10 Simple Tips To Choose the Best Mobile App Development Company
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Mobile app development has taken a leap of new heights of popularity and success. At this point, we spend most of our days on our mobile phones. Thus, businesses are gaining profits from mobile apps.
According to a study by Statista, mobile applications will produce nearly $693 billion ROI by 2020 through app store downloads and in-app advertising. These numbers are expected to grow to $935.2 billion by the year 2023. The current situation of the world seems to increase the ROI rapidly as we advance to virtual platforms for our day-to-day needs.
Pairroxz has been in the sector of mobile app development since 2011. So many times we have been reported by some of our clients about how they had been created by developer companies and individual developers previously. Let’s discuss some problems which they faced when they have chosen the wrong team.
Hints That Show You Have Chosen The Wrong Team
More than 50% of people fall into the traps and hire a company that does not fulfill their project requirements or does not deliver the quality that is expected. It is very important to know what kind of false practices you should be aware of during your hunt.
If they ask for a good amount as a kick off – Beware!!
A few of our clients faced this issue. You should be aware and not agree to pay a huge amount in the beginning. You never know what the outcome would be. Once the company has your money, they may or may not work on your project as required. You may ask them to work on the main feature of your app first, then move on to other basic pages. Some developers purchase readily available open-source code at a low price and handover it to you. You must ensure that you receive customized source code for your app requirements.
One of the best practices followed by a genuine company includes steps where they understand your project requirement and present you with a quote. Then the project is divided into small milestones. You only have to pay a small kick-off amount at the beginning of the project, later payment is made on completion of each milestone which is sent to you for review and feedback.
Don’t get happy with basic functionality of app
Let’s talk about a real example. One guy came to our office who was from Denmark, and he said that he hired one company for a storytelling app. He paid around 60% of the project cost to them and they kept befooling him for 1 year. And in the meantime that company only gave the app with the basic features i.e login, sign up, and home screen with basic functionality. When they had to work on the main feature of the app i.e storytelling development, they fought with him and left the project in the middle. You can imagine how serious the matter was that he had to come to India from Denmark.
So in short, when you select one of the companies after reviewing their profile, they may ask for a good percentage of the total amount in advance of the quote. Later, they just provide you with a basic app with a login page and home page. The majority of the time, an app’s major feature is missing and they do not work diligently and you would have already lost your money and your time.
Verify And Ensure That The Company Has An In-House Team
This is another concern that led some of our clients to the wrong companies. They create an alluring website that will leave you awe-struck. On contacting them, you will receive some fascinating design ideas for your project and you will feel that this is the best company that you are giving your project to.
After earning your project they outsource the work to freelancers at cheaper rates to save more in their pockets. And this is a bitter truth that the majority of freelance developers do not provide up to the mark results. Majorly because they lack teamwork and secondly, they will be multitasking on 3 or 4 more projects at a time which would hamper the quality of the work.
A trustworthy company has a team mostly under a roof (except now when most of the teams are working from home). You should conduct a background check with sudden video/ on call meetings with the team and find out whether it’s just a person with a fake website or a genuine app development company that you will not be regretting hiring for your project.
A Fake Proposal With Fake Profiles and Portfolios
Some of the companies, who are new in the market or not reliable, often indulge in this practice of showing fake profiles and fake portfolios of the projects that they have never done by themselves. They may put up some apps created by some other company or put up some dummy projects to make you believe in their work.
You should refrain from hiring such a team. You can vet their genuineness by asking for the app and accessing it by yourself. You may check their portfolios and try to contact their previous clients for whom they have developed the apps. There might be a possibility that they show an inability to share the contact information with you as many clients don’t entertain such requests and restrict the companies from sharing their details. In such a case you may ask for a screenshot of a portion of the code created for any app from their portfolio and ask them to run the code on a simulator.
A truthful mobile app development company would have no trouble in showing you a screenshot and prove the work by running the code in front of you through video call/team viewer. We at Pairroxz provide you with such proofs and if any of our clients permits, we help you get in touch with them for an honest review. Our clients’ trust in us makes us successful.
