iOS how much would you charge to develop

[HiKing808]

Heres the situation: i have absolutely no experience coding, developing, etc. however i see the earning potential the iphone app store provides. Seeing as how, i am so far behind the curve regarding code writing, i've come to the conclusion of hiring a professional to create my app. i have recently gotten a quote from one developer in my area, and basically b4 i commit im trying to do some market research.

I realize this may be a personal question, but i was wondering how much any of you would charge to create your app??? if that is too personal a question, how much do you think the average app cost to develop? (my idea is something close to iwant)

in addition one developer i talked to had told me that the waiting list to get an app on itunes is around 3yrs!!! i have searched this forum and another and from what i've gathered the longest wait has been about 5 months, average being about 2 weeks. These wait times are specifically for what? time to be approved for the SDK license? time from completion of app to approval/rejection and up for sale on itunes?

thanks everyone

 

[robbieduncan]

It's impossible to answer the question without knowing the complexity of the app. Obviously people would charge less for an app that takes a week to write rather than a month or longer.

Speaking personally: an infinite amount. I don't have any time to write the apps I want to, let alone for someone else!

 

[CommanderData]

Heres the situation: i have absolutely no experience coding, developing, etc. however i see the earning potential the iphone app store provides. Seeing as how, i am so far behind the curve regarding code writing, i've come to the conclusion of hiring a professional to create my app. i have recently gotten a quote from one developer in my area, and basically b4 i commit im trying to do some market research.

I realize this may be a personal question, but i was wondering how much any of you would charge to create your app??? if that is too personal a question, how much do you think the average app cost to develop? (my idea is something close to iwant)

in addition one developer i talked to had told me that the waiting list to get an app on itunes is around 3yrs!!! i have searched this forum and another and from what i've gathered the longest wait has been about 5 months, average being about 2 weeks. These wait times are specifically for what? time to be approved for the SDK license? time from completion of app to approval/rejection and up for sale on itunes?

thanks everyone

The guy is full of it. If you're a registered developer already you can get a completed app approved for sale in 2 to 7 *days* in most cases...

I've been learning objective-c and cocoa frameworks as I go, but my (now nearly completed, but not yet released) game would have cost someone else over $60K to contract me to develop over the last few months based on my going rate. And I do get my contract rate all the time for my "real job". The iPhone programming is merely a side experiment, if it pans out great, but as robbieduncan says I have too much programming work already.

Fortunately if my first app is unsuccessful it doesn't matter to me financially, the time was well spent learning another new skill.

 

[Delirium39]

You aren't going to find a lot of people who will do the job for a set fee. It's usually going to be by the hour. For a competent programmer, you're looking at a minimum $100+ per her. That's probably even too low, but you may get lucky. Independent programmers charge a lot. And they're going to charge you even more, because you're taking away from their time to program their apps.