How Much Does it Cost to Develop a Mobile App in Rwanda?

The majority of people in Rwanda have a lot to do while contributing to the nation’s growth in terms of science and technology. Most businesses in Rwanda depend highly on mobile applications in scaling their sales and revenue. Janeson a leading mobile app development company is providing services in the area of mobile technology and digital transformation all across the country. When comes to technology, most businesses are making use of smartphones and mobile applications to reach out to their customers. 

However, having a mobile application for your business provides the following services;

• Help entrepreneurs gain more traction for their business
• Improves the user engagement rate 
• Boost sales and revenue
• Offer the business limitless opportunities to grow through promotions and advertisement
• Through push notifications, image, and video ads, a business can target the audience they want to reach

Janeson, the pioneer among mobile app developers is continuously offering our top-notch services in the area of mobile technology and digital transformation. We help businesses to stay self-sufficient leveraging mobile apps that are fitted with the latest trends in technology. Our talented team of experts is always dedicated to offering top-notch mobile applications to our customers.

Approaches towards Mobile App Development

The development process of a mobile app is different for different developers. Each developer has their strategy to build that mobile app for their customers but there are commonalities in those processes;

• Ideation. This is the first stage when an entrepreneur approaches a mobile app developing company to discuss their mobile idea. The brainstorming of client app ideas is held to find out its various responsibilities. Then marketability of the idea is discussed. Entrepreneurs are also assisted in an adding adequate amount of input to make their idea worth more scalable.
•  Market Research. Then developers work towards carrying out research to find out the product-market fit, potential competitors, market volatility, and approaches towards product positioning. This will help business owners to be informed on what the market looks like.
• App Platforms. A platform for mobile app development is based on the business and the audience targeted. It can be Android iOS or both of them. 
• Minimum Viable Product (MVP). This model will help the startups to enter the real market with the very basic features embedded in the app. This helps to familiarize with what customers need and make important updates to the mobile app to enhance reliability.
• App Security and Maintenance. Offering security to your app helps the app to stay away from any kind of malfunctions. This enables the users to function well while using the mobile app.

Key Mobile App Features

Mobile applications have features that enable them to function in a specific task. These features include;

1. User Login. A mobile app has a social sign to enable access to the app when app users have to register and log into an app to use it. It also enables users to automatically create a user profile and collect all data about the person.
2. Push Notifications. This is a feature that keeps users updated with information about any activities related to an app or service. Notifications can be simple text, ones with images, or ones with action buttons. Notifications are determined when and to whom are to be delivered.
3. Navigation. This feature defines how users go from one screen to another, how they go back to the main menu, how they switch on and off the app, and so on. Is also used in scrolling, swiping, arrows, icons, and much more.  
4. Portrait/ Landscape view. This feature provides a list of items in an app and how are presented to users.
5. Media Content. Some apps need images, videos, and others need audio file support. Especially modern social networking and messaging apps need it all. Also, modern apps require editing capabilities, effects, filters, smileys, etc.
6. Geolocation. This feature is vital for taxi apps, dating apps, restaurant apps, business apps, travel apps, and many more. It is based on the phone’s GPS and real-time user permissions.
7. Chats / Messaging. It’s a necessary feature for many apps, whether it is person-to-person messaging or a group chat.
8. Ads. Advertising appears to people using the app, as a simple text, banner, or full-screen pop-ups. These ads can be custom developed, APIs, and some are of external services and networks.
9. Payment Integration. A feature that enables users to be able to buy something within an app. You can choose the option you prefer such as Android Pay, Google Wallet, Stripe, Paypal, Squire, and many others. Most of them can be integrated into an app directly through gateway APIs. The task depends on how payments are processed, where the data is stored, how secure transactions are.
10. Streaming. This mobile app feature is meant for apps like Netflix, Hulu, Twitch, etc. While setting up it has to depend on the app logic and data processing, is data being sent in real-time and transmitted from there?
11. Multi-language Support. When a mobile application is presented in various languages serves a wider audience and also offers translation to a foreign language.
12. Offline Mode. It is an advantage when mobile apps offer offline capabilities. As a user, you can still view your chat history before losing connection.
13. Phone Sensors Usage. Most mobile apps rely on a phone’s capabilities to sense and detect things around them. They include a barometer to detect the phone’s orientation, GPS for accurate positioning, light sensor, fingerprint sensors, etc.

Cost of building a mobile app

There is no standard cost of building a mobile app in Rwanda, for you to get an estimated price of your app, you need to confirm that with your developer. However, the cost will be influenced by various factors. However, an estimated cost of developing a mobile app in Rwanda ranges from $2500 to $10, 000 and the cost can be lower or higher depending on the type of the app and other related factors.

To get your mobile app ready and operational, hire a reliable mobile app developing company like Janeson, which will help you take your business to the next level. Reach out to us or +254714444045 today.