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MobileRoadie is an equally interesting but very different service from GoodBarber. The latter prioritizes flexibility and design agility, while MobileRoadie prefers backoffice and analytics.
It is not possible to create the design of your application from scratch . You have to choose from a more or less large selection (depending on your subscription) of themes that you can however modify as you wish: colors, background, etc. Suffice to say that the possibilities are quite limited, both in graphics and in features.
The really interesting aspect of this service is its marketing dimension . It offers in-depth monitoring of the use of your application thanks to powerful analytical tools. You can thus obtain detailed statistics that are extremely useful for loyalty or promotion.
MobileRoadie is therefore not the toolmartechideal for creating canada mobile database a revolutionary application with a completely new concept. The fact that it is not very malleable makes it rather interesting in the context of an application that extends your website: finding blog articles on mobile media, etc., where the analytical tools offered will be really convincing here.
PhoneGap, technical but terribly free
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If you don't have the time or motivation to learn programming languages but have some technical skills , PhoneGap is a great option. It's a framework developed by Adobe, which relies on web technologies (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) to create a mobile application.
We have only reviewed services that offer some flexibility but still impose a certain framework and without total creative freedom. However, PhoneGap has the considerable advantage of being able to develop anything and everything. You are in total control of what you produce and how you produce it. Since you code the application yourself, the only limit is ultimately your skills and imagination.
PhoneGap, however, requires web development skills and is therefore a much more technical service than the previous ones . It uses standard web languages to transcribe them into files compatible with all devices. However, be aware that even if you have no technical skills, HTML, CSS and JavaScript are relatively easy to approach and you will partially master them in a short time.
As for pricing, PhoneGap is very interesting. It is a free and open source framework that is completely free to use . Creating your mobile application is therefore free if you know how to use web standards.