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Social Media App Development in India — Feeds, Chat, Video, and Moderation Built to Ship

Instagram-style photo and reel apps, TikTok-style short-video platforms, dating and matchmaking apps, live-streaming social apps, and private community platforms — customer app, creator tools, moderation console, and admin dashboard built as one system. Priced fixed in INR, shipped from Ahmedabad, with IT Rules 2021 and DPDP Act 2023 compliance wired from day one.

  • Photo, video, reel, story, chat, live-stream, and creator monetization modules on one shared backend
  • Feed ranking that starts chronological and graduates to a personalization model as engagement data grows
  • Content moderation with AWS Rekognition, Hive AI, and Perspective API — plus a human review queue
  • Agora, 100ms, LiveKit, or ZegoCloud for live video; Cloudflare Stream or Mux for on-demand playback
  • IT Rules 2021 grievance officer flow, DPDP Act consent capture, and Apple / Google safety review handled by us

Why a social media app is a different build from any other app

A social media product looks simple on the surface — a feed, a like button, a chat inbox — and turns into one of the hardest categories of app to actually ship. The scale problem hits on day one: the moment a real user uploads a video, you need CDN edges, transcoding pipelines, cache invalidation on the feed, and a fan-out strategy for followers that does not choke the database at ten thousand users. The trust problem hits inside the first week: real users bring real abuse, and every social app in India is bound by the Intermediary Guidelines of 2021 to publish a grievance officer contact, respond to takedown notices, and file monthly compliance reports the moment the app crosses the significant-social-media threshold.

That is the wall a Twitter-clone template or a Firebase-tutorial starter collapses at. A prebuilt feed screen with a mock backend cannot handle real media at real scale, cannot moderate abusive content, and cannot survive the first App Store review that asks how user-generated content is filtered. Every serious social app on the App Store today runs on a purpose-built backend with a proper media pipeline, a moderation layer, an admin console, and a delivery team that understands how to keep it live.

Fruxinfo has been shipping custom mobile apps from Ahmedabad since 2012 and social products since 2017 — creator apps, private community platforms, dating apps, and vertical social networks for niches from fitness to devotional content. What we ship today is a proper multi-app system — user app, creator tools, moderation queue, and admin — on one shared backend with the media pipeline, the moderation stack, the compliance flows, and the App Store safety paperwork all handled as part of the delivery, not left as a checklist for the founder.

The MVP scope — the smallest social app a real user will actually use

Every founder who calls us about a social media app arrives with a feature list that reads like a merged screenshot of Instagram, TikTok, and Discord. The right first move is the opposite — cut the scope to what a real user can sign up for, post to, and share out of on launch day. The novelty features that will actually decide whether the app grows come in version two, after you know what your first thousand users actually do.

The MVP we ship for a launch-ready social product is a working user app with the modules below, on a shared backend that can accept a moderation console and creator monetization as version-two additions. It goes live in twelve to sixteen weeks and lets a real cohort join, post, follow, and share out from launch day — not a beta that needs six more months of polish before a store submission.

  • User app (Flutter iOS + Android) — phone OTP sign-up, profile with bio and avatar, photo and short-video posting, feed, follow / unfollow, like, comment, share
  • Chat and DM — one-to-one messages with read receipts, photo and voice attachments, block and report, powered by a WebSocket layer (Socket.IO or Ably)
  • Discovery — explore feed sorted by engagement, hashtag search, user search with typo-tolerance (Meilisearch or Typesense)
  • Notifications — push via FCM and APNS for likes, comments, follows, mentions, DMs, and admin broadcasts
  • Content moderation — automated NSFW and violence detection on upload (AWS Rekognition or Hive AI), text toxicity screening (Perspective API), plus a human review queue in the admin
  • Admin dashboard (web) — user list with ban / shadow-ban, content review queue, report queue, grievance officer inbox for IT Rules 2021 notices, analytics for DAU / MAU / retention
  • Media pipeline — direct-to-S3 upload with pre-signed URLs, background transcoding to HLS via AWS MediaConvert or Cloudflare Stream, image resize and compression
  • Compliance — DPDP Act 2023 consent capture, age-gate (13+ default, 18+ for dating), grievance officer contact page, monthly compliance report scaffolding

Cost to build a social media app in India — the real INR ranges

Social app pricing swings more than any other app category because "social" covers everything from a niche 5,000-user private community to a public video platform aimed at ten million users. Below are the ranges we quote after a proper discovery — not a range pulled from a marketing blog. Every number assumes a Flutter build (one codebase, iOS + Android), a Node.js or Laravel backend, source code in your Git repo, moderation and compliance wired at launch, and App Store plus Play Store submission handled by our team.

