Maya K.
Senior Full-Stack Developer
$120/hr
★★★★★4.9
React
Node.js
Hire Mobile App Developers From the Top 1%: iOS, Android and React Native in 48 Hours
Hire mobile app developers with one brief: we hand-match vetted top-1% iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin) and React Native engineers to your product within 48 hours. Escrow releases payment only for milestones you approve, and every developer here has shipped apps that live in the App Store and Google Play today.
$80 to 150/hr senior band
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10% flat project fee
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Andrei P.
Senior Backend Engineer
$135/hr
★★★★★5.0
Python
AWS
Jonas W.
Mobile Developer
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
Flutter
iOS
Sofia R.
Product Designer
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Figma
Design systems
Nina H.
UX Designer
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Research
Prototyping
Tomás L.
Brand Designer
$85/hr
★★★★★4.8
Identity
Packaging
Daniel O.
Conversion Copywriter
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
Landing pages
Email
Claire B.
Technical Writer
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
SaaS docs
API guides
Priya S.
Content Strategist
$75/hr
★★★★★4.8
B2B blogs
SEO briefs
Lucas M.
Growth Marketer
$115/hr
★★★★★4.9
Paid social
CRO
Emma T.
SEO Specialist
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Technical SEO
Content
Rafael D.
Performance Marketer
$125/hr
★★★★★5.0
Google Ads
Analytics
Hana Y.
Video Editor
$85/hr
★★★★★4.9
Short-form
Motion graphics
Marco V.
Post-Production Editor
$95/hr
★★★★★4.8
Color grade
Sound design
Alice G.
YouTube Editor
$70/hr
★★★★★4.9
Retention edits
Thumbnails
Rachel N.
Small-Business Bookkeeper
$55/hr
★★★★★4.9
QuickBooks Online
Monthly close
Derek C.
Senior Bookkeeper
$75/hr
★★★★★5.0
Reconciliations
AR and AP
Monica F.
Freelance Accountant (CPA)
$105/hr
★★★★★4.9
Xero
1099 filing
Grace A.
Executive Virtual Assistant
$45/hr
★★★★★4.9
Inbox and calendar
Travel
Bianca T.
Operations Assistant
$38/hr
★★★★★4.9
CRM hygiene
Data entry
Jordan R.
Social Media Assistant
$42/hr
★★★★★4.8
Scheduling
Community
Elena M.
Technical SEO Consultant
$120/hr
★★★★★5.0
Audits
Core Web Vitals
Chris P.
SEO Content Strategist
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Topic clusters
On-page
Nadia V.
Link and Digital PR Lead
$105/hr
★★★★★4.8
Outreach
Authority
Dana R.
Google Ads Consultant
$130/hr
★★★★★5.0
Search and lead gen
Conversion tracking
Tomas O.
Paid Search Manager
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
Shopping and PMax
Feed strategy
Sasha W.
PPC Specialist
$85/hr
★★★★★4.9
Account audits
Budget pacing
Ravi K.
Senior Data Scientist
$140/hr
★★★★★5.0
Python
Forecasting
Laura O.
ML Engineer
$150/hr
★★★★★4.9
scikit-learn
MLOps
Sam B.
Analytics Data Scientist
$115/hr
★★★★★4.9
SQL
Dashboards
Tobias A.
Senior DevOps Engineer
$135/hr
★★★★★5.0
AWS
Terraform
Priya N.
Platform / SRE Engineer
$145/hr
★★★★★4.9
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Marcus C.
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
$125/hr
★★★★★4.9
Azure
GitHub Actions
Ava L.
Social Media Manager
$65/hr
★★★★★4.9
Instagram
TikTok
Diego M.
Content and Community Manager
$55/hr
★★★★★4.9
Content calendar
Community
Kayla R.
Paid Social Strategist
$85/hr
★★★★★4.8
Meta Ads
Reporting
Julian C.
Management Consultant
$165/hr
★★★★★5.0
Strategy
GTM
Rebecca A.
Operations Consultant
$130/hr
★★★★★4.9
Process design
SOPs
Victor P.
Financial / FP&A Consultant
$150/hr
★★★★★4.9
Modeling
Fundraising
Grace H.
Freelance CPA
$120/hr
★★★★★5.0
Tax prep
Advisory
Nathan D.
Tax Accountant
$110/hr
★★★★★4.9
S-corp
1040 and 1120
Lena P.
Fractional Controller
$135/hr
★★★★★4.9
GAAP close
Financial reports
Dana R.
Direct-Response Copywriter
$115/hr
★★★★★5.0
Sales pages
Email sequences
Marcus B.
