What belongs in a first-year app budget

A pricing page shows the software. The first year also includes everything required before a stranger can open the thing you described.

Lines that are easy to forget

• The plan that matches the section count. The cheapest plan is often a web link with a cap on sections. If your list needs one more section, price that, or cut the list.
• Store memberships, if you are shipping installable apps. Budget Apple’s yearly fee and Google’s registration, and read whether a waiver applies. A web link has neither.
• A domain you already control, so the QR code does not depend on a trial address.
• Making the content. Writing, recording, translating, and photographs you have the right to use. This line is often larger than the software.
• A person’s hours to publish corrections. If that person is paid, put the hours in the budget. If they are not, write down what stops when they are away.

A way to keep the number honest

During a trial, build the one route from your brief and count the sections it used. Ask which plan includes that count, the link, and the stores if you need them. Add the store fees and a rough figure for producing the words and audio. That sum is the decision. A monthly price on its own is not.

Yearly billing is usually cheaper than twelve monthly payments. Pay yearly only after the trial route worked. A year of an app nobody edits is still a year of invoices.