What are the estimated costs for making a simple social chat app on Firebase in India? Which companies in India will help me develop such an app?

The estimated cost of any app development is calculated by multiplying the time it takes to develop each required feature in the app. In the case of a chat app, it is required to develop some or all of the basic features listed below

Features required to develop in a good performance chat app

· Register

· Sync Phone Contacts

· Find Contacts

· Chat in a Text, Video & Voice format

· Share media, documents, and voice note

· Back Up data to cloud storage

· Create & see user profiles

· Check last seen or active status of the other user

· Message delivery status

· Create groups

· Add members to groups only by admins

The approximate time it requires to develop a chat app with its required features for the Android and iOS operating systems is around 1500 hours. Considering the per hour development cost in between $15 - $50 per hour, the estimated development cost would be in the range of 22K – 75K.

The company that could help you in developing a chat app

Based on my years of experience serving as IT manager for various companies I can assure you of one agency that is best suitable for developing a chat app

Hope the answer helps you find the agency that is best suitable for your chat app development.