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How much does it cost to develop a Live Streaming app such as Periscope?

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Question ajoutée par AppClues Infotech
Date de publication: 2021/04/12

Periscope is a live streaming application that allows a user to go live and stream your videos straight from your tablet or smartphone.

Apart from sharing the live video with other users, you can also view and experience other live videos.

Periscope app is free to use on various platforms Android, IOS, and Windows.

This app is beneficial for people who are planning to become professional reporter, and they can use the maximum of it.

Types of Live streaming apps:

If you look at the app stores, you will find a lot of streaming apps.

As you are planned to develop a streaming app for Android or IOS, you must know the kind of video stream apps present in the market.

Let’s see the types:

Video-on-demand streaming (VoD):

  • Netflix.
  • Amazon Video.
  • Hotstar.
  • Hulu.

Audio streaming apps:

  • Apple music.
  • Pandora.
  • Spotify.
  • Wynk.

Live broadcasting apps:

  • YouTube live.
  • Periscope.
  • Facebook live.
  • Live stream.

 

We advise you to have a glimpse at their features and offers it provide for the users before you go for the development of Periscope clone.

Tools to develop Periscope like an app:

  • Content distribution network: Amazon CloudFront or Cloudflare.
  • Notifications: Firebase.
  • Hosting: AWS (Amazon web services).
  • Database: DynamoDB or MySQL.
  • Messaging queues: AWS queue System.
  • Mobile app platforms: For Android (Kotlin or Java)
  • For IOS (Swift).
  • API server: Node.js
  • Media processing platform: Wowza, DaCast, and WebRTC.
  • Geolocation: For Android (Google maps) &IOS (Core location or Mapkit).

How much periscope costs to build?

The cost of an app is the first thing that comes to mind after before or after reaching the mobile app Development Company.

Now it’s time to know how much periscope costs to build.

The cost depends on the various constituents that we are going to discuss right now.

Let’s start!

  • App platform:

The majorly used platforms around the globe are IOS & Android. The cost of app development affects the platform you or we choose.

As no of platforms increases, the cost of the app development also increases, vice versa.

The number of platforms ultimately depends on the enterprise, which is planning to develop a live streaming app; they can go for single or multiple platforms.

  • App complexity:

The app complexity level you choose also defines the cost of your Periscope app.

Mobile apps are developed & categorized based on their complexity levels, such as simple, medium, and high-end.

The basic version of the mobile app Periscope costs you very little compared to the other two (medium and high-end).

  • App development team:

Among all the factors, this determinant defines your app cost as well as your app development.

The team required for the live streaming app like Periscope development:

  • Project Manager.
  • Requirement analyst.
  • Web developers.
  • QA engineers.
  • Android app developers
  • IOS app developers
  • UI/UX designers.

You can select or hire a live streaming app developer’s team based on your budget and requirements. You can choose a startup or mid-level company or a multinational company.

If you go for a startup company, the charges will be low, whereas if you choose an MNC, then the costs will be higher.

App development team selection depends on the individual or the enterprise who is planning to create a live streaming video app like Periscope.

Don’t be in a hasten while choosing your mobile app Development Company or team.

  • Developers team location:

Apart from the development company you choose, the app developer’s location also influences your app cost.

The cost of developer varies from region to region & country to country.

General charges of mobile app developers based on the country:

  • Developers in India: $10-80/hour
  • Developers in North America cost: $150-170/hour.
  • Developers in Australia cost: $100-110/hour.
  • Developers in the UK cost: $60-70/hour.
  • Developers in Eastern Europe: $30-150/hour

The cost of a Periscope app calculated as:

App development cost: Number of hours to develop Mobile app developer cost

It is better to choose a mobile app development team from India or Eastern European countries because they are cost-effective.

So, the factors, it is going to cost you around $20,000-$25,000 for a single platform (periscope live streaming android app). Again, if you want to add another Groupon app iPhone, it cost you more than $20,000.

 

It is an approximate cost to develop a live streaming app like Periscope.

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