Conversion Copywriter
$100/hr
★★★★★4.9
Landing pages
A/B testing
Sara K.
Ad and Brand Copywriter
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Paid social
Taglines
Ivan V.
Senior QA Automation Engineer
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Playwright
CI pipelines
Priya M.
SDET / Test Engineer
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Cypress
API testing
Dana K.
Manual and Exploratory QA Lead
$75/hr
★★★★★4.9
Test plans
Regression
Ravi T.
Certified Salesforce Developer
$125/hr
★★★★★5.0
Apex
LWC
Megan B.
Salesforce Technical Architect
$160/hr
★★★★★4.9
Integrations
Sales Cloud
Carlos O.
Salesforce Admin and Consultant
$95/hr
★★★★★4.9
Flows
Service Cloud
Lena C.
Senior UX Designer
$115/hr
★★★★★5.0
User research
Figma
Devon M.
UI and Interaction Designer
$100/hr
★★★★★4.9
Design systems
Prototyping
Amara K.
UX Researcher
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Usability testing
Journey maps
Elena B.
Senior Webflow Developer
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Webflow CMS
Interactions
Jordan R.
Webflow Designer and Builder
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Figma to Webflow
SEO setup
Tarek S.
Webflow Migration Specialist
$120/hr
★★★★★4.9
WordPress migration
Core Web Vitals
Sofia M.
Certified Legal Translator
$75/hr
★★★★★5.0
ATA certified
Spanish/English
Yuki T.
Localization Specialist
$68/hr
★★★★★4.9
App localization
Japanese/English
Rami A.
Medical and Technical Translator
$82/hr
★★★★★4.9
Life sciences
Arabic/English
Nadia P.
Senior Commercial Illustrator
$105/hr
★★★★★5.0
Brand illustration
Vector
Cole J.
Editorial and Spot Illustrator
$85/hr
★★★★★4.9
Editorial
Procreate
Hana L.
Children's Book Illustrator
$90/hr
★★★★★4.9
Character design
Book covers
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What they build
What a freelance mobile app developer actually builds
Most teams who hire an app developer want one of four things: a first version of a consumer app, an internal tool that replaces a clipboard or a spreadsheet, a mobile companion to a web product they already run, or a rescue on a codebase that a previous contractor left half finished. A senior mobile developer does more than write screens. They pick the architecture, decide what happens when the network drops, wire the backend, set up crash reporting and analytics, then carry the build through App Store and Google Play review without you touching a certificate.
Native iOS apps
Swift and SwiftUI builds targeting current iOS, with Core Data or SwiftData persistence, push notifications, StoreKit subscriptions and TestFlight distribution.
Native Android apps
Kotlin with Jetpack Compose, Room, WorkManager for background jobs, Play Billing and a release pipeline into internal and production tracks.
React Native and Flutter
One codebase across both stores, with native modules dropped in where the camera, Bluetooth or background location need real platform access.
Mobile backends and APIs
Auth, sync, push infrastructure and REST or GraphQL endpoints on Firebase, Supabase or your own servers, sized for the traffic you actually expect.
Offline and sync
Local-first data, conflict resolution and queued writes so the app keeps working in a basement, on a job site or on a plane.
Store launch and rescue
Submissions, review rejections, privacy labels, signing and provisioning, plus taking over abandoned codebases and getting them shippable.
If the app is one half of a larger product, teams often pair a mobile engineer with a freelance web developer for the admin dashboard and marketing site, or a freelance product designer to get the screens right before a line of Swift gets written. When the plan is one JavaScript codebase across both stores, the same skills cover the web app, so you can hire React developers who ship React Native and the browser front end together.
Rates
Freelance mobile app developer rates: what to budget in 2026
What moves the number
Platform count is the biggest lever: two native codebases cost close to double one. After that it is hardware access, offline behavior and payments, in that order. Developers on SuperGig keep 100% of their rate, quote it up front, and work in milestones you fund through escrow for freelancers, so an unbuilt screen never becomes a paid deliverable.
- Fixed-price milestones work well for scoped builds like an MVP or a store launch.
- Platform fee is 10% per project, nothing monthly.
