New Zealand App Pricing & 24/36-Month TCO Calculator (NZD incl. 15% GST)
In New Zealand as of 2026-10-30, 24-month and 36-month mobile app ownership cost is driven by initial build engineering, ongoing OS maintenance, and 15%–30% App Store or Google Play commissions. Use the calculator below to compare our $1,549 + $99/mo (+ 15% GST) PWA baseline against dual-native builds.
Configure Your 24/36-Month Ownership Parameters
Estimated capital saved over the selected period by deploying an installable PWA with direct browser payment rails versus maintaining dual iOS/Android store binaries.
| Cost Component | Installable PWA (NZD) | Dual Native Store (NZD) |
|---|---|---|
| Initial Engineering (incl. GST) | $7,820 NZD | $48,300 NZD |
| Maintenance & Hosting (incl. GST) | $6,624 NZD | $26,726 NZD |
| Included 15% NZ GST Component | $1,884 NZD | $9,786 NZD |
| Payment / Store Commissions | $6,480 NZD | $36,000 NZD |
| TOTAL TCO OUTFLOW | $20,924 NZD | $111,026 NZD |
About Our Historical $1,549 + $99/Month Package
Visitors following historical citations from our 2021–2024 site will recall The App Company’s signature entry package: $1,549 NZD one-off setup + $99/month (excluding 15% GST, or $1,781.35 build + $113.85/mo incl. GST), which included up to 5 custom pages, social integration, and basic push messaging. We preserve that exact tier in our calculator above as the baseline reference for simple brochure and community club apps.
For growing New Zealand hospitality groups, trade fleets, and multi-vendor marketplaces, our SME Custom PWA tier ($6,800 ex GST build + $240/mo hosting and Service Worker maintenance) delivers full offline IndexedDB caching, custom REST/GraphQL ERP integration, and WebAuthn biometric checkout while avoiding the $40,000+ upfront capital commitment of dual Swift and Kotlin native binaries.
How 24-Month & 36-Month NZD TCO Is Calculated
Our simulator computes total cost of ownership using explicit New Zealand accounting formulas: PWA_TCO = (Build + Monthly × Months) × 1.15 [GST] + (Annual_Rev × Years × 0.027 [Web Gateway]) versus Native_TCO = (Build + Monthly × Months + $220 × Years [Dev Licences]) × 1.15 [GST] + (Annual_Rev × Years × Store_Rate). This exposes the hidden compound drag of mandatory iOS/Android OS rebuilds and 15%–30% digital store commissions.
All Inland Revenue Department (IRD) Goods and Services Tax (15% NZ GST) components are itemized separately in the breakdown table so GST-registered New Zealand companies can model both gross cashflow outlay and net input-tax credit recovery across two-year and three-year financial horizons.