What to check before hiring an app developer in Tbilisi
- Apps you can install. Ask for App Store and Google Play links to apps the firm built, then download one. Leavingstone built Saba Reader and the clubnparty nightlife app, and both are on the App Store.
- Native or cross-platform. A React Native or Flutter app shares one codebase across iOS and Android, which is how Redberry builds with a single team. Native Swift and Kotlin apps are written separately for each platform, and INNOVATE, Elinext and reroDev. build both ways.
- Store accounts in your company’s name. Register the Apple developer account and the Google Play console to your own business and invite the developer as a user. Leavingstone and reroDev. both handle store submission for clients.
- Local card payments. If the app takes payments from users in Georgia, ask which local gateways the team has connected. INNOVATE works with Bank of Georgia and TBC Bank, and Redberry built Georgian card processing into the E-space apps.
- Support after launch. Agree in the contract who fixes crashes and ships updates for new iOS and Android versions. reroDev. sells maintenance plans and app store optimisation, and Leavingstone includes performance monitoring in its mobile work.
App development costs in Tbilisi
Prices at reroDev. start at $15,000 for a starter app, $25,000 for a business app, $40,000 for an e-commerce app and $80,000 for a custom enterprise app.
Leavingstone charges $15,000 to $25,000 for a fixed-price discovery engagement of four to six weeks, which produces a product strategy, UX direction and an architectural recommendation, and from $20,000 a month for a standing team of product, design and engineering people.
Clutch lists hourly rates of $25 to $49 for Redberry, Omedia, Elinext, AKDev Group, Digipal and QWERTY, and $50 to $99 for reroDev. Minimum projects there run from $1,000 at reroDev. and $5,000 at AKDev Group to $10,000 at Omedia, Elinext and Digipal and $25,000 at Redberry and QWERTY. Omedia gives a free cost estimate after a short discovery call.
App studios, software houses and international teams in Tbilisi
App and product studios. Leavingstone (founded 2010), Redberry (started 2014), QWERTY (founded 2019) and reroDev. each sell mobile app builds as a named service line. Leavingstone’s apps cover reading, nightlife and smart glasses, Redberry’s work covers EV charging and a digital car dealership, QWERTY’s clients include Credo Bank and KfW, and reroDev. has built a Kutaisi tourism app and mobile games of its own.
Software houses with a mobile line. INNOVATE (since 2004), Omedia (since 2006) and AKDev Group (since 2017) build apps as part of larger systems, such as INNOVATE’s companion apps for web SaaS products and AKDev Group’s travel, maritime and fintech platforms. This group suits a business whose app is one piece of a wider product.
International firms and team providers. Elinext, headquartered in Warsaw with 230+ in-house mobile developers, and ISsoft Solutions Georgia, backed by development centres of more than 1,700 people, bring large delivery benches, and ISsoft also modernises outdated apps. Digipal supplies mobile engineers to a client’s own team from its offices in Tbilisi and Tallinn.
