How is this in the app store

[Igor de Oliveira Couto]

On 02/05/2013, at 9:05 AM, Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at gmail.com> wrote:

> No code is a dealbreaker, obviously, but still, this is pretty magical tech.

I haven't signed up or used the app, but from the intro video it looks like its building an html5-based app. It did not seem to be very innovative, as there are even online tools that do something similar, with varying features - such as:

http://ibuildapp.com

http://www.appmakr.com

http://www.theappbuilder.com

http://www.appbreeder.com

http://appbaker.com

And if you've got a bit of money to spare...:

http://appsify.me

Just like 'iWeb' and 'RapidWeaver' are suitable for non-developers to produce brochure-style websites, these tools seem to be adequate for a non-programmer to produce a 'brochure-style' app. However, as soon as you want to start including custom functionality or logic, it often becomes more cumbersome (or costly) to stick with these 'basic' tools, than to abandon them, and start using something more powerful and flexible.

But while we're talking about creating iOS apps *on* iOS, have a look at:

http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/

Kind regards to all,

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Igor Couto
Sydney, Australia