DIY App Building

-
The DIY ethic has found its way to the mobile app world with the advent of appsbar, the free app maker for DIY types looking to enter the mobile marketplace without the encumbrance of exorbitant set-up and user fees.

Appsbar is free, and the simple to use drag-and-drop interface has made it possible for anyone with an idea to develop a fully-functional, device agnostic app in just 30 minutes.

“Appsbar is easier and more intuitive to use than any other software development kit for DIY app building,” said founder Scott Hirsch. “You can create an Android, Facebook and HTML5 app all in less than thirty minutes for free with appsbar. It is the ultimate DIY app building tool.”

Appsbar has become a leader in the DIY app building field. Since its beta launch in April of 2011, the company has signed on more than 100,000 app builders, participated in 9 million app launches, and witnessed 1.2 million unique visitors to apps-bar.

Anyone can join the appsbar community with an email address and an idea. Users can start with an assortment of 37 ready-to-use modules covering a wide variety of special interest apps such as bands, non-profits, restaurants and more. Users can also start from scratch to make a highly-personalized app using countless combinations of colors, text, video, images, and sounds customize their app.

Appsbar continues to add features and options.

“It’s never done,” Hirsch commented at a recent analyst’s conference to celebrate the official launch of the site.

Appsbar is not alone in this field but does stand alone as a free service. Many charge as much as $500 up front and $20 a month for users to create an app. That's still substantially less than the $2,000 to $10,000 professional programmers typically charge per project.

As an appsbar user you are guided through menus with “Digi” the sites wizard to select colors and buttons while also uploading logos and photos. Appsbar does all the heavy technical lifting on their end and provides the user with a fully-functional, customized application.

When it comes to building your own app, the potential for creativity is really unlimited. Looking at some of the free apps that have already been developed and downloaded, the ideas range from restaurants pushing out new menu items to local bands offering free mp3s to their fan base.

The music business, long known as a pioneering sector when it comes to DIY has embraced appsbar as a tool. There are several small, independent labels using the free mobile app to introduce new artists.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Free App Maker

-
The site was a recent analyst’s conference in Boston, the seat of the current innovation economy and home to a burgeoning tech corridor. With appsbar, a free app maker for Android, iOS, Blackberry, and Windows phones coming out of a year-long beta, founder Scott Hirsch was asked about the potential revenue streams for the service. “I would prefer we maintain a commitment to quality,” said Hirsch, “rather than a rush to revenue.” Hirsch’s service is free and will remain so as part of his quest and unique vision for the “crowd-sourcing of app development.” Appsbar was founded in April of 2011, initially offering app development services for iOS and Android phones before adding Blackberry, Windows, and HTML5 services as well. Before coming out of beta, just a few days after the aforementioned conference, appsbar had become the top publisher of apps on Google Play and has already serviced over 100,000 users. Appsbar opens up the mobile marketing category for small and
Read more

HTML5 marketplace

-
As developers of mobile apps for our region’s Little League organization we love appcatch. Using the app builder at appsbar. we have been able to develop apps for all of our teams. In the past, we had to wait until those apps passed inspection from Google or Apple to show up in Google Play and iTunes. We were also at a loss about what to do for our parents who were working on Windows Phone or other HTML5 devices . We love appcatch because the new mobile app marketplace solved all of those issues when it was launched last spring, just in time for baseball season. Using the DIY app builder , we developed mobile applications for the league and the individual teams. We also developed a mobile app for the concession stand which contained the work schedule for parents and included updated inventory and pricing structures for the various items. We also created apps for each of the eight teams in our region. The app was used for updating game and practice schedules, phone numbers for tea
Read more

Windows App Builder

-
Has your smartphone been “Smoked by Windows?” Despite claims by Microsoft that its Windows phones have beaten thousands of phones in various tests conducted since the CES earlier this year, developers haven’t been quick to adapt. That’s what makes the official release of appsbar, the device-agnostic app builder, such a boon for owners of  Nokia, Lumia, and the new Windows Phone 7. The marketing campaign for the Windows phone claims 50,675 devices have been "smoked" by one of their phones and conclude that 98 percent of the tests contrived by the company prove the device’s superiority. In all, only a relative handful of phones (638) outperformed. Still, a recent survey shows that developers aren’t jumping on board to build native apps for the Microsoft superstar. The survey was published by IDC and suggests that at least 80 percent of developers surveyed planned to incorporate HTML5 code into their mobile apps during 2012, but just 6 percent said they were comfor
Read more