"App banate koto taka lagbe?" In Dhanmondi the honest answer is a range, not one number. Anyone who quotes a flat figure before asking what the app does is guessing.
Here is the straight mobile app development price in Dhanmondi, in BDT. It comes from one senior solo developer who scopes, designs, builds and ships the whole app himself. Booking, ordering and single-purpose apps for clinics, coaching centres, restaurants and shops start at 50,000 BDT. A full custom app with accounts, a backend, an admin panel and bKash payments starts from 3,00,000 BDT. One accountable person. No sales desk, no junior and no padded estimate.
From 50,000 BDT. Tiers at 50k, 90k and 1,50,000 BDT. Custom from 3,00,000 BDT. 50% advance, 50% on launch by bKash, Nagad or bank. Design approved before any code. About 5 years building for BD businesses.
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Every owner who asks me about the mobile app development price in Dhanmondi opens with the same line. "App development e koto taka khoroch?" is a fair question, and it deserves a fair answer. But here is what most quotes hide. The same words, "I need an app," can mean a 50,000 BDT booking screen or a 5,00,000 BDT platform. The words give nothing away.
A diagnostic centre off Road 27 wants patients to pick a test, book a slot and pay an advance. A restaurant on Satmasjid Road wants its own ordering, delivery tracking and a kitchen dashboard. Those are two very different invoices.
The price isn't random. It tracks the number of screens and user roles. It depends on whether there is a backend and admin panel, which payments you add, and whether you need both Android and iOS. Anyone who gives you one flat figure before asking those things is either guessing or padding.
So I price the way an honest contractor prices a renovation. I look at what you actually need built. Then I give you one fixed number in BDT. It is not a USD figure you convert at today's rate. It is not an "estimate" that quietly doubles by launch week.
The smallest job I take is 50,000 BDT. A focused app or a tight booking or ordering flow can fit in my 90,000 and 1,50,000 BDT tiers when scope is clean. A real custom mobile app starts from 3,00,000 BDT. That means user accounts, a backend, an admin panel, bKash or Nagad inside and push alerts. I scope it piece by piece, so you see what each part of the number buys. You always pay 50% in advance and 50% on launch, by bKash, Nagad or bank transfer.
I'm RH Fardin, a website and app designer-developer who has worked solo with Bangladeshi businesses for about five years. That matters to your price more than it sounds. A software house in Dhaka has to fund an office, a sales team, project managers and three layers of staff before anyone draws a screen. That overhead is in your quote, whether they show it or not.
With me, the person who gives you the price is the person who builds the app. There is no markup for a lobby. No junior is "learning on your project" at your expense. You are not paying for an account manager's salary. You are buying the work, not the brand around it.
The biggest saving for Dhanmondi clients comes before we agree a number. I tell you straight if you are about to overbuy. Many owners think they need a full native app for both stores. Often their customers would happily use a one-tap booking app that costs a third as much. Cutting scope you don't need is the biggest lever on the final price. I pull it on purpose, even though it shrinks my invoice. A 50,000 BDT app people use beats a 3,00,000 BDT one with eleven downloads.
Six things decide whether your app costs 50,000 BDT or 3,00,000. Here is how I keep you from paying for parts you don't need.
Price tracks what the app does, not how it looks. A single booking flow is the 50,000 BDT end. Accounts, a backend and an admin panel push you toward 3,00,000. I scope tightly, so you pay for function, not flourish.
A one-tap Progressive Web App often does the job for a third of a native build's cost. For most Dhanmondi clinics and shops, it is the right call. I will say so, even though native is the bigger invoice.
Adding bKash, Nagad, SSLCommerz or AamarPay with OTP, IPN callbacks and payment matching is real work. It adds to the number. I tell you up front what each one costs, so it never surprises you at launch.
Building Android and iOS at once roughly doubles the budget. Most of your Dhanmondi customers are on Android. Launching there first and adding iOS later, when the numbers justify it, keeps the price honest.
One number in BDT on the quote, with 50% advance and 50% on launch. No surprise "out of scope" emails mid-build. No padded hours, and no change-order invoice the week you finally go live.
