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I'm an app designer and was able to get my PWA to look very native. This is my way to avoid the app store fees which are absolutely ridiculous. Apps take up too

I'm an app designer and was able to get my PWA to look very native. This is my way to avoid the app store fees which are absolutely ridiculous. Apps take up too much storage space anyways.

kridsdale1 3y ago
I’m extremely familiar with the iOS native components (I even made some of them originally). I’d like to see your PWA to see if your claim is true.
- squigglydonut 3y ago
  Sure thing but you have to buy my product first! My approach was blending iOS and Android. For example I like the hamburger menu for user adoption (very Android) but I like SF symbols light forms and weight. So there is a blending of forms. Modals and context menus behave as you would expect. I didn't do any blurred backdrops. Lastly, a pwa in fullscreen mode removes the URL bar even through it runs with chrome!
  - whoknowsidont 3y ago
    Paste the link to your product?
    - squigglydonut 3y ago
      Sure it's www.petpages.app
eviks 3y ago
What did you miss in functionality vs a native app?
- squigglydonut 3y ago
  Definitely. No haptics sadly. I didn't do any blurred backdrops or glassmorphic surfaces. I didn't implement material ripple effects. I increases tap targets beyond native iOS and Android specs.
ativzzz 3y ago
Do you do IAP? Stripe or paypal is just slightly more inconvenient than Apple pay. Does not being in an app store hurt your marketability at all?
- squigglydonut 3y ago
  What is IAP? Stripe was very easy. It does hurt my marketability you are correct.
- squigglydonut 3y ago
  Oh in app purchasing. No my product is entirely dependent on the user purchasing a physical product. There's no IAP. Possibly in the future if users want something that is an upsell then I could see that happening. But I would have to hear it from users and by that point they would already be in my app-store-less ecosystem
  - ativzzz 3y ago
    Makes sense. One of the benefits of a mobile app is the ease of selling things in the app. Of course you can make it easy with a webapp too, but you need to handle the payment infra yourself and ask for credit card info
    - squigglydonut 3y ago
      For sure. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it is to work with stripe. I am not handling any payment info. I don't even host the checkout UI myself it's all done by stripe. It is literally a link that I push into the view.

I'm an app designer and was able to get my PWA to look very native. This is my way to avoid the app store fees which are absolutely ridiculous. Apps take up too much storage space anyways.

kridsdale1 3y ago

I’m extremely familiar with the iOS native components (I even made some of them originally). I’d like to see your PWA to see if your claim is true.

squigglydonut 3y ago
Sure thing but you have to buy my product first! My approach was blending iOS and Android. For example I like the hamburger menu for user adoption (very Android) but I like SF symbols light forms and weight. So there is a blending of forms. Modals and context menus behave as you would expect. I didn't do any blurred backdrops. Lastly, a pwa in fullscreen mode removes the URL bar even through it runs with chrome!
- whoknowsidont 3y ago
  Paste the link to your product?
  - squigglydonut 3y ago
    Sure it's www.petpages.app

eviks 3y ago

What did you miss in functionality vs a native app?

squigglydonut 3y ago
Definitely. No haptics sadly. I didn't do any blurred backdrops or glassmorphic surfaces. I didn't implement material ripple effects. I increases tap targets beyond native iOS and Android specs.

ativzzz 3y ago

Do you do IAP? Stripe or paypal is just slightly more inconvenient than Apple pay. Does not being in an app store hurt your marketability at all?

squigglydonut 3y ago
What is IAP? Stripe was very easy. It does hurt my marketability you are correct.
squigglydonut 3y ago
Oh in app purchasing. No my product is entirely dependent on the user purchasing a physical product. There's no IAP. Possibly in the future if users want something that is an upsell then I could see that happening. But I would have to hear it from users and by that point they would already be in my app-store-less ecosystem
- ativzzz 3y ago
  Makes sense. One of the benefits of a mobile app is the ease of selling things in the app. Of course you can make it easy with a webapp too, but you need to handle the payment infra yourself and ask for credit card info
  - squigglydonut 3y ago
    For sure. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it is to work with stripe. I am not handling any payment info. I don't even host the checkout UI myself it's all done by stripe. It is literally a link that I push into the view.