App development cost in India (2026): what ₹75,000 to ₹25 lakh actually buys
Price bands from Indian studios, the six decisions that move the price, the store fees and yearly costs people forget, and when a website does the job instead.
One app for Android and iPhone, plus the web admin your team runs it from. Designed and built in our Indore studio, with a working build on your phone every Friday.
before you build
Not every business needs an app. The ones that do, need a good one.
If customers buy from you once a year, a fast website is enough. If they order every week, book every month or your staff work from their phones all day, an app pays for itself.
Most "app development companies" you find online are a sales team in one city and developers somewhere else. At Moops Design the people who design and build your app sit in our studio in Siyaganj, Indore. You can come in, see the build on a big screen, and ask the developer directly.
We build cross-platform apps in Flutter: one codebase that runs as a native app on Android and iPhone, so you are not paying for the same app twice. Every app starts with app design you approve on your own phone, and comes with a web admin for your team: orders, customers, stock, notifications and reports.
Apps and MVPs start From ₹75,000, usually 6–8 weeks from the first sketch to the Play Store and App Store, with the scope and price fixed before we start. Not sure what it should cost? Read our app development cost guide.
Most business apps are one of these, or a mix.
Customers browse, order and pay by UPI. You see every order in one admin, with delivery slots and status updates.
Clinics, salons, coaches and service businesses: slots, reminders, part-payment and a calendar your staff can follow.
Order taking, beat plans, visits with location and photos, working even where the network drops.
ordering portals →Each dealer or customer sees their own rates, orders, invoices and dues, with a tap to reorder.
portals →Fees, receipts, timetables, results and notices for students and parents, in Hindi or English.
The smallest version of your idea that real users can try, built so it can grow instead of being thrown away.
how we work
No waiting three months for a big reveal. From the second week you install a test build on your own phone, tap through it and show it to your staff or a few customers.
What you say on Friday shapes the next week's work, so the app that reaches the Play Store is the one your customers actually need.
An honest comparison. Many businesses should start with a website.
| website | web app (in the browser) | mobile app | |
|---|---|---|---|
| customers need to | find you on Google | log in and do things | open you often from their home screen |
| install needed | no | no | yes, from Play Store or App Store |
| notifications | no | limited | yes, push notifications |
| works offline | no | partly | yes, where it matters |
| our price from | ₹15,000 | ₹90,000 | ₹75,000 |
| best for | being found and contacted | staff, dealers and back office | repeat customers and field staff |
If a website or web app does the job, we will tell you, and it costs less.
A typical 8-week build. Small MVPs move faster.
A free call or visit. You leave with a rough scope and a price range in ₹.
Who uses the app and what they do, sketched screen by screen, with a fixed price.
A clickable design you can try on your phone before a line of code.
The app and its web admin, with a new test build on your phone every Friday.
Testing on real Android phones and iPhones, then submission to the Play Store and App Store.
Live in the stores under your name, your team trained, plus 30 days of free fixes.
One Flutter app for Android and iPhone, and a Laravel admin on normal hosting.
Mainstream, well-documented technology that runs on normal hosting, so any good developer can maintain it later.
the moops promise
Fixed price before we start. A working demo every week. Your app, your store accounts, your code.
Projects start from ₹75,000. You pay per milestone, only for work you have seen running, with a proper invoice every time.
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Our apps and MVPs start at ₹75,000 for Android and iPhone together, with a web admin. Bigger apps with many user types, payments and integrations cost more; you get a fixed quote after a free call. Our cost guide explains what drives the price.
Usually 6–8 weeks from the first sketch to the Play Store and App Store. A small MVP can be faster; app store review adds a few days at the end.
Yes. We build in Flutter, so one codebase runs as a native app on both. Most of our clients' customers are on Android, so we test on the budget phones people actually use, not just flagships.
You do. The Play Store and App Store listings are published under your own developer accounts, and the code and admin hosting are in your name. Google charges a one-time US$25 to open a Play Console account and Apple charges US$99 a year.
Not when you sell physical goods or real-world services, like groceries, flowers, appointments or deliveries. Those payments go through UPI or a gateway like Razorpay, at normal gateway fees. Store commissions apply to digital items such as subscriptions to in-app content.
Yes. App design and UI/UX can be a project on its own: flows, wireframes and a clickable prototype you own.
You get 30 days of free fixes. After that, optional maintenance is 15% of the build price a year, which covers Android and iOS updates that every app needs.
You pay per milestone by UPI, NEFT or card, only for work you've seen running, with a proper invoice every time. The price is fixed before we start.
A free 20-minute call, or chai at our Indore studio. You leave with a rough scope and a price range in ₹.