You are not funding an office on Mirpur Road, a sales team or a project manager who forwards your messages. One senior operator does the work, so the price reflects the build and nothing else.
Somewhere in Dhanmondi, someone always offers to build your app for 20,000 or 25,000 taka. I understand the pull. When every quote feels like a guess, the lowest number looks safe. It isn't. At that price, you get a WebView wrapper around a website, packed into an APK. There is no backend, no real accounts and no one to answer when bKash changes an API or Android tightens its rules.
The build limps for a few months, then breaks on a busy evening. The person who made it has gone quiet. Now you pay a second developer to understand a mess nobody documented. The 25,000 taka app has cost you more than the proper one would have. The cheapest quote in Dhanmondi almost always becomes the most expensive mistake. Price and value are not the same, and small businesses get burned in that gap.
In a fair app price, you are not really paying for lines of code. You are paying for an app that still runs in eighteen months, and for someone who understands it to pick up the phone. My Dhanmondi quotes include the boring parts cheap quotes skip. That means a backend that won't fall over and payment callbacks that actually match up. It means a design you signed off before I wrote a line, and 30 days of free bug fixes after launch.
You also get full ownership of the source code and your store accounts, so you are never locked in. I am one accountable person, not a rotating team. So the developer who knows every screen of your app stays reachable on WhatsApp long after launch. Most owners don't value that part of the price until the night something breaks. The cheap quote never had it to sell.
Clear packages, fixed quotes, paid in BDT. Pick a starting point. I'll tailor the exact scope on a quick call.
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The pricing questions Dhanmondi owners ask me on the first call, starting with the one everyone leads with.
There is no single number, but here is the map. My smallest job is 50,000 BDT for a focused booking, ordering or single-purpose app. A fuller app with more screens, a few user roles or a cleaner booking flow sits at 90,000 to 1,50,000 BDT. A real custom app with accounts, a backend, an admin panel, bKash or Nagad and push alerts starts from 3,00,000 BDT. Roles, integrations and platforms set the final figure, fixed in BDT after a scoping call. Always 50% advance, 50% on launch.
Because "app" covers everything from one booking screen to a full platform. Quotes rarely say which. The number depends on screens, user roles (customer, admin, staff), a backend and admin panel, payment gateways, and whether you build Android only or both stores. A 25,000 taka quote and a 3,00,000 BDT quote can both be "an app" on paper. One is a WebView wrapper, the other a real product. Compare scope, not the bottom line. I write the scope down, so you see what your number buys.
Cut scope you don't need, rather than chase the lowest quote. For most Dhanmondi clinics, salons, coaching centres and shops, a Progressive Web App does the real job. It opens from a link, installs in one tap and handles booking, ordering and bKash payments for a fraction of a native build. It starts at 50,000 BDT. Launching on Android first is the other big saving, since nearly all your local customers use it. I show you where it is safe to trim, without ending up with a broken WebView.
Always BDT, in one fixed number you never convert at today's dollar rate. You pay 50% in advance to start and 50% on launch, by bKash, Nagad or bank transfer, whichever is easiest. There is no padded "discovery phase" invoice and no hourly meter running in the background. No surprise maintenance retainer either. If a new feature comes up after launch, I quote it separately at a clear rate, and you decide if it is worth it. The price we agree on is the price you pay.
Yes, and I tell you that up front instead of hiding it. In-app payment through bKash Tokenized Checkout, Nagad Merchant, SSLCommerz or AamarPay is real work. The OTP flow, IPN callback, refunds and payment matching all have to be built and tested, so it adds to the number. You apply for the merchant accounts yourself with your TIN, bank account and KYC. I handle the whole technical side. I quote payments as a clear line, so you can decide whether you need them at launch or later.
The quote covers scoping, design, build, testing, store paperwork, launch and 30 days of free bug fixes. You approve the design in Figma before I write any code. You own the full source code and your developer accounts on launch day, with no lock-in. Extra means new work, like a feature outside the agreed scope, a second platform added later, or changes after the free fix window. I quote each one separately at a clear rate. We agree the scope in writing before the advance, so nothing surprises you mid-build.
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