We turn our experience in working with on-demand mobile apps that are hitting the market into a comprehensive guide, covering:  top on-demand services industries & examples for inspiration;  6 main steps to launch the first version of the on-demand app with a minimal budget;  feature list and rough time estimation. Check the full article for more: https://jellyfish.tech/on-demand-app-development/

1. On-demand mobile apps connect customers with
service providers.
6 Steps for On-Demand
App Development
Synchronized experience for service providers & customers
Instant result
Priority to mobile devices

2. On-demand apps: industries
Home services (cleaning, furniture assembling,
mounting, repairs, help with moving)
Transportation services (taxis, shuttling, in-app
pick-ups & drop-offs, car rental, car sharing)
Food delivery services (groceries, gourmet
food, ready-made restaurant & cafe menus)
Beauty & wellbeing services (meditation, healthy
eating, yoga, exercising, on-demand beauty
services)
Tutoring & coaching services (online
consultations, video calls, chats with expert)
Booking services (tickets for online and offline events,
restaurant tables, doctor’s appointments; temporary
housing, hotels, apartments, flight/train/bus tickets.)

3. On-demand app development steps
1. Choose your niche
3. Define key features
2. Get to know your customers
4. Get your MVP build
5. Gather customer feedback
6. Scale & support
Making the assumptions.
● Is there really a problem?
● Who has this problem I’m about to solve?
● Is this problem really huge?
● How could I solve it with my product?
● What features will my customers need?
Checking your assumptions with real people.
● User experience research that seeks to understand the needs of
your customers through observation & analysis.
● Product discovery that uses the customer development interviews
techniques to learn even more about your end-users firsthand.
Specify a functionality your application should have, starting to form the
project backlog.
Communicate your ideas & requirements properly and make sure you’re
on the same page with the technical team.
Get your MVP tested by your focus group and the real users.
Adjust your app according to people’s feedback or pivot.

4. Rough time estimation
Feature Description Estimation*
Authorization Sign up/login through Gmail, Facebook, Apple ID, or any
other way, convenient for your customers.
8 hrs
User profiles The three most used user profiles for on-demand apps are
admin, service provider, and customer. So, the estimation
is provided for these three. Besides, there always could be
more depending on the type of your app.
8 hrs
In-app
messaging
Customers and service providers can communicate with
each other within the app.
20 hrs
Push
notifications
Relevant information about the status of the order,
application updates, promotions delivered right to the
mobile devices.
16 hrs
Payment
integration
With the help of payment options integration, customers
can choose the most convenient and secure payment
method.
8 hrs
Search The search feature provides users with quick access to the
information, enhancing the user experience.
4 hrs
Filters Adding multiple filters (budget, distance, delivery time,
etc.) helps make the search process easy and find what
you look for faster.
8 hrs
Calendar Checking the availability of a service provider for
customers and managing the schedule for vendors
hassle-free.
8 hrs
Booking &
scheduling
This is one of the basic features that allow users to book
any service instantly or in advance.
10 hrs
Location Geolocation helps track ordered products and vendors in
real-time, determine the time left for getting the
service/product delivered, and adjust routes.
4 hrs
Rating & reviews Thanks to rating and independent reviews, customers &
service providers can learn about the experience of other
app users.
16 hrs
Admin panel It’s a must-have section for the admin/support team,
allowing to navigate across and manage users and service
providers.
16 hrs

5. * The rough estimation is calculated based on our SDK (starter
development kit) – an “assembly line” for web & mobile projects the
Jellyfish.tech team has built to accelerate the development process
making it more predictable. The starter development kit is to cover the
typical units of functionality (authorization & login, payment, content
upload) with the pre-built parts of code that help us focus on custom
features, saving your budget.
The features can’t exist independently: we should groom the backlog
first, set up the project environment, define the app architecture so
that it will be scalable in the future, test the features before and after
the release so that they work impeccably.
That’s why I’ve to add to the rough estimate:
● Business analytics: +30%
● Infrastructure: +30%
● Quality assurance: + 20%
● Project management: +20%
On-demand app development: total (SDK included)
250 hours (about 6 weeks)

6. Building an on-demand app?
manager@jellyfish.tech
Nata Akulova
Sales & Business
Development
- Up to 30% quicker MVP creation thanks to custom SDK
written by the development team and API that covers the CRUD
operations automatically;
- Product expertise: the team (CEO & CTO) of startup owners
were in your shoes to know for sure the challenges you're
facing;
- Flexibility and quick adjustment to changes using the Agile
methodology (Scrum);
- Communication oriented towards reducing
misunderstandings;
- Support at every stage of your startup journey.
Here’s how Jellyfish.tech can contribute to your project:
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