Before you ask app developers for quotes, try describing your idea in your own words: Fanann builds a web app and a mobile app from the same conversation, with the database, hosting and QA testing. And if your project really needs a development company, we say so plainly.
If your project is very large, heavily regulated or needs deep integration with complex existing systems, hiring a mobile app development company is usually the right call. Most business apps, such as bookings, orders, a store, an internal system or a customer app, you can build yourself with Fanann from a plain description: a web app and a mobile app, hosting and QA testing, then changes by chat. You start free and can compare the cost with an agency quote before you decide.
The real questions before signing with a development company, each with a straight answer.
An agency quote is usually built from hours: design, development, testing and project management, then monthly maintenance. Get an estimate in the app cost calculator and compare it with what Fanann’s plans include on the pricing page.
Estimate your app’s costWhen the project is very large with several teams, sits in a regulated sector that needs documented audits and compliance, or must integrate with complex legacy systems. Then you need a team that carries full contractual responsibility.
A small business needs a quick first version its customers can try, not a long contract. Describe the app in your own words, try it on your phone and refine it by chat until it fits.
For startupsYou do not have to choose early: Fanann builds the web app and the mobile app from the same conversation, on the same data. Publishing to the app stores needs a developer account in your name or your company’s.
Mobile appsA freelancer usually costs less but is one person: if they get busy, your project stops. An agency has more capacity but costs more and is slower with small changes. With Fanann a small change is a sentence you write yourself, and the project is yours to export.
With agencies, maintenance is usually a separate contract. With Fanann the QA engineer tests your web app in a real browser and files bug reports, and the control center shows records, errors and deployments.
QA engineerNot every project suits Fanann. Here is a practical rule of thumb.
And if you start on Fanann and the project grows, it is yours to export and any team can continue from it. For a detailed comparison, read Fanann or a software company?
What you would usually ask an agency for, in one place you run yourself.
An app that runs in the browser on any device, on your own domain.
From the same conversation; try it on your phone with a QR code before publishing.
For shop and office systems: a Windows installer, with data on the PC or in the cloud.
Your data tables, sign-in, and roles and permissions for every user.
In-region hosting and one-click publishing, with no servers to run yourself.
Tests the web app in a real browser, backs every bug with steps and screenshots, and retests after the fix.
Connect the payment provider your customers use and the services you work with.
The project is yours to export any time, with a control center for records, users and errors.
Pick your business, what the app needs and where it runs, and watch it take shape. Copy the request or start with it.
I want an app for my business: a restaurant taking orders. It includes: Sign-in and accounts, Orders and cart, Online payments, Notifications and Admin dashboard. It runs as a web app and a mobile app for Android and iPhone from the same project. The interface is in English with an Arabic right-to-left version, and I want to try it on my phone before it goes live.
Many apps start from a spreadsheet: a list of customers, orders or stock. Upload the file; Fanann reads the sheets and columns, proposes the screens, then builds the app with your data in it.
A general comparison of categories, not of specific companies or people.
| App development company | Freelance developer | Build it yourself with Fanann | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Meetings, requirements and a quote before work starts | A quick agreement; quality depends on the person | Describe your idea and try a first version in the same session |
| Cost | Usually the highest: a full team and project management | Usually less than an agency | Start free; plans are on the pricing page |
| Changes | A change request, a quote and a timeline | Depends on the developer’s availability | A sentence you write yourself, any time |
| Platforms | Whatever the contract covers | Depends on the person’s skills | Web and mobile from one chat, and a Windows program when needed |
| Testing and upkeep | A test team, and usually a separate maintenance contract | Often on the developer, or on you | A QA engineer tests the web app; a control center shows errors |
| Large and regulated projects | The best fit: a team and contractual responsibility | Limited for one person | Not its strength; choose a company |
| Project ownership | Per the contract: check the code hand-over clause | Per your agreement | The project is yours to export |
Prices vary widely by country and by project, so we quote no figures here. For an estimate, use the app cost calculator.
Five steps, and no coding experience needed.
Write who uses the app and what they do in it, in English or Arabic, or start from the request you designed above.
Fanann asks what it needs to know, then proposes the screens, data and roles in a plan you edit before the build.
Open the web app in your browser, try the mobile app with a QR code, and change anything by chat.
Ask the QA engineer to test the key flows of the web app, and fix what it finds.
Publish the web app on your own domain, and submit the mobile app to the app stores under your own developer account.
Journal entries, a chart of accounts, a trial balance and reports: an accounting system built around how your company works, on the web or on your PC.
See the detailsA right-to-left Arabic website from a plain description: pages, contact forms, bookings or orders and your own domain, then changes by chat.
See the detailsA store with your products, categories, cart, local payments, an orders board and a phone app from the same chat, with the steps and costs explained honestly.
See the detailsTax invoices, quotes and receipts with your logo, a QR code and VAT lines, overdue reminders, on the web or as a Windows program.
See the detailsEmployee files, attendance, leave and leave requests, documents and their expiry dates, manager and employee permissions: HR software that fits you.
See the detailsDescribe your app in English or Arabic, try a first version on your phone and compare it with any agency quote. Start free, no credit card.