Mobile App Spec Template
How to write App specifications documents?

An App specification document is nothing but a sequential story of what all your intended App user can possibly do on your App. The more you describe the user story, the better your App Development Company will be able to understand the scope and complexity of the App project and be able to offer you a better quote or estimation. A mobile app spec template outlines project details, features, and goals. It serves as a roadmap for developers, ensuring a clear understanding of the app's requirements and objectives.

Introduction of Application

You can write as “We are looking to develop a taxi app like uber but with a twist related to the occasion of travel, and we are targeting everyone in New York area at first so that they can book cars for occasions like wedding, birthday parties, business meetings, leisure etc and the driver and cab would be tailor-made for the occasion.”

Brief Introduction of Your Startup, Experience, Founders

Tell others what you are up to, are you funding privately or have raised a seed, experience of co-founders, long and short term vision of the startup. Consider you are hiring not just an App Development Company, but a team that should be knowing you and feel confident and glad to be a part. Sharing most amount of information on your behalf because that’ll be most meaning in understanding your requirements.

Mobile OS Platforms to Target

Mention the kind of devices you want to target. It will be beneficial for you to ask for both the Android and iOS platforms in the beginning. Although based upon your target audience, you can either ask for just Android or iOS. In fact, it can be great if you even ask for a dedicated website. You can always ask separate cost per platform, so mention that as well.

Services Needed from the App Development Company

An App development Company like our’s (Agicent Technologies) could offer a lot more than just coding services that can be related to your requirement like

App Design & Development services.

App Development Services.

App Design Services.

App Store Optimization, App marketing.

Full Stack Development.

Consulting Services.

So you should mention specifically what you are looking for if you have the design already then you only need app development service, and if you are a developer yourself then you can ask for only app design services. You can ask for App consulting services also when you only have an idea and concept, and looking for a Mobile Consultant to understand everything, create wireframes, propose development approach etc.

Most of our first-time customers need all the services, and we happily offer the same. Although no one is stopping you from getting a custom service from our side.

The Core of This App Specs Document

The App Shall Be Having These Categories of Users

End users (People looking to find, review, and go to bars).
Bar Owners (who maintain their profile, send offers etc).
Admin (Owner of the app).
Functionality for End User

Sign up using Facebook, Google, and Phone.

Update profile (enter DoB etc).

Allows permission to track location.

Allows permission to access camera, photo, contacts.

App would capture age (should be minimum 21 years), gender, email ID and phone number of party-goers.

Once the user confirms he is 21 or more, he shall see the next screen for bar location (current location or search his city). After choosing your city the user shall then select which type of bar (for example sports bar, dive bar, speakeasy/prohibition bar, arcade/game bars). Clubs from city like Vegas and Miami.

After choosing your city and type of bar you are looking for then it should pop up a list of bars (coming from backend) and we should rotate every two weeks (using admin) which bars are going to be the top 10 in that area, it will be easier to do this once we get users downloading and hitting the application because then we can pull data and users comments on who got the most hit and which bars most users seem to be attached to.

A user shall be able to check-in the bar on the app when he physically checks in.

Scope of the Features

These are all the mandatory features that your application should have. It ensures that you are meeting the market demand of a standard application in its niche. If the base idea of your app is a little different from the regular then defining it will build a clear story of what is important and can’t be left without.

Errors

Lot of initial builds of any application has multiple bugs. Although, there are certain errors that aren’t accepted. For instance, a crashing application or your application getting stuck on a particular screen. Many a times, the application faces proper navigation issues which shouldn’t happen in the first place.

Communications

It is important that you make sure that the story is complete from your side. The more precise information is imparted regarding the application, the easier it is for the developer to develop your application.


Source: https://www.agicent.com/how-to-write-app-specs

iPhone App Development Company
iPhone App Development Company

iOS app development refers to the creation of applications specifically designed for devices running the iOS operating system, such as iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch. Skilled developers use programming languages like Swift or Objective-C to design, code, test, and deploy apps, ensuring compatibility with Apple's ecosystem. The process involves attention to user experience, performance optimization, and adherence to Apple's guidelines.

iOS App Development Services from Agicent

The first iOS App created by us was 14 years ago, back in 2010. It was a Medical EMR App for a client named GloStreem, Inc in Michigan and since then we never looked back. We’ve seen the iOS platform grown from a nascent restricted platform to now an all-revolutionary platform of choice by billions. Being an iphone App Development Company, we make sure that our iOS Developers (from junior to senior level) have enough real project experience (from iOS App Development to launch) before we deploy them on your project.


