This article from OS X Daily discusses iPhone app development costs, and what to expect when hiring an iOS developer. A poll cited from TechCrunch points out that for a relatively small app the average development cost was $6,453. When you consider that the TapLynx framework costs $599, and additionally removes a great amount of developer work on your part, your potential iPhone app is a steal.
As was mentioned in this article posted a week ago from Nieman Journalism Lab, developing an app doesn’t have to be insurmountable because of high developer costs. Using TapLynx, Joshua Benton was able to produce a solid journalism app for only $624 (1/10th of the afformentioned cost!). Not only does the framework cut down on many hours of developer time, it is customizable to a level that if you did want to invest money in custom features, you can do so by building it into the framework instead of starting from scratch.
Based on high demand for iOS developers leading to high development costs, is building an iPhone app worth it? OS X Daily says it is, if you can avoid shelling out thousands of dollars for development time. This is why Nieman Journalism Lab so effectively used TapLynx: it provides a means to produce quality iPhone apps at a fraction of the cost.
OS X Daily: iPhone Development Costs http://bit.ly/dnTmJC
Nieman Journalism Lab: An iPhone app developer’s diary http://bit.ly/9qobhP