A niche community app — a single-purpose vertical social product for a hobby, faith, professional, or fitness community, with a text-and-image feed, chat, and basic moderation — starts at around ₹3 lakh and ships in ten to fourteen weeks. An Instagram-style photo and short-video app with reels, stories, DMs, hashtag search, and creator profiles sits in the ₹8-18 lakh range and ships in sixteen to twenty-two weeks. A TikTok-style short-video platform with a personalized feed algorithm, in-app video editor, effects and filters, and creator monetization lands in the ₹15-35 lakh range and ships in twenty to twenty-eight weeks. A dating app with swipe-match, geolocation, chat, and in-app purchases sits in the ₹6-16 lakh range and ships in twelve to eighteen weeks. A live-streaming social app with real-time video (Agora, 100ms, or LiveKit), virtual gifts, and a creator payout pipeline lands in the ₹12-25 lakh range and ships in sixteen to twenty-two weeks. A private community or enterprise-grade platform (a Discord or Circle alternative for a specific vertical, with SSO, roles, threaded channels, and admin controls) sits in the ₹12-30 lakh range and ships in eighteen to twenty-six weeks.

Recurring costs are honest and scale with usage. Cloudflare Stream or Mux for on-demand video runs about USD 1 per 1,000 minutes delivered — a real cost line once uploads hit five thousand per day. Live streaming on Agora or 100ms is around USD 0.99-3.99 per 1,000 minutes of concurrent viewer time, depending on video quality tier. AWS Rekognition costs about USD 1 per 1,000 image moderation calls and USD 0.10 per minute for video. Firebase Cloud Messaging for push is free at almost every scale. Meilisearch or Typesense self-hosted runs about USD 40-200 per month on a modest VPS; managed Algolia starts at USD 500 per month for a real user base. Apple Developer is USD 99 per year, Google Play is USD 25 one-time — we open both accounts under your business name.

Everything is fixed-scope. The number in the quotation is the number you pay, and every change request during the build is estimated in writing before work starts. Post-launch, an optional support retainer covers bug fixes, dependency upgrades, iOS and Android version rollups, App Store and Play Store review responses, and a 24-hour SLA on production issues.

  • Niche community app (single-vertical, text + image, chat) — ₹3-6 lakh, 10-14 weeks
  • Instagram-style photo + reel app with DMs — ₹8-18 lakh, 16-22 weeks
  • TikTok-style short-video platform with personalized feed — ₹15-35 lakh, 20-28 weeks
  • Dating / matchmaking app (swipe, chat, geo, IAP) — ₹6-16 lakh, 12-18 weeks
  • Live-streaming social app (Agora / 100ms / LiveKit + gifts) — ₹12-25 lakh, 16-22 weeks
  • Private / enterprise community platform (Circle or Discord alternative) — ₹12-30 lakh, 18-26 weeks
  • iOS + Android via one Flutter codebase — no separate native quote unless the brand insists
  • Real running cost of ₹40,000-2 lakh per month at launch scale (video CDN + moderation + push + search)

Feature list by module — what actually gets built in a social app

A social product is not one screen with a feed on it. It is roughly six modules that each carry real complexity, and the difference between a build that survives its first ten thousand users and one that collapses is how carefully each module is wired. Below is the module-by-module feature list we ship on a reference Instagram-style photo and short-video build — the anchor scope every social-app quote starts from.

Sign-up and profile are the front door. Phone OTP is the default in India (WhatsApp OTP as backup on Wati or Gupshup), with Google and Apple sign-in as social options. Profile carries avatar, bio, external link, gender and age (mandatory for dating apps under DPDP Act consent), verified badge, follower and following counts, and post count. Account settings expose privacy toggles (public vs private), blocked users, muted users, notification preferences, and — critically — a "download my data" and "delete my account" flow required by DPDP Act 2023.

Feed and posting are the anchor. A user creates a post as photo, carousel, short video, or story. Upload runs direct-to-S3 with pre-signed URLs so the app never proxies bytes through the backend. Photos are resized to three tiers (thumb, medium, full) on upload; videos are handed to AWS MediaConvert or Cloudflare Stream for HLS transcoding. The feed itself starts chronological on day one and graduates to a ranked model once there is real engagement data — ranked by follow graph plus recency plus interaction weight, with a small percentage of exploration slots so new creators get exposure. Comments, likes, saves, and shares are the standard reactions; long-tap on a post opens report and block.

