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Tips to Build an Expert Mobile App Development Team
Creating a successful app requires expertise in a range of skills. In our six years of business, we’ve built a world-class team largely consisting of strategists, designers, and developers. For those of you looking to start your own app journey, this blog post serves as a resource outlining the core skills needed in an app…
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App Development Costs: The Ultimate Guide to App Budget by App Type
When we published our massive review on how much an app costs back in 2015, we had no idea it would become the top resource on the web. Years later, that piece is still considered the definitive resource for app development costs in our industry. It’s because of its popularity that I feel compelled to revisit this subject. Additionally,…
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App Development Costs: What Separates a $10,000 App From a $100,000 App?
In our massive review of app costs and ultimate guide on app budgets by app type, I detailed quite extensively various price points for having an app built. Although I highlighted some factors that can drive costs higher, I didn’t go into this topic extensively Today, there’s still confusion in the marketplace about why the cost to develop…
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How Much Does an App Cost: A Massive Review of Pricing and other Budget Considerations
How much does an app cost? With over ten years of data at our disposal, most quality apps cost between $100,000 to $1,000,000. Some apps will be less and some more. If you’re looking for an app built with great design, superior development, and clever marketing though, it will be somewhere in that range. TL;DR The…
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Designing a Push Notification Strategy to Increase Engagement
Push notifications play a powerful role in engaging users with your app. When used intelligently, push notifications improve app engagement by 88 percent. Yet, there’s also a tremendous opportunity to turn users against your app with push notifications. That same Localytics study? It found that over half of app users think push notifications are “annoying.” These…
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Create a Better Product With Design Collaboration — Mindset, Tools, Process
Digital products are more complex today than ever before. Creating them requires multiple team members, each with their own set of skills and expertise. At Savvy, for example, our customers work closely with a dedicated product manager, UX designer, visual designer, developer(s), content strategist, and a growth specialist. We use design collaboration to handle this…
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What is Digital Transformation (and Why Should Your Company Care)?
Digital transformation—sometimes synonymous with digital innovation—has often been defined over the last few years with little to show for it. We know because at Savvy, we’ve been in the trenches with companies helping them through their digital transformations across various industries. We continually have course-corrected digital transformations gone wrong while re-educating our customers—and the market—on…
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What Makes a Great App?
You’ve seen the lists of “best new apps” and “top apps of the year.” What makes these apps any better than the thousands of others in app stores? What makes an app great? A catchy name and fancy animations help, but real quality comes from how well the app addresses these elements: purpose, audience, stability, and polish. We polled…
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Building a Real-World Web App With Vue.js and Firebase
Developers are adopting Vue.js at a rapid pace. Boasting over 167,000 stars on GitHub, this modern, modular JavaScript library has become a compelling option for web app development. This adoption is in no small part due to Vue.js being so easy to integrate into an existing project. It’s fast. It’s extremely powerful. And it allows you to build…
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10 Ways to Increase User Engagement for Your App
Creating an engaging app takes much more than just an interesting idea. Gimmicks and “flavors of the month” ultimately will not break through the noise of the app stores. What’s needed instead are the proven strategies that help drive better engagement for your app. These aren’t tricks and some of them require significant thought and…
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