Choosing Freelancers for App Develpment

kochtgr · 24th Nov 2016, 08:06 AM

Hi, I am trying to find a freelancer developer for an app I need however after interviewing a few freelancers and asking them how many hours it would take them to create it, their replies vary extremely. For example one said 10h and another one 800h (and a few others between these extremes but still with big differences between each other) so for anyone else who has experience hiring developers how do you choose a freelancer.

Additionally it's not a matter of how clear I described the app since I showed them an existing app and ask them how many hours they would need to create the exact same app...

EMPIREAPPDESIGNZ · 30th Nov 2016, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by kochtgr

Hi, I am trying to find a freelancer developer for an app I need however after interviewing a few freelancers and asking them how many hours it would take them to create it, their replies vary extremely. For example one said 10h and another one 800h (and a few others between these extremes but still with big differences between each other) so for anyone else who has experience hiring developers how do you choose a freelancer.

Additionally it's not a matter of how clear I described the app since I showed them an existing app and ask them how many hours they would need to create the exact same app...

You will always get different responses for app development based on the skill set of the developer or the development company, What I do is ask them what have they developed similar to my idea and if they have a link to the app I would in turn contact that person to find out if it was worth using that company for app development, If they have already developed a similar app to your idea it will cost less and take less time as they already have the source code. If it has to be built from scratch it does take much longer.

kochtgr · 3rd Dec 2016, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by EMPIREAPPDESIGNZ

You will always get different responses for app development based on the skill set of the developer or the development company, What I do is ask them what have they developed similar to my idea and if they have a link to the app I would in turn contact that person to find out if it was worth using that company for app development, If they have already developed a similar app to your idea it will cost less and take less time as they already have the source code. If it has to be built from scratch it does take much longer.

Thanks however usually it's not possible to find and ask the persons that hired each freelancer...

shim333 · 11th Dec 2016, 01:42 PM

I use freelancers sites - so i can see the developers feedbacks then know better who to choose

automathings · 26th Dec 2016, 06:26 PM

Inexperienced developers will almost always greatly underestimate the level of effort required. There are other issues that are not immediately obvious like code quality, scalability, performance, maintainability, UI design and so on that the cheaper developer will probably neglect. The developer also has to support you after the release by fixing bugs.

However, sometimes all you need is a throwaway app, so it doesn't make sense to spend a ton of money on one. There are applications out there that allow non-programmers to create mobile apps - check those first to see if you can simply your application enough to create it in one of those.

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automathings Active Warrior Join Date: 2016 Location: United States of America Posts: 88 Thanks: 64 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Choosing Freelancers for App Develpment Share on: Inexperienced developers will almost always greatly underestimate the level of effort required. There are other issues that are not immediately obvious like code quality, scalability, performance, maintainability, UI design and so on that the cheaper developer will probably neglect. The developer also has to support you after the release by fixing bugs. However, sometimes all you need is a throwaway app, so it doesn't make sense to spend a ton of money on one. There are applications out there that allow non-programmers to create mobile apps - check those first to see if you can simply your application enough to create it in one of those.