Discovery is where growth actually happens. Explore feed surfaces content the user has not seen from accounts they do not follow, weighted by hashtag overlap and interaction similarity. Hashtag search returns tagged posts sorted by recency and reach. User search runs on Meilisearch or Typesense with typo-tolerance so a mis-typed handle still returns the right profile. Trending is a batch job — top 20 hashtags of the last 6 hours ranked by post velocity — computed on Redis with a cron.

Chat and DM are their own subsystem. One-to-one and group direct messages, read receipts, typing indicators, photo and voice attachments, and disappearing messages if the brand calls for it. Delivery runs on Socket.IO or Ably for realtime, with Redis pub-sub underneath and PostgreSQL for persistence. Media in chat goes through the same moderation gate as feed posts — CSAM detection is non-negotiable and runs on AWS Rekognition or Hive AI regardless of app category.

Notifications are the retention engine. Push via FCM and APNS for every social event — like, comment, follow, mention, DM, admin broadcast — with per-event mute toggles in settings. In-app inbox mirrors push. Batched digest push for low-engagement users. WhatsApp Business API push for re-engagement on inactive users, with proper opt-in per DPDP Act.

Creator tools and moderation close the loop. Creator tools include analytics per post (impressions, reach, engagement rate, follower growth), verified-badge application flow, and — on monetized apps — a payout dashboard and Razorpay-linked bank details. Moderation stack runs automated on upload, plus a human review queue in the admin for anything flagged or reported. Ban, shadow-ban, warn, and delete-content are the four moderator actions, each logged to an audit trail. Grievance officer inbox pulls in IT Rules 2021 takedown notices from a dedicated email address and shows resolution status to the officer on record.

Tech stack and integrations — what a live social app runs on

A social app lives on the reliability of about a dozen integrations. Get any of them wrong at launch and the app fails the first week of real users. Below is the reference stack we ship, plus the third-party services Indian social apps actually depend on. Every line item plugs in through the vendor's official API, so nothing is a scraped hack that breaks at their next release.

The frontend is Flutter for iOS and Android (one codebase, native performance) with Next.js for the admin dashboard and moderator console. The backend runs on Node.js (NestJS or Express) or Laravel, depending on the team you plan to grow later. Realtime — for chat, notifications, feed live-updates, and typing indicators — is a WebSocket layer (Socket.IO, Ably, or Pusher) with Redis pub-sub underneath. Storage is PostgreSQL for relational data (users, follows, posts, comments), Redis for hot caches and rate limits, and S3-compatible object storage for media. Push runs on Firebase Cloud Messaging plus Apple Push Notification Service, orchestrated through a single messaging service (OneSignal or a bespoke worker).

Media is the make-or-break subsystem. Direct-to-S3 upload with pre-signed URLs is standard — the app never proxies user uploads through the backend. Images are resized in a Lambda or Sharp worker on upload to three tiers. Video is transcoded to HLS through AWS MediaConvert, Cloudflare Stream, or Mux for on-demand playback; live streaming runs on Agora, 100ms, LiveKit, or ZegoCloud with per-minute pricing. A CDN (Cloudflare, CloudFront, or Bunny.net) sits in front of every media asset — playback latency and bandwidth cost both live and die on the CDN.

Moderation and safety are non-negotiable. Every image and video uploaded runs through AWS Rekognition or Hive AI for NSFW, violence, and CSAM detection before it becomes visible in the feed. Text content — captions, comments, DMs — runs through Google Perspective API or OpenAI Moderation API for toxicity and hate speech scoring. Flagged content lands in a human review queue in the admin; the reviewer either approves, hides, or bans. For dating apps, we add face-in-selfie verification (AWS Rekognition CompareFaces) so the profile photo matches a live selfie.

Search runs on Meilisearch, Typesense, or Elasticsearch — user search, hashtag search, and content search all go through the same index with typo-tolerance. Analytics wires Firebase Analytics and either Mixpanel or Amplitude for funnel, retention, and cohort reporting. Attribution — for paid acquisition on Meta and Google — runs on AppsFlyer or Adjust. Crash reporting is Sentry; performance monitoring is Datadog or New Relic.

