App costs?
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:47 am
I know this is a little bit like asking, "how long is a piece of string", but...
I have an idea for an app that would encompass a few things, but I would not be able to do it all and launch it for public use. I could do the bulk of the work in LC, but would at some stage need to hand it over to someone else for finishing (I don't have AR Accounts) and launching on app stores (I don't have developer accounts).
In short, it would be an app that supplements an art-based treasure hunt. A visual image would lead people to a waypoint where they would find another visual image that would lead them onwards. The journey would be a way of finding out about the local area.
It could: recognise an image as being a waypoint. So, take a picture of a mural and a "yay!, you got it!" message would appear.
It could: recognise a location to a certain accuracy. So, when someone is in the right place, a "yay! You made it!" message would appear.
It could: read QR codes, and use them to access websites for additional information.
It could: utilise AR to augment murals. So, there may be a TV in a mural, and when captured through the AR software, a video could play that would supply supplementary info.
It could: Have a way of accessing websites (maybe selected ones only) that would give information about an area (local stories, etc.) to use as research to help solve the clues.
It could: give access to visual coding information. Have a section that shows the morse code alphabet, pigpen cipher, caesar cipher decoder, etc. for people to use.
It could: be linked to an active website that could give out clues.
It would: Unfold as a user gets through each stage of the hunt. So, while finding the first waypoint, you wouldn't be able to access any of the functionality of the other waypoints and get ahead of the hunt.
It would: probably need some sort of "account" system for keeping track of progress- either on-device, or on a server.
It would probably need to be launched on at least Android and Apple and definitely be mobile-ready (possibly only need to be on mobile because that's what people will have with them while searching.
I have looked online and people are saying to full launch- $50,000-$250,000 is approx. average. Even the low end would be way out of my price range and I would not be able to get that sort of money as a grant for a first-time idea.
What's the average price people ask for launching an app like that, and if I did a lot of ground work and design, could I bring it down, or would it be worth just getting one place to do it?
If it ends up too expensive, there are old-school ways of working through the problems.
Thanks in advance.
XdM
I have an idea for an app that would encompass a few things, but I would not be able to do it all and launch it for public use. I could do the bulk of the work in LC, but would at some stage need to hand it over to someone else for finishing (I don't have AR Accounts) and launching on app stores (I don't have developer accounts).
In short, it would be an app that supplements an art-based treasure hunt. A visual image would lead people to a waypoint where they would find another visual image that would lead them onwards. The journey would be a way of finding out about the local area.
It could: recognise an image as being a waypoint. So, take a picture of a mural and a "yay!, you got it!" message would appear.
It could: recognise a location to a certain accuracy. So, when someone is in the right place, a "yay! You made it!" message would appear.
It could: read QR codes, and use them to access websites for additional information.
It could: utilise AR to augment murals. So, there may be a TV in a mural, and when captured through the AR software, a video could play that would supply supplementary info.
It could: Have a way of accessing websites (maybe selected ones only) that would give information about an area (local stories, etc.) to use as research to help solve the clues.
It could: give access to visual coding information. Have a section that shows the morse code alphabet, pigpen cipher, caesar cipher decoder, etc. for people to use.
It could: be linked to an active website that could give out clues.
It would: Unfold as a user gets through each stage of the hunt. So, while finding the first waypoint, you wouldn't be able to access any of the functionality of the other waypoints and get ahead of the hunt.
It would: probably need some sort of "account" system for keeping track of progress- either on-device, or on a server.
It would probably need to be launched on at least Android and Apple and definitely be mobile-ready (possibly only need to be on mobile because that's what people will have with them while searching.
I have looked online and people are saying to full launch- $50,000-$250,000 is approx. average. Even the low end would be way out of my price range and I would not be able to get that sort of money as a grant for a first-time idea.
What's the average price people ask for launching an app like that, and if I did a lot of ground work and design, could I bring it down, or would it be worth just getting one place to do it?
If it ends up too expensive, there are old-school ways of working through the problems.
Thanks in advance.
XdM