How Much Does a Mobile App Cost in Quebec in 2026?

"How much for a small app that showcases my services?" is the question we get most, and the honest answer starts with another question: what will your app do that your website doesn't? Here are the real prices, and how to avoid the app nobody downloads.

2026 price ranges in Quebec

The warning few agencies will give you

An app that only showcases your services — a website wrapped in an app shell — gets rejected by Apple. Guideline 4.2 of the App Store Review Guidelines rules out apps with "minimum functionality." You could pay $10,000 and never get published. For that need, the right answer is a PWA: it installs on the home screen, opens full screen, costs about a third as much and goes through no store review.

What justifies a real app

• Push notifications: the number-one reason. Reminding a customer of an appointment, announcing a promotion, following up with a client: no website does that.
• Bookings and loyalty: booking an appointment in two taps, collecting points.
• Camera and location: sending a photo to get a quote, finding the nearest location.
• Offline use: for field teams working without a signal.

If your project checks at least one of these boxes, an app makes sense. If not, your money works harder in your website and your search visibility.

The costs nobody puts in the quote

• Developer accounts: Apple US$99 a year, Google US$25 one time. They must be in YOUR name; otherwise the app doesn't truly belong to you.
• Required maintenance: every year, iOS and Android change their requirements, and an app that isn't updated gets pulled from the stores. Budget $99 to $299 a month depending on complexity. It isn't optional.
• The server, if your app has user accounts or content: $20 to $200 a month.
• App store reviews: publication depends on Apple and Google, not on your agency. An honest provider tells you so before you sign.

How to read an app quote

Insist on a closed list of features (anything not on it is phase 2), a discovery workshop before the final price (an app project is quoted from a written specification, not from an email), the name of the developer account holders, and the maintenance cost spelled out in black and white. Our prices are public: PWA from $2,500, native app from $8,000, app with a platform from $15,000, with maintenance included in the math from day one.

Not sure an app is the right move yet? Start with our free 45-point inspection of your current website; it often shows where your budget will work hardest.