How much does a mobile app cost for a company in Romania?
The cost of a mobile app has three components: building it, publishing it and maintaining it. With a no-code platform you pay a predictable monthly subscription; with an agency you pay for a project once, but you pay again for every change.
Short answer
- With a no-code platform, an app costs a monthly subscription, with no upfront development cost.
- The Apple developer account is billed yearly; the Google Play account is a one-time signup fee.
- An agency-built app usually starts at several thousand euros and grows with the number of screens.
- The hidden cost is maintenance: iOS and Android ship new versions every year and the app must keep up.
What the cost is made of
- The platform or the development: the biggest item, and the only one that differs radically between options.
- Developer accounts: Apple yearly, Google once — the same cost whichever route you take.
- Data hosting and user authentication: included in a platform, billed separately by an agency.
- Post-launch changes: free if you make them yourself, billed hourly if you depend on someone else.
A concrete example
A salon with 400 loyal clients wants a booking app with history and reminder notifications. On a no-code platform, the salon pays the monthly subscription plus the two developer accounts, and the app is in the stores in about a week. The same app ordered from an agency is a project of several months and several thousand euros, plus a maintenance contract.
Budget mistakes
- Budgeting only the launch, not the first year of maintenance.
- Asking for features from day one that no customer ever requested.
- Picking the cheapest option and paying twice when you start over.
How 4myapp helps
4myapp is a monthly subscription with no upfront development cost, and it includes data hosting, user authentication and build generation for both stores. You can publish as a PWA first, with no developer accounts, to check the app is actually used before paying for native publishing.