Rates for iOS App Developers on Demand

Following is the standard rate card for different Exp and skill levels of On Demand iOS App Developers. Besides this, we can also create a custom on Demand App Team and optimized the monthly rate based on your specific needs.

Junior iOS Developer

Exp. Level: 1-2 Years

Hands on iOS Development
3 Projects experience minimum
Agicent’s inhouse trained
Familiar with PM Tools
Perfect for rapid MVPs and maintenance iOS works

Mid-level iOS Developer

Exp. Level: 2-5 Years

10 Projects experience minimum
Backend Experience
Hands on CI/CD pipeline
Manages Jr. Developers

Senior iOS Developer

Exp. Level: 5+ Years

All of Mid-level Exp +

15 Projects experience minimum
Full Stack Developer
Participate in Architecture
Ability to play Tech. Lead Role

Best Practices followed by Agicent iOS App Development Company

Preparation, Architecture, Tech Stack identification

Before starting to code, we need to make an architecture of the project. Project becomes strong via its solid architecture only. Architecture primarily includes the data modelling and flow modelling, however identification of third-party libraries to be integrated, usage of stock features or custom code, identification of side technologies (like for payment processing, for GPS location, for Map technology, for OCR and so on) is worthy to be discussed during the architecture phase.

Create and Follow Documentation, Make Project Wiki

Description of the desired project outcome will help you to keep on track the work. Documentation of the code will be an incredible source to know about HOW and most importantly WHY things had been done in a particular way. Business logic, especially in bigger projects, is sometimes hard to comprehend for a newly introduced iOS Developer and an easily available documentation is the best solution to preempt such situation. In fact, creating a project wiki is your best bet that will help any future developers to comprehend and understand and work on the project most efficiently. Successful projects need proper controlling over development and testing, which is easy with documentation.

Follow Apple App Store Guidelines and Rules

When you create an iOS App, you are basically creating something that has to be compliant to the rules and regulation of the Apple Ecosystem. It is imperative to go through the Apple’s set of guidelines time to time (as they update that time to time) for better hands-on understanding so developers can better educate their clients and managers on feasibility and do’s and don’ts. Apple Guidelines cover multiple intricacies like safety, performance, business, design and legal issues.

Common mistakes during iOS App Development – we’ve to Avoid these!

Following are some of the common mistakes being done by many iOS Developers that end up being problematic for future scaling or fixing.

Need to handle asynchronous code properly.

UI related code should run on main thread and not on any priority thread. This is important to make sure the App’s user experience and performance remains seamless.

Concurrency and Multithreading should be implemented properly. When we say properly it means applying it shouldn’t break any other process or functionality or applying it just for the sake of it.

Mutable objects should be properly handled.

XIBs should be used instead of storyboards.

Object and pointer should be properly differentiated

Logging should be properly managed.

Leave time and tools for Debugging.

Future of iOS Development

More Powerful Camera, hence more powerful Photo/ Video Apps
The new iOS Devices are bound to have much better camera and video quality and that means there will be great opportunity to create much better photo and video apps. Also, a high-end powerful camera may also serve in creating Apps for different usage than just photo/ video sharing like in healthcare, industry, IoT and also in policing and defense.

How about having a camera that scan inside of your mouth for dentist or ENT experts, or a Camera that is so powerful that you can measure changes in your skin and journal that, or a Camera that does an accurate OCR as you click pictures and attached a narrated story right away, the possibilities of Camera Apps with an high end camera are endless.

Creator Friendly Environment hence creator friendly Apps

The world belongs to content creators these days, and the iOS Devices currently are widely used for content creation. However, there are multiple challenges like lesser storage space to store high fidelity videos for long time (though you buy it via cloud), not enough screen sizes for video editing, less apparatus for better sound recording (you need an external mic for better recording). Imagine an iOS App that absolutely creator friendly, that let two people talk in a talk show without having an external mic, or Apps that can let you edit your videos as good as you can do on a big studio with a professional editor, and damn making a whole 2 hours movie using nothing but just iPhones – sounds over enthusiastic or crazy, well we all see this being as real animals very soon.

IoT (Internet of Things), Home Automation

Home automation is here and so as various devices using internet to communicate with each other and perform functions (IoT). The future iOS Apps will leverage amazingly high-speed processors and 5G and beyond internet speed to facilitate much more robust Home Automation and IoT Apps for everyday usage. So far, IOT Apps are largely being used by industry but the near future will have IOT Apps being used in every household.

