What services does ALEZEIZAT offer?

Custom web development, mobile apps (iOS + Android), custom business software, SaaS MVP engineering, web/app security audits, and fractional CTO / engineering leadership.

Where are you based and who do you work with?

Founded and led from Amman, Jordan. We work with businesses, startups, and teams across MENA, Europe, and North America — fully remote or on-site.

How much does a project cost?

Pricing depends on scope. Book a free 20-minute discovery call (or chat on WhatsApp) — you get a written scope and fixed price within 48 hours. Engagements run on fixed-scope projects or monthly retainers depending on what fits.

How fast can you start?

Discovery calls happen within 48 hours. Most projects can kick off within 1–2 weeks of an agreed scope.

Yes. NDAs are standard before any sensitive discussion or audit.

Pricing & Scoping

What it actually costs to build a mobile app in Jordan in 2026

6 min read·May 20, 2026·By Abedalaziz Alezeizat

If you've been Googling "how much does a mobile app cost in Jordan" or "tكلفة تطوير تطبيق جوال" — you've probably found everything from **** to ****, with no explanation of why. Here's the honest, builder's view of what numbers actually mean in 2026.

The short answer

Companion app to your existing system: from **** (4–8 weeks)
MVP mobile app: from **** (8–10 weeks)
Production mobile app with real-time + payments: from **** (12–16 weeks)
Custom complex platform (multi-tenant, marketplace, fintech): from ****

Anyone telling you "we'll build your app for ****" is selling you a template they'll abandon once you hit the first real edge case. Anyone quoting **** for an MVP is selling you fear.

What changes the number

The cost is driven almost entirely by these five things, in order:

1. Backend complexity

A mobile app without a backend is a calculator. The actual cost of an app is mostly the backend it talks to: auth, database schema, business logic, sync, queues, admin tools. If you already have a backend, you're paying for a thin client. If not, you're paying for both.

2. Real-time and offline

Showing a list of items is easy. Showing a chat that updates instantly, with read receipts, and works on a spotty 3G connection — that's a different animal. Real-time + offline-first adds 30–50% to a project's effort, because conflict resolution is an actual hard problem.

3. Payments

Stripe is mostly a weekend integration. Apple's in-app purchases, refunds, family sharing, regional pricing, fraud, receipts, dispute handling — that's weeks of work. Add MEPS or HyperPay for the Jordanian/Saudi market and you're explaining payment edge cases to your team for a sprint.

4. Native modules

React Native covers 80% of what most apps need. The 20% it doesn't (heavy camera processing, AR, 60fps custom rendering, weird BLE peripherals) requires native modules — and the cost of those is more about specialist expertise than line count.

5. Stores and review cycles

Apple will reject your first submission for something. Possibly something fair, possibly something silly. Plan for two review cycles, sometimes three. Studios that quote you without budgeting for this are surprising you with extra invoices later.

Where money actually disappears

Not in the obvious places. In our experience the biggest budget killers are:

Scope creep during development. "Can we just also add…" Every "just add" is a week. Lock scope before code.
Design without engineering review. A designer ships a screen that requires a custom physics engine. Cheaper to catch this in Figma than in Xcode.
Skipping a real backend in MVPs. Some teams try to do everything in Firebase rules. It works for 3 months. Then you're rebuilding.
Underestimating the App Store review. Mentioned above. The first submission is rarely the last.
Picking the wrong stack to be cheap. A "**** app" built on Cordova in 2026 will cost you **** to maintain. The cheap quote is the most expensive one.

What you should ask before signing anything

Who owns the code? (Answer should be: you, on your GitHub, from day one.)
What happens if I want to switch teams? (Answer: your repo, your accounts, smooth handoff.)
What's the post-launch support look like? (Answer: at least 30 days included, retainer optional after.)
Can I see code from a similar project? (Answer: yes, in a private review session.)
How do you handle Apple/Play reviews? (Answer: included, with a buffer in the timeline.)

The ALEZEIZAT range

For context, here's how we price at the studio. These are starting points — your number depends on the five factors above.

Companion to existing system — from ****. 4–8 weeks. Auth + API + 2–4 mobile-specific flows + push + basic offline + store submission + 30 days support.
MVP mobile app — from ****. 8–10 weeks. iOS + Android single codebase. Auth, profile, 2–3 core features, backend + database + admin, store submission included.
Production mobile app — from ****. 12–16 weeks. Full real-time sync, payments + receipts + refunds, push + deep links + attribution, crash + analytics dashboards.

How to right-size your project

If your number is well below these ranges, ask yourself: am I really building a mobile app, or do I have a mobile-friendly website use case? A great responsive PWA can ship in half the time and cost of a real iOS/Android pair, and for many businesses it's the right call.

If your number is well above, ask: am I trying to fund "version 1" or "version 5"? MVPs that try to be feature-complete from day one are how startups burn ****k without ever testing the core thesis.

Want a real number for your project? Tell me what you're building — I'll come back with a written scope and a fixed price within 48 hours.