Tinder is a big hit amongst netizens. 4 out of 5 singles have Tinder or any other dating app on their phone. So, it would be wise to set your castle with wet mud now, if you want to build a strong empire! If you want to know the development cost, watch the presentation.

1. Looking For Dating App
Cost? Here’s The
Breakdown You Need

2. Introduction
The current ruler of the dating apps Tinder, has been in the
market since 2012. It’s been in the arena since dating apps
were nothing else but unpleasant platforms full of irritating
advertisement pop-ups and a whole lot of bugs. .
Tinder has gained its position in this segment over such a
short span performing most of its purpose and proving
itself high enough in the eyes of dating app users

3. But How Did Tinder Become
Such A Blockbuster?

4. Besides the intuitive design, the app leveraged on various
captivating features just like the handy swipe thing and
the GPS discovery option. These have helped it gain its
position all of a sudden.
But are you aware of Tinder’s success figures? Let’s just
have a quick roundup.
● User base: 50 million per month
● Matches made: 20 billion
● Number of users experiencing the paid features: 4.1
million
● Reported revenue in 2018: $800 million

5. These majestic features have inspired a lot of business
owners and newbies to bring up their own version of this
remarkable app.
But before you jump into the action, let’s have a detailed
talk about the tech behind such groundbreaking dating
apps. And which can ultimately determine the cost to
make an app like Tinder.

6. The Future of Dating Apps And
The Probable Dating App Cost

7. Tinder is old news. Bumble, Hinge, Dine and even
Facebook’s newest dating introduction is taking the world
by storm. Startups are focusing on solving user problems
by going niche, making ‘actual’ dates happen and
increasing networking as well. And when it comes to
technology, how can we forget AI and VR?

8. Artificial intelligence will certainly rule 2019 and beyond
when it comes to dating app development. AI research is
improving and dating app developers are particularly
incorporating AI in dating apps. Having said that, there are
other platforms which will flourish in future and will also
determine dating app cost. Let’s talk about those in details.

9. Video Dating
Dating apps like Hinge and Coffee Meets Bagel contains a
video chat option which lets you video chat with your
match and date virtually to avoid disappointments.
Almost 44% of online dating service users have reported of
getting disappointed after meeting their match offline.
And this is where virtual dates come into action.
This is becoming a new trend as some of the dating apps
are providing inbuilt video call as an option.

10. AR Dating
Flirtar is the first AR dating app to step into the market. It’s
a lot similar to a dating app, Happn, but in Flirtar you would
see your familiar surrounding with balloon markers.
Just a click on a balloon and a new profile opens up. Now
it’s all up to you. You can either start the first move if they
like you back or just approach them in person if they are
nearby.

11. VR Dating
Virtual Reality has been one of the most appreciated
innovations of modern day technology and its potential
has just started getting explored in the near past.
A dating app named VRchat that builds up a virtual space
for dates where the user can communicate with anyone
all over the world visualizing as if they are in the very same
room.

12. The USP of VR dating apps are,
● Virtual Reality saves time.
● Dating in Virtual Reality is more efficient.
● It helps to develop meaningful connections avoiding
the fake profiles.

13. The Dating App Cost Breakdown

14. Picking A Platform For Making A
Dating App
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15. Choosing a platform to build your app is where things
start from. You need to choose things wisely as the time
and cost depend highly on the type that you choose.
For Android: 150-200 hours for app design and
development
iOS: 200-300 hours of app design and development
The first and foremost thing you need to do is choosing a
platform for your app development. This choice should be
done wisely as the cost and duration of the app
development depends highly on the number and types of
development platforms you decide.

16. Developing The Admin
Backend/Dashboard: 150-200 Hours
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17. For a Tinder like app, you require an efficient admin backend
team that will help you look at the stats and judge the
performance depending on various user engagements. This
analytics would contain the activities and events (the number
of matches or swipes make each hour). These provide ample
data to understand user trends, traits, and tendencies.
To get the best out of it, the admin panel must be equipped with
tools as Crashlytics and Google analytics. Best tools and
resource will add up to the dating app cost.

18. Creating Web Portal Extension:
150-200 Hours
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19. To make an app like Tinder, you must have extensions to
act as the source of the database to cumulate all the
information that users would refer to. It could be any data
regarding a user or regarding the demographics that help
to connect with some matching records to get valid
information that you are looking for.
Though the efforts may vary depending on the features
that you have chosen.

20. Quality Analysis And Deployment:
120-200 Hours
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21. Post completing the designing and development phase, the
app has to face the testing and debugging phase to make
sure its quality is top notch. Post completing these phases the
app gets ready to be launched to the app stores.

22. The Quality Of Resources And Level
Of Expertise Required
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23. To make a tinder like dating app requires a good level of
experience working with various social, communication and
analytical features. Other than that, the team engaged with
the development phases should have adequate knowledge
about integrating third-party resources and extensions which
would help to extend the functionality of the app according to
your choices.
It would also require adequate support when it comes to
infrastructural resources to attain the best results.

24. Resource-wise Duration And Dating
App Cost(Based On Averages,
Worldwide)
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25. For a better resource-time-cost view, I have tried to break
it down below. Here I have jotted down the details of the
cost and duration required to develop an app like Tinder.
● 1 Graphic Designer would be required to work on the
personalized graphics and layouts. Charges $20-$25
per hour. Time required- 50-60 hours.
● 1 UX Designer would be required to find the scopes of
designing. They would create the entire wireframe and
the communication interface. Charges $25-$30 per
hour. Time required- 80-100 hours.

26. ● 2 Programmers would be required on each platform
to build the entire software design and to work on
backend programming, extension development, and
deployment depending on the entire scope of
development. Charges $25-$30 per hour. Time
required- 500-600 hours.
● 1 Quality Analyst would be going through the entire
app, debugging and optimizing it to attain the best
quality. They would deploy the app in the stores as well.
Charges $15-$18 per hour. Time required- 100-120 hours

27. The Overall Time And Cost Of
Developing Dating Apps
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28. Depending on the efforts, resources, and duration of the
app development phase, a cumulative approximate
number can be attained representing the overall dating
app cost.

29. Now, if we consider working on a single platform (say, iOS)
and a single resource per expertise, then the cumulative
hours would range from 750 to 950 hours.
Summing up another developer’s effort to the total
duration would range between 1350-1650 hours. While the
development time would range between 5 to 6 months
considering all resources are giving their full effort on the
project.
Considering rates applied to different resources, it may
range between $25-$30. Say, if we consider involving two
programmers then the dating app cost would be
somewhere around $20k to $50k for developing an app for
a single platform.

30. All these above-mentioned numbers are based on the
worldwide averages taken from various countries. These
numbers can swing up to 30-40% on, either way,
depending on the profiles of the people involved.

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