Do I get both iPhone and Android?

Yes. Every tier is one app, built once with Expo and React Native, and submitted to both the App Store and Google Play. You are not paying for two separate builds. Apple and Google review every app before it goes live; we handle the submission and the changes their review asks for.

How long does it take to build an app?

Most apps take 3–6 weeks from kickoff to submission to the App Store and Google Play. The first week is scope and screen design; the build follows, you get the app on your own phone to try before it goes to the stores, and we submit as soon as it passes our own testing. Apple and Google each review it before it is listed, which usually takes a few days and is outside our control. Your written quote carries the dates for your app before any work starts.

Can you just turn my website into an app?

No. Apple rejects apps that are only a repackaged website (App Review Guideline 4.2), so that money would be wasted. Every app we build has at least one real in-app feature — a loyalty card, booking, ordering or check-in — that gives a customer a reason to keep it on their phone.

What does App Care cover, and who pays for the backend?

App Care is the app version of our website Hosting & Care: backend hosting, store releases, basic analytics, monthly minor updates, and rebuilds when Apple or Google change their requirements. You choose how the backend is paid for. Managed ($99, $179 or $299 a month) puts it on our accounts inside one bill, and is what we recommend for most businesses. On your own accounts ($69, $129 or $269 a month, the same as website hosting) you pay the provider directly, and we put its expected cost in your quote.

Who owns the store accounts and the data?

You do. The Apple Developer and Google Play accounts are opened in your business name and you pay Apple and Google directly. The app is published under your name, not ours, and it stays in your accounts if we ever stop working together. Your customer data is yours on either care option, and we hand over a full export whenever you ask.

Do I need an app, or is a website enough?

Most businesses need the website first. An app earns its cost when the same customers come back often — members, regulars, repeat orders — and you want to reach them with push notifications. If that is not your business, a fast website will do more for less, and we will tell you so.

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iPhone and Android Apps for Rochester Businesses

One app, built once, published to the App Store and Google Play. Fixed prices you can read before you call, and the same person who builds it keeps it running.

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Quick answer

An iPhone and Android app from ROC Web Tech costs $5,950, $11,500 or $19,500 to build. One build covers both stores. App Care is free for the first 3, 6 or 12 months, then $99, $179 or $299 a month with the backend included, or $69, $129 or $269 on your own accounts.

What we build

The kinds of apps we build

Apps for businesses whose customers come back. The common kinds, what goes into each, and the tier it usually lands in.

Membership & community
In our beta app
Members sign in, find each other, message privately and hear from you first.
- Member accounts
- Member directory
- Private messages
- Invites
Usually: App Growth
Events & RSVPs
In our beta app
An event calendar people actually check: RSVP in two taps, a reminder before it starts, a headcount for you.
- Event calendar
- RSVPs and guest requests
- Push reminders
Usually: App Growth
Owner & staff tools
In our beta app
Run the app from your own phone: post an announcement, approve a request, manage who is in.
- Owner dashboard
- Announcements
- Member and invite management
Usually: App Growth — App Authority with several staff roles
Loyalty & check-in
A punch card or points that live on the home screen, and a check-in at the counter.
- Loyalty card
- Check-in
- Push notifications
Usually: App Starter
Booking & appointments
Regulars book a slot without calling, and get a reminder so they show up.
- Booking
- Push reminders
- Customer accounts on App Growth
Usually: App Starter or App Growth
Ordering & payments
Customers order ahead from their phone. Paying inside the app is part of the top tier.
- Online ordering
- Customer accounts
- In-app payments on App Authority
Usually: App Growth — App Authority with payments

Most apps mix two or three of these. The tier is set by what the app has to do, and you get it in a written quote before any work starts. See the tiers.

App Pricing

Fixed prices, published

The same ladder as our websites: a one-time build, then care that is free at first and monthly after that.

App Starter
$5,950
A real app in both stores, built around one feature your customers use
3 months App Care FREE, then $99/mo
- One app on iPhone and Android from one codebase (Expo / React Native)
- Up to 6 screens
- Push notifications
- At least one real in-app feature — loyalty card, booking, ordering or check-in
- App Store and Google Play listings and submission
- First 3 months of App Care free, then $99/mo — or $69/mo on your own backend accounts
Best for: Businesses with regulars — a loyalty card, a booking button or a check-in that is easier from the home screen than from a browser tab.
Get a quote — App Starter
★ Recommended
App Growth
$11,500
Accounts, ordering or booking, and an admin screen you run yourself
6 months App Care FREE, then $179/mo
- Everything in App Starter
- Customer accounts
- A hosted database
- An owner admin screen
- Online ordering or booking
- Analytics
- First 6 months of App Care free, then $179/mo — or $129/mo on your own backend accounts
Best for: Businesses whose customers sign in, order or book often enough that an app beats a bookmark — and owners who want to change what it shows without calling anyone.
Get a quote — App Growth
App Authority
$19,500
Payments, staff roles and the systems you already use, wired in
12 months App Care FREE, then $299/mo
- Everything in App Growth
- Payments
- Several user roles
- Integrations — POS, CRM, calendar
- Offline support
- First 12 months of App Care free, then $299/mo — or $269/mo on your own backend accounts
Best for: Operations with staff, payments and other software in the loop — where the app has to talk to your POS, CRM or calendar and keep working with no signal.
Get a quote — App Authority
Enterprise
Let's talk
More than one app, or an app tied deep into how you operate
App Care + SLA bundled in your quote
- Several apps, or separate customer and staff apps
- Custom integrations with the systems you already run on
- Dedicated build timeline
- SLA support agreement
- White-glove onboarding
Best for: Operations where the app is part of how the business runs, not an add-on. Starts with a free discovery call.
Schedule a Call — Enterprise

What App Care covers, and the two ways to pay for it, are just below.