The future iOS Apps in IOT and Home Automation may do switching on the garage lights when your doorbell rings, or streaming different music in different rooms of your home, or controlling your HVAC system as per the outside temperature and your mood, or letting you read a book on the wall in front of your eyes instead of just small iOS screen. Again, our ideas may know a boundary but the future holds Apps that will ease out our lives in many ways that we can think of as crazy right now.


Source: https://www.agicent.com/ios-development-company

Android App Development Companies

Android App Development Services from Agicent

Android is touted as the right choice for startups and emerging companies. Our Android development services ensure that it is fully capable of supporting established companies and their SME counterparts. We are an android development company that guarantees scalability with expertise in everything related to what is android app development.

Here are some of our prominent and Recent App releases, with their respective Android App Development Costs

Apple Pie is a fun social media app curated just for teachers! Take the teachers’ lounge to the Apple Pie app. The app offers major social features like following, comments, likes, threaded responses, notifications and advertisement rendering. We created it from the idea to everything now live!

Approx Development Cost: $ 40,000

TELE ASTRO CONSULTING APP - REAL TIME CALLS, BILLINGS, AND EARNINGS!

Jyotish for All or Astro for all is a Tele Astro consulting app just like any telemedicine app where you can talk to any live expert astrologer, tarot card reader, mystique on their per minute charge via video, audio calls or chats. The billing is real time, we implemented wallet which works globally and using Agora to facilitate the video calls, same framework that is being used in famous Clubhouse App. With 10K users in its first month of launch, we are hoping highly for the App.

Approx Development Cost: $ 60,000

Rates for Mobile App Developers on Demand

Following is the standard rate card for different Exp and skill levels of On Demand iOS App Developers. Besides this, we can also create a custom on Demand App Team and optimized the monthly rate based on your specific needs.

1 ) Junior Mobile App Developer

Exp. Level: 1-2 Years

Hands on iOS Development
3 Projects experience minimum
Agicent’s inhouse trained
Familiar with PM Tools

2) Mid-level Mobile App Developer

Exp. Level: 2-5 Years

10 Projects experience minimum
Backend Experience
Hands on CI/CD pipeline
Manages Jr. Developers
Perfect for complex react-native projects and fast Development.

3) Senior Mobile App Developer

Exp. Level: 5+ Years

15 Projects experience minimum
Full Stack Developer
Participate in Architecture
play Tech. Lead Role.

Our work


Agicent Technologies, recognized as a top Android app development company, takes pride in an extensive portfolio of over 1000 mobile apps, web apps, games, and desktop software. Awarded as the Top App Company in 2021 by Mobile App Daily, Agicent collaborates with a diverse clientele, including startups (e.g., HASfit, Wellcure, SmartIRX), established companies (e.g., Anton Paar GmBH, State Restaurant Equipment Inc), and industry giants (e.g., Tata Consultancy Services). Each project reflects Agicent's commitment to delivering superior Android apps and digital products consistently.


App Development Process at Agicent App Company

1. The App Discovery Phase

The discovery phase is the most important foundation phase of any App development Project. Some clients come up with just an idea, some come up with App wireframes, and a few with full specifications (read – how to write app specs yourself?) and we modify the App Discovery Process Accordingly. Simply stating, this is what we do during discovery phase –

Step 1 – We understand your vision around the App idea, then you Business Goal, and the App’s ultimate Goal and USP.
Step 2 – We gather features & functionality that you want in the app, we put our suggestions too and record everything.
Step 3 – We discuss the strategy in terms of if you want to launch an MVP App first or a full product, your preferable launching date, marketing plans etc.
Step 4 – We document all these requirements to put forward for the next step of App analysis, App Estimation, Technology & Architecture Identification.

2. The App Development Proposal

Once discovery phase is over, it is time for us to craft a custom App Development Proposal for you. The proposal is usually these parts –

Executive Summary, App’s Goal, Your Goal.
About Teams.
Cost of Development in phases, timelines, payment frequency.
Delivery Schedule.

App Development Process, communication protocol, Project management cadence.
Once you sign the proposal, we get going within a short lead time of usually 1 week and maximum 2 weeks.

3. Wireframes > Polished High-Fidelity Designs

We believe in user-oriented design led engineering, so whatever we need to offer to the user in terms of the App is to be visualized first – everything else later. Simply put, this is the step where you start visualizing your App in action first through black and white wireframes and then through high fidelity designs (Examples in images). The process is as follows –

App Wireframes Round 1 – Based on the feature list, we create first set of major screens as black and white App wireframes and send to you/ take a walkthrough together for feedback. The idea is to finalize the layout, user flow (UX) on the app.

