creating an app for business

monkey8

I am working in retail and I have been looking into having an ipad touchscreen with some information on our products for our customers.
Any quotes we get are very very expensive.
The tech companies will create the software, have remote access, lock out all other functions, update it regularly etc etc which all adds up.

How easy/expensive would it be to pay an app developer to create an app with information on all our products to cut out all these additional costs?
Then I could just set up the ipad, leave it open on the app with guided access applied.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Creamy Goodness

monkey8 wrote: »

I am working in retail and I have been looking into having an ipad touchscreen with some information on our products for our customers.
Any quotes we get are very very expensive.
The tech companies will create the software, have remote access, lock out all other functions, update it regularly etc etc which all adds up.

How easy/expensive would it be to pay an app developer to create an app with information on all our products to cut out all these additional costs?
Then I could just set up the ipad, leave it open on the app with guided access applied.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

How much do you think a bespoke app for a bespoke problem costs?

The Corinthian

monkey8 wrote: »

How easy/expensive would it be to pay an app developer to create an app with information on all our products to cut out all these additional costs?

What additional costs? After all, you can get a company 'to create an app with information on all your products' then you 'could just set up the ipad, leave it open on the app with guided access applied'. It's up to you to define what you want, regardless of whether you go via a development consultancy or a freelance developer.

If they're pushing to do the updating, then they should have a good case for why - ask them to give one.

Beyond that, all you'll do is perhaps save something on the hourly rate between the two and lose a some degree of support and resources, as you'll have an individual rather than a company working for you.

monkey8

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

How much do you think a bespoke app for a bespoke problem costs?

I'm just wondering if cresting an app with a developer would be more cost effective

The Corinthian

monkey8 wrote: »

I'm just wondering if cresting an app with a developer would be more cost effective

Could well be, with the right developer.

Given this, I suspect unless you can pin down what you want (seeing as companies are offering one thing and seemingly you want something else) no approach will be cost effective. Actually, I can probably guarantee that it'll cost you a multiple of what it should and/or give you a result you don't want.

So, I'd focus on that, TBH.

Buzz Killington the third

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