[niico]

Does that includes UI design?

If I had to hire someone to build my MVP I would rather focus on design than creating a killer app on the first version.

This is why. Since the service is not popular, doesnt have many users or features, I would try to convert users by offering them a great user experience.

Thats why I would invest 3k on a great UI/UX design and the rest on building the app.

[marcamillion → niico]

Unfortunately not.

There are good templates that you can use to give you decent design.

Realistically, it will be very hard to get a "great-looking-and-functioning" MVP on a $5K budget.