Icarian Development in Townsville, Queensland | Software company

Icarian Development

Locality: Townsville, Queensland

Phone: +61 400 716 269

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15.01.2022 Custom mobile applications for your business are now possible! Building mobile applications for a business can be an expensive process. The necessity for developing on both Android and Apple IOS can be a time consuming and expensive undertaking. The time and cost are simply due to the software developer company having to literally build the application twice. The differences between the two platforms are such that the same look and user experience is built using very differen...t methods and tools. This barrier to entry and the subsequent support (All applications need active maintenance) can turn a lot of small and medium sized business from ever considering getting their own app. Luckily, we have seen the maturity of a new way of building mobile applications. Hybrid cross-platform technology is now at a stage where building mature applications for business provides all the functionality of a native application. So why should business care Advantages: 1. Development costs are halved Because the developer is only building one application and they can put it on (nearly) all platforms you are getting 2-3 times more value for each dollar you invest in development. 2. Support and maintenance costs are halved The developer only has to support one set of code. If something changes with android or IOS the developer only has to update one area and all your customer's benefit 3. Updates are nearly instantaneous The app must only go through Androids and IOS app store audit once. With the ability to push updates live to your customers any issue can be solved in hours, not weeks. 4. Cross platform centralisation as standard If you are selling your products through your app you do not have to worry about managing multiple transaction processing areas you can use the same provider as selling through your website. Of course, if your provider may refuse to support this platform, however, there are many options and best of all migrating from one provider to another to get a better deal is simple 5. Powerful marketing Native and easy integration of advertising, providing you with a possible secondary revenue stream. There are some caveats of course Disadvantages: 1. Technically slower performance When running these apps, they are slightly more demanding on the phones themselves, however, only on significantly older phones will there be a problem. Also if your app is heavy on the processor than the customer may notice a difference. For example, you need the app to do complex calculations. 2. Updating environment This type of mobile application is constantly being updated so are the android and IOS platforms so it is very important that the app’s you have for your clients are maintained properly. Like all software, they are not set and forget, but your developer should handle all of that for you.