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13 million apps built?

by 10dpd 11y ago

mhuffman 11y ago
... and only on Android (iOS is not available yet) to boot!
- vw11223 11y ago
  We are building a platform for native iOS apps. It takes time :)
  - sandebert 11y ago
    Can you give an indication of a realistic timeline?
    - vw11223 11y ago
      Hi, Wei here (one of the co-founders of Thunkable). I can't guarantee anything here, but we are working very very very hard on this. We are hoping to get the MVP done before the end of this year :) Do you want to get into our alpha/beta tester list?
Bjorkbat 11y ago
Pretty impressive, considering that there are presently only 1.6 million apps to choose from on the Google Play Store and 1.5 million on the App Store. ;)
ChristianBundy 11y ago
Just below that metric, it links to MIT App Inventor[1]. It seems very disingenuous to post the statistics of a similar product with a tiny clause stating that those numbers aren't yours. [1]: http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/
- hellbanner 11y ago
  Yes, I flagged this for bad advertising.
- jhchen 11y ago
  It's a fork of App Inventor[1] so it's essentially a new version, built by people that built the original version[2]. Honestly it would not have been disingenuous to exclude that tiny link clause altogether, but now they're being punished for transparency, because people are too lazy to click on the the "About" link for the page they provided. [1] http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/05/mit-spin-out-thunkable-hopes-its-drag-and-drop-app-builder-can-be-a-money-spinner-too/ http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/05/mit-spin-out-thunkable-hope... [2] http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/our-team.html http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/our-team.html
arunsaigal1 11y ago
There have been over 13 million apps built with MIT App Inventor and Thunkable. The vast majority of these apps were built by individuals or small organizations that never published these apps to to Google Play, but instead shared it with their friends/family/colleagues. However, over 1% of the apps on Google Play have been built with Thunkable or App Inventor. Sorry if there was confusion. We'll try to make that more clear.
- michaelmior 11y ago
  What counts as "building an app"? Is it someone who just pressed a couple buttons and then never came back? I just have a hard time believing the platform was used over 13 million times to build anything non-trivial. If that is the case, then major kudos to you! Either way I think tools like Thunkable have a lot of potential :)
  - vw11223 11y ago
    Hey there! We are talking a fully functioning/working app. Btw, App Inventor/Thunkable apps account for more than 1% of the Google Play Store apps.

13 million apps built?

by 10dpd 11y ago

13 million apps built?

mhuffman 11y ago

... and only on Android (iOS is not available yet) to boot!

vw11223 11y ago
We are building a platform for native iOS apps. It takes time :)
- sandebert 11y ago
  Can you give an indication of a realistic timeline?
  - vw11223 11y ago
    Hi, Wei here (one of the co-founders of Thunkable). I can't guarantee anything here, but we are working very very very hard on this. We are hoping to get the MVP done before the end of this year :) Do you want to get into our alpha/beta tester list?

Bjorkbat 11y ago

Pretty impressive, considering that there are presently only 1.6 million apps to choose from on the Google Play Store and 1.5 million on the App Store. ;)

ChristianBundy 11y ago

Just below that metric, it links to MIT App Inventor[1]. It seems very disingenuous to post the statistics of a similar product with a tiny clause stating that those numbers aren't yours. [1]: http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/

hellbanner 11y ago
Yes, I flagged this for bad advertising.
jhchen 11y ago
It's a fork of App Inventor[1] so it's essentially a new version, built by people that built the original version[2]. Honestly it would not have been disingenuous to exclude that tiny link clause altogether, but now they're being punished for transparency, because people are too lazy to click on the the "About" link for the page they provided. [1] http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/05/mit-spin-out-thunkable-hopes-its-drag-and-drop-app-builder-can-be-a-money-spinner-too/ http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/05/mit-spin-out-thunkable-hope... [2] http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/our-team.html http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/our-team.html

arunsaigal1 11y ago

There have been over 13 million apps built with MIT App Inventor and Thunkable. The vast majority of these apps were built by individuals or small organizations that never published these apps to to Google Play, but instead shared it with their friends/family/colleagues. However, over 1% of the apps on Google Play have been built with Thunkable or App Inventor. Sorry if there was confusion. We'll try to make that more clear.

michaelmior 11y ago
What counts as "building an app"? Is it someone who just pressed a couple buttons and then never came back? I just have a hard time believing the platform was used over 13 million times to build anything non-trivial. If that is the case, then major kudos to you! Either way I think tools like Thunkable have a lot of potential :)
- vw11223 11y ago
  Hey there! We are talking a fully functioning/working app. Btw, App Inventor/Thunkable apps account for more than 1% of the Google Play Store apps.