Payments and monetization plug into Razorpay Subscriptions for creator memberships, Apple In-App Purchase (30% fee) and Google Play Billing (30% fee) for virtual gifts and coins, Stripe for cross-border creator payouts, and AdMob or Meta Audience Network for in-app ads. Creator payout runs through RazorpayX with vendor onboarding and PAN / GST capture.

Compliance and identity round out the stack. DPDP Act 2023 consent capture on sign-up and at every data-sharing event. IT Rules 2021 grievance officer contact page, monthly compliance report scaffolding (mandatory once the app crosses the 5 million user "significant social media intermediary" bar), and 24-hour CSAM takedown flow. Age-gate is 13+ by default (18+ for dating apps) with parental consent capture where required under DPDP.

  • Flutter iOS + Android for user app; Next.js for admin and moderator console
  • Node.js (NestJS / Express) or Laravel backend + Socket.IO / Ably / Pusher realtime layer
  • PostgreSQL + Redis + S3 + Cloudflare / CloudFront / Bunny.net CDN
  • AWS MediaConvert or Cloudflare Stream or Mux for on-demand video; Agora / 100ms / LiveKit / ZegoCloud for live
  • AWS Rekognition + Hive AI + Perspective API + OpenAI Moderation for content moderation
  • Meilisearch / Typesense / Elasticsearch for user, hashtag, and content search
  • Firebase FCM + APNS push + WhatsApp Business API for re-engagement
  • Razorpay Subscriptions + Apple IAP + Google Play Billing + Stripe + AdMob + Meta Audience Network
  • Firebase Analytics + Mixpanel / Amplitude + AppsFlyer / Adjust + Sentry + Datadog
  • DPDP Act 2023 consent, IT Rules 2021 grievance flow, 24-hour CSAM takedown, RBI card tokenisation
Flutter (iOS + Android)Next.js (Admin + Moderator)Node.js / NestJSLaravelPostgreSQLRedisS3 / R2Socket.IOAblyPusherFirebase FCM + APNSAWS MediaConvertCloudflare StreamMuxAgora100msLiveKitZegoCloudAWS RekognitionHive AIGoogle Perspective APIOpenAI ModerationMeilisearchTypesenseElasticsearchCloudflare CDNBunny.net CDNRazorpay SubscriptionsApple IAPGoogle Play BillingStripe (cross-border)RazorpayX PayoutsAdMobMeta Audience NetworkUnity AdsWhatsApp Business APIAppsFlyerAdjustMixpanelAmplitudeSentryDatadog

Monetization models — how social apps actually make money

A social app has more revenue levers than most first-time founders realise, and picking the right mix at launch protects the unit economics for the next two years. Below are the models we architect for, with real India-market ranges. Most successful social products use two or three of these together, layered as the user base matures.

In-app advertising is the classic lever. AdMob, Meta Audience Network, and Unity Ads are the mediated networks — a 320x50 banner at the bottom of the feed, a native ad slot every 6-10 posts, an interstitial every N sessions, and a rewarded video slot for creators unlocking premium filters. Realized eCPMs in India sit around USD 1-4 for banner, USD 3-8 for native, USD 5-15 for interstitial, and USD 8-25 for rewarded video, depending on the audience and the ad quality score. Ads work best once DAU crosses 10,000 — below that, the eCPM math is not worth the UX cost.

Creator subscriptions and paid memberships are the retention lever. A Patreon-style monthly plan — ₹49, ₹99, ₹299, ₹999 tiers — where fans pay creators for exclusive posts, chat access, or livestreams. We wire this as Razorpay Subscriptions for the fan side and RazorpayX vendor payout for the creator side. Platform takes 10-20 percent of subscription revenue; creator keeps the rest. This is the highest-margin line item once the creator base grows.

Virtual gifts and coins are the live-streaming lever. Users buy coin packs via Apple In-App Purchase or Google Play Billing (30 percent fee to the store) and spend coins on virtual gifts during livestreams. The creator earns a share of the coin value (typically 30-50 percent), converted to fiat on a monthly payout. The web version can bypass the store fee by routing through Razorpay directly, cutting the platform take from 30 percent to 2 percent MDR.

In-app purchases beyond gifts — premium filters, boosted posts, extra likes on dating apps, verified badges, ad-free tiers — plug into the same Apple and Google billing rails. Dating apps in particular depend heavily on this line: super-likes, boosts, and unlimited swipes drive most of the revenue. Typical dating-app IAP conversion runs 3-7 percent of DAU with an ARPPU of USD 8-15 per month.

