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One user type
We pick the single kind of user the first release serves. Other roles wait until the first one is using the product.
Challenge · Slow, expensive MVP
You were quoted six months and a big budget for an MVP. A tight first release takes 2 to 3 weeks.
Most MVP quotes cover everything you might want, not the one thing users must do. 99 Francs® cuts the scope to one user type and one core action, builds that in fixed-price phases, and gets a real first release in front of users in 2 to 3 weeks. Each phase is paid at its end. There is no deposit.
Web MVP US$5,000–8,000. Mobile MVP US$8,000–12,000. Bigger scopes have their own ranges below.
- First release in 2-3 weeks
- From US$5,000
- Fixed-price phases
- No deposit
How the scope gets small · before the price is set
- One user type
- One core action
- Everything else on a later list
- A date, not an estimate range
- Paid at the end of each phase
Direct answer
99 Francs builds a tight first release of a web or mobile product in 2 to 3 weeks, at a fixed price.
The scope is cut to one user type and one core action before the price is set. The work runs in fixed-price phases, each paid at its end, with no deposit. Bigger scopes take longer and cost more, and the ranges are published.
Signs you are here
A slow, expensive MVP usually looks like this:
The quote is six months
A long timeline usually means a long feature list. A first release does not need the whole product.
The budget grew before work began
Every user type, every role and every integration was priced in. Nobody asked which of them the first users would actually touch.
Nothing is in front of users yet
Weeks of design and planning, and still no way to learn whether anyone wants it.
A large payment is due upfront
You are asked to commit a big deposit before seeing anything. We do not work that way.
Every meeting adds a feature
Without a line around the first release, scope only moves one way.
What we do
Cut the scope, then build the cut.
The price follows the scope, so the scope is settled first.
One core action
The thing the product exists to do, from start to finish. Anything that does not support it goes to a later list.
Fixed-price phases
Design and build in phases with a fixed price each. You see working software at the end of every one.
Paid at the end of each phase
No deposit. You pay a phase once it is delivered, and you decide on the next with the result in front of you.
Pricing
Published ranges, fixed after a short scope call.
Web app, tight first release
One user type, one core action, product design included. A first release in 2 to 3 weeks.
US$5,000–8,000
Get a quoteWeb app, bigger scope
More roles or more flows, still fixed-price in phases. Product design included.
US$8,000–15,000
Get a quoteMobile app, iOS and Android
A cross-platform first release from one codebase, with product design included.
US$8,000–12,000
Get a quoteIf you arrive with ready designs, the design phase is saved. Each phase is paid at its end, with no deposit.
No deposit. Each phase is paid at its end.
An MVP is a custom build, so it runs in phases. Each phase has a fixed price and is paid once it is delivered.
US$0
on every MVP
Terms, in three steps
- Fixed price
Scope and price in writing
A short call, then a fixed price for the first phase and the plan for the rest.
- You pay US$0
Work starts, no deposit
No upfront payment. You see working software as it is built.
- Invoice
Paid at the end of each phase
A phase is invoiced when it is delivered. You decide on the next one with the result in front of you.
Related work
Products taken from idea to a working first release.
CryptoCrush is client work: about three weeks of active development. SimpleV is our own product. Volt is an MVP we defined and designed.
Game design · iOS · Android · Telegram
CryptoCrush · match-three game
Match-three game for a Cape Town founder who arrived with only an idea: wireframes and the full game design, native iOS and Android builds to prove the mechanics on real phones, then a TypeScript Telegram Mini App with a real server, leaderboard, ads and an admin panel, in about three weeks of active development.
Read the case →
Android App · VPN
SimpleV VPN · Android app
A one-tap VPN for Android: no account to start, no traffic logs, WireGuard or Xray Reality to get through networks that block VPNs. A Kotlin and Compose app, an Express and Postgres control plane on Railway and exit nodes on Vultr that start on demand, live on Google Play about two weeks after active work began, plus a Chrome extension that protects the browser on the same accounts.
Read the case →
Mobile app design
Volt · energy
Mobile app helping users stay informed about planned electricity shutdowns. MVP definition, responsive mobile design, and a zone-based color system for at-a-glance clarity.
Read the case →FAQ
Questions people ask before they write to us.
For a tight scope, yes: one user type and one core action. CryptoCrush went from an idea to a working Telegram Mini App in about three weeks of active development. A bigger scope takes longer and falls in the higher price range.
A web app is US$5,000–8,000 for a tight first release and US$8,000–15,000 for a bigger one. A mobile app for iOS and Android is US$8,000–12,000. Product design is included.
We ask who the first user is and what single thing they must be able to do. Everything that does not serve that goes to a later list, with a note on when it makes sense to add it.
No. There is no deposit. The work runs in fixed-price phases and each phase is paid at its end, once it is delivered.
Then the design phase is saved and the price is lower. Send the files and we scope from them.
Then the bigger ranges apply, US$8,000–15,000 for a web app, and the timeline grows with the scope. We tell you which side of the line your idea falls on after a short call.
You do. The code sits in your repository and the accounts are yours.
Tell us what you are building.
One paragraph is enough: who it is for and the one thing they must be able to do. We reply with a fixed price, or the two or three questions we need answered first.
“I read every brief myself and reply within one working day.”Alexander, founder
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Your quote in three steps
- 1
Describe the product
Who uses it and what they must do.
- 2
Get a fixed price
For the first phase, with the plan for the rest.
- 3
Decide, no deposit
Each phase is paid at its end.