What this actually costs,
and where the numbers come from.
Every price quoted below is attributed to the survey or directory it came from. Where our own pricing appears, it is the same published figure we sell at — not a promotional one.
What a mobile app actually costs in 2026: the published bands by complexity, the five ways to pay for a build, what maintenance costs per year, and an honest account of when a small studio is the wrong call.
The honest comparison of agency, freelancer, no-code builder and small studio — with published prices, sourced market data, and the cases where a studio is the wrong answer.