The Fraudsters Whom You Never Hear Back From
Yes, you’ve read it right! There are companies in the market that are total shams. They lure you into hiring them, showing you great profiles, quoting lowest budgets that you will ever get, and promising great solutions. You would be shown all green and Rosey, but more than often a shiny thing is not a diamond. So, you should smell the deception here.
One of our clients unfortunately fell into this trap. The company charged them 25% of the quoted amount and ran off. The client never heard from the company and was not even able to get in touch with them. Sometimes, such imposters hand over someone’s else’s project to you which can even land you in legal troubles. So, do not purchase loads of trouble trying to get an app at cheap prices.
To escape from a situation like this, you must ask for their contact info on multiple platforms. A trustworthy company should be available on more than one medium such as Skype, Whatsapp, Facebook, phone call, email, Hangouts, etc. You must always be suspicious until you are satisfied with the genuineness of the company and ensure it by doing a thorough background check
An Address You Would Never Find The Office At
You must be familiar with such companies. There are IT and app development companies that have mentioned virtual office addresses on their websites. But in reality, those companies are located in a completely different location of the world. Somewhere, these fake addresses reduce a company’s reliability and credibility. How are you supposed to trust a team whose originality and location are not known to you?
You must always cross-check and try to find out if the address mentioned on the website is their actual address. You can also mention the wish to meet the team in person if that location is nearby. A truthful company will never mislead you by providing a made-up or a fake address. They have one genuine office address or some offices at other locations that you may walk into and meet the team at any time throughout the year. We believe that trust and reliability are the foundation of a great partnership.
10 Tips To Choose The Best Mobile App Development Company
How should you choose the best mobile app development company that will help you turn your project idea into reality? Read below some parameters that you should consider for selecting the best team for your app development.
- Check their Profile and Reviews
To find out the best mobile app development team in millions of search results you have to look at their profile with the ratings and reviews they got from their past clients. One of the best websites which helps to choose the best mobile app development company is Clutch. One can see how many reviews the company gets, what are the reviews, and overall ratings. Reading reviews of past clients helps you a lot to find the best development company.
- Check Portfolio And Niche Specialization
The work speaks for itself. After reading and reviewing their profiles you move forward by checking their portfolios. Most of the app development companies put their portfolios and case studies.
You should look at what kind of apps they have developed, what challenges they faced and how they solved those challenges by reviewing their case studies. Their past experience should be relevant to your app idea. If they have created an app specifically in your niche, it will be favourable for your project.
Also, It would be a great idea to install some of those apps to have the first-hand experience of their work. If they have an outstanding, user-friendly interface and smooth performance, you may shortlist the team, cut off the names of all other teams who are not up to the mark from the list. Finally, you have some of the best teams to judge further.
- Expertise In Different Technologies
The number of app users has taken over the total number of web users in recent years. A study by Comscore in 2017 showed that people spent 87% of their time on mobile apps vs 13% of the time on the web. This is good news for app owners and for those who are planning to own an app.
The fact that there are many platforms available and various technologies are used to build an app. Your app development team should have expertise in working on the latest technologies. Ask your prospective team how much expertise they hold in the latest technologies. You can also check their certifications and credentials. Also, they should be following best coding practices. Based on the type of app you want, they must know which platform will be best for building your app.
- Ask for Client References
To build more trust in your selected companies you should ask for their client reference. You can also try to get in touch with their clients to take feedback before handing over the project to the team.
Ensure that references are genuine. If references are from your own country then it would be the icing on the cake. You can easily call them and even meet them face to face.
- Team’s Passion and Interest in Your Project
When you hire a team of app developers for your project, they will technically be your partners in the project. They must be equally interested and passionate about your project idea and be willing to put their 100% into developing your app. To give them a clear understanding, explain your project idea to them and observe how they respond. Their enthusiasm and efforts in comprehending your requirements should tell you their side of the story.
