Fixed price delivery

Fixed Price App Development.
One number, agreed before we start.

Hourly billing made sense when scoping software was genuinely hard to do upfront. It is not anymore. We scope the project with you, put one number in writing, and build to that number. If the scope does not change, neither does the price, and if the build runs long on our side, that is our cost to absorb.

Written scope before you sign Price locked, not hourly Signed acceptance protocol at handover

30 minutes with the founders. No preparation needed.

19+Projects delivered
100%Fixed price delivery
8 to 12Weeks to a first release
1 yearWarranty on larger contracts

Hourly billing protects the supplier.
A fixed price moves that risk to us.

Under an hourly contract, every unclear requirement, every slow week and every "can we also add" lands on your invoice. You find out the real cost of the project at the end, which is exactly when you can do least about it. The supplier carries none of the risk of a vague specification, because the meter simply runs longer.

A fixed price reverses that. If we scope badly, we absorb the difference. That is uncomfortable, and it is why most agencies avoid the model. It only works if the scoping happens properly before anything is signed, which is why our process starts with a written document rather than a number.

The trade is straightforward. You give up the freedom to change your mind constantly. We give up the ability to bill our way out of a mistake. For a defined product with a real deadline, that is a good trade for both sides. For open ended research work, it is not, and we say so on the call.

01

Scoped before you pay

A scoping call turned into a written document: screens, flows, integrations, and the business rules that decide whether the thing works.

02

One number, in writing

A single quote covering the whole scope, plus a timeline. Nothing added later without your signoff, and nothing folded in quietly.

03

We carry the estimate risk

If the build takes longer than we planned, that is our cost, not yours. That is the actual point of the model rather than a marketing line.

04

No meter running

There is no incentive on our side to stretch hours. The incentive is to ship the agreed scope well, because that is what closes the contract.

The question every fixed price
contract lives or dies on

Plenty of suppliers say fixed price and then bill for anything inconvenient by calling it a change. The line has to be written down before the work starts, because arguing about it afterwards is what turns a project sour.

Our responsibility, at no cost to you

  • Anything in the agreed scope that does not work as described
  • Bugs found during your testing, before or after handover
  • Store rejections on something we control, including resubmission
  • Small adjustments that sit inside the agreed scope
  • On larger contracts, defects for a full year after delivery

A change request, quoted before we build it

  • A feature that was not in the scope document
  • A flow that has to work differently than what was agreed
  • A new integration or a new third party service
  • A platform or design direction changed after signoff
  • Work created by a decision reversed on your side

Every change request gets its own number and its own timeline impact, agreed in writing before anyone touches the code. You always know what a decision costs before you make it.

Everything scoped,
nothing hidden

The price covers a defined scope built to a defined standard. Anything outside it gets its own quote, agreed before we start, never folded into the number.

Written scope document

Screens, features, backend needs and integrations, documented before you sign anything.

Full build to the document

Flutter or React Native, whichever fits the project.

Backend and API

NestJS or Supabase backends, authentication and business logic inside the scope.

Two week sprint demos

Live demos every two weeks, so you see working software instead of a status email.

Testing and QA

End to end testing on real devices before anything goes to a store.

Store submission

App Store and Google Play submission, certificates and provisioning included.

Acceptance protocol

Delivery closes with a signed document, so what counts as done is agreed rather than argued.

Clean handover

Code, credentials and infrastructure are yours, whether you continue with us or not.

Not included: features requested after signoff, third party costs such as store fees and paid APIs, and ongoing work after launch. Each of those is quoted separately.

Where fixed price projects
usually land

Every quote is specific to your scope, so treat these as the bands most projects fall into rather than a price list. The number moves on scope, integrations and how much of the operation the app has to carry.

First version from $10,000

A narrow first release built around one core flow, with the rare cases handled manually at first. Usually 8 to 12 weeks.

Full product $18,000 to $25,000

A complete cross platform product with a backend, accounts, payments or scheduling, and an admin view for your team.

Operational system $35,000+

Marketplaces, field service systems and products that integrate with what you already run. Longer scoping, longer build.

The full breakdown of what drives these numbers sits on our mobile app development cost page, and first version pricing by app type is in what an MVP actually costs.

When fixed price is
the wrong model for you

This page exists to sell a way of working, so it is worth being clear about where it does not fit. If any of these describe your situation, an hourly arrangement will serve you better, and we will tell you that on the call rather than after the contract.

  • The product is a research question. If the goal is to find out whether something is technically possible, there is no scope to fix a price against. Fix the price on the experiment, not on the product.
  • The direction changes weekly by design. Some teams learn by shipping and reversing. That is a legitimate way to build, and a fixed scope fights it every time.
  • The decision maker is not identified yet. A fixed price needs one person who can approve the scope and answer questions inside a day. Several people who can comment and none who can decide is the most expensive setup there is.
  • You want a team, not a product. If what you actually need is engineers plugged into your own process, that is a different arrangement. We do it, and it is described on our outsourcing page.

From first call
to signed acceptance

Five stages, and you know at every point what is happening and what it depends on.

01

Scoping call, 30 minutes

You walk us through the operation or the product and the constraints around it. We ask what usually goes wrong in products like yours and tell you what is realistic. No pricing at this stage.

02

Written scope

The conversation becomes a document: screens, flows, backend needs, integrations, and the business rules that decide whether people actually use the thing. You see exactly what you would be buying.

