Custom app builds

Build the smallest app your audience would actually pay for.

SideEye scopes niche iOS and web apps around one paid slice first: a content pack, workflow utility, timer, tracker, export, guide, or local tool. No accounts, sync, uploads, or sensitive data until demand earns the complexity.

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Buying ladder

Three ways to buy without pretending this is a full platform.

Discovery teardown

$300-$500

Best for: You have a community or workflow idea, but the smallest paid slice is not clear yet.

Output: A build/no-build recommendation, first-slice scope, risk list, and rough launch path.

Boundary: No accounts, payment setup, credentials, user uploads, or private customer data.

Discuss Discovery teardown

5-day app slice

$1,500-$3,000

Best for: The first workflow, content pack, timer, tracker, export, or guide is narrow enough to ship.

Output: One local-first iOS or web slice with copy, basic analytics, and handoff notes.

Boundary: One primary flow only. No marketplace, sync, regulated claims, or broad platform promises.

Discuss 5-day app slice

Build + launch sprint

$5,000-$7,500

Best for: You have budget, a reachable audience, and a launch event or distribution path.

Output: A narrow build, landing/update copy, launch checklist, analytics, and decision notes.

Boundary: Launch support for the first slice, not a guarantee of App Store approval or revenue.

Discuss Build + launch sprint

Good fit

Build when distribution already exists.

  • A niche audience already trusts you.
  • The first paid feature can be explained in one sentence.
  • The app can work local-first without sensitive data.
  • You have a list, school, gym, clinic, church, creator channel, or customer base to launch into.

Bad fit

Stop when the first slice is still foggy.

  • A broad social network, marketplace, or AI platform from day one.
  • Anything requiring medical, legal, financial, child-safety, or religious authority claims.
  • A build that needs private user data, credentials, payment data, or sync before demand is proven.
  • A vague app idea with no buyer, audience, budget, or distribution path.

First step

Send the audience, problem, distribution path, and serious budget range.

Keep examples non-sensitive. The first reply should make it possible to choose discovery, a 5-day slice, a launch sprint, or a polite no.

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