Building a mobile app can cost as little as a few dozen million rupiah or run into the billions. The honest answer is that it depends on what the app has to do, so here's how to think about it before you ask for a quote.
Why there's no single price
An app's cost scales with its scope. Most projects fall into one of these tiers:
- A simple MVP with a few screens
- A business app with login, backend and notifications
- An e-commerce or on-demand app with payments
- A marketplace or super app with multiple user roles
Mobile app cost ranges in 2026
As a rough 2026 guide for Indonesia, here's what each tier typically costs. Treat these as indicative; the final price depends on features, design and backend.
- Simple MVP (one platform, few screens): around Rp 25-75 million
- Business app (login, backend, notifications): around Rp 75-200 million
- E-commerce or on-demand app with payments: around Rp 200-500 million
- Marketplace or super app: Rp 500 million and up
What actually drives the cost
- Number of features and screens
- One platform or both Android and iOS
- Backend, admin dashboard and integrations
- Payments, maps, chat and real-time features
- Custom design versus a standard UI kit
Native vs cross-platform
Building separately for Android and iOS roughly doubles the work. A cross-platform framework like Flutter ships both from one codebase, which usually cuts cost and time without hurting quality for most apps. We build cross-platform by default and only go native when a project truly needs it.
Don't forget the ongoing costs
- Play Store and App Store developer accounts
- Backend servers, databases and third-party APIs
- Maintenance, OS updates and bug fixes after launch
- Analytics, monitoring and support
A cheap app that nobody maintains gets expensive fast. We scope your app to what it really needs, build it cross-platform, and give you a fixed price after a short call.