The gap between an app idea and a quote is usually where the stress starts.
Estimatey is designed to surface the missing pieces early, so users can see what matters before they contact a developer.
Smart estimates. Better decisions.
Your app idea,
estimated in minutes
Get a rough cost range, timeline, complexity level, and next-step guide for your app or software idea before talking to developers, freelancers, or agencies.
✓No account required for MVP testing
⏱Takes around 3 minutes
✦Provides a rough early estimate
Problem
Have an app idea, but no idea what it might cost?
Many people want to build an app, internal tool, booking system, marketplace, customer portal, or business software. But before development starts, the same questions usually come up.
How much would this cost?
How long would it take?
Is this simple or complex?
DIY or hire someone?
What should be included first?
What should I prepare next?
What it is
A simple first-step estimate tool for software ideas.
Answer a short set of simple questions with no technical knowledge needed. Estimatey gives you a rough cost range, timeline, complexity level, and next steps in minutes.
What you learn
Understand the possible size, cost, and direction of your project.
Estimatey helps you understand the early shape of your software idea before you start deeper development conversations.
Project size
See whether your idea looks like a small prototype, simple MVP, medium MVP, or more complex software project.
Timeline range
Get a rough timeline based on your selected platform, users, features, and expected first version.
Cost range
See a broad early development cost range based on your project scope and possible build direction.
Complexity level
Understand whether your project appears low, medium, or high complexity using beginner-friendly explanations.
Build direction
See whether a simpler version may be possible with no-code or DIY tools, or whether it may require freelance or agency development.
What to prepare next
Get a short checklist of items to clarify before speaking with developers, agencies, freelancers, or technical partners.
How it works
Get your first estimate in three simple steps.
Tell us what you want to build, answer a few simple questions, then receive a rough estimate with next steps.
Start with the idea
Tell us the idea
Choose the broad type of software you want to build, such as a mobile app, web app, internal tool, booking system, or marketplace.
Fill in the basics
Answer simple questions
Select who will use it, where it should run, what features may be needed, and how complete the first version should be.
See the result
Get the first estimate
See a possible cost range, timeline range, complexity level, build direction, and suggested next steps you can use right away.
Who it's for
Built for people with ideas, not technical documents.
You do not need engineering knowledge to use Estimatey. The experience is designed to be simple, beginner-friendly, and easy to understand. Use the arrows to move through the cards and see who it helps most.
Non-technical founders
For people who have an app or startup idea but do not know how to estimate development cost, timeline, or MVP scope.
Small business owners
For businesses considering booking systems, customer apps, internal tools, client portals, automation, or admin systems.
Solo creators
For creators who want to validate an app idea before investing in development or no-code tools.
Startup students and early teams
For teams preparing an MVP, pitch, school project, prototype, or first product plan.
Consultants and agencies
For people helping clients organize early software ideas before creating a formal proposal or quotation.
Sample result
See what your estimate might look like.
Here is a Figma Make-inspired sample result card for a booking app for a small service business.
MVP validation
Estimatey is currently being tested as an MVP.
We are validating whether a simple estimation tool is useful before software development starts.
We are looking for feedback from
- People with app ideas
- Founders planning an MVP
- Small business owners considering software
- Users who are unsure about app development cost
- Consultants helping clients organize early software ideas
- Agencies that want to improve early discovery conversations
Help us improve Estimatey
After using the tool, quick feedback helps improve the questions, estimate logic, result format, and future features.
Pick the format that works best for you.
30-second survey
Quick chat feedback
Optional short interview
Feature request form
Trust & transparency
A first estimate, not a final quote.
Estimatey provides rough early estimates based on limited information. It is designed to help you become more prepared before deeper conversations.
What Estimatey is
A beginner-friendly planning helper that turns a rough app idea into an early cost range, timeline, complexity level, and next-step checklist.
What Estimatey is not
It is not a final quotation, contract offer, procurement assessment, or guarantee of exact development cost.
Best next use
Use the result to prepare better questions before speaking with developers, freelancers, agencies, or technical partners.
Rough estimate only
No final price guarantee
No account required for MVP testing
Results are intended for early planning
Free to start. No technical knowledge required. Not a final quote.