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What drives the cost?
The preset includes immersive interaction and locomotion plus accounts / profiles, chat / live updates, external integrations. One room-scale interaction and a narrow supported-headset list.
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 | $60,750–$322,725 | $2,499–$5,019/year |
| Agency | $84,375–$405,475 | $3,339–$6,219/year |
| Superapp Pro | You build and review the app | $639/year illustrative budget |
Default preset breakdown and assumptions
- Estimated effort
- 3375–8275 hours
- Delivery effort at 30 productive hours/week
- 112.5–275.8 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 |
| Chat / live updates | 80–160 |
| External integrations | 60–160 |
| Immersive interaction and locomotion | 520–1220 |
Immersive interaction and locomotion
Comfort, frame timing, controller input, and locomotion need headset testing with real users. Performance failures can affect usability even when ordinary UI tests pass.
Does Superapp produce the whole VR experience
Specialist engines, 3D production, spatial audio, and headset distribution require separate expertise. Superapp may help surrounding services; do not treat the subscription as a replacement for VR production.
A 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.