mHealth app cost calculator
A consumer mHealth app with tracking, reminders and a content library typically costs $50,000–$95,000 to launch. Add wearable sync, secure messaging with a care team and a CMS and you are looking at $100,000–$200,000, with advanced builds reaching $360,000. Configure your scope below.
- 6 separately priced features
- Compliance costed as line items
- Itemised, not a single guess
- ±15–20% confidence range
At a glance
Baselines before features, compliance and multipliers.
- MVP$14K
- Standard$29K
- Advanced$57K
A typical configuration lands near $68,100 over 19–26 weeks.
Configure your mhealth app
Work through the steps below — scope, features, compliance and integrations — and you get an estimate with a range, a midpoint and a delivery window.
What each scope tier includes
Every calculator starts from one of three baselines. This is what separates them.
| Scope | Baseline | Typical shape |
|---|---|---|
| MVP | $14K | Narrowest useful release — one workflow, one user type, launched fast. |
| Standard | $29K | The common case: multiple roles, reporting, and the integrations most buyers expect. |
| Advanced | $57K | Multi-site or enterprise scope, deeper interoperability and heavier non-functional requirements. |
Baselines are before feature adders, compliance programmes, integrations and the platform and design multipliers. Every configuration this calculator can produce falls inside $12K–$235K — the floor is the cheapest tier at the cheapest multipliers with nothing added, the ceiling is the top tier with every option selected at the dearest ones. Both ends are computed from the price table above, not written by hand. A typical mid-market configuration lands near $68,100. See how the numbers are built.
Frequently asked questions
How much does an mHealth app cost to develop?
A single-platform MVP with tracking and reminders costs $50,000–$95,000. A cross-platform app with wearable sync, messaging and a content CMS costs $100,000–$200,000. Advanced consumer apps with personalisation and a coaching layer reach $200,000–$360,000.
Does an mHealth app need to be HIPAA compliant?
Only if you handle PHI on behalf of a covered entity or business associate. A pure consumer wellness tracker usually does not, which saves the $18,000 HIPAA program adder. The moment a clinician sees the data or you sign a BAA, budget $18,000 for the safeguards program and $10,000–$25,000 more for audit logging and access controls.
What does wearable integration add?
Apple HealthKit and Android Health Connect sync costs about $14,000 for read-only vitals and activity. Adding direct device SDKs — Fitbit, Garmin, Withings, Oura — costs $6,000–$12,000 per vendor, and a BLE pairing flow for medical-grade devices runs $20,000–$30,000.
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A fixed-scope quote comes out of a 4-week Discovery sprint, which starts at $45,000 and ends with an architecture, a backlog and a firm price.