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Freelancer vs Dedicated Developer: 2025 Hiring Costs

freelancer vs dedicated developer When you’re planning your next development project, the numbers might fool you at first glance. A freelancer quotes $25 per hour while a dedicated developer from an established company charges $75 per hour. The math seems simple, right? Wrong. This surface-level comparison is costing businesses thousands of dollars and months of…

App-Development
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The Hidden Costs of Cheap Development: Why Cutting Corners Kills Apps

App Development”We can build your app for $15,000.” Those seven words have destroyed more startups than any competitor ever could. After rescuing dozens of apps from development disasters (and properly building over 300 of our own), we’ve seen how the promise of cheap development becomes the most expensive mistake a founder can make. The True…

App Store Optimization
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App Store Optimization 2025: What Drives Downloads Now

App Store OptimizationTwo years ago, a dating app founder came to us in tears. His app had gone from 50,000 monthly downloads to barely 2,000 overnight. The culprit? An App Store algorithm update he never saw coming. His development team had been optimizing for 2023’s ranking factors while the game had completely changed. This story…

Data Driven App Marketing Strategies

Numbers from Nothing: Data-Driven App Marketing Strategies in 2025

data-driven app marketingHere’s a story that’ll sound familiar if you’ve been in the app game: A client came to us after burning through $50,000 on social media marketing, influencer campaigns, and PR blitzes. Total downloads? A whopping 127. Not exactly the hockey stick growth they were hoping for. Two months later, after redirecting their budget…

User Acquisition Costs in 2025: Achieve Sub-$3 CAC for Mobile Apps
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User Acquisition Costs in 2025: Achieve Sub-$3 CAC for Mobile Apps

user acquisition cost The numbers don’t lie: most apps spend between $10-30 to acquire a single user in 2025. That math is brutal. At $20 per user, you’ll burn through $100,000 just to get 5,000 people to try your app. But here’s what most developers won’t tell you: those costs are artificially high because most…