If you are looking to build an app, hiring a freelance flutter developer could be the best solution for your start-up or company. Flutter framework is utilizing dart language, is a cross platform solution which means your app is written once and can be used on both iOS and Android platforms, it also supports web. This can save your time and money when compared to native development. If you are considering hiring a freelance flutter developer here are the top advantages of hiring a freelance flutter developer:
- Cost – Hiring a full time flutter developer comes with extra cost from paying of benefits, providing additional resources and having a developer full time. With a Freelance flutter developer, they take care of their own medical insurance and equipment, you only pay for the time they spend on development. Therefore, it is often much cheaper to hire a freelance flutter developer compared to a full time flutter developer.
- Scaling – If you need to have an app developed in a short period of time, you can hire a flutter agency, which can ensure that your app is developed in a small time frame. A flutter development agency can also include other services such as designers and app testers. Typically freelance flutter developers work with other developers, designer and QA tester to provide the same level of service as an agency but at a lower cost and higher quality of development.
- Expert level of development -Freelance flutter developers tend to be senior flutter developers who are on expert level and can work independently to get the app developed. They can fix other developers bugs, finalize an app, and update it to the latest version of the operating system as well as build an app from scratch. When hiring a development agency you sometimes get junior developers being supervised by senior developers and if you are hiring directly, flutter developers who have five plus years of experience will be very pricey.
- Mobile App Strategy – Freelance flutter developer can provide the right mobile app strategy based on your app’s requirement. Having the right technological approach and framework can go a long way in the longevity of your app. A flutter freelancer can also help identify areas of improvement for an existing code base.
- Maintenance of an existing app – If you have an existing app that was written in Flutter and need help with maintaining its code base on an ongoing basis, you do not need a full time developer. Therefore a Flutter freelance developer can help with the maintenance of an existing app when needed.
- Bug Fixes – If you have build an app in flutter but need to fix bugs and are stuck a Flutter Freelance developer can help. They can identify the issue and help solve it. Brian Kayfitz offers code review services to flutter development teams.
- New features for an existing app – If you have an exist app that needs a new feature or and update to the latest version of the platform, a flutter freelance developer can help. They can add a new feature to an existing code base and also help update existing code base based on the new feature requirements.
- Converting an app from native to cross platform App – If you have an app written in Objective C or JavaScript or Kotlin or Swift and are support two code bases you can have the app be re-written in Flutter. Flutter supports iOS, Android and web with just one code base. It is not unusual to have the re-write take a lot less time then original development of the app this is because all requirements and designs are finalized. Re-writing an existing app can help save time and money in the long run.
- Flexibility on development: Development in Flutter offers flexibility in terms of features that can speed up development time. Hiring a flutter freelancer, you can have flexibility on how fast and slow you are moving, what features you are building and how much budget you are spending on a monthly basis. You can also change your requirements as you develop your app.
- MVP App Development: Building an MVP app (minimum viable product) can be the best way to test the marketplace. Minimum viable product app is an app with basic features which include basic functionality. Before investing in building out an app that can take months if not a year with full features, and having a big team of developers working on it including front end and back end. You can build an app in flutter in a matter of weeks or a couple of months. Launch the app on both platforms iOS and Android to identify how well the app is doing in the marketplace. Once it is available for users to interact with, start-ups can get user feedback on what features they want to see and what they like or dislike about the product prior to doing heavy investment. To build out an MVP app in Flutter, contact Brian Kayfitz.
These are just some of the advantages of hiring a flutter freelance developer, but what are some disadvantages? If you require an enterprise level app, with integration and a lot of functionality that require full time support, it maybe better to hire freelancers in house. Another disadvantage is when hiring an mobile app development agency, you can get a project manager, designer, UI/UX specialist, conversion specialist and sometimes even marketing specialist all with one fixed development cost. It is usually less cost effective, and sometimes can take longer than hiring a freelancer, who can then connect with other freelancers, it means communicating with one person as oppose to many. The other disadvantage of hiring a Flutter freelancer is the lack of backend support. Most Flutter developers are front-end developers meaning they can integrate the app and its functionality with design and back end systems, but cannot build a back end environment. There are tools available such as Firebase or Amplify that can solve that problem but if you are looking to build a SQL database from scratch for example, you would need to hire a backend developer. Most Flutter freelancers have worked with different backend developers which can be recommended, also a lot of companies have internal teams that deal with internal data which means there is no issue in your app development.
Regardless of the status of your app if its in design, already developed, needs to be re-written or has bugs to fix, Brian Kayfitz a Flutter freelance developer can help get your app live on the both AppStore and Google Play Store. He has been a freelancer since 2020, and has been an app developer since 2012, with over 30 apps built and maintained in both native and Flutter environments. Contact Brian, to get a free quote on your app development needs.