The Minimum Cost of Getting A Business App

Let’s be real: not a lot of shop owners can say their business is going great. Not you though, because your business is bigger than ever, with clients returning and new ones coming in almost every week. Let’s say you’re a coffee shop and you want to try your hand on making an app for your business. App builders, of course, are all available online, and we’ve listed down some that caught our eye.

App Institute offers an online App Builder where you can make your own app for your business. It has a drag-and-drop format, allowing you the flexibility to add or remove whatever from the app. The interface of the builder seems a bit dodgy and unresponsive but makes up for it with customisation. The downside, of course, is that you will have to create your own Apple and Android developer accounts, register your business on the platforms, spend hundreds of hours creating an app only to be denied for some mistakes you overlooked. Not to mention the monthly fee of $60 ($95 if you want to be optimized for both Apple and Android), which is one of the cheapest available.

There are other apps that offer customer loyalty plans via their own app. Stamp Me works as a digital punch card, where you can set up a loyalty program at a small fee. The most basic is at $25 a month, but if you’re a serious business with an influx of customers, the $49 seems like a better…