How Much Does It Cost to Make an App in Denmark?

The Blog Overview

“How much does it cost to make an application” is one of the most frequently asked questions. Additionally, it is also one of the rare questions, which nobody can correctly answer. You might find all kinds of application calculators and different websites and forums that provide you with an estimate; nonetheless, the correct answer is “it depends.” Now you must be thinking about the factors on which the application development cost depends. In this blog, you will find the list of factors on which the application development cost depends.

Moreover, we will also provide you insights on how to effectively save money and avoid the basic mistakes that can increase cost of development. Finally, we will present the budgeting for five leading applications, i.e., Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Uber, and Instagram. We will provide you all the factors and features and the costs associated with them so that you’d know what to expect while cloning an application model.

Note: All the figures and costs are estimated and region-specific. The region we are focusing on is Denmark.

Application Development Cost Worldwide

We are living in a digital era. Now’s the time when brick and mortar structure might get overlooked by the customers. It is not because these business models got outdated. No, they are still needed. However, it is the customer’s behavior that is changing. Customers have been forced to stay home due to the coronavirus pandemic, and thus, they’re left with just one choice: buy online. It forced businesses to shift to the digital world. Furthermore, customers have adapted themselves to the convenience and ease offered through click and buy business models. They have turned to mobile applications, and now, more than ever, the online sales and engagement increased.

Simply put, applications are a substantial revenue-generating opportunity in today’s world. It helps in generating millions of dollars globally. Thus, application development is the go-to business proposition in the coming times. So, how does it cost to develop an application? While there is no fixed price and it all majorly depends on which kind of application you want to develop, an essential application development cost can range from $10,000 to $100,000. The cost majorly depends on the complexity of an application. The more you complicate the application, the more you will have to pay for its development.

Also, it depends on your app development partner. For entrepreneurs and start-ups, there are thousands of choices for choosing the right partner for application development. Yet, the industry’s biggest misconception is that people think that the higher the price, the better the quality of an application will be. It must be realized that the cost of the application is not directly associated with the quality of development. It might impact the quality if you are not willing to pay the quoted amount, which is justified according to the developer’s region. For example, you can expect a developer to easily charge you from $120 to $140 per hour in Denmark. If they ask for more than this, you can negotiate and ask to lower the price. It will not impact the quality of your application.

Focal Considerations for App Development in Denmark

The significant discrepancies between the answers tackling the application development questions are majorly reflections of the broad application development ecosystem. While different regions have different hourly rates, you are likely to find variable hourly development rates in the same region. Let us understand what the significant implications which impact the cost of application development are:

1. Outsourcing or local development
2. The time needed for app creation
3. The location of the developer
4. Features and complexity of the application
5. Maintenance of the application

Let us cover how each of these factors impacts the development cost of an application. Remember that the features and complexity of an application also add more to the cost. We will discuss that in the later section.

1.      Outsourcing or Local Development

Your first and foremost consideration is whether you want to hire an in-house development local team or outsource the agency’s development task. To make this decision easier for you, let us present each of these options’ pros and cons. Remember that the pros of one are the con of another. Consider the following:

Pros of Hiring a Local Development Team

Following are the top advantages of hiring a local development team for application development:

1. You can readily enjoy active team involvement
2. You can physically meet your development team
3. Communication and decision-making is easy

Pros of Using an Outsourcing Agency

Following are the leading advantages of using the services of an outsourcing agency for application development:

1. You can have access to the bigger talent pool
2. It is much expensive
3. You can enjoy greater flexibility

2.      The Time Needed for Application Development

Your application’s cost will always depend directly on the total number of hours required to design and build the application. Remember how we explained that the developers around the world charge for the application following their hourly rates? Luckily, opting for a no-code development approach with a Webflow agency can significantly reduce both development time and costs, making it a valuable choice for those seeking more cost-effective solutions.. To figure out how much time will be needed for app development, follow the given steps and assess your application:

1. Build the scope of your application and define its purpose
2. Assess the app development company’s expertise and efficiency
3. Evaluate your shortlisted features and how they add value
4. Get the estimated cost and ensure the quotation is final
5. Negotiate for the maintenance and application update services

3.      The Location of the Developer

The location of the developer is the most critical consideration. The cost of application development varies from region to region. Simply put, if you develop an application in the USA, the hourly rates and wages are likely to be different from European regions and the UK. It must be noted that this hourly wage difference does not mean that you will get a better quality in the USA in case they are higher. On the other hand, if you are looking to hire an in-house local development team, you will likely incur a similar development cost, divided into specific expert categories. You will need to hire the following expert-level individuals on a contractual basis following the scope of your application:

1. A project manager
2. An application designer or architect
3. A quality analyst
4. A business analyst
5. Three mobile application developers, including an IOS engineer, an Android engineer, and a web developer

4.      Features and Complexity of the Application

Features and complexity of the application are the primary reason why no one can ever provide an exact estimation for the development of an application. Although it is quite impossible to cover all the features of the existing application in the market, we have categorized the features and complexity of an application into three categories. These are given as follows:

1. The first category comprises the applications without servers. These applications cost less because they do not have remote servers. Common examples include diet planners and calendar-based applications.
2. The second category comprises the applications with servers. These applications cost comparatively higher as they integrate remote data servers and individual data protection technologies. Their budget can go as high as $150,000, depending on the features they want to add. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and almost all the applications fall in this category.
3. The third category is the gaming applications. This category is the costliest since it goes all the way from simple PONG-based applications to virtual and augmented reality-based ones. Their prices go up to $250,000 and even more; however, these prices are entirely justified based on the application’s complexity.