App Wireframes Round 2 – Last round’s feedback are incorporated, and another round of approval feedback and once finalized we jump on creating high fidelity App designs.

App High Fidelity Designs Round 3 – Once wireframes are finalized, its time to put skin onto them. We pick the wireframes and then convert them into highly user friendly and aesthetically appealing intuitive app designs (see image) and send for your feedback.

5. Coding, Implantation, Testing, Interim Releases

All set and done, we start the heavy lifting here! Our App developers start doing the coding effort on all ends (Front end, Backend, Middle Layer). The project is divided into tasks and sub tasks assigned to the corresponding engineer and the work starts. Generally speaking, following is how the App Development proceeds –

Round 1 of App Development First set of features developed, released to Agicent’s App tester for internal Testing. Once they pass, we release it as an Interim Progressive App to the client of their review/ testing.

Round 2 of App Development – Next set of features developed, released to Agicent’s App tester for internal Testing. Once they pass, we release it as an Interim Progressive App to the client of their review/ testing.

Next Round of App Development – Integration of backend and front end, release dynamic (with real time data) App for internal testing and then to the client for their review.

Final Round (s) of App Development – All front-end Apps completed with full features, integrated fully with the backend, fully tested by our internal team. Then it is released to the client for their final review.

7. Warranty Phase

Generally, we offer FREE 6 months no strings attached warranty for any App Development project we undertake. So we have your back for half an year even after going live for no cost.

Future of Mobile App Development

1) Smart Home Automation/ IoT

There is no doubt that all new Apps are going to be IOTenabled in some way or another. You metaverse Apps will start controlling your home devices and car and many other aspects of life. With the advent of advanced internet enabled devices and appliances, it is become easier everyday to integrate your app with these for greater purposes than just consuming or generating the content.

We believe, mobile apps are going to play a core role in the advancement of Home automation and IOT world.

2) Advance Cross Platform Frameworks

All major cross platform communities are working towards making those as the perfect replacement of native technologies, so much so that they are striving to have single code base for not only different front end platforms but also for the backend. Ready to use libraries for repeat functions are being improved and we can soon see these cross-platform frameworks becoming the new Java of the mobile apps world.

3) Advance No Code Frameworks/ Low Code Frameworks

Not everyone can afford to hire a development team to create their app, and not everyone can learn to code oneself and this aspires innovative engineers to create Low Code/ No Code App Development Frameworks. These frameworks may not be able to create complex Apps using drag and drop kind of things today, but they are in pursuit of reaching at a point where they can blend with the custom code easily and save a lot of App development time and hence cost. They will charge their own fee, but it can be worth it atleast during the MVP phase.

4) High End Apps for Healthcare/ Personal Health

Healthcare is one of the biggest fields that is most receptive to technology advancements and exploited mobile apps for various usage like Telemedicine, EMR/ EHR, Health journaling, Insurance, device integration and more. However, the next wave of Mobile devices advancement may enable users to measure much more data points of their body than just heart rate or BP. New generation of Mobile devices and Apps will not just check on you when you want, but will keep a track of your overall data and life progress and help you avoiding future issues and keep healthy for long.


Source: https://www.agicent.com/androi....d-development-compan

How Much Does It Cost To Outsource Software Development?

We all have seen the rise in demand for skilled remote software developers on various technologies during and post pandemic times. And as per Gartner, it is reported that by 2027, the software market is expected to hit $17.79 billion with a growth rate of 10.85% YoY. This is because the huge volume of B2C Software Applications that are being used these days are only increasing from here. This means, the demand for Quality Software Developers will be higher too, and since not one country alone can procure for all the software development demand of the world, the significance and benefits of having an awesome Remote Software Developers Team will be all time higher for next 10 years safely. And, India will remain as one of the top destinations for hiring high quality Remote Software Developers hands down.

That being said, in order for finding out How much would it cost to hire a remote software development Team, you need to define your requirements in terms of Technology you need, number of people, offshoring destination, years of experience, domain expertise and much more. Let us briefly discuss the factors affecting theCost of Offshore Remote Software Developers.

Remote Developer Cost Factor 1 – Technology Skill Set

Self-explanatory – Developers on HOT technologies will always be costlier than the ones on legacy or passing technologies. For example, a Web Developer on React.js/Vue.js/Redux etc will cost you more Vs someone working on PHP/ Laravel.