03

Fixed quote and contract

One number for the whole scope, with a timeline, the acceptance criteria, and the defect versus change request definition written into the contract rather than left to good faith.

04

Two week sprints to launch

We build against the document with a live demo every two weeks. Your own team uses the app on real work during this stage, which is when the requirements that could not have been written down show up.

05

Handover and acceptance

Store submission, then a signed acceptance protocol closing delivery. Code, credentials and infrastructure transfer to you. On larger contracts the one year warranty starts here.

What a fixed price
needs from you

Delays on fixed price projects are rarely engineering delays. They come from the client side, and they are predictable enough to plan around, so we would rather name them before the contract than explain them afterwards.

  • One person who can decide. Someone who knows the business and can answer a question about a rule within a day. Availability matters more than hours.
  • Accounts and access at the start. The Apple developer account is our single most common cause of a slipped date. Enrolling an organisation needs legal entity details and someone with authority to accept the terms, and it cannot be done for you.
  • Credentials for third party services. Payments, maps, analytics, whatever the app has to connect to. Each one usually needs somebody outside the project to act, which is why it takes weeks rather than hours.
  • Your own people testing on real work. During development, not the week before launch. That is when the requirements that decide adoption appear, and the schedule has room for them only if the testing happens early.

Three products,
one commercial model

Every project below was scoped, quoted and delivered on a fixed price contract.

Thomas Siudut, Co-Founder and CEO of Apps Value

"A business needs a predictable outcome. You want to know exactly what you are paying for and what you get on the other end of that spend. That is why we work fixed price, and why the scoping call happens before any number does."

Thomas Siudut
Co-Founder and CEO, Apps Value

What makes a fixed price
actually work

Saying fixed price is easy. These are the parts that decide whether the number survives contact with the project.

Founder led scoping

Thomas and Kamil run the scoping call. The people accountable for the number are the ones who set it.

Price locked in writing

The quote is a document with acceptance criteria, not a verbal estimate. What you sign is what you pay.

Honest scoping

If the idea is too large for the budget, you hear it before you pay, together with what a smaller first version would look like.

Visible progress

Two week sprints with live demos, so you are watching the build rather than reading about it.

Contracts a business recognises

Written scope, acceptance protocol, warranty terms. The same shape of paperwork as buying a machine or a fit out.

You own everything

Code, credentials and infrastructure transfer at handover, whichever way the relationship goes afterwards.

Questions buyers ask
before the call

The answers we give on the phone, written down so you can compare them with what other suppliers tell you.

How can you quote a fixed price without knowing everything about my project?
We do not quote before scoping. The scoping session produces a written document, and the number is attached to that document rather than to a conversation. If one part is genuinely undefined, we scope that piece separately instead of pricing it blind.
What happens if I want to change something mid project?
Adjustments that sit inside the agreed scope carry no extra cost. Anything that adds real work becomes a separate quote with its own timeline impact, agreed before we build it. You know what a decision costs before you make it.
Who decides whether something is a bug or a change request?
The scope document does. Anything described in it that does not work is our responsibility to fix at no cost. Anything not described in it is a change. That is why the document is written before the contract rather than after.
Does fixed price mean lower quality or cut corners?
The price covers a defined scope built to a defined standard, including testing, store submission and a working handover. Cutting corners costs us the warranty period and the next project, so it is not how we protect margin.
Why do more agencies not offer fixed price?
Because hourly billing moves the risk of a vague specification onto the client and requires far less upfront work from the supplier. Fixed price means absorbing that risk, which only works if the scoping is done properly and honestly before signing.
What does the warranty actually cover?
On larger contracts we carry a one year warranty on the software: everything inside the agreed scope keeps working, and fixing it when it does not is our responsibility rather than a line item. Ask any supplier whether they offer the same, and get the answer in writing.
How does delivery formally end?
With a signed acceptance protocol against the criteria written into the contract. Without a defined end there is no agreed line between what you already paid for and what is billable extra, which is where most disputes start.
Are you available during US working hours?
We are six hours ahead of New York, which gives a real block of overlap in your morning for calls, demos and decisions. Under a scoped fixed price contract the overlap matters less than it would if you were managing our team hour by hour, and we explain that in full in our nearshore guide.
Flutter or React Native, does that change the price?
Not meaningfully on its own. Scope drives the number, not the framework. We recommend one or the other based on the project, and the reasoning is part of the scoping document.
Does fixed price work for a first version, or only a full product?
Both, and most first time buyers start with a first version. How we cut that scope is covered on our MVP development page and in the guide to what belongs in version one.

Guides worth reading first

Written for people about to commission a build, not for developers.

Other ways we work

Fixed price applies across everything we build. Here is the rest of it.

Flutter App Development Company

Cross platform apps for iOS and Android from a single codebase.

React Native Development in Poland

A React Native team built for US founders and scaling companies.

MVP Development for Startups

From idea to App Store in 8 to 12 weeks, fixed price.

Field Service App Development

Scheduling, job reporting and offline work for operational teams.

Marketplace App Development

Two sided products, matching logic and payment flows.

Flutter Developers in Poland

Nearshore delivery for clients in the US and Western Europe.

Bring us the problem, not the feature list

Describe how the work runs today and what it costs you. You get a straight answer on what belongs in version one, what it would take, and a written scope with a fixed price before anything is built.

30 minutes with the founders. No preparation needed.