Mobile App (iOS + Android)

A cross-platform app through to both stores, including the review round nobody budgets for.

6 categories22 tasks265h - 526h estimated

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Quoting a mobile app means quoting two platforms, one codebase and a review process you do not control. This template covers a cross-platform build through to both stores in 22 tasks across Discovery & Planning, Design, App Foundations, Features, Backend & Integration and Release, with an hour range on every line.

The budget killers in mobile work are rarely the headline features. They are the foundations - navigation, state, offline behaviour, push notifications - and the release round: store assets, review rejections and the fixes each rejection forces. Both get their own categories here, priced up front, so neither turns into unbilled surprise work at the end of the project.

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What's in this estimate

Discovery & Planning	Estimated time (h)
Kick-off and scope workshop Scope, platforms, minimum OS versions and what ships in v1.	4.0 - 8.0
Platform and framework decision Native or cross-platform, and the consequences priced honestly.	4.0 - 8.0
Store accounts and provisioning Developer accounts, certificates, profiles and signing. Slow more often than hard.	3.0 - 6.0

Discovery & Planning

Estimated time (h)

Kick-off and scope workshop

Scope, platforms, minimum OS versions and what ships in v1.

4.0 - 8.0

Platform and framework decision

Native or cross-platform, and the consequences priced honestly.

4.0 - 8.0

Store accounts and provisioning

Developer accounts, certificates, profiles and signing. Slow more often than hard.

3.0 - 6.0

Hours

11.0 - 22.0

Design	Estimated time (h)
User flows The paths through the app, agreed before any screen is drawn.	8.0 - 16.0
UI design for iOS Visual design for the full screen set on the primary platform.	24.0 - 40.0
Platform adaptation for Android Material patterns, navigation differences and platform-specific components.	8.0 - 16.0
App icon and store screenshots Icon set, store artwork and the framed screenshots each store requires.	6.0 - 12.0

Hours

46.0 - 84.0

App Foundations	Estimated time (h)
Project setup, CI and build variants Repository, signing in CI, debug and release variants for both platforms.	12.0 - 24.0
Navigation and app shell Tab or stack navigation, deep-link-ready routing and the shell.	10.0 - 20.0
Design system and shared components Typography, colours and the component set every screen is built from.	16.0 - 32.0
Offline storage and caching Local persistence and the sync behaviour when the network is not there.	12.0 - 24.0

Hours

50.0 - 100.0

Features	Estimated time (h)
Onboarding and authentication First-run flow, signup, login and social or biometric auth.	16.0 - 28.0
Core feature screens The app itself. Split this per feature before sending the quote.	60.0 - 120.0
Push notifications Provider setup, permissions, payload handling and deep-linked opens.	10.0 - 20.0
Deep linking Universal links and app links, including the association files.	6.0 - 12.0
In-app purchases Products, purchase flow, restore and receipt validation.	12.0 - 24.0

Hours

104.0 - 204.0

Backend & Integration	Estimated time (h)
API integration layer Client, models, error handling and token refresh against the backend.	16.0 - 32.0
Crash reporting and analytics Crash reporting, event tracking and release health per version.	4.0 - 8.0

Backend & Integration

Estimated time (h)

API integration layer

Client, models, error handling and token refresh against the backend.

16.0 - 32.0

Crash reporting and analytics

Crash reporting, event tracking and release health per version.

4.0 - 8.0

Hours

20.0 - 40.0

Release	Estimated time (h)
Device testing matrix Real devices across screen sizes and OS versions, both platforms.	16.0 - 32.0
Beta distribution TestFlight and Play internal testing, plus collecting tester feedback.	6.0 - 12.0
Store listings and submission Descriptions, privacy declarations, ratings and the submission itself.	8.0 - 16.0
Review feedback and resubmission Store rejections are routine. Quoting zero here is how projects run over.	4.0 - 16.0

Hours

34.0 - 76.0

Tasks

22

Hours

265.0 - 526.0

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