Sponsored content and brand partnerships are the mature-market lever. Once the app has real creator inventory, brands pay for sponsored posts, campaign management, and access to the creator marketplace. We ship the campaign infrastructure at MVP as an admin module and turn it on when creator supply is deep enough for a sales conversation.

Marketplace, tipping, and event ticketing are the frontier levers. Creator commerce (Shopify-style storefronts inside the profile), one-off tips (a fan sends ₹100 to a creator for a good post), and ticketed events (paid livestreams, workshops, meetups) all live on the same Razorpay and Stripe rails. Data licensing to brand-safety analytics companies rounds out the mix for large-scale apps.

The right combination depends on the category, the audience, and the scale — we walk through the P&L math on the blueprint call before the build starts.

  • In-app ads via AdMob / Meta Audience Network / Unity — banner, native, interstitial, rewarded
  • Creator subscriptions via Razorpay Subscriptions — ₹49-999/month tiers, 10-20% platform take
  • Virtual gifts and coins via Apple IAP / Google Play Billing — creator earns 30-50% of coin value
  • Premium IAP — filters, boosts, verified badges, ad-free tiers, super-likes on dating apps
  • Sponsored content and creator marketplace — brand-funded campaigns and paid placements
  • Creator commerce, tipping, and paid livestreams / events — direct fan-to-creator on Razorpay + Stripe
  • Data licensing and API access for brand-safety and social-listening analytics vendors
  • Web checkout for coins and subscriptions — bypass Apple / Google 30% cut via Razorpay MDR of 2%

Timeline and delivery process — how we ship a social app

We work in fixed-scope, milestone-billed sprints with a weekly Friday demo. The clients we ship for know what will be on staging at the end of every week and know exactly which invoice covers which milestone. Below is the standard timeline for a reference Instagram-style photo and short-video build — the anchor project shape most social apps derive from.

Weeks 1-3 are the blueprint phase. On-site or Zoom discovery with the founder and the community lead. We map the user personas — creator, casual consumer, moderator — and the core loops (create, discover, react, retain). We come out with a written scope document, wireframes for every screen in all three modules (user app, moderator console, admin), a data model, a media pipeline diagram, a moderation-stack plan, and a fixed-price quotation. IT Rules 2021 grievance flow, DPDP Act consent, and age-gate policy are documented in the same pass. Nothing gets coded until the scope is signed.

Weeks 4-9 are the backend and the auth + posting spine. The Node.js or Laravel backend, PostgreSQL schema, S3 upload with pre-signed URLs, MediaConvert or Cloudflare Stream transcoding pipeline, Firebase Auth, phone OTP, and the first feed screen are built and demoed. The admin dashboard starts life in the same window with user list, content review queue, and moderator actions. By end of week 9 a real user can sign up, post a photo, and see it in a chronological feed.

Weeks 10-14 are discovery, DMs, and notifications. Explore feed, hashtag search, user search, one-to-one DMs, group chat if in scope, and push notifications via FCM and APNS. Content moderation gates (AWS Rekognition on upload, Perspective API on text) wire in as horizontal capabilities across every content surface. Each module hits a weekly Friday demo.

Weeks 15-18 are creator tools, monetization, and moderation depth. Creator analytics, subscription or coin IAP if in scope, admin broadcast, ban and shadow-ban flows, grievance officer inbox, and monthly compliance report scaffolding. The moderator console goes live in the same window. WhatsApp Business API re-engagement, deep links, and referral share close out this phase.

Weeks 19-22 are launch hardening. End-to-end soak tests with a real pilot cohort. App Store and Play Store submission on week 20 — Apple's App Review is particularly strict on social apps because of the safety review, and we handle every rejection reply on our end. Launch checklist covers CSAM policy, grievance officer contact live on the app and website, DPDP Act consent audit, App Tracking Transparency copy for iOS 14+, safety and reporting tools audit, App Store category and screenshots audit, and Play Store data safety declaration. All of it signed off before go-live.

Post-launch, the first month is a hyper-care sprint — daily standup, live production monitoring on Sentry and Datadog, and same-day patches on P0 issues. Content moderation load in the first two weeks is the peak crunch — we staff the review queue jointly with the client until the automated model tunes to the real user distribution. From month two, the app moves to the standard retainer cadence — a fortnightly release, a monthly analytics review, and a quarterly roadmap conversation.

