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January 8, 2018

Exploring Deception In Software Development – Who’s Is Really Building Your App

First of all congrats for making it so far . You have your entire business model pre set in your mind , right from wireframes to financial projection , and say you might also have a VC’s in front of you who is happily ready to fund your business . Then obviously you might be thinking of approaching a big Mobile App Development company for your business model .

You might have found the app development agency whom portfolio are flooded with big clientele logo’s like Netflix , Sony , Facebook and so on.

Problem :

You are feeling crazy to check on each app developed by that specific mobile app development company , to see what awesome they really did so far . You web browser are doing their role , but that page might not let loaded . Need not to worry , your browser might be telling you the truth , right ? Perhaps not . Their designer might be doing the internship in some college , but the point is do they able to provide you the appropriate solution for your business problem . If they have really serving large chunks of more than 500 + clients , and are representing as a large companies who have served the large players , then they must be able to satisfy you more than your expectation . However this might not be the case every time with you . They might be willing to flaunt you by showing you they have actually build something for that company .

Solution :

Ask them a simple question , what they really did for those companies ? They might be in some kind of NDA with those companies , but they positively have something to answer , say ” We have designed custom software ” , or ” we designed something for them ” .

Problem :

The company you might have choose might be charging you $ 120 an hour but , but they are not transparent about who is doing your project .

Solution :

The one and only solution to this problem is ask if you could meet them whether virtually or by walking into their office . By this step you might be able to find why they exactly want so much of time and what are they exactly doing In those hours . Is is an important step , because what if they are charging you $ 120 or $ 140 an hour and they are actually outsourcing your project to someone situated in India , its not like that Indian app developers don’t have a excellent mind to develop the app , but it is the matter of question that you are paying $ 120 per hour for glorified referral under the guise of honest agency .It might be extreme risk to trust on someone who is actually doing like this and making you fool irrespective of your investment .

Bottom Line

You only have 2 choices at this point of time , either you can blindly trust the developer or you can act as we guided to you . As if it is really been a situation that your app is being outsourced , you can in this world of modernisation can hire a agency by your own rather than paying such a hike prices .

Want to know what it is like to work with local development agency ? Walk in to our office of Winklix at G-89 , Sector -63 , Noida , India to have a cup of coffee with our android and iOS app development team . Our first and the primary focus is to build great products , and helping you get out the layers of confusion in application development .

January 6, 2018June 3, 2019

Fixed Price Development Is Bad For Your App

During your journey of choosing the right app development company , you may have talked certain different developers quoting their different prices . The conversation of cost is the main factor which is going to decide who you are going to choose from while at the same time taking into consideration the quality of work they are providing . Well it is really a difficult conversation , but as per the recent study fixed prices and software development are like oil and water . Lets look at some pitfalls in order to understand why top developers has moved to time and material billing rather than fixed cost of mobile app development .

Also Read : How much does it cost to develop an mobile app ?

Software Is NOT Like Other Industries

You might have a predefined mindset that how your software is gone a look like . You might also end up in planning saying ” If I plan well giving enough timing , I can come up with perfect and precise blueprints of the app . The development team will able to understand your thoughts and will be able to give the application upto your expectation . This is the point where you are going to fall .

Software industry is not like construction industry in which blueprints are pre defined and changes are not likely to be done . App development agency is still the new industry and is still rapidly evolving industry . But after all we all are human , and we have a tendency to get the software as we are getting a car , or building a house in which all the things are already being pre defined .

But wait , in software industry blueprints are rarely been well understood . This is because we don’t know what we exactly want , and if we know what we want we don’t know the technical feasibility behind the same . For instance say , a user sign up in your app have been initially decided to have just used id and password , but later on you have discovered that you want user sign up via Facebook also. This is the real time example of ” Unknown Unknown ” in software . Although developers are expert in their field and can give you suggestions , but neither the developer nor you can predict what you need to change in your journey of app development . This will create hassle for you in case you are willing to go for fixed pricing .

So , Is It Like I Can’t Change Features Within The Fixed Price ?

If you are building a house and you want another floor in it , will your developer will do it for free ? Well obviously not , either they will charge more or cancel the project . As it will be more cost constructive , and no body in the world is going to give you something for free of cost .

Now if we talk about software industry , if you are building a CRM app in which employee need to upload their photos only , and later on it has been decided that they can upload the videos in it , I bet your developers will gone charge more from you .

And if anyone is doing it free of cost at fixed price , they they must be compromising on the quality of the work . Or eventually your developer will loose interest in your work because they are not making the money .

But What If My Feature Don’t Change ? Can I Have A Fixed Price Then ?

You may be able to convenience junior unexperienced developer to give you a fixed price , but I would definitely not work as far as we consider from your project point of view . It is almost impossible to predict complexities that may arise during the app development process . For instance , database structure defining might not be done in a single wile , sometime the situation may arise when you have to define the whole new structure .This is not only the case with the junior developer , but even the senior developers are affected by this scenario .