5.      Maintenance of The Application

If you are under the impression that once your application is developed, your work is done – you cannot be any wrong. Application maintenance is one of the most crucial concerns when it comes to application development. It is essential because of the following few reasons:

1. It helps in fixing the application’s bugs and errors. An error or bug can only be removed if an application is updated regularly.
2. It helps add new features to your application (though you might have to pay extra for new features).
3. With each operating system update, the app needs to be modified by the developers.

Ideally, it is advised that one should always spare 30-35% of his application development budget and dedicate it for its maintenance. Always keep in mind that the application’s maintenance is an ongoing, never-ending process. Thus, it would be best if you negotiate the rate for maintenance of your application with your outsourcing agency or in-house development team.

Cost Mitigation for App Development in Denmark

If you are working with an application developer based in Denmark, you must remember that the developer’s hourly rate would fall somewhere between $120 to $150. These rates are non-inclusive of taxes; thus, you may have to pay more. Besides, you will also need to comply with their minimum wage laws, vacation, retirement laws, holiday compensations, and other government-based incentives and compensations. Nevertheless, there are certain practices following which you can quickly mitigate the cost. These practices usually ask you to overcome the basic mistakes. These are as follows:

1. Firstly, you will need to ensure that you know how things work in application development. If you do not know how things work and the processes’ workflow, you will likely get fooled by the developers regardless of the region and expertise.
2. Secondly, if your organization has a private data server(s), it is ideal that you must not pay for an additional server backup for your application. You can suggest the developer use your existing servers to enable remote application handling. It will reduce the overall costs (as servers are the most expensive deal in app development) and reduce the additional data security layers. Additionally, ensure that you never buy the prototype application features, even if it is recommended by your developer. You will need those features for a lifetime, and thus, you will also have to keep paying for those features.
3. Finally, do not pay for the technical service and support. It would be best if you negotiate this beforehand with the developer. Remember that technical customer support and services are not part of the IT structure; thus, it is okay not to pay for these services. Nevertheless, discuss it before recruiting the developer’s services. Additionally, it would help if you also negotiated the application maintenance process and charges with your team or outsourcing agency before confirming the contracts.

The Cost of Leading Applications in Denmark 

Experienced developers in Denmark charge somewhere between $120 to $150 per hour. This price may increase depending on the application’s complexity. In this section, we will discuss the cloning cost of the five leading applications, including Facebook, Instagram. Spotify, WhatsApp, and Uber. We are ensuring to cover versatile application models so that you can have a comprehensive idea of how much it would cost to create a relative application in Denmark. So without further ado, let us get going:

How Much Will It Cost to Clone WhatsApp?

WhatsApp is a real-time messaging application with wide versatility of features and functions. Following is the summary of the basic WhatsApp features:

1. Registration and contacts integration
2. Chat and notifications
3. Video and audio calling
4. Geolocation and setting adjustment
5. UX/ UI, QA, Project management, and DevOps

Thus the total hours will be around 1,157-1,484, and the cost will be around $150,410 – $192,920 considering $130 per hour as an average developer’s rate.

How Much Will It Cost to Clone Facebook?

Facebook has extremely diverse features, and it is nearly impossible to predict the cost of cloning it in Denmark. Nevertheless, the basic features are as follows:

1. Automatic contact synchronization
2. Registration and login procedures
3. Newsfeed text/photos/videos sharing
4. Messaging and calling services and notifications
5. Other features such as community building (groups and pages)

Thus, the cost of cloning Facebook is likely to be around $500,000 or more while having a significant period of nine-months of development if you have expert developers.

How Much Will It Cost to Clone Instagram?

Creating an application like Instagram can be difficult because of extreme backend image loads and in-app free of cost image filtration tools. Nevertheless, the following are the basic Instagram features that determine its cost of development:

1. Account authorization and creating/editing profile
2. Settings adjustment and social media integration
3. Photo customization and geolocation tags
4. Messaging and notifications
5. Advanced search, app design, and development and operations

Thus, an application like Instagram would take about six months to be ready. It will incur a cost of around $200,000 to $350,000.

How Much Will It Cost to Clone Spotify?

Spotify is a public music application. It is not only an independent music player but also provides music suggestions and compilations. Following are its top features:

1. Registration and profile creation
2. Streaming player and library
3. Advanced search features
4. Album and artist suggestions
5. Hosting music licensing algorithms

The cost of creating an application like Spotify will be around $112,190 to $177,000, considering an hourly rate of $130 for a developer in Denmark. The development may require 863-1180 hours.

How Much Will It Cost to Clone Uber?

Uber is the world’s most popular taxi application. It has two basic interfaces: the rider and the driver interface. The key features for both of these interfaces include the following:

1. Registration, messaging, and notifications (passenger and driver)
2. Car booking for passenger, ride tracking and ride history
3. Payment interface for passenger and card details
4. Booking history for the driver and status update
5. Response to request and receive payments for the driver

The total cost of creating a similar application can be around $123,370 to$154,400, needing a total of 949 to 1,188 hours’ development work (400 hours for driver’s interface and 550 hours for passenger’s interface).

The Blog Recap

In this blog, we have discussed everything you need to know about application development and its cost in Denmark. In a nutshell, you must consider the given five points while determining your application’s cost in Denmark:

1. Outsourcing or local development
2. The time needed for app creation
3. The location of the developer
4. Features and complexity of the application
5. Maintenance of the application

We have further given the cost and time estimation to clone the leading applications to give a general idea of how much it would cost. Nonetheless, there are also some factors that we haven’t discussed as they go beyond the scope of the initial application development process. These factors include the cost of application support, marketing and promotion, monetizing and management, and much more. However, this blog explains where to begin with and what to expect if you are building an application. If you want to learn more and expand your knowledge on application development processes and costs, subscribe to Retrocube for expert advice. If you have an idea that you want to turn into a reality, contact us today and get a price quotation.