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There is a wide variety of applications that fall into the entertainment category. Ranging from typical leisure activities (e.g. music/video streaming, reading, and gaming) to communication & social media apps (messengers, social networks), entertainment applications can serve many different goals.

Sometimes, the category also features personal development and productivity apps, such as sports, dieting, meditation, etc., but we at Miquido distinguish them into a separate category.

The main idea behind every entertainment application is to help users spend their free time in a more relaxing and enjoyable way.

If you look at the most downloaded apps in Google Play Store or Apple App Store, you’ll quickly see that all entertainment apps have several things in common. The most trending applications in 2020 are social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, messenger apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, video conferencing solutions – Zoom and Google Meet, and, of course, YouTube.

Have you determined the popularity factor yet? It’s the social aspect of entertainment! People want to stay in touch and share their experiences with those around them. Which is why, regardless of whether you want to develop a next-generation Viber or the killer mobile game, it’s wise to keep things social and let users communicate with each other while on your app.

Another important thing to consider are machine-learning based recommendation systems. They let YouTube know exactly what videos you’d like to watch, Instagram is able to decide what images you’re most likely to enjoy in the search tab, and TikTok builds its entire “For You” page around the same concept. So spice things up a little and add AI personalization to the list of must-have entertainment app features.

There are many ways to test your business idea even if you don’t have your own marketing team to help you with that. For starters, you could trust our Ideation & Strategy team and let Miquido experts evaluate the project’s value from the market point of view.

Or you could try by starting with a Proof of Concept – a quick prototype of your future app that lets you test its estimated performance and feasibility. Depending on your application specifics, it can take us between 2 and 4 weeks to develop a PoC to point you in the right direction.

In this case, the results are clear: mobile applications dominate the entertainment industry. Whether it is social media or messaging apps, gaming & streaming services, or even utility planning software, 92% of Americans prefer to spend time on entertainment via their smartphone applications.

So if you’re still wondering whether mobile is the right way to go – think no more and go ahead to request your first meeting where we’ll discuss all the awesome things we’ll be building together for your mobile entertainment application.

All entertainment applications serve different purposes and, thus, are of different complexity in nature. On average, it takes us around 3 months to complete the MVP (minimum viable product) and launch the first version of your app across the mobile stores, but sometimes it can take up to 9 months with some particularly demanding tasks.

At Miquido, we try to take a very personalised approach to each client we work with, which is why we usually provide you with an estimated length of the development process at the early stages of project planning.

Then, you should also keep in mind the ongoing editing and adjustments your future app might require depending on the feedback the MVP receives on the market. It is up to you to decide if you want to take over the process from that point forward or to task our team with the process, but be ready to spend a fair amount of time on polishing your entertainment app for it to fit the demand perfectly.

The average price of an entertainment application largely depends on the overall complexity of the app. The price can range anywhere from $25,000 to $100,000 and up depending on the features you would like to have implemented and the toolkit used.

The main aspects of the project that can help you estimate the average app price are usually the number of hours spent by each member of the development team on your order, their hourly rate based on the region, and the expected complexity of the application.

As entertainment apps are often more difficult to implement and require more unique features, they may fall on the high-end of the average mobile app development pricing. For more information on how much does it cost to develop an app, please check this article.

Dating apps are on the rise and Tinder is leading the movement. With the current statistics suggesting that almost 30% of all committed relationships start online more and more people are willing to give it a chance. So here are a few components you might want to include in your Tinder-like dating application for it to win over the market.

Geolocation. It’s online dating 101 as you don’t usually want to match someone who lives across the globe from you. Or add location adjustments similar to “Tinder Passport” and watch the couples from all around the world mingle without borders.

A strong matching algorithm. Tinder’s algorithm is accused of many nasty things, like giving people scores based on their attractiveness and leaving those “less attractive” ones behind. You may or may not want to invest in a more ethical / less judgemental solution for your own dating app.

Matching. The main difference that sets Tinder apart from other quite successful dating applications like Baddoo is that it’s perfectly consensual. You can only interact with the users who are also interested in you. That’s a good feature for you to consider.

Swipe surge. Tinder swipes have changed our lives forever as “swipe left” is a completely independent idiom by now. Try not to mess things up and don’t confuse your users by changing the game everyone seems to love. Swipe right on the surge!