How much does it cost to build an app in the UAE?

Every package is one Flutter codebase that produces both the Android and the iOS app, so you are not paying twice for two platforms. Prices are set in US dollars; the dirham is pegged at 3.6725 per dollar, so the AED figures stay stable.

Two quotes for "an app" can differ by ten times because they describe different things. One includes a backend, an admin panel and store publishing; the other is a set of screens that still needs all of that. Before comparing prices, compare the scope line by line.

Ask every developer the same questions: how many screens, which user roles, whether there is a backend and who hosts it, whether an admin dashboard is included, who publishes to the App Store and Google Play, and who owns the code and the store listings afterwards. A fixed package answers those questions in writing before you pay anything.

Most of the cost of an app is decided by a handful of choices. Each of these moves you up a package, or into a custom quote:

• More screens and more user roles (for example customer, driver and admin in one product).
• Your own backend and database instead of connecting to existing APIs.
• An admin dashboard to run the business from, not just basic admin tools.
• Payments and third-party integrations. Standard ones fit the packages; complex payment gateways are quoted separately.
• Arabic and right-to-left layouts alongside English.
• Custom AI systems, real-time streaming, hardware integrations or specialised compliance work, which are always quoted individually.

The build price is not the only cost of running an app. Plan for Apple's annual developer programme fee, Google Play's one-time registration fee, hosting for the backend and database, and any maintenance you choose. None of these are hidden inside the package price, and the apps are published under your own developer accounts so you control them.

App Store and Google Play approval is decided by Apple and Google, so nobody can guarantee it. What I can do is prepare the builds, listings and review notes properly, and fix and resubmit at no extra cost if an app is rejected.

This is how the first year adds up for a UAE business, with the build at a fixed package price and everything else listed separately. Apple charges 99 USD per membership year for the Apple Developer Program (it may show the fee in local currency when you enrol) and Google Play charges a one-time US$25 registration fee. AED figures use the 3.6725 peg and are rounded.

Send a short description of what you want to build on WhatsApp or by email: who it is for, Android, iOS or both, your budget range and when you want to launch. You get a written scope and one fixed price back before any work starts. If the idea fits a package, that is the price; if it needs more, the extra work is quoted line by line so you can decide what to keep.