Flutter, Flutter, Flutter. This does have a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Now, the big question is, should you close this Blog, and start with Flutter app development to build your app right away?
If you ask me, why wouldn’t you? Apps have become the Digital key for retention and Lifetime Value (LTV) with every organization opting for apps to make sure that people stick around.
It’s the notifications, the offers you can generate, the independent platform, Upsells, Cross-sell, all you can achieve without using Google INC. and Facebook INC platforms.
Once a customer downloads your app, and if the app is user friendly, can retain customers for a long time, and make their life easier, walla, you win in customer experience and Automation.
So, why wouldn’t you want to build an app?
Now, going into what programming language to use while building the app? I think you need to look into what’s needed in this modern world to have a great app.
So, what’s needed you ask me? Let me tell you 3 things that are needed, and Why Flutter might just be the best Toolkit to achieve it.
- Time and Resource
Okay, how long does it take to build an average app in Java?
If you do everything right, 4-6 months is the average time to develop an App on Java for Android. Now IOS anyone? It’s highly effective to use Cross-Platform App development, idea validation, and agility which saves a lot of time and money.
It takes approximately 250 hours in order to develop an average mobile app using the Flutter App Development framework which will work on both IOS and Android, versus 400 hours on Android and 400+ hours for IOS.
This is the time required. Now, let’s talk about Cost.
The average cost of developing a native app is between $10,000 and $50,000. But, Your $10,000 app can easily go towards $50,000 if you start features (Which you will do) like push notifications, geolocation, or app design elements.
Now, double the cost if you are looking to launch at both IOS and Android Platforms. Now, building an app through flutter will cost you around $12,000.
This means you are saving both time and cost while making the app market-ready. And, dare I say, If you are not an enterprise, you should never spend $100,000 for an untested idea. You build, optimize, and grow. That the formulae.
- High Agility
We keep on talking about Agile methodology in technology. It’s been there for more than a decade, but companies have not been very keen to practice it yet.
2020 requires Agility. Let’s take COVID -19 for an example. Retailers had to move into Ecom really fast if they didn’t want other online channels to take away their customers. Once customers go, it’s really difficult to get them back. Another example, Tiktok. This app has already grown to 2 billion subscribers in less than four years. Instagram and Facebook which are agile beyond measure. (I don’t even know how they do it)
This is difficult using traditional programming languages such as Java, or Objective – C, or even Swift.
Why? First, the Line of Codes that you have to write for a new module or even changing the module requires a lot of resources. And, second is the time. By the time you can write all the code, your competitor would have already had customers for what is in demand.
Next, you have to use different programming languages for different apps if you are using native programming languages. This definitely slows down the process, makes the teams bulkier, and does not help in any way making you agile.
When you look at Flutter, you will find that flutter is a toolkit, where the LOC is really less, and it’s multiplatform, so you can be agile and change things really fast.
It’s one of the best languages you can build on if you are looking at fast changes and being highly agile.
- Widgets
Yes, Flutter App Development is fairly new in the development world. But, it does have google backing it. And, now it has a significant community which is behind the toolkit with DART as a programming language supporting it.
Having many cross-platform programming languages, where does flutter actually beat programming languages such as React Native or Xamarin?
It’s the widgets and Packages. One of the reasons flutter grew really fast in the last 2 years is modular structure where you can use Widgets for everything.
This in turn saves a lot of time and cost. And, with Hot Reload so you can start off wherever you have finished, you don’t need to reload the application every time you are starting it.
With the Flutter community rapidly developing different packages to make sure that integration with Payment Gateways, Apple and Android TV, and all kinds of third party support can be seamless, Flutter may actually become the Emperor of App development in the coming years.
So, what are you waiting for? If you are ready to build an app, Validate your product, or even revamp your old app, Hire a Flutter Developer from Xpertspool.com. We have a pool of Vetter Flutter Xperts and Backend Xperts, where organizations have built apps in 2-3 months spending around $6000 for amazing applications.
If not, hire from Toptal and Fivrr, but do start today. And, do start with flutter.
Ullekh Niraula
CEO, Xpertspool
