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Honest answer: it depends entirely on what the app does. A simple MVP testing one workflow is a different project from a multi-screen app with backend, authentication, payments, push notifications and real-time sync. Hourly rates run €60 to €65 across all roles, NL design and product team plus engineering in Chandigarh. Project budgets typically start in the low five-figure range for MVPs and scale into six figures for fully featured builds with custom integrations. Studio Ubique writes a fixed-scope proposal after two intake conversations, not after an email exchange. Book an intake call and we can outline a realistic range within a week.

Both. The page focuses on Android because that’s what people search for, but Studio Ubique builds for iOS, Android, and cross-platform with one combined team. The decision between native iOS, native Android, or cross-platform (Flutter or React Native) happens during scoping based on your audience, performance needs and budget, not on what we feel like building. The broader mobile development page covers both platforms and the cross-platform options. Most clients launch on Android first, on iOS first, or on both simultaneously, depending on where their users actually are.

Native Kotlin gives you the fastest, smoothest experience on Android specifically: better performance for graphics-heavy or hardware-intensive apps, full access to the latest Android APIs the day they ship. Flutter gives you one codebase for both Android and iOS, faster initial development, and easier maintenance once the app is live. Native is the right pick for apps where performance is the product (real-time AR, complex animations, heavy data processing). Flutter is the right pick for content-driven apps, internal tools, and most B2B use cases where the experience can be near-identical to native without users noticing the difference. Studio Ubique builds both and recommends based on your specific case, not based on which the team prefers. Our case studies show both stacks in production.

A simple Android MVP usually takes eight to twelve weeks from kickoff to first beta release. A mid-complexity app with backend and payment integrations runs four to six months. A complex multi-platform build with custom backend services, real-time features and integrations can run six to nine months. Most of the variance comes from how quickly feedback loops close on the client side. A decision-maker with a clear brief moves faster than four stakeholders who each need to weigh in on every screen. Studio Ubique works in two-week sprints with weekly demos so you see progress, not just promises. If a vendor quotes you four weeks for a “fully featured app”, they’re either shipping a template with your logo or they’re going to extend the timeline twice before launch.

Yes. Studio Ubique handles Google Play Store submission, listing optimisation, app screenshots, store description copy, and the actual approval process. Submitting an app is straightforward if everything is in order: signed APK or AAB, privacy policy URL, content rating questionnaire, screenshots in the right dimensions, copy that doesn’t trigger review rejections. We’ve launched apps that cleared review on first submission and we’ve fixed apps that got bounced three times before someone called us. The work is included in the build scope for new projects. For existing apps that need help getting unstuck in review, that’s a separate consulting engagement.

Android apps need ongoing care: Android OS updates, library security patches, Google Play policy changes, new device sizes, performance monitoring, crash tracking. Studio Ubique offers monthly maintenance plans that cover all of this plus a budget for small feature updates each month. Three tiers, scaled to how active your app needs to be: a Care tier for stable apps that need quarterly OS updates and security patches, a Growth tier for apps still iterating on features, and a Partnership tier for apps with active product roadmaps. Most clients start on Growth and move to Care once the app stabilises around month six. Without maintenance, an Android app typically degrades visibly within twelve to eighteen months as the OS and store policies evolve around it.

Yes. Two models. The first is project-based: Studio Ubique runs the full build with our team and delivers the finished app. The second is staff augmentation: one or more Android developers from our team join yours, work in your sprint, attend your standups, and report to your tech lead. Same hourly rates, €60 to €65 across all roles. Staff augmentation works well for agencies who have a project manager and product owner already, and just need senior Android capacity without the overhead of hiring full-time. Our white-label and staff augmentation page covers how both setups work in practice, including how IP, repositories and client-facing communication get handled.