What App Care covers

An app is never finished. Phones change under it.

App Care is our website Hosting & Care, restated for an app. Same list, plus the one thing a website never needs.

Backend hosting — the database, sign-in and push notifications kept online, SSL included
Releases to the App Store and Google Play, and both listings kept in good standing
Basic analytics
Monthly minor updates — small copy edits, link fixes, image swaps, dependency patches
Rebuilds when Apple or Google change their requirements, so the app keeps working as phones update

Larger work — new screens, new features — falls under change requests, with a written estimate before any work starts.

Two ways to pay for it

Same care either way. You choose who holds the backend.

Managed
Recommended
One bill. We run your app’s backend on our accounts, and what it costs is inside your App Care fee.
App Starter
$99/mo
App Growth
$179/mo
App Authority
$299/mo
- Nothing to set up and nobody else to pay
- If your app outgrows the standard backend plan, we tell you first and pass the extra through at the provider’s cost, with no markup
- The data is yours: a full export whenever you ask
Best for: Most businesses. It is the simplest way to own an app.
Your own accounts
The backend account is opened in your business name and you pay the provider directly. We still run it.
App Starter
$69/mo
App Growth
$129/mo
App Authority
$269/mo
- Priced the same as our website Hosting & Care, because the work is the same
- The provider’s expected monthly cost goes in your written quote before you sign
- Every account is in your name from day one
Best for: Businesses with an IT person, or a rule that every account sits under the company.

The free months apply to our fee either way. On your own accounts you pay the provider from the first day. Not sure? Start managed — you can move to your own accounts later.

Is an app right for you?

Most businesses need the website first

An app earns its cost when the same people come back. Here is the honest split.

An app fits when

Your customers come back — members, regulars, repeat orders
There is something they do often: book, order, check in or show a loyalty card
You want to reach them with a push notification instead of hoping they open an email

We will talk you out of it when

A website inside an app shell. Apple rejects those, and a fast website does that job better
A business that sees most customers once. Put the money into the website and local search first

Built, not just quoted. Our first client app, a members' app for a private Rochester club, is in private beta now: one codebase for iPhone and Android. See it on our work page →

Common questions

Mobile apps — answered

How much does an iPhone and Android app cost in Rochester, NY?: The build is $5,950, $11,500 or $19,500, depending on scope — all three are published on this page. App Care is free for the first 3, 6 or 12 months, then $99, $179 or $299 a month with the backend included, or $69, $129 or $269 a month if you hold the backend accounts yourself. Apple charges $99 a year and Google $25 once for the developer accounts, which are opened in your name.
Do I get both iPhone and Android?: Yes. Every tier is one app, built once with Expo and React Native, and submitted to both the App Store and Google Play. You are not paying for two separate builds. Apple and Google review every app before it goes live; we handle the submission and the changes their review asks for.
How long does it take to build an app?: Most apps take 3–6 weeks from kickoff to submission to the App Store and Google Play. The first week is scope and screen design; the build follows, you get the app on your own phone to try before it goes to the stores, and we submit as soon as it passes our own testing. Apple and Google each review it before it is listed, which usually takes a few days and is outside our control. Your written quote carries the dates for your app before any work starts.
Can you just turn my website into an app?: No. Apple rejects apps that are only a repackaged website (App Review Guideline 4.2), so that money would be wasted. Every app we build has at least one real in-app feature — a loyalty card, booking, ordering or check-in — that gives a customer a reason to keep it on their phone.
What does App Care cover, and who pays for the backend?: App Care is the app version of our website Hosting & Care: backend hosting, store releases, basic analytics, monthly minor updates, and rebuilds when Apple or Google change their requirements. You choose how the backend is paid for. Managed ($99, $179 or $299 a month) puts it on our accounts inside one bill, and is what we recommend for most businesses. On your own accounts ($69, $129 or $269 a month, the same as website hosting) you pay the provider directly, and we put its expected cost in your quote.
Who owns the store accounts and the data?: You do. The Apple Developer and Google Play accounts are opened in your business name and you pay Apple and Google directly. The app is published under your name, not ours, and it stays in your accounts if we ever stop working together. Your customer data is yours on either care option, and we hand over a full export whenever you ask.
Do I need an app, or is a website enough?: Most businesses need the website first. An app earns its cost when the same customers come back often — members, regulars, repeat orders — and you want to reach them with push notifications. If that is not your business, a fast website will do more for less, and we will tell you so.

Working out a budget first? Read how much it costs to make an app — what moves the price, and how to find your tier in five minutes. Planning the calendar? Read how long it takes to build an app.

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Tell us what your customers do most.

We will tell you whether an app is worth it, which tier it lands in, and what it would cost to keep running. If a website would do more for you, we will say that instead.

Talk about your app →Book a discovery call

iPhone and Android Apps for Rochester Businesses

The kinds of apps we build

Membership & community

Events & RSVPs

Owner & staff tools

Loyalty & check-in

Booking & appointments

Ordering & payments