/mobile-app-development/rates · 47 WORK ITEMS
Mobile App Development rates, out in the open.
Every task in a mobile app development engagement, and the time it honestly takes at three levels of care. We work at Speed + Quality: the AI-enhanced sweet spot where the job is done right without the manual overhead. Faster than that means corners cut. Slower means someone doing it by hand with no AI, and charging you for every minute of it.
Rushed Corners cut, quality drops
Speed + Quality Our AI-enhanced sweet spot
Manual Unassisted, no AI
Mobile app build
Work item Rushed Speed + Quality Manual
AM-01 Mobile shell: navigation, state, auth wiring 5 h 10 h 17 h
AM-02 Mobile screen (list or detail) · per screen 1.3 h 2.5 h 4.5 h
AM-03 Camera / photo capture + upload flow · per flow 2 h 4 h 7 h
AM-04 Offline handling / local cache across a screen set 4 h 8 h 15 h
AM-05 Push notifications (register, deliver, deep-link) 3 h 6 h 11 h
App store builds & releases
Work item Rushed Speed + Quality Manual
AM-06 iOS build + App Store submission 3 h 6 h 12 h
AM-07 Android build + Play Store submission 2.5 h 5 h 10 h
AP-06 App store resubmission after change · per platform 1 h 2 h 4 h
App foundation & infrastructure
Work item Rushed Speed + Quality Manual
AF-01 Cloud environment provisioned (compute, network, DNS, TLS) 4 h 8 h 15 h
AF-02 Managed Postgres provisioned, backups + retention policy 2 h 4 h 7 h
AF-03 Object storage bucket + signed-URL access policy 1.5 h 3 h 5 h
AF-04 CI/CD pipeline (build, test, deploy on merge) 4 h 8 h 14 h
AF-05 Staging environment mirroring production 2 h 4 h 8 h
AF-06 Error monitoring + log aggregation wired 1.5 h 3 h 5 h
AF-07 Secrets management + environment configuration 1 h 2 h 4 h
App backend & API
Work item Rushed Speed + Quality Manual
AB-01 Data model: one entity, migration + indexes · per entity 45 min 1.5 h 2.5 h
AB-02 CRUD REST resource (list/get/create/update/delete + validation) · per resource 1.5 h 3 h 5 h
AB-03 Business-rule endpoint (non-CRUD, e.g. approve, convert) · per endpoint 1 h 2 h 4 h
AB-04 Role-based permission enforcement per resource · per resource 30 min 1 h 2 h
AB-05 Background job or scheduled worker · per job 1.5 h 3 h 5.5 h
AB-06 Webhook receiver (verify, dedupe, process) · per webhook 1.5 h 3 h 5 h
AB-07 API reference documentation per resource · per resource 20 min 40 min 1.3 h
App authentication & security
Work item Rushed Speed + Quality Manual
AX-01 Auth system (login, session/JWT, refresh, password reset) 5 h 10 h 18 h
AX-02 Role defined + scoped access enforced end to end · per role 45 min 1.5 h 2.8 h
AX-03 Audit logging of privileged actions 2 h 4 h 7 h
AX-04 Multi-tenant / multi-location data isolation 4 h 8 h 15 h
App integrations & documents
Work item Rushed Speed + Quality Manual
AY-01 Third-party API integration, read-only · per integration 3 h 6 h 11 h
AY-02 Third-party API integration, read-write with sync · per integration 5 h 10 h 18 h
AY-03 OAuth connection flow + token rotation · per provider 2.5 h 5 h 9 h
AY-04 Payment provider + checkout or deposit flow 4 h 8 h 14 h
AY-05 Transactional email template + trigger · per template 30 min 1 h 1.8 h
AY-06 PDF document generation (branded, data-driven) · per document 2 h 4 h 7 h
AY-07 E-signature capture + binding record 3 h 6 h 11 h
App data & migration
Work item Rushed Speed + Quality Manual
DM-01 Legacy data export + field mapping · per source system 3 h 6 h 11 h
DM-02 Import script + referential integrity validation · per source system 3 h 6 h 12 h
DM-03 Migration dry-run + reconciliation signed off with client · per source system 1.5 h 3 h 5.5 h
App QA, launch & handover
Work item Rushed Speed + Quality Manual
AQ-01 Automated test coverage per resource · per resource 45 min 1.5 h 2.8 h
AQ-02 End-to-end flow test · per flow 1 h 2 h 3.5 h
AQ-03 Milestone staging release + client review cycle · per milestone 2 h 4 h 7 h
AQ-04 Production launch + cutover 3 h 6 h 11 h
AQ-05 Admin training session + handover documentation 3 h 6 h 10 h
AQ-06 Defect fix found in review (per defect) · per defect 30 min 1 h 2 h
App post-launch support
Work item Rushed Speed + Quality Manual
AP-01 Change request, minor (copy, config, single field) · per request 20 min 40 min 1.3 h
AP-02 Change request, moderate (new field through UI + API + DB) · per request 1.5 h 3 h 5.5 h
AP-03 Change request, major (new screen or workflow) · per request 4 h 8 h 15 h
AP-04 Production incident triage + fix · per incident 1 h 2 h 4.5 h
AP-05 Dependency or platform upgrade (OS, SDK, framework) · per upgrade 2 h 4 h 8 h
Times are per work item. Where a task scales per page or per location, the total is that time times the number of units. This is the same standard our audits and reports run on, so what you see here is what you get.
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