We can breathe normally now that we get to keep our site as it is - name and content. My heart broke earlier at the possibility of losing everything for an app OTL. But Boss updated his announcement and decided that we won't need investors. Hurray!

Instead, we'll just have a fundraising event for the ios and/or android app.

So how much do we need to raise?

Based on this article, we need around $8000 - $50000 to develop a database-driven iOS app.

 

• Database App (native) – $8,000-$50,000 – Again, you provide every piece of content, image, writing, sound, etc. The cost is going to come from creating the logic within the app and architecting all the usability and/or game play. The content will usually be dropped in and then parsed accordingly. These projects tend to be front heavy since the data is what’s driving the entire game and the framework is so important.a

I wanted a more specific estimate, so I went to this site.

For both Android and iOS, building the app costs $33500 which is within the range provided in the article. 

If we want to have an AFF app for both platforms, let's prepare around $67000. 

So AFFers, especially those who wants an app, please do help out for this project. It's not easy to make an app, okay.

AFF FIGHTING!

- Keeper

Update 1: 

Now that we have an idea of how much developing an app would cost, the next question is: how do we raise that amount of money?

I asked Google xD

Two fundraising sites are listed here ^^ And then according to this article,we could join app contests or find angel investors. The users could be angel investors.

Anyway, let us wait for further announcements from Boss Nichi regarding the fundraising project :D

Update 2:

Mobile Android/iOS app fundraiser is now online! Go here. Or read Boss Nichi's post about it :D