one core loop is not a clinic protocol app with a dashboard. We also price the work after launch: OS updates are not free. We do not publish a fake “apps from $X” banner because that number would be a lie for most briefs we see. A QR menu, a Bluetooth inventory tool, and a health protocol app are not the same product. A poster price that explodes when you add login is how you pay twice.
Stack is a cost lever. Native two-platform versus Flutter or React Native changes team size. We recommend after features, not before the call. Timeline and cost are the same conversation. Typical mobile work is 3–9 months idea to launch; MVPs can ship faster when the cut is real; estimates come back within 24 hours. Compressing calendar without cutting scope increases cost and risk. An MVP that secretly includes every v2 idea is a full product with worse planning.
Founders and ops leads who need a defensible budget for a board or a grant — not a freelancer screenshot — are who this page is for. US, UK, and EU teams. English-speaking studio in Sarajevo. Remote. If you already know you need a website only, that is a different landing and a different set of drivers (SEO, CMS, checkout). Same 24-hour written estimate after a brief. Use the table with finance. Use the form when you want a range for your features.
Ranges we will stand behind in a board pack
| Scope | What you are paying for |
|---|---|
| Written estimate · 24 hours | Scope questions, stack recommendation, a range you can forward. Free. Not a binding SOW until we have seen enough of the process. |
| Focused MVP · around 3 months | One loop, store-ready slice, enough backend to be true. Faster only if features are actually fewer — see MVP development. |
| Full product · 6–9 months | Extra roles, integrations, device QA, launch support. Typical CodeLoop mobile work sits in the 3–9 month band from idea to launch. |
| After launch · ongoing | OS updates and a backlog. Not a vanished vendor. This is usually the line finance forgets and then rediscovers in year two. |
What actually moves the number
Platforms
One store is cheaper than two native codebases. Flutter or React Native often cuts team size. Native still wins when the OS experience is the product.
Roles and admin
A consumer loop is not a clinic dashboard. Every extra login and permission is design, QA, and calendar.
Hardware and offline
Bluetooth scales, measuring tools, no-signal yards. Protocol time is real months. We will not hide it in a “starter app” line.
Payments and stores
Checkout, receipts, privacy labels, review cycles. Store polish is not a Friday add-on.
Integrations
Identity, CRM, POS, feeds. Wiring what you already pay for is cheaper than a fourth database — and still not free.
Who stays after launch
OS releases are not included in a vanished handover. Price the backlog if you want the app to survive the next iOS.
Why we will not put a bait figure on this page
A number on a banner would be a lie for most briefs we see. Custom mobile app development is scoped after discovery, not before. Compressing calendar without cutting scope increases cost and risk. An MVP that secretly includes every v2 idea is a full product with worse planning.
Facts we publish as a studio: typical mobile work is 3–9 months idea to launch; MVPs can ship faster when the cut is real; estimates come back within 24 hours. Use the table with finance. Use the form when you want a range for *your* features — not a competitor’s poster.
What to include so the range is defensible
What must ship, who uses it, which stores
One paragraph beats a 40-page spec we will ignore until week two.
Hardware and payments, if any
Name the device or the processor. “We will figure it out” is how estimates become fiction.
A date you actually need
We will say what would have to be cut to hit it. Send it through the estimate form.
Frequently asked
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How long to build an app
Most custom mobile apps we build take 3–9 months from idea to launch. That is not a slogan — it is the range we publish because discovery, design, engineering, device QA, and store review all take calendar time. A small MVP with a frozen feature set can ship faster. A product with hardware, health workflows, or many roles sits toward the long end.
MVP development
MVP development fails when “minimum” still includes every investor slide. A real MVP is a slice a user can finish: one loop, store listing or a URL, enough backend to be true. CodeLoop Studio builds those first versions as a Sarajevo product studio — mobile (native, Flutter, React Native) and web (Next.js) — then stays for v1.1 if the slice works.
Custom mobile apps
You need a custom mobile app that can pass App Store and Google Play review, survive the next OS release, and get used more than once. CodeLoop Studio designs and builds native and cross-platform apps for startups and companies that want a product team, not a pile of screenshots. Stack choice comes after we see the product — this page is how we engage, staff, and ship.
App cost in Bosnia (blog)
What it costs to build a mobile app with a Sarajevo studio versus US or EU rates, what drives the number, and how to get a scoped estimate in 24 hours.
Web development · Sarajevo
CodeLoop Studio does web development in Sarajevo: marketing sites, booking flows, and product pages that load on a phone and convert. We write in English and Bosnian. Buyers are often in the US, UK, and EU; the named team sits on Dobrinja. This is the website brief — not an app-store binary, and not a logged-in dashboard.
Ecommerce
If the cart dies on mobile, the theme was free and the revenue is not. We build ecommerce websites around catalog reality: variants, shipping, taxes, and a checkout people finish. The storefront is a sales channel with ops behind it — not a marketing microsite with a Buy button taped on.
Custom software
Off-the-shelf software stops at your actual process. We are a custom software development agency: MVPs, client portals, internal tools, and AI features that sit inside a real product — built by a studio in Sarajevo that works in English with US and European teams. This is systems work, not a marketing homepage and not a single-platform mobile sprint.