I wrote about cloud-based backend mobile stacks about a year ago and curated about dozen companies, of which none of the iOS developers I’ve approached this year had ever seen. I thought it was the future… and apparently, so did Facebook. More on TechCrunch
Category: Mobile
Mobile Prototyping Tools
— AppCooker — http://www.appcooker.com
Prototype editing: iPad
Prototype viewing: iPad
Prototype hosting: n/a
Widget library: yes
Price: $24.99
— App In Seconds — http://www.appinseconds.c
Prototype editing: web app
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: Fully hosted
Widget library: no (based on full screen mockups)
Price: $9.95/month or $99/year, free trial available
— Axure — http://www.axure.com
Prototype editing: Mac and Windows apps
Prototype viewing: Via AxShare
Prototype hosting: n/a
Widget library: yes
Price: $589 each for 5 copies, $149/year for updates
— Blueprint — http://www.groosoft.com/b
Prototype editing: iPad
Prototype viewing: iOS Blueprint viewer
Prototype hosting: n/a
Widget library: yes
Price: $19.99 (lite version is free and limits to 2 project and 8 screens)
— Codiqa — http://codiqa.com
Prototype editing: web app
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: Fully hosted
Widget library: yes
Price: $10/month, $25/month, free for editing only
— Fieldtest — http://fieldtestapp.com
Prototype editing: web app
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: fully hosted
Widget library: yes
Price: not available (private beta)
— Fluid UI — http://fluidui.com/editor
Prototype editing: web app
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: fully hosted (Self-hosting options planned)
Widget library: yes
Price: Free account, $29/month, $49/month and $129/month
— iMockups — http://www.endloop.ca/imo
Prototype editing: iPad
Prototype viewing: iMockups presentation mode
Prototype hosting: n/a
Widget library: yes
Price: $6.99
— InVision — http://www.invisionapp.co
Prototype editing: web app
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: fully hosted
Widget library: yes, free UI library items available for download
Price: FREE for 2 projects, $25/month, $75/month
— iPrototype/TAP — http://unitid.nl/2011/03/
Prototype editing: Adobe Fireworks
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: self hosted (requires server setup)
Widget library: yes (as Fireworks documents)
Price: free
— iRise — http://www.irise.com
Prototype editing: Desktop client (Windows and Mac)
Prototype viewing: Browser-based emulator and on-device (a free native iOS app — iRise Mobile — is available in the iTunes app store)
Prototype hosting: Collaboration server (Definition Center) in Enterprise edition
Widget library: yes
Price: Varies by version – Studio MX is free – http://www.irise.com/prod
— jQueryMobile — http://jquerymobile.com
Prototype editing: hand coding
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: self hosted
Widget library: yes (there are some UIKit-like javascript libraries, in code form)
Price: free
— justinmind.com — http://www.justinmind.com
Prototype editing: mac or pc app
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: not sure
Widget library: yes
Price: $499, $99/year for updates and support
— Keynotopia — http://keynotopia.com
Prototype editing: Apple Keynote
Prototype viewing: PDF viewer or native Keynotopia iOS app
Prototype hosting: downloaded PDF
Widget library: yes (as Keynote templates)
Price: Keynote templates start at $49, presumably you can use your own; iPhone viewer is $1.99, iPad viewer is $3.99
— Mockability — http://www.mockabilly.com
Prototype editing: iPhone app
Prototype viewing: iPhone app
Prototype hosting: local on phone
Widget library: no (based on full screen mockups)
Price: $6.99, free lite version limited to 2 mockups with 6 screens
Prototype editing: web app
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: fully hosted
Widget library: yes
Price: $0/month (free plan), $24/month, $49/month, free 15 day trial
— ProtoShare — http://www.protoshare.com
Prototype editing: web app
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: fully hosted
Widget library: yes
Price: $300/year, $750/year, free 30 day trial
— Prototypes — http://prototypesapp.com
Prototype editing: Mac app
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: fully hosted
Widget library: no (based on full screen mockups)
Price: $39.99
— Realizer — http://realizerapp.com
Prototype editing: web app
Prototype viewing: iOS app
Prototype hosting: fully hosted
Widget library: no (based on full screen mockups)
Price: free
— Refine.io — http://refine.io
Prototype editing: web app
Prototype viewing: mobile web app
Prototype hosting: fully hosted
Widget library: yes
Price: not available (private beta)
— MockingBot — http://mockingbot.com
Prototype editing: web app
Prototype viewing: web app
Prototype hosting: fully hosted
Widget library: yes
Price: $0/month (free plan), $7/month, $15/month
Additionally the following tools don’t let you build prototypes per se, but let you preview the on-screen contents as you edit them.
— LiveView — http://www.zambetti.com/p
— Skala Preview — http://bjango.com/mac/ska
— xScope — http://xscopeapp.com/
http://www.endloop.ca/imo
http://interface2.lesscod
http://www.realizerapp.co
http://www.appcooker.com/ ($19,99)
http://www.omnigroup.com/
http://www.groosoft.com/b
http://www.applicationcra
http://dapp.kerofrog.com.
http://www.mockflow.com/s
http://www.balsamiq.com/ (web based)
http://creately.com/ (web based)
Need more BaaS? Hosted Mobile App Backends
The intention was to set out to build a scalable backend that would keep mobile developers focused on their mobile app and not their backend. This segment within the mobile space is growing rapidly, as are mobile prototyping applications. I hope it continues to grow.
Kumulos
Parse
Stackmob
Kinvey
Applicasa
Cocoafish
UserGrid
On Demand Car Service & Ride Share
Carpooling.com – Today the site is available in 7 languages and localized in 9 countries: Germany, France, Poland, Italy, the UK, Spain, Austria, Switzerland and Greece.
Originally founded by 3 German MBA students, the team is now comprised of 45 people who speak 12 different languages. They have very different backgrounds and yet they all share the same goal: to offer a new, sustainable transport alternative to all.
With 1 billion cars in the world, carpooling.com believes that everyone should have access to affordable transport. See why everyone should start carpooling on the carpooling Infographic.
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http://www.gomywayapp.com/
Cabulous, a San Francisco-based taxi dispatch technology startup, tells TechCrunch it has raised $8 million in new funding to scale out its service to fleets of cabs worldwide.
http://gettaxi.com/ –
uber.com
groundlink.com
http://lyft.me/ (from http://www.zimride.com/) $7.5MM
http://clickataxi.com/
http://ticktocktaxi.co.uk/
https://taximagic.com/en_US
Intelligent Apps (My Taxi)
Hailocab.com
http://faresharenyc.com/
http://taxizu.com/
http://www.cabforce.com/
http://www.taximojo.com/