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How much does it cost to build a personal care app?

Standard price for a personal care app: $37,500

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What is a personal care app?

A personal care app is a web, mobile, or desktop application that enables users to track and improve their health. Personal care apps typically include dashboards for tracking diet and exercise habits, articles about healthy lifestyles, and resources for finding local Health Care providers.

Personal care apps like meditation apps, yoga apps, mindfulness apps, and relaxation apps that are used to self-treat or facilitate treatment of health conditions can be grouped with physical therapy apps. Popular personal care applications include Headspace, Calm, Yoga Studio, and the American Heart Association’s “Take a Deep Breath” app.

Here are some recent personal care app examples built with Xperts:

  • A simple system for assisting residents of a disabled community. Basic sign-in, Resident, Manager, Physical Therapy, meals, Massage, and Meal buttons.

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What is the typical cost to build a personal care app?

A personal care app usually costs $37,500 to build. However, the total cost can be as low as $25,000 or as high as $50,000. A personal care app with a low number of features (also known as a "minimum viable product", or MVP) will be more affordable than an app that includes all intended functionality.

For example, here are some recent personal care app price quotes from Xperts:

  • $5,000

Here are some considerations that may impact the cost of a app:

How long does it take to build a personal care app?

A personal care app usually takes 67 hours to build. However, a personal care app can be built in as few as 67 hours, or in as many as 67 hours. The exact timeline mostly depends on how complicated your app is. As a general rule, it will take longer if you require highly custom designs, niche features, or non-standard release platforms.

For example, the most recent personal care apps built with Xperts received the following hourly estimates:

  • 67

How to successfully grow your personal care application

Personal care apps should focus on engaging users by offering them personalized services that meet their needs. By using user data, a personal care app can offer highly specific tips and guidance to users who are looking for help with a certain aspect of their lives. Personal care apps can also connect users with other people in the community who face similar challenges, as well as coach users on how to achieve their goals.

Risks and challenges of building a personal care application

A personal care app faces legal risks regarding the privacy of health information, the security of sensitive data, and potential safety issues related to sharing medical information with a third-party service provider. It is advisable to contact your state’s Department of Health and Human Services to identify any applicable privacy regulations, as well as your state’s Attorney General office for any applicable consumer protection laws. Ideally, you will want to implement robust mechanisms for verifying user identities before connecting them through your platform. You will also want to take precautions to ensure that users do not send inappropriate or harmful messages either to each other or to your service providers.

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