Not tech savvy but want to start an app and website

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What’s the best way to go about accomplishing these two things the will talk and mirror each other?

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The best way or the cheapest way?

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What would be the cost to have some develop both but all me in the end to basically control the content delivered through the app and website?

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The cost can vary so much it's not even worth throwing out a number. Some of the variables will be what type of features you need, the type of content you'll be serving, whether you need authentication, how big you expect to grow, and on and on. You'll need to really hash out the details if you want anything resembling an accurate figure, and even after doing that with a few shops you might get quotes that vary by a factor of 10 or more.


I do a little web and app development, so I'll try to give you an idea of some of the options for doing what you want given that you need an app and a website.

First you need to decide whether you want the experience to be best on the web, the app, or both. If you want both a top-notch web and app experience, it may come close to doubling the cost (and maybe more again if you want android and iphone). This would be if the entire app were coded "native" for each platform, and sometimes this is the best way to achieve the desired result.

There are several ways to substantially reduce the amount of work involved in developing for multiple platforms (by sharing most or all of the code), but you lose a little bit on one or the other depending on the route you take. You can build web-first and roll it up into an app, or you can build app-first and compile it for the web. Each way comes with its own trade-offs, but for most basic apps there isn't really much difference. Almost all web apps these days are built to be "responsive", which just means it responds and adapts to various screen sizes (like TD does), so they're pretty much an app when viewed on a phone anyway. This is how some of the web-to-app methods work actually, it's just a stripped down web browser app that installs on the device, and it only loads your website.

The app-first method that compiles to web is still a bit rough, but it's improving. I mostly use something called Flutter, and with it you can produce some really great and snappy mobile apps. It will build for the web, but this works best if there aren't many special features required.



I hope I didn't overload you too much, but I just wanted to give you an idea of what to look out for so you don't end up with something you weren't expecting.

Very simple with wordpress or any other tool built for the web.

I think the website first then app is the route for me to go. It seems like the path of least resistance.

I know some people prefer apps rather than websites even though they can be practically the same thing. I want to cover both bases but not really do anything special on either. It would be a bare bones type thing.