Android apps: where most of the world's smartphones are
About 70% of smartphones worldwide run Android, so for a mass-market product we often start there. We build in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose; an MVP core costs from $9,900, with a Google Play release in about 5 weeks. Publishing is part of the quote: the developer account, the release build and the store listing. We collected the stages and the pitfalls in our guide to Android app development.
When your audience is on iPhone too, we add an iOS version or go cross-platform from day one. Two native apps mean two languages, Kotlin and Swift, and that shows up in the timeline. Current budget ranges and what drives them are in our article on what a mobile app costs in 2026.
If you need both platforms at once, compare the options before you start: mobile app development from a single codebase versus two native teams, where one codebase saves 30–40%. Sometimes a Telegram service does the job instead of an app, as in our Vashi Lyudi case. For a quick estimate, try the app cost calculator.
