It’s Time to Know the Timeline for Building Your Mobile App

It’s Time to Know the Timeline for Building Your Mobile App

Times may vary for many reasons such as product complexity, final model design, partner Program Company and many other reasons. If we compare applications with varied complexities as well as functions, the average time scale comes out to be as under: 

• Simple application development – around two to four months
• Medium application development – around four to six months 
• Complex application development – around nine months

Examples of Mobile Apps and Their Development Timelines

Mobile apps are becoming increasingly popular as people strive to simplify and improve their lives. For examples of mobile application development timelines, let us look at the 3 types of applications along with their development times.

Healthcare Applications

These apps are designed to help people manage their health and well-being. They can track medical appointments, medications, and health data. They can also provide information on healthy living and disease prevention. Healthcare apps typically have longer development timelines due to the need for extensive testing and security measures. On an average, such apps take around six to nine months because they usually need an association with a number of healthcare experts, HIPAA compliance, along with the development of features including the following:

• EHR
• E-advices
• Goal setting
• Telemedicine
• HIPAA Compliance
• Progress tracking
• Online consultation
• Book appointments
• Tracking medical history
• Built-in messaging systems
• Reminders for appointments
• Integrations with real-time heart rates
• Integrations with EMRs (electronic medical records)

Educational Apps

These apps are designed to help people learn new information or skills. They can be used for self-directed learning or for classroom instruction. Educational apps often have shorter development timelines than healthcare apps, as they typically do not require the same level of testing and security. On an average, such apps require around four to eight months, as per the features & integrations including:

• Polls
• Streaming
• File sharing
• Chat admins
• Breakout rules
• Screen sharing
• In-session chats
• Session Recording
• Tracking progress
• Receiving feedbacks
• Access online courses

Food Delivery Mobile Applications

These apps are designed to help people order and receive food from restaurants. They can be used to find restaurants in the area, place orders, and track delivery. Food delivery apps typically have shorter development timelines than healthcare and educational apps, as they do not require the same level of testing and security. On an average, such apps need around four to six months, as per their complexity, features, & development platform used. The common features include the following:

• View cart
• Delivery tips
• Taking orders
• Map integration
• Food payments 
• Restaurant filters
• Tracking order status
• Social media integration
• Tracking delivery system
• Push notifications & alerts

Factors Impacting Timelines of App Development

• Complexity of the Idea: It is but obvious that more is the complexity for an app; higher would be the timeline needed to build it. 
• Precise Requirements: The more detailed are the requirements, the lesser would be the making time. Some requirements include the following
  • User login(s) 
  • Maps integration
  • Chat integrations 
  • Social media integration
  • Email integration
  • Push notifications
  • Payment integration
  • Portrait/landscape views

• Accurate Result: This does primarily 2 things: 
  • Providing information needed for identifying potential pitfalls
  • Including just the functionalities that are essential.
• Business Expertise: No points for guessing that an expert would need lesser assistance thus less time, while a fresher would need complete help from scratch thus much more time.

Stages in the Process of App Development

• Planning Stage
  • Requirements & Specifications
  • Design Low-Fidelity Wireframes
  • Define Tech stack
• Design Stage
  • Create High-Fidelity Wireframes
  • Create UI Kit
• Development Stage
  • Backend Development
    • Data storage
    • Server-side logic
    • Users management
    • Versioning
    • Data Integration
  • Frontend Development
    • Frontend logic
    • Synchronization
    • Caching
    • Wireframing
    • UI Design & development
  • Testing

Legacit App Development Service

If you wish to know the timeline for building a successful app for your business, then do not hesitate in sharing with us your precise requirements, and we would be happy to give you an average timeline for developing your app.