On hourly basis, if you hire a React Developer for $ 20/ hour the same exp level php/ Laravel developer may cost you $ 16/ hour. Another example, a developer on React Native Mobile Development technology may cost you $ 25/ hour Vs a developer on native android technology or native iOS will be lesser price.
Remote Developer Cost Factor 2 - Years of Experience

Again, self-explanatory! The more the years of experience, the higher be the price. At Agicent, we’ve bracketed experience ranges largely as follows –

Senior Remote Developer – 5 + Years

Mid-level Remote Developer – 2-4 Years

Skilled Remote Developer – 1-2 Years

You must have already used the Offshore Remote Developers Cost calculator on this page, if not then we insist you give it a try and get a solid cost range. For more clarifications, you can always email us at [email protected].

Remote Developer Cost Factor 3 – Domain Experience
We can divide remote software developers into two categories from the point of view of the project need as follows –

Software Developers that you hire only for their Technical Skills –
For example,

hiring iOS Developers for they are skilled on iOS/ Xcode/ Swift/ Objective C. Or,
hiring Android Developers for they are skilled at Android Studio, Java, Kotlin. Or,

hiring React Native Developers for they are skilled at react native, may be react.js, android, iOS.

And,
Software Developers that you hire not only for their Technical Skills but also their domain experience/ expertise –

For example,

Hiring a web full stack developer who is skilled on DB programming, React.js, Node.js, Graphql but also have an experience of 5 years in Banking & Insurance Domain. Or,
Hiring a C/C++ developer who has an experience of 5 years on creating 4G/ 5G Network elements software in hardcore Telecom Software Domain, an experience in Embedded can be considered too.

Hiring a Python Developer, who has worked for 3 years in payment processing and understands deep level payment transaction protocols, security, encryption and so on.
That being said, Remote Developers that you hire only for the Tech Skills will cost you better Vs Remote Developers that you hire for their Tech Skills + Hardcore Domain expertise because latter is usually less in number and higher in demand by right companies.

Remote Developer Cost Factor 4 – Location of Remote Software Developers Team
You outsource to India the cost will revolve around $ 20 to $ 40/ hour, you go to Ukraine it will be up to $ 100/ hr, you go to Latin America it will in the mid of the two, while it will be cheaper in Bangladesh or Philippines.

Remote Developer Cost Factor 5 – Freelancer/ Part Timer Vs Agency/ Offshore Software Development Company

When you hire remote developers from an Agency, you basically make the Agency accountable i.e., they are the ones having their brand at stake and they involve many more personnel and infrastructure than just the developer in order to make sure things run smoothly every single day and you get every bang out of your buck.

That means, they’ll spread over such quintessential cost over their total price and you may find it costlier VS when you hire a freelancer who may burn midnight oil after their day job and offer their service in way lesser price. There is a trade-off ofcourse and then, there is a reason corresponding to hiring both of them.

When you need a team, several different skills and a binding thread in terms of a supervisor or a project manager you have to go with an offshore developer for long term benefits. Also, for complex works that need not just a developer but architects, testers, technical guides, domain experts, delivery managers Agency is the best bet

Basic Commercial Terms for Offshore Remote Developers Team

1) 40 % of total monthly fee/ developer is to be transferred within 1st week of work commencement. Remaining 60 % at month completion and the cycle continues.

2) Payments can be transferred using Bank Wire Transfer or Payoneer or any other trustworthy payment method online.

3) Payments will be transferred to Agicent’s Indian Bank Account.

General Process of Engagement for Offshore Development Team
Requirement Capturing (Business Analyst) - Project Manager/ Business analyst will work with you to capture requirements and convert those into meaning full specifications for developer and designers.

Execution – Designer will then convert specification into design screens, and developers (iOS, Android, Backend) will execute the task.

Interim Release – Once task is completed or weekly sprint is done, PC/BA will release you an interim build for your testing after getting it testing by our tester.

Shipping – once you approve the interim release or ask for changes and those are incorporate, a version upgrade will then be pushed to the corresponding App stores.

Task Priority – PM/ BA will understand the overall vision of the project and will do the sequentialization the tasks after your approval (basis on the business/ time to market requirements).

PM Tools – Our PM/ BA will use tools like Trello or Jira for project management and bug tracking.

Version Control and repository – we’ll use bitbucket private repository to version control the software development as it progresses.
Data Backup, Security, Recovery – The team will do periodical data backup in order to keep the customer data safe from any hacking threat situation.
Testing - Tester will execute UAT, if no issues, the feature is moved shall be labelled as closed.

Delivery and Code repository – Developers will submit the code every fortnight to the repository prescribed by the client along with the object form of the code.

Source: https://www.agicent.com/offsho....re-remote-team-calcu

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