How much does a mobile app cost in Switzerland in 2026

The short answer

Among the Swiss studios that publish their prices, checked on 9 October 2026:

• a first version (an MVP: the essentials, to test the app with real users) costs CHF 10,000 to 50,000;
• a business app, with user accounts, a back office and connections to your tools, CHF 30,000 to 100,000;
• a complex project starts between CHF 50,000 and 100,000 depending on the studio, with no upper limit.

Allow two to six months for a first version, and 5 to 20 % of the initial cost per year to keep it running. The gaps between studios are wide: they come from the scope, the technical choice and the size of the team, detailed below.

What Swiss studios publish, source by source

Amounts are given as each studio writes them, excluding VAT where the page says so. The same category does not cover exactly the same thing from one studio to the next.

Studio (city)	First version	Business app	Complex project	Stated timeline	Upkeep per year
Devedis (Bern)	from 10,000, often 10,000 to 30,000	30,000 to 70,000	over 100,000	3 to 6 months	5 to 10 %
Studio Dahu (Geneva), 14.04.2026	25,000 to 45,000	45,000 to 90,000	from 90,000, sometimes over 200,000	3 to 6 months	15 to 20 %, hosting included
Appik Studio (Lausanne), updated 29.09.2026	one priced example at 30,000 to 40,000	50,000 to 100,000	100,000 to 200,000 and more	2 to 3 months, then 3 to 5 months for a complete app	not priced
Webii (Geneva), 14.09.2026	15,000 to 30,000	30,000 to 60,000	60,000 to 100,000 and more	6 to 12 weeks for a first version (service page)	over 10 to 15 %
Les Digivores (Geneva), 10.01.2025	15,000 to 50,000 custom-built	30,000 to 100,000 hybrid	50,000 to 150,000 native	not stated	10 to 20 %

Webii publishes two different ranges depending on the page: its service page gives CHF 15,000 to 40,000 for a simple app and CHF 40,000 to 100,000 for a business app. The table uses its article, the more recent of the two.

Swiss Tomato (Geneva and Zurich) counts in hours rather than francs: 300 to 350 hours for a simple app on one system, 450 to 600 hours for a medium app on iPhone and Android with its server, 750 to 1,000 hours for a complex app. The studio allows three months for a simple app, about four for a medium one.

Two studios publish their hourly rate: CHF 120 to 200 for a senior developer according to Studio Dahu, CHF 100 to 180 according to Webii.

A solo freelancer shows much lower prices. Jon Labs (Chêne-Bougeries) quotes CHF 5,000 to 10,000 for a business app, in four to eight weeks, against CHF 25,000 to 50,000 in an agency by his own comparison.

Beware of dollar figures. Asked this very question in English on 9 October, Google’s AI Mode cited two pages that are not about Switzerland: one targets Canada, the other is an agency in Istanbul. Their amounts say nothing about the Swiss market.

What moves the price

• The scope, first of all: the number of screens, user accounts, roles (customer, staff, administrator), payments, notifications. Devedis names it the first lever. For Jon Labs, it can multiply the budget by five to eight.
• The technical choice. One codebase for iPhone and Android (React Native, Flutter) costs less than two native apps: 30 to 40 % less according to Studio Dahu, 30 to 50 % according to Jon Labs. Les Digivores write that a native app costs twice as much.
• The design: 15 to 20 % of the budget according to Studio Dahu.
• The server and the back office, the part users never see: often half the cost on a large project, according to Studio Dahu.
• Connections to your tools (calendar, till, business software, payment): three to eight days of work for a complex integration according to Devedis.
• Artificial intelligence features: five to fifteen days of work according to Devedis. Languages add texts to write, translate and test on every screen.

What costs every year

• Upkeep: 5 to 20 % of the initial cost, per year, according to the studios above. It covers the updates new iOS and Android versions require, fixes and monitoring.
• Server hosting: CHF 50 to 200 per month for a light infrastructure, CHF 500 to 2,000 beyond that, according to Appik Studio.
• Apple: 99 US dollars per year to publish on the App Store (Apple), shown in local currency when you enrol. Nonprofit organisations, accredited educational institutions and government entities can apply for a waiver (Apple).
• Google: a one-time 25 US dollar registration for Google Play (Google).
• The store commission, if the app sells digital content (a subscription, a service consumed in the app):
  • Apple takes 30 %. The rate drops to 15 % for developers who earned up to one million dollars the previous year (Apple) and for subscription renewals after one year.
  • In Switzerland, Google takes 15 % on the first million dollars a year, for developers enrolled in that tier, then 30 % (Google). A new fee schedule has applied since 30 June 2026 in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and the United States; Google has announced no date for Switzerland.
  • Physical goods, and services consumed outside the app, pay no store commission. A bakery order or a physiotherapy booking is paid by card or TWINT, outside the store’s billing system (Apple, guideline 3.1.3(e), Google).

Appik Studio gives an example, which it presents as fictional: CHF 60,000 to build, CHF 8,000 of upkeep per year and CHF 200 of hosting per month add up to CHF 91,200 over three years. That multi-year cost is what you should compare, not just the initial quote.

Native, cross-platform or web: the effect on price

• Cross-platform (React Native, Flutter): one codebase for iPhone and Android. The most common choice for a booking, loyalty or field-service app, or a business tool.
• Native (Swift for iPhone, Kotlin for Android): two apps, so a higher budget. It pays off when the app pushes the phone hard: live video, Bluetooth, augmented reality.
• Installable web app: no stores, so none of their fees. On iPhone it can send notifications since iOS 16.4, once added to the home screen (WebKit). Webii puts it at often three to five times cheaper than an equivalent mobile app. It is often enough for a simple internal tool.

How to read an app quote

Two quotes only compare if they price the same thing. Before you sign, check that it states:

1. The scope, screen by screen. The safest is a mockup of every screen and the flow between them: what is not in it is not in the price.
2. The systems: iPhone, Android, both, and the web version if you need one.
3. The server and the back office: included, or billed separately?
4. The store accounts: they must be in your name, not the provider’s.
5. Ownership of the code and of the access: who holds them at delivery?
6. Where the data is hosted (in Switzerland, in the European Union) and who pays for it. An app processing personal data in Switzerland falls under the revised Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP), in force since 1 September 2023.
7. Upkeep after launch: priced per year, with what it covers.
8. What is excluded, in writing.

At Voren

We do not publish prices. We first design the complete mockup of your app, every screen and the flow between them, for free: you go through it, you change it, then you decide. The quote prices what you approved, and the price is fixed before we start.

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