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Questions To Be Asked Before Building A Mobile Application

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Dreaming of over millions of download and that too overnight is obviously can’t a one night job for anyone . The stories of the overnight success often skew the reality of dedicated hard work that is necessarily required to build an awesome mobile application .

After hearing thousands of app ideas , since I am a founder of Winklix , I wanted to share the questions which are to be answered by clients before downing the hands to keyboards .

What Problem Am I Trying To Solve ?

Most app ideas now a days are acting as a problem solver of our daily lives . But this might not be the same with the with just the magical software application . You should be specific about what problem are really been for customer out their , and what methods you can apply to solve it with the most easiest method . But their are chances that an app might be solving your problem , but others are not feeling the same way . So solving the problem with the application is the very first way to build a great application .

Does My App Idea Already Exist

At Winklix , we always encourage customers and business persons to search for tons of existing app that are similar to their thoughts . If you are planning to open an e-commerce app , it’s crucial to know what other platforms exist in this area .
Competition always exist in each field , it is upto you that how well you are going to challenge it and be ahead in the competition . Understanding the level of competition in development if mobile application will save lots of time and money . Someone may already have thought of your idea , but you can learn from their mistakes and improve your app accordingly . Its the fact that Google is not the first search engine in the market , but now it’s GOOGLE  .

Should I Start With Android , iOS Or Both ?

The best practise being to reach more and more number of customer by focusing on both the platforms .Currently Android and iOS accounts for more than 96% of the share of the market of smartphones globally . So it’s really being important to know what are your target market and who is going to be your customers .
Another important factor is budget .Android and iOS apps are being the two completely different app and budget for them are also separate . So if you are focusing on both the platforms then your budget will get double . There are cross platforms being available in the market , which will run across all the platforms , which is popularly know as ” Hybrid App ” , but we specifically focus on the ” Native App ” , as they are build on the platform and using the languages meant specifically for the devices to run that particular application .
So according to Winklix , if you are entrepreneur looking for minimal investment and maximising output , then you should focus on iOS , but in case your business want to launch product for enterprise solution then moving on for both the platforms will be preferable .

What Is My Timeline ?

Does your app idea just come to your dream last night , or you have been planning from some days with the bunch of your friends ? Planning , studying the market and getting feedback for the thought is an important part before launching your app .  It really does not matter at what stage you are , or how important is your app really being to launch , but a basic medium category app development will take anywhere between 8-12 weeks turnaround time . Developing an app requires hundreds of hours and dedication of development team to give you the spiciest product as required by you , and meet your expectation .
We often get the app ideas from the clients who have not yet defined the basic feature and functionality of it . We might get you out will the awesome user experience of the app , but it’s really being important to know at what stage you are in right now . We have also faced a situation that they need a app within 24 hours , at that point , telling them the truth will maintain your relationship rather than taking the project just to grab the money from them , and then later on not delivering the project as required .

What Is My Budget ?

Mobile apps are no doubts are expensive products . Because it required tons of hours and hard work to build the same , a medium category app would be costing you somewhere around $ 30000 .
While building an app , it all comes down to features , complexities and objective of your mobile application . The best example can be in case you are going to bring a car , Honda City is a good car , but right after that you have seen a Porsche  , their prices are dramatically different and so is their features . One is having horse power of more than 430 while the other one is has basic engine .
Hiring an experienced team like Winklix , will add on to your app to the best possible way .While you might run towards finding a free lancer , its always proven that a development team will always provide you with the best possible solution than the individual working on the same .
It does not matter whatever may be the project is , a proper planning , dedicated team manager and planning execution are fundamental to its success . So think twice before choosing the right app development company . Our first and foremost aim is to give you quality products to let you be on the path of success and build incredible mobile solution together .
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Exploring Deception In Software Development – Who’s Is Really Building Your App

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First of all congrats for making it so far . You have your entire business model pre set in your mind , right from wireframes to financial projection , and say you might also have a VC’s in front of you who is happily ready to fund your business . Then obviously you might be thinking of approaching a big Mobile App Development company for your business model .

You might have found the app development agency whom portfolio are flooded with big clientele logo’s like Netflix , Sony , Facebook and so on.

Problem :

You are feeling crazy to check on each app developed by that specific mobile app development company , to see what awesome they really did so far . You web browser are doing their role , but that page might not let loaded . Need not to worry , your browser might be telling you the truth , right ? Perhaps not . Their designer might be doing the internship in some college , but the point is do they able to provide you the appropriate solution for your business problem . If they have really serving large chunks of more than 500 + clients , and are representing as a large companies who have served the large players , then they must be able to satisfy you more than your expectation . However this might not be the case every time with you . They might be willing to flaunt you by showing you they have actually build something for that company .

Solution :

Ask them a simple question , what they really did for those companies ? They might be in some kind of NDA with those companies , but they positively have something to answer , say ” We have designed custom software ” , or ” we designed something for them ” .

Problem :

The company you might have choose might be charging you $ 120 an hour but , but they are not transparent about who is doing your project  .

