It may be a little misguided to say that companies like Parse are speeding up the iteration cycle for mobile apps. Every business is going to need a backend to

It may be a little misguided to say that companies like Parse are speeding up the iteration cycle for mobile apps. Every business is going to need a backend to store all its data, so the time spent architecting and building the backend layer should be equal regardless of whether your frontend is browser-based or native mobile. Parse only helps if you don't have anyone on your team who is fluent in building backends. That being said, Parse is an excellent choice when you're in that situation.