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What drives the cost?
The preset includes clinical measurements and review plus accounts / profiles, security / audit controls, external integrations, notifications, admin dashboard. One measurement workflow with clinician review and explicit data provenance.
Compare build options
Public example using the default preset. Get your free estimate above for a breakdown of your selected scope.
| Build option | One-off labor | Recurring budget |
|---|---|---|
| DIY builder | $0 paid labor; your time excluded | $339 + your maintenance time |
| Freelancer | $61,538–$329,306 | $2,499–$5,019/year |
| Agency | $85,469–$413,744 | $3,339–$6,219/year |
| Superapp Pro | You build and review the app | $639/year illustrative budget |
Default preset breakdown and assumptions
- Estimated effort
- 3419–8444 hours
- Delivery effort at 30 productive hours/week
- 114.0–281.5 person-weeks
- Global agency hourly range
- $25–$49
- Global freelancer hourly range
- $18–$39
- Custom design adjustment
- +25% effort (planning assumption)
- Hosting / platform
- $240/year
- Maintenance labor
- $3,000–$5,880/year
- Additional services
- $0/year
- Apple membership
- $99/year
Hours include implementation and testing, not a delivery guarantee. Website scope starts at 12–140 hours plus 2–5 hours for each additional page. App scope starts at 400–5,000 hours depending on complexity. Selected features add the effort below. Annual domain and hosting budgets are placeholders, not provider quotes.
Selected feature assumptions
Incremental engineering hours used by this calculator.
| Feature | Hours |
|---|---|
| Accounts / profiles | 40–80 |
| Security / audit controls | 120–300 |
| External integrations | 60–160 |
| Notifications | 20–50 |
| Admin dashboard | 60–140 |
| Clinical measurements and review | 435–1025 |
Clinical measurements and review
Units, device provenance, abnormal results, and clinician review must be represented accurately. Treat medical interpretation and escalation as product safety decisions, not generic notification logic.
Does the model include HIPAA or medical-device approval
No. Review HIPAA applicability, clinical validation, medical-device classification, and jurisdictional obligations with specialists. Security engineering does not replace legal or clinical assessment.
Compliance and specialist costs
HIPAA applicability depends on the app’s role and relationships, not simply whether it is a health app. Clinical workflows may need business associate agreements, access controls, audit records, and specialist review. Telemedicine also needs clinical and licensing review. The calculator includes selected security engineering, but excludes legal advice, audits, certifications, and clinical operations.
Superapp does not remove these responsibilities or guarantee compliance.
HHS guidance for health app developersA cheaper way to start with Superapp
Build a focused version yourself before commissioning a full custom project. Superapp Pro is $25 a month; the subscription covers its plan allowance, while your time, extra usage, integrations, hosting, and specialist work remain part of the budget. A Superapp site is an alternative implementation, not a guarantee of WordPress or Shopify compatibility.
Compare Superapp plansSources and methodology
Rates are global marketplace benchmarks, not US-only agency quotes. Freelancer and agency ranges overlap because they describe different samples. WordPress.com Personal and Shopify Basic use annual billing, exclude introductory promotions and taxes, and replace the hosting budget. Feature hours and recurring budgets are our explicit planning assumptions.