Test your app idea before you spend £30,000 building it.
Bluprint builds a fully working prototype of your app idea in 5 days, from £750, so you can test it before committing £30,000+ to a full build. UK-wide.
Bluprint builds a fully working prototype of your app or digital product in 5 days, from £750, so you find out whether the idea works before you commit to a full build. Northern Ireland, working UK-wide.
- 5 days: Average delivery time
- From £750: Starting price
- UK & Ireland: Where we work
Most app ideas never get properly tested before the build begins
Ideas stuck in conversations
Businesses commit to development based on meetings, documents, and gut feeling. Never something real.
Budget spent before feedback
By the time something real exists the budget is gone, the direction is set, and changing course is expensive.
The wrong thing gets built
The problem isn't the idea. It's that nobody tested it with real people before it became a product.
How much does it cost to build an app in the UK?
| Type of build | Cost | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Simple app | £8,000 – £30,000 | One or two core features, basic design, minimal backend. Eight to twelve weeks. |
| Standard SME app | £30,000 – £80,000 | User accounts, polished interface, backend, a few integrations. Twelve to twenty-four weeks. |
| Complex app | £80,000 – £300,000+ | Multiple integrations, real-time data, compliance or enterprise architecture. Six to twelve months. |
| A Bluprint prototype | From £750 | The whole idea, fully working and testable, in five working days, before you commit to any of the above. |
No jargon. No lock-in. No surprises.
Fixed price, agreed upfront.
What we quote is what you pay. No scope creep, no surprise invoices at the end.
You own it.
The prototype we build is yours. Fully working, fully testable, and yours to share with your team, your customers, or your development partner.
You work with us directly.
Based in Northern Ireland, available when you need us, and with you through every step of the process.
Real prototypes. Real decisions.
Can You Actually Beat the Bookies?
We built a prototype to find out. The answer was more interesting than yes or no.
We Tested It With the Team. They Tested It With Customers. It Changed Everything.
A Northern Ireland service business discovered that the questions nobody asks in planning meetings are the ones that matter most.
We worked on Voice AI for Others for 18 Months Before We Built It for Ourselves
How 18 months of working with voice AI for clients finally pointed inward, and what happened when it did.
You bought mouldy blueberries. You're not taking them back. Neither is anyone else.
How we built a prototype to test whether collective consumer complaints could finally hold retailers accountable for product quality.
Built for anyone with an app idea worth testing.
SMEs & Growing Businesses
You have ideas but no product team. We give you a fast, affordable way to get something real in front of your team, and find out if it's worth building, before you commit.
Early Stage Founders
You need validation before you invest. We build something fully working: real enough to test with users, solid enough to present to investors, and fast enough to keep your momentum alive.
Individuals With An Idea
You don't need a company behind you. You don't need a technical background. You don't need to know how to code. If you've been sitting on an idea, whether for a week or two years, we'll help you find out if it's worth pursuing before you spend anything on development.
Corporate & Internal Teams
You need stakeholder buy-in before requesting development budget. We build the prototype that turns the conversation into a decision, and gets the meeting that's been delayed for months actually happening.
Service Businesses Going Digital
You know your industry inside out. We help you test whether your idea translates into a product your customers will actually use, before the build begins and before the real money is committed.