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Need advice on building an app

Hey everyone!
I’m new to this board and looking for advice. I’m looking to build a photo-sharing iPhone app but I don’t know how to code myself. I’ve thought about hiring developers, but I sort of want someone to help me think through the software part of the idea before jumping in. Does anyone know of any good resources for this?
Thanks!
Cassie
I’m new to this board and looking for advice. I’m looking to build a photo-sharing iPhone app but I don’t know how to code myself. I’ve thought about hiring developers, but I sort of want someone to help me think through the software part of the idea before jumping in. Does anyone know of any good resources for this?
Thanks!
Cassie
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Otherwise you could try learning how to build it yourself (takes ages) or hire an agency (takes lots of $$$).
As I am currently working in the field of IT I strongly suggest you talk to the developers directly - as no-one could tell you more about the job than those who do it on a daily basis.
More to this, as I represent the company of Mind Studios - we would be delighted to help you discussing this idea of yours.
Here's the link to our website just in case
https://themindstudios.com
Cheers,
Elina.
Before hitting the market and start developing an application you should conduct a proper market research. Analyzing the market thoroughly will give you insights about your competitors, their strategy, their strengths and weakness too. This information will prove to be useful as you can avoid repeating the mistakes your competitors made. Researchers often overlook customer reviews. These reviews can give you a glance of likes and dislikes of users about a particular type of app. Thus, you must ensure that you take a note of the pain areas and try to resolve it in your mobile app. This strategy can give you a chance to win over your competitor’s customers.
Find out whether there are other apps doing the same thing
Find design inspiration for your app
Find information on the technical requirements for your app
Find out how you can market and monetize your app
Create a Wireframe and Storyboard.
Define the Back End of Your Mobile App http://djangostars.com/blog/app-development-cost-android-vs-ios/
-Track every exception and error.
-Test your app on real user.
-Search how to deal with problems?
-Build distributed feature flag
If you can't get 25 (somewhat arbitrary) people to complete a survey about your app, chances are your idea may not be as viable as you thought.
So ultimately, before anything, make sure you have what it takes to get people to even give you the time of day.
Then when you do go and speak to developers on Upwork.com or whatever, ask them to build an MVP. Read The Lean Startup if you aren't familiar with the concept.
But don't let some agency build you a $50,000 app. When you do pay, start with an MVP. Ideally $5,000 or less.
For your budget I can strongly recommend you Cleveroad - it's a team of web and mobile app developers that can build any project from scratch.