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You had a brilliant idea, so you started to build a mobile app, you worked hard on it, you invested many resources and man-hours, and finally, you released the app, and that\u2019s it! No more needs to be done, now! Your app might be the latest sensation in just a short time. Right? Wrong! The real work starts now.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/b>bankmycell.com<\/b><\/a>, the Play Store houses more than 3.5 million apps. It is followed by App Store and Amazon Appstore with over 1.6 million and 483k apps, respectively.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Any successful app needs an extensive maintenance plan to survive years in the market, both pulling in users and revenue. Contrary to what many might believe in the world of software development or elsewhere, app maintenance is not only essential to fix bugs and defects in a mobile application, but also to improve the app, decrease the number of uninstalls, make it more secure, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scaling the app is important to add more users and retain the existing ones. App maintenance is also essential to improve and scale the app. Not investing in maintaining your app can not only render your app obsolete and outdated but also might be a contributing factor to its commercial and technical failures.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the most important questions that springs up while mulling over the idea of app maintenance is, \u201cHow much does it cost to maintain an app?\u201d We\u2019ll detail that in this blog post.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, we will explain what mobile app maintenance is, its importance, types of app maintenance, and more. So, buckle up and read on.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You had a brilliant idea, so you started to build a mobile app, you worked hard on it, you invested many resources and man-hours, and finally, you released the app, and that\u2019s it! No more needs to be done, now! Your app might be the latest sensation in just a short time. Right? Wrong! 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