Solution :

The one and only solution to this problem is ask if you could meet them whether virtually or by walking into their office . By this step you might be able to find why they exactly want so much of time and what are they exactly doing In those hours . Is is an important step , because what if they are  charging you $ 120 or $ 140 an hour and they are actually outsourcing your project to someone situated in India , its not like that Indian app developers don’t have a excellent mind to develop the app , but it is the matter of question that you are paying $ 120 per hour for glorified referral under the guise of honest agency .It might be extreme risk to trust on someone who is actually doing like this and making you fool irrespective of your investment .

Bottom Line

You only have 2 choices at this point of time , either you can blindly trust the developer or you can act as we guided to you . As if it is really been a situation that your app is being outsourced , you can in this world of modernisation can hire a agency by your own rather than paying such a hike prices .
Want to know what it is like to work with local development agency ?  Walk in to our office of Winklix at  G-89 , Sector -63 , Noida , India to have a cup of coffee with our android and iOS app development team . Our first and the primary focus is to build great products , and helping you get out the layers of confusion in application development .
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Fixed Price Development Is Bad For Your App

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During your journey of choosing the right app development company , you may have talked certain different developers quoting their different prices . The conversation of cost is the main factor which is going to decide who you are going to choose from while at the same time taking into consideration the quality of work they are providing . Well it is really a difficult conversation , but as per the recent study fixed prices and software development are like oil and water . Lets look at some pitfalls in order to understand why top developers has moved to time and material billing rather than fixed cost of mobile app development .

Also Read : How much does it cost to develop an mobile app ?

Software Is NOT Like Other Industries

You might have a predefined mindset that how your software is gone a look like . You might also end up in planning saying ” If I plan well giving enough timing , I can come up with perfect and precise blueprints of the app . The development team will able to understand your thoughts and will be able to give the application upto your expectation . This is the point where you are going to fall .
Software industry is not like construction industry in which blueprints are pre defined and changes are not likely to be done . App development agency is still the new industry and is still rapidly evolving industry . But after all we all are human , and we have a tendency to get the software as we are getting a car , or building a house  in which all the things are already being pre defined .
But wait , in software industry blueprints are rarely been well understood .  This is because we don’t know what we exactly want , and if we know what we want we don’t know the technical feasibility behind the same . For instance say , a user sign up in your app have been initially decided to have just used id and password , but later on you have discovered that you want user sign up via Facebook also. This is the real time example of  ” Unknown Unknown ” in software . Although developers are expert in their field and can give you suggestions , but neither the developer nor you can predict what you need to change in your journey of app development . This will create hassle for you in case you are willing to go for fixed pricing .

So , Is It Like I Can’t Change Features Within The Fixed Price ?

If you are building a house and you want another floor in it , will your developer will do it for free ? Well obviously not  , either they will charge more or cancel the project . As it will be more cost constructive , and no body in the world is going to give you something for free of cost .
Now if we talk about software industry , if you are building a CRM app in which employee need to upload their photos only , and later on it has been decided that they can upload the videos in it , I bet your developers will gone charge more from you .
And if anyone is doing it free of cost at fixed price , they they must be compromising on the quality of the work . Or eventually your developer will loose interest in your work because they are not making the money .

But What If My Feature Don’t Change ? Can I Have A Fixed Price Then ?

You may be able to convenience junior unexperienced developer to give you a fixed price , but I would definitely not work as far as we consider from your project point of view . It is almost impossible to predict complexities that may arise during the app development process . For instance , database structure defining might not be done in a single wile , sometime the situation may arise when you have to define the whole new structure .This is not only the case with the junior developer , but even the senior developers are affected by this scenario .
Good developers might wrap up your project within the time frame of two weeks . But the main demerit of this field is every time you change process or need changes , you will need additional time to address these things in real time without slowing down your project .

It All Come Down To Trust

Fixed prices can do one good thing ” Your financial risk will be limited to your fixed price ” as mutually fixed between you and your developer . But that might not be a viable situation for your developer .This kind of situation is bad for both of the parties . If you are limiting the budget constraint on your developer , then forget about quality work delivering . It is a fact that if you are happily not working together , then actually you are working against each other . So do you really want to work against your developers from day 1 ? Hopefully not !!
We can day the fixed price trend can come later on , once the app development field get some stability   say after 10 years we can predict !! The only solution of getting the high end quality software is to go on with flexible price module with the developers that will not only give you quality products , but will also create a worth for the developers . And in case you are going to pay a fixed price just because you have pre defined mindset , then get ready for poorly made products .
Most of the developers works on the basis of mutual trust , and if you can’t trust your developers , then please don’t work with them . Trust can be seen easily by looking at their portfolio and by speaking with their previous and current clients . Find reviews from their clients , a real developer will always make you aware about the change and how it is gone a cost in real time .
So if you are planning to build somethings great , you can choose Winklix , but sorry we are not going to work for you for fixed prices . Our projects starts from as low as $ 5000 only . Mail us now for more .