- Wrong fit? Free rematch, new shortlist within 48 hours.
| Specialty | Hourly rate | Typical work |
|---|---|---|
| iOS developer (Swift, SwiftUI) | $95 to 150/hr | Native iPhone and iPad apps, StoreKit, HealthKit, App Store submission |
| Android developer (Kotlin) | $90 to 145/hr | Jetpack Compose apps, Play Billing, background work, device fragmentation |
| React Native or Flutter developer | $80 to 135/hr | One codebase, both stores, native modules where the app needs them |
| Mobile backend and API engineer | $85 to 140/hr | Auth, sync, push, REST or GraphQL, Firebase or custom infrastructure |
Bands reflect US-based senior freelancers in 2026. Junior and mid-level developers quote below these ranges and usually need more direction. For the full picture across engineering roles, see our freelance developer rates guide and what it costs to hire a freelancer.
A useful rule for project budgets: a single-platform MVP with sign-in, five or six core screens and one integration lands around $18,000 to $45,000. Two native platforms with payments, offline sync and push runs $60,000 to $150,000. Those numbers assume one senior freelancer, not an agency bench, and they include store submission. Our pricing page shows exactly how the 10% project fee applies, and freelancer versus agency compares the two cost structures side by side.
Vetting
How mobile developers earn a place on the roster
- 01 Portfolio review. We install the apps they claim and use them. Live store listings, real users, and a clear account of which parts of the codebase were theirs.
- 02 Technical assessment. A timed problem covering architecture, state management, offline behavior and memory, then defended live so we know the reasoning is theirs.
- 03 Live project simulation. A paid task on a real brief: build a screen against a messy API and handle the failure cases most developers skip.
- 04 Reference check. Past clients confirm delivery, communication, and whether the app still passes store review months after handover.
The screen is built to pass fewer than 1 in 20 applicants.
Why open marketplaces make this hard
On bidding sites you sort hundreds of proposals yourself and the App Store screenshots in a profile prove very little. We do the screening first and send a short list. See how that differs from Upwork, Toptal and Fiverr, or read how to vet a freelancer if you would rather run the process yourself.
- One accountable engineer, not a rotating agency bench.
- Escrow milestones tied to builds you can install and test.
- Source, certificates and store access handed over at the end.
Briefing guide
How to brief a freelance mobile app developer
Name the platforms and say why
iOS only, Android only, or both. If you are not sure, describe your users instead. A US consumer app usually starts on iOS, a field or logistics tool often starts on Android, and the developer can tell you which order saves money.
List the screens, not the features
A rough screen list ("login, map, job detail, camera upload, history") is far easier to estimate than a paragraph of goals. Ten screens and a sketch beat a twenty page requirements document every time.
Say what happens offline
This one line changes the architecture and the price. Read-only cache is cheap. Full local-first sync with conflict resolution can add weeks. Decide before the first milestone, not during it.
Flag payments and accounts early
In-app purchases, subscriptions, Stripe, third-party login and anything touching health or location data all carry store review rules. Naming them in the brief keeps a rejection from eating your launch week.
Send the brief and a shortlist comes back inside 48 hours. The full flow, brief to shortlist to milestone release, is laid out in how to hire a freelancer, and platform features covers messaging, file handoff and milestone tracking. Building something bigger than an app? We also match freelance AI developers, Shopify developers, WordPress developers and bookkeepers through the same four-stage screen.
FAQ
Hiring a mobile app developer: common questions
How much does it cost to hire a mobile app developer?
Senior US freelance mobile app developers charge roughly $80 to $150 per hour. Native iOS and Android specialists sit in the middle of that band, cross-platform React Native and Flutter developers slightly lower, and developers who handle both the app and its backend at the top. A small single-platform app usually lands between $18,000 and $45,000, priced as fixed milestones you fund in escrow.
Should I build a native app or React Native?
Build native when the app leans hard on the camera, Bluetooth, background location, heavy animation or platform-specific hardware. Choose React Native or Flutter when you need both stores covered on one budget and the app is mostly screens, forms, lists and API calls. Cross-platform typically saves 30 to 40 percent versus two native codebases, and you can still drop into native modules where a feature demands it.
How long does it take to build a mobile app?
A focused MVP with authentication, a handful of core screens and one integration usually takes 8 to 14 weeks with one senior developer. Add payments, offline sync, real-time features or a second platform and you are looking at 4 to 7 months. App Store and Google Play review adds a few days per submission, so plan your launch date with that buffer built in.
How do I vet a freelance mobile app developer?
Download two apps they shipped and use them for ten minutes. Ask who owned the App Store submission, how they handled a rejection, and what they would change about the architecture now. Request a walkthrough of real code covering state management and offline behavior. On SuperGig, every mobile developer clears a four-stage screen before you ever see the shortlist.
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Send your screen list today, review a vetted top-1% iOS, Android or React Native shortlist within 48 hours, and pay only for milestones you approve.