appico is an India-based, AI-amplified studio that designs, builds and ships apps, websites and software for founders in Chicago and the US. Senior team, several hours of daily overlap with US Central time, and the code in your name from day one.
Hiring senior engineers in Chicago is slow and expensive, and the US rates for a designer, developer, QA or AI engineer run several times what the same seniority costs in India. We close that gap honestly: a senior India team, available now rather than after months of hiring, building the same quality a local team would, and we are upfront that we deliver from India rather than a Chicago office.
This pairs naturally with our guide to outsourcing app development to India, which covers the savings, the process and how to vet a team.
Central time gives your Chicago morning an overlap with the India evening for standups and reviews, and we can extend it with a dedicated-hours shift. In practice that means a predictable daily window for calls, demos and decisions, with the rest of the day spent building. Where the overlap is short, we run a dedicated shift aligned to your hours at a small premium, so you are never waiting a full day for a reply.
Pricing: a website from 1,000 dollars, a well-scoped MVP from 10,000 including source and deployment, a mobile app from 12,000, larger builds up to about 150,000. See the full picture in our MVP cost guide and US vs India cost breakdown.
No. appico is an India-based studio and we build for Chicago founders remotely. You get senior engineering at India rates, with several hours of daily overlap with US Central time and clear communication, and you own all the code and accounts.
Central time gives your Chicago morning an overlap with the India evening for standups and reviews, and we can extend it with a dedicated-hours shift. We set fixed overlap hours for calls and standups, work asynchronously the rest of the day, and can provide a dedicated US-hours shift at a small premium.
Pricing is fixed by milestone and agreed before we start. A website starts from 1,000 dollars, a well-scoped MVP from 10,000 including source code and deployment, and a mobile app from 12,000, with larger builds up to about 150,000. Building with a senior India team keeps it well below local the US rates.
Yes, always. Source code, repositories, domains, hosting and app-store accounts are in your name from day one, with an NDA on request. The product is your asset, not a rental.
Quality varies between companies, not countries. Our senior engineers have shipped for global brands, and we back it with code review, testing and a staging link by day 3. Vet the team, not the geography.