How Much Does It Cost To Make An App Like Tiktok?

Data EximIT July 03, 2020
What is TikTok?

TikTok is one of the world's leading entertainment and music streaming mobile app. The company has the intention to create a platform that allows the user to capture and present their creative video making sense to the world. The users can create a video about daily lifestyles, knowledge, and memories that can be uploaded to showcase their creativity directly from their smartphones.

Our team at Data EximIT recently worked on to create a musical video app that was based on the idea of TikTok, which took around 6 months to finish the whole ideation to the development process and is set to hit the app markets very soon.



While there were some challenges associated with the creation of app like TikTok in line with AI integration that we faced initially, the learning and application curve was fairly low and we were able to overcome them in very little time.

As we all know the very concept of TikTok is all about following, liking, and sharing content. But it also provides users with additional features, including:

  • VIDEO UPLOADING: With this feature, users get the option to upload ready-made videos on their TikTok account. Here they get different features such as rotating, cropping, or even change the playback speed, to increase the user-engagement.

  • VIDEO EDITING: TikTok holds an impressive toolset of AR effects. These tools create engaging user-engagement with eye color change and other makeup tools. Further, users can add different types of stickers, animations, and masks.

  • LIVE STREAMING: This feature is super exciting, as it lets the users or I should rather say the video creators to experience live streams and in return receive virtual goods, after purchasing from TikTok Coins.

  • SOCIAL SHARING: This is the feature that allows the users on TikTok to share all their videos edited in TikTok on their different social media channels.

  • SOUNDTRACKS: This feature, lets the users add their favorite song to their short videos, right from the TikTok library

  • QR CODE SCANNER: Here users get the option to subscribe to each other, the app offers them a unique QR code.

  • DUET OPTION: The engagement quotient goes to another level, with this feature. It allows the TikTok users to create a video with a #duetwithme hashtag. Here other users can perform a duet with them.

  • GEOLOCATION: With the help of geolocation, users can check the currently active bloggers broadcasting live, in the vicinity.

  • ORIGINAL SOUND: TikTok allows its users to use their original sound as well while creating the video, which allows them to showcase their full potential in front of the audience.

  • HASHTAGS: No doubt, this is an engaging concept on TikTok, as it allows the users to use some innovative Hashtags. These hashtags, allow the users to create a creative approach. And further, help the users to make the most use of them.

  • MUSIC LIBRARY: Here the TikTok creator can access a larger group of music and this library is not limited to music only, but there are some famous dialogues also.

  • POST VIDEO/PICTURES: By using this very functionality, the users can share their videos and pictures on the app.

  • SPECIAL EFFECTS: In this feature, users can select different background music and create magical clips with a few easy steps.

  • SHARE USER PROFILE: With this feature, users can share their user profile with the other users in order to increase their popularity.

  • ADD OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT: The other social media account must be a part of the TikTok. As it helps the users to share their videos on different social platforms and further gain recognition. Besides, they can also like, comment, and post other posts.

How Much Does It Cost To Develop An App Like TikTok?

Well, for a successful app to come into existence, something which really makes a difference is the number of factors, that can trigger or control your app development cost.

Although you must be worried about that how much does it cost to make an app like TikTok, then you must know that there is a number of essentials that can affect the app development cost are various, such as:

  • Platform
  • Design
  • Features
  • Outsourcing team


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