# How Much Does It Cost To Build A Mobile App? - Jeff Namnum

DevFeed: [How Much Does It Cost To Build A Mobile App? - Jeff Namnum](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-much-does-it-cost-to-build-a-mobile-app-jeff-namnum-38218.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/how-much-does-it-cost-to-build-a-mobile-app>)

Published: 2018-03-22T16:19:36Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [mobile-app-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile-app-development.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [app-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app-development.md>), [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [innovation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/innovation.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [mobile-apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile-apps.md>), [modernization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modernization.md>), [requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/requirements.md>), [speed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speed.md>), [thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thoughts.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines the difficulty of estimating mobile app development costs and argues that price should be evaluated against the value delivered. It identifies seven cost levers: knowledge, complexity, speed, trust, modernization, innovation, and emergency work.

## Source excerpt

How much does it cost to build a moblie app? This is the single most common question I receive from clients, friends and family alike.