Who this build is for — the six social-app client types we ship for

Every social-app enquiry that lands on our contact form fits into one of six patterns. The scope, the timeline, and the price map to the pattern — knowing which one you are building lets the first call move quickly to real numbers.

The vertical community founder wants a private social product for a specific niche — devotional content, fitness coaching, farming know-how, mothers-of-toddlers, MSME owners in Gujarat, alumni of a college network. Scope is a text-and-image feed, chat, moderation, and light admin — no live streaming, no in-app video editor. Typical build is ₹3-6 lakh, ships in ten to fourteen weeks. The audience is small (2,000-30,000 users) but engagement is deep, and monetization comes from creator subscriptions or brand sponsorships in the vertical.

The Instagram-alternative founder wants to build a photo and short-video social network — sometimes for a regional language audience (Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil), sometimes for a demographic Instagram is not serving well. Scope is the full Instagram core loop — profile, feed, reels, stories, DMs, hashtags, explore. Typical build is ₹8-18 lakh, ships in sixteen to twenty-two weeks. The build itself is the easier half; growth depends on creator seeding.

The TikTok-clone founder wants a short-video-first platform with a personalized feed algorithm, an in-app video editor, effects, filters, and creator monetization from day one. Scope is heavy on the media pipeline and the recommendation model. Typical build is ₹15-35 lakh, ships in twenty to twenty-eight weeks. Recurring bandwidth cost is the material line item — a real TikTok-scale app burns ₹1-5 lakh per month on CDN alone at 100,000 DAU.

The dating-app founder wants a swipe-and-match product with geolocation, chat, IAP for super-likes and boosts, and — increasingly — video calling for in-app dates. Scope is a mid-sized build with heavy moderation and identity-verification requirements. Typical build is ₹6-16 lakh, ships in twelve to eighteen weeks. Dating apps are the highest-monetizing social category in India (ARPPU of USD 8-15 per month), and unit economics work at surprisingly small user bases.

The live-streaming founder wants a Bigo, Hago, or Loco-style social product where creators go live and fans send virtual gifts. Scope is a mid-sized build plus deep integration with a live-video vendor (Agora, 100ms, LiveKit) and a coin economy on Apple IAP and Google Play Billing. Typical build is ₹12-25 lakh, ships in sixteen to twenty-two weeks. Bandwidth cost and payout compliance are the ongoing operational lines.

The enterprise or private community operator is an existing business — a corporate, a training academy, a coaching brand, a religious institution, a nonprofit — that wants its own branded community app instead of running on WhatsApp, Discord, or Circle. Scope is closer to a SaaS build — SSO, roles, threaded channels, admin controls, private events, resource libraries. Typical build is ₹12-30 lakh, ships in eighteen to twenty-six weeks. Monetization is a paid membership plus event ticketing, not ads.

If your build does not fit cleanly into one of these six, that is normal — most real projects sit at the boundary between two. The blueprint call is where we place the project on the map and quote against the closest reference.

The next step — book a social-app blueprint call

The fastest way to know what your social media app should actually cost and what should be in scope is a 30-minute conversation. We will ask about the model (vertical community, Instagram-style, TikTok-style, dating, live-stream, private community), the audience, the launch geography, the moderation posture (open public feed vs invited private community), the monetization mix you want at launch, and the timeline you are working against. At the end of the call you get a written blueprint — recommended scope, module list, integrations, indicative timeline, moderation plan, IT Rules 2021 and DPDP Act 2023 compliance checklist, and a fixed-price quotation — with no obligation to move forward.

Call +91-99245-12890 or drop an enquiry through the contact form. We reply the same working day.

Social media app questions we hear on the first call

What social-app founders, creator-platform operators, and community leads ask before starting a social build. If yours isn’t here, we will answer it on the discovery call.

A niche vertical community app with a text-and-image feed, chat, and basic moderation starts at around ₹3 lakh and ships in ten to fourteen weeks. An Instagram-style photo and reel app with DMs, hashtags, and explore sits in the ₹8-18 lakh range. A TikTok-style short-video platform with a personalized feed and in-app editor lands in ₹15-35 lakh. A dating app runs ₹6-16 lakh; a live-streaming social app with virtual gifts runs ₹12-25 lakh; a private community or enterprise platform runs ₹12-30 lakh. Every number is fixed-scope — the amount in the quotation is what you pay, with change requests estimated in writing before work starts.