App cost calculator,
UK prices for 2026.
In 2026 a UK app costs from £10,000 for a Startup MVP (6–8 weeks) and £25,000–£60,000 for a full production build. Pick the features your app needs for an instant estimate at £65–£70 per hour, then email yourself the full breakdown. Built by Magora, a London app development company since 2010.
How much does it cost
to develop an app?
Select the features your app needs. Each feature carries the typical number of development hours it takes us; the estimate updates as you go.
Hours per feature,
times a UK rate.
The app cost estimator adds up the typical build hours for the features you pick and multiplies them by a blended UK rate. It is a starting point for a budget conversation, not a fixed price.
Typical hours per feature
Each feature carries the hours it usually takes us — for example e-mail login 12 hours, a shopping cart 40, a content management system 40. Your selection is summed, and we add 80 hours for project set-up, testing and launch.
An all-in £65–£70 per hour
Total hours are multiplied by £70 per hour — development, QA and product ownership included — the same rate used in the breakdown we email you. A developer alone is from £49 per hour; the range shows the same hours at £65–£70.
From estimate to fixed price
Real cost depends on design, platforms, integrations and compliance. We start with a free working prototype, then a two-week discovery sprint from £3,000 that ends in a fixed-price quote.
Go deeper on
app costs.
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UK app development pricing for 2026: day rates, project bands and what changes the price.
Read the guide → ServiceMVP development
Production-grade MVPs for UK startups in 6–8 weeks, from £10,000.
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Two weeks with a senior Product Owner and Solution Architect: scope, architecture, estimate and roadmap.
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Read the guide →App cost calculator
questions.
It depends on the features, platforms and integrations. At Magora a startup MVP starts from £10,000 and typically takes 6–8 weeks, a full production build costs £25,000–£60,000, and enterprise platforms from £80,000. Use the calculator above for a feature-by-feature estimate, or read our UK app development cost guide.
It is a rough guide. It adds up typical build hours per feature and does not know your design, platforms, integrations or compliance needs, which is where real projects differ. A discovery sprint from £3,000 turns the estimate into a fixed-price quote.
Each feature has the number of hours it typically takes us to build, for example 12 hours for e-mail login, 40 for a shopping cart and 40 for a content management system. The calculator sums the hours for your selection, adds 80 hours for project set-up, testing and launch, and multiplies the total by £70 per hour, which includes development, QA and product ownership. The range shown uses £65–£70 per hour.
You receive the feature-by-feature breakdown and total by email. A copy goes to our team, who may get in touch to offer a free consultation; you are under no obligation.
At Magora a coded prototype takes 5–10 working days, a Discovery sprint 2 weeks, a Startup MVP typically 6–8 weeks and a full production build 3–6 months. Integrations, approvals and app store review are what usually stretch a schedule.
Yes. We start with a free working prototype built from your brief, then a two-week discovery sprint from £3,000 with a senior Product Owner and Solution Architect. It ends in a fixed-price quote, an architecture and a roadmap.
Want a real number,
not an estimate?
30-minute call with a senior engineer. Tell us what the app has to do — we'll tell you the smallest version worth building and what it would cost.