EU Funding

A mobile app developed with EU funding

From an own product launched in the App Store to an internal tool for field teams — the funding path differs radically, and the specification must follow it.

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In funded projects, a mobile application can play two entirely different parts. Cast as the product itself, it belongs to a company with an ICT CAEN code that will sell it on the market — precisely the scenario POCIDIF 2.1 finances, open from 30 June to 30 September 2026, with non-repayable aid of EUR 200,000 to 1,500,000 for an innovative software solution using AI, IoT and other technologies. Cast as a business tool — orders, bookings, field teams — it does not meet that innovation test and typically fits instead inside a Start-Up Nation business plan, now that session 2 has been announced. Northdan Soft develops mobile applications in both scenarios and, just as importantly, translates them into the language of the file: architecture and functionality in the technical offer, an eligible-cost budget with design, development, testing and store publication on separate lines, a draft contract, then staged delivery with the documents settlement requires.

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A specification by screens and flows

We describe the app screen by screen, with user roles and usage scenarios — the evaluator sees a product, not a promise.

iOS and Android covered from one budget

We develop cross-platform where it makes sense, so the budget covers both systems without doubling maintenance costs.

Publication and maintenance planned from the start

Developer accounts, the store approval process and the warranty period appear explicitly in the offer and in the schedule.

Two funding paths for mobile applications

If your company holds an ICT CAEN code and the app is the product you will commercialise, POCIDIF 2.1 is the call to watch in 2026 — open until 30 September 2026 and aimed squarely at innovative software development. Large budgets, however, demand mature projects: architecture, a development plan, a team.

If the app serves the business (deliveries, reservations, sales), it enters rather as an investment in a business plan — Start-Up Nation for new companies, with spending possible until 8 December 2027, or other calls per their own guides. There the app competes for budget with the other investments, so its cost must be justified precisely.

How we deliver a mobile app inside a funded project

We split development into intermediate versions that can each be accepted: first the functional core, then the extensions. Every version comes with an activity report, so the project's technical progress is demonstrable whenever the financier asks.

At the end we hand over the source code or the licence, per the contract, plus the acceptance documents for the payment claim. What we cannot take over is the beneficiary's own share: the guide requires at least 20% of the aid allocated to the core activity to go to in-house staff, and the technical audit report must come from an independently certified auditor.

Frequently asked questions

My company has no ICT CAEN code. Can I still fund a mobile app?

Yes, but not through POCIDIF 2.1, which is reserved for ICT SMEs. The app can appear as an investment in business plans or digitalization projects, per each call's guide — there it is a cost item, not a research-and-development object.

How much does a mobile app cost and how does that show in the budget?

Indicative and excluding VAT: EUR 6,000–18,000 for a mobile MVP with its own backend, EUR 18,000–50,000 for a business app with roles, payments and an admin panel, EUR 3,500–12,000 for an installable web app. In the budget we split the cost into design, development, backend, testing and publication.

What happens to the app after the funded project ends?

It enters the durability period, which under POCIDIF 2.1 runs three years from the final payment, so maintenance must be planned — indicatively 15–20% per year of the development cost. We contract post-implementation maintenance separately from the project, so the application stays functional and documented for the whole span a monitoring visit looks at.