Writing on Mobile App Development
Articles on building and running mobile apps: hiring app developers, what a Flutter developer costs, app security, crashes and apps that convert.
Every figure sourced, every price from our published rates.
Showing 1–9 of 18 articles


On-Device AI: Which App Features Can Run on the Phone?
On-device AI runs on the phone: offline, private, no fee per use. Which iPhones and Android phones run it, how big models are, and the fallback you need.


How Do You Outsource App Development for Agency Clients?
How agencies outsource app development: whose name Apple shows as seller, what 2,918 listings show about upkeep, and what to set up first.

Flutter Offline-First Uploads: Retries, Backoff and Recovery
Flutter offline-first uploads that survive no signal, server errors and crashes: retries with backoff, network gates and recovery, with code and benchmarks.


Flutter vs React Native: Which Should You Choose for Your App?
Flutter vs React Native: how each draws your app, which is faster, how often each needs an upgrade, and which to choose for your app and your team.


How Much Does App Development Cost, and What Makes a Quote Go Up?
App development cost explained: why guides quote US$10,000 to US$700,000, the five scope lines that set your price, and how to compare two app quotes.


What Do Mobile App Maintenance Services Include, and What Do They Cost?
Mobile app maintenance services keep a live app on the stores as Apple, Google and your framework change. What the work includes and how to budget for it.


Flutter OCR: How Do You Read Text From an Image on the Device?
Flutter OCR on the device: the ML Kit plugin, or your own channel to ML Kit on Android and Apple Vision on iOS, with the code and why CocoaPods decides it.

How to hire mobile app developers: decide the job before the person
How to hire mobile app developers: what to decide first, the evidence to ask for, whose name the accounts sit in, and a developer from US$3,500 a month.

What Does a Dedicated Flutter Developer Cost Per Month?
Hourly rates hide the cost. The monthly figure, what an hourly quote leaves out, and the four questions that move the price more than the rate.
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