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Build iPhone and Android apps inside your browser with Shoutem
Brandon Davenport
Building mobile apps can seem threatening to new developers, and when time is a factor, coding for hours on end isn’t the way to go. For years, there hasn’t been a way to create mobile apps in an afternoon without looking at a single line of code — until Shoutem burst onto the scene.
What is Shoutem?
Shoutem is a re-freshed startup in Zagreb, Croatia who started out as a social networking platform and has since moved into created new territory for mobile apps. Shoutem has a simple idea to give folks a way to create full blown iPhone and Android apps complete with RSS feeds, Videos, Podcasts, Photos, Places and more, with no effort at all.
What Shoutem Does
Basically, Shoutem streamlines this proccess two different ways. First, Shoutem allows you to use a WYSIWYG editor to throw an app together in a few hours which would otherwise take days (or weeks) using the conventional methods. Secondly, Shoutem takes care of the (painful) submission proccess and your app is submitted to the App Store and Market Place, working seamlessly on both Android and iPhone. And lastly Shoutem
Now, creating apps with Shoutem doesn’t allow for the endless possibilities available using the standard tools, and the service doesn’t come cheap (starts at $30/mo) — but there isn’t any other way to build apps so easily. Shoutem really takes app creation to the next level, and allows users with little or no coding experience to penitrate the app market, and for larger companies to save money and time.
Is Shoutem worth it?
We have to say yes, primaraly because there’s no other service like it. The ability to create iPhone and Android apps inside your browser, on any Operating system is really amazing, and the relief of not having to sit through the submission proccess is awesome.
But here’s the thing, if you’re already familiar with building apps using Apple and Google’s standard tools (and your good at it), you don’t need Shoutem — you’re already ahead of everyone else. Shoutem is for people that don’t want to code and sit at their computer for days.
Sign up — Grab a beta invite here