Good developers might wrap up your project within the time frame of two weeks . But the main demerit of this field is every time you change process or need changes , you will need additional time to address these things in real time without slowing down your project .

It All Come Down To Trust

Fixed prices can do one good thing ” Your financial risk will be limited to your fixed price ” as mutually fixed between you and your developer . But that might not be a viable situation for your developer .This kind of situation is bad for both of the parties . If you are limiting the budget constraint on your developer , then forget about quality work delivering . It is a fact that if you are happily not working together , then actually you are working against each other . So do you really want to work against your developers from day 1 ? Hopefully not !!

We can day the fixed price trend can come later on , once the app development field get some stability say after 10 years we can predict !! The only solution of getting the high end quality software is to go on with flexible price module with the developers that will not only give you quality products , but will also create a worth for the developers . And in case you are going to pay a fixed price just because you have pre defined mindset , then get ready for poorly made products .

Most of the developers works on the basis of mutual trust , and if you can’t trust your developers , then please don’t work with them . Trust can be seen easily by looking at their portfolio and by speaking with their previous and current clients . Find reviews from their clients , a real developer will always make you aware about the change and how it is gone a cost in real time .

So if you are planning to build somethings great , you can choose Winklix , but sorry we are not going to work for you for fixed prices . Our projects starts from as low as $ 5000 only . Mail us now for more .

January 6, 2018January 6, 2018

WHY RESTAURANTS SHOULD CONSIDER AN APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Technology is playing a huge role in every organization. Businesses are taking leaps and bounds by application of technology in their work. However, it has been seen that restaurants are not realizing the impact that technology can have on their business.

Most of the restaurants are determined in serving rich quality food which people loves. However, if they start using technology, it can really expand and boost their businesses. There are more than 2 billion mobile users in the world. Due to this huge market, restaurants have a very high potential to be successful if they implement the technology in their business. Here are some of the reasons why restaurants should hire an app development company to make apps for them.

Menu varies with time

According to a research, most people order food only after seeing a menu. Food apps can help the restaurants to put up the menu in the app so that people can check and compare the prices. Time is a constantly changing. With time, the prices of food menu change.

This incorporation of technology can help the restaurant owners to update the menu on the go. This saves lot of time, paper and helps in the restaurants to put up a menu that is very pleasing and easy to access. The experts at the agency can easily handle the routine back-end menu updates.

Easy mobile payments

With the time changing, and the government pushing for the digital payments, the mobile payments are on the rise. Restaurants can hire mobile app development company to integrate mobile payments technology in their restaurant app which makes it easier for both the customers and the staff. Now-a-days, more people prefer to pay the amount through digital payment. People spent so much in eating outside that it makes it a huge market for business. Offering payment services online can really boost the food business.

Convenient Mobile Reservation

Mobile reservations are one revolution that an application development company can incorporate with the help of restaurant mobile application. Mobile reservations are well known and helpful for cafes. More than 25 percent of individuals who eat at restaurants reserve their spot online — along with this, by offering the ability to do as such through an application, restaurants can urge individuals to come into their establishments and occupy their respective seats.

Mobile apps generate brand awareness

Building a reputation is a very challenging task. With the large number of restaurants in a geographical area, it is very essential for a restaurant to build reputation which gives you an edge over other restaurants. The best way for a restaurant to generate brand awareness is by hiring the app development agency to develop the app for their business.

According to statistics, people spend an average of 30 hours per month which makes it a huge market full of potential. People get to know more about the restaurants through these apps. These are very powerful ways to build and establish deeper relationship with the customers. Apps are the answer of moments like I want to know, I want to do, I want to buy etc.

Good marketing strategies are required for the success of the business. By trusting a mobile app develop company to develop an app for the restaurant, the restaurant can make sure that their app functions well and have a unique user experience which will ultimately help in producing respectable and tech-savvy image to the customers.

Discounts and offers attract more customers

The advantage of having a mobile app is that they provide loyalty program to the customers. These programs entice the customers to come into the restaurants. Restaurants apps provide discount and offers when they come to the restaurant certain number of times.

The restaurant can hire an app agency who can build the app through which you can track the loyalty points of a customer. Aside from bringing the customers to the restaurants, these apps help in marketing their restaurant business. It creates a targeted market by analysing the type of each customer.

Helps in feedback

After having the dinner at a restaurant, the most important things for the restaurant are the customer’s feedback, reviews, rating and satisfaction. The apps have integrated rating and review features that enable the user to give their reviews about their experience in dining at restaurant.

These reviews are very vital as they help the restaurant to improve the dining experience. They can hire the app development company to integrate these features in the app.

One of the best agency that can build exceptional restaurant apps for you is WINKLIX . It has a very dedicated team who is highly skilled professionals . Whether it is an android app or an IOS app, we make sure that the clients are satisfied with the app. We have a highly qualified team who is focussed on building the app before the deadline.