- Requirement Understanding
To propagate a clear understanding to the developers, it is important for you to be very clear about your needs and requirements related to the project. You must be passionate about your project and have a clear view of the goals that you are looking forward to achieving from the app.
Research a bit about app development and what technologies would be best for your app. Be prepared for the questions the team is going to ask you for a better understanding of your requirements and goals.
- Lay Out Clear Goals and Expectations
When you speak to the prospective team, you should be laying out clear expectations and goals to be achieved by the app development team. You should build a smooth communication about your requirements, and how the team is going to approach solutions based on your specific goals. Goals and expectation setting would save you from any possible glitch or misunderstanding during the process. You and your team must be on the same page. Over-communicate your requirement with the team through video chats and calls.
- Project Budget And Timeline
Don’t fall in the trap of those people who promise to be developing the best app on the lowest budget. If you want to stand out in the app market, you must go for the professionals. The quality isn’t guaranteed at a low price. Neither should you opt for the highest bidding company or team. Look closely at the plan the team is laying out for your project.
Decide after considering every factor such as the timeline the team promises to deliver your project in, the cost, their past work samples, their extended services, etc. You can also try to get in touch with their clients to take feedback before handing over the project to the team.
Hiring the best mobile app development company would certainly cost you some extra bucks. But if your app performs well in the market, every penny will be recovered. It would be more like an investment than an expenditure.
- Look For Complete Package
Well, there are developers who only create the app and that’s it. Don’t make the mistake of hiring such a team. You must look for a complete package because an app would require time to time attention and maintenance. Your prospective team should be offering you everything from designing the wireframe, UX/UI, creating codebases, app testing, app launching, to post-launch maintenance and marketing. Your app development team should commit to the final source code handover post-development.
The app developers whom you are hiring must have the complete knowledge and experience of uploading the app effectively in the app stores.
Make sure that the team is ready to deliver the project milestone by milestone, is open to feedback, and works effectively on every feedback. Your app development partner should have an in-house team. An in-house team will be a better choice for your project as they are experienced and work collectively to find tailored solutions for your app.
- Team’s Credibility And Availability
Your app development partner would definitely have access to your data and the app itself is very precious. You have to make sure that the team is reliable and trustworthy before handing over the project to them. The team would be entrusted with everything from basic details about your company to source code of your app.
Connect with the team and ask them questions to find out the credibility. Make clear communication about the confidentiality of your internal data and app data. Only you are entitled to have the source code rights.
Also, check if your team understands security menaces like insecure deployment, insecure storage, system data leaks, and privacy violation. If they understand the value of the security, then only they will develop the app by adhering to all security measures with multi-layered solutions.
Additionally, the team’s availability is an important factor. They should be available and respond positively to your communication within a day or two.
Where Can You Look For App Developers?
There are platforms like Clutch where you can find many registered IT and mobile app development companies. You can browse and select an app development company based on its profile and reviews given by its clients. If you are looking for freelancers you may turn to freelance platforms such as Upwork, PeoplePerHour, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, etc. You may find designers on creative platforms like Behance and Dribbble.
There’s also another nice platform called Toptal where remote developers are available to hire.
Also Read – Top 10 Trends Of Mobile App Development In 2021
Conclusion
App development is a journey that is equally cherished by owners and developers with its own peaks and valleys. You must input some efforts in selecting the best app development team for your app idea. Because in the end all these efforts and expenses should pay off.
You must always consider your specific business needs that the app would be fulfilling. In simpler words, all you are looking for is a team that transforms your vision into reality with its experience and expertise.
Finding a team of the best app developers and designers on different platforms may need you to invest too much time and effort. Instead, contact us as we are a one-stop solution for all your app development requirements.
Pairroxz is one of the best mobile app development companies with dedicated teams for separate platforms and technologies. We have skilled teams who are well-versed with the latest technologies and their applications.
We offer a wide range of mobile app development services and solutions tailored to your specific needs. Reviews from our clientele reflect our expertise. Connect with us to discuss your project idea.
