A mobile app in Latvia starts from €3,850 at Scholar Baltic. That fixed price covers design, development in Flutter for iOS and Android, and App Store submission, delivered in 30 days. The final figure depends on scope. You get a fixed quote before any work begins, with a money-back guarantee if we miss the deadline.
The €3,850 base is the starting point for a focused mobile app. Larger scope raises the number, and we tell you that number in a fixed quote before any work begins. Scholar SIA works in Latvian and English, and invoices in euro.
Every quote is built from the same base. The factors below are what push a project above €3,850. We name the effect of each one in your quote, so there are no surprises after the clock starts.
| Scope factor | Typical effect on price |
|---|---|
| A small, focused feature set | Included in the €3,850 base |
| User accounts and login | Small addition |
| Payments or subscriptions | Moderate addition |
| A custom backend or admin dashboard | Moderate to significant addition |
| Third-party integrations (maps, CRM, hardware) | Depends on the integration |
| A large number of screens | Scales with the count |
Exact euro figures for your scope come in the quote. That is deliberate: a real number you can plan around beats an estimate that changes later.
Trigger: if we do not submit your app to the App Store within 30 days of kickoff, given an agreed scope and timely feedback from you, the guarantee applies.
Refund: a full refund of the fees you have paid.
Window: the 30 days run from kickoff, the day the scope is signed and work begins.
Excluded: Apple and Google review delays are outside our control and are not counted against the 30 days.
Most buyers are not choosing between two agencies. They are choosing between four ways of getting an app to exist. Here is how those routes compare on the questions that actually decide the outcome.
| Question | Scholar Baltic | Freelancer | In-house developer | Build it yourself with AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to first launch | 30 days, guaranteed | Varies; depends on availability | Months, plus hiring time | Fast to a demo, slow to a real launch |
| Realistic first-year total cost | From €3,850, fixed | Figure pending approval | Figure pending approval | Figure pending approval |
| Who owns the code, repo, and App Store account | You do, in full | Often unclear; IP assignment is frequently missing | You do | You do, if you set the accounts up correctly |
| Security review before launch | Yes, server-side rules reviewed | Only if you ask and pay for it | Depends on the person's experience | Usually none, which is the common failure |
| Who is responsible for user data under GDPR | You are, and we build to protect it | You are; the freelancer is not liable | You are | You are, even though no one reviewed the code |
| What happens when it breaks in month four | A maintenance plan, one known contact | Depends on whether they are still available | Handled, if the person is still employed | You debug code no one wrote by hand |
| Who decides what actually gets built | We shape the product with you | You write the spec; they execute it | You and the developer, over time | You alone, with no product review |
| Continuous daily iteration on a large product | A fixed-scope studio is a weaker fit here | Workable, if they stay available | The strongest fit | Not realistic for a serious product |
| Risk if one person disappears | A small team; we plan for handover | High; a single point of failure | High until the role is backfilled | The knowledge leaves with you |
One row goes to the in-house developer, honestly: for a large, long-lived product that changes every day, a full-time engineer on your own team is the stronger fit. For getting a focused app launched and earning, the fixed-price route wins the rest of the table. Read why the security row matters.