Scope Your App Like a Founder, Not a Salesperson
The five questions every founder should ask before building. Plus timelines, cost ranges, and the exact methodology we use to give fixed prices in 48 hours.
✓ The 5 Discovery Questions
Ask these of any team and you'll get real answers about feasibility and cost.
✓ Timeline Estimates
MVP vs full product. React Native vs Flutter vs native. Realistic ranges.
✓ Cost Ranges
What you should expect to pay for different project sizes and complexity levels.
✓ Scoping Methodology
The exact process we use to turn your idea into a fixed-price proposal.
This is not a sales pitch. Whether you build with us or another team, this guide will help you ask smarter questions and avoid costly mistakes.
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Most founders get their app wrong because they didn't scope it right.
Scope creep — You add features mid-build because you didn't think through what's actually MVP and what's Phase 2. Timeline doubles, costs triple.
Wrong tech choice — You pick a stack based on what your friend used, not what your app needs. Six months in, you realise you chose the wrong framework.
Bad vendor choice — You hire the cheapest team because you didn't know what questions to ask. They build you something that can't scale, and you're stuck rewriting.
This guide teaches you the exact questions and framework we use so you don't make these mistakes — and you know exactly what to expect from any team you work with.
Founders. Technical co-founders. Product leads.
If you're building a mobile or web app and want to understand how to scope it properly before you talk to any team, this guide is for you.
It's agnostic — you might end up working with us, or you might build in-house, or you might hire someone else. Either way, this guide will save you time and money.
The only people this won't help: if you've already built your app and it works perfectly, you probably don't need it.
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