Before your Mobile App Development or Web App Development starts, you need to sign an Independent Contractor Agreement with the software house you have chosen. How should the document look like?

➡️ In this article, we’ve listed for you a few crucial elements that — in our opinion — should be included in the contract. You will read about:

✔ Services coverage
✔ Intellectual property
✔ Confidentiality
✔ Choice of Law
✔ Advance payment
✔ Payment deadline
✔ Conditions for terminating the contract
✔ Deadlines

We are writing also about agreement elements which are specific for a Time & Material contract and Fixed Price contract. What is more, in the article you will find examples of how the above-mentioned clauses can be written.


This blog post is a part of a series describing “Mobile & Web App Development – 7 Stages You Need To Know“. It covers the following topics:

  1. Clarifying the Vision
  2. Choosing a Partner
  3. Wireframes & Design
  4. Project Kickoff & Setup
  5. Development – Scrum
  6. Development – Programming
  7. Development – Quality Assurance
  8. Release Preparation
  9. App Maintenance