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> "Either investing a load of time in learning, or a load of money in hiring a designer?" Yes. The app store era has significantly raised the stakes - it's no

> "Either investing a load of time in learning, or a load of money in hiring a designer?" Yes. The app store era has significantly raised the stakes - it's no longer enough to ship something functional, people demand that it also be beautiful and usable. For every product niche worth tackling, there is a competing app that has had the proper love of a designer. And it will win. The success of a modern iOS app hinges heavily on ranking and featuring - go to the App Store right now and look at any of the featured lists. Are there any lazily-designed apps there? So in short, there is no alternative. Proper design is not optional for success in the app store. The only exception here is if your app has some functionality that is so powerful, so utterly necessary for your users, and so exclusive no one else can meaningfully copy it, that your users will live with your crappy out-of-box UI.

mtrimpe 14y ago
I'd say you're witnessing the rise of what seems to be WooThemes for iOS and calling it useless. It's probably not for you, but I would be surprised if this isn't highly valuable to a lot of people.
- adambenayoun 14y ago
  As someone who's running a marketplace with hundreds of iOS components and templates, I can certainly say that there's a need for these kind of templates. A lot of people will use these templates as a good base to get started and release a MVP, much like people use github bootstrap or a wordpress theme and customize it to reach the market faster.
gte910h 14y ago
Bullshit For every AAA app out there, there is a niche "Organizer for Real Estate Agents" that uses default UI components to okay effect and makes decent enough sales for there to be a V2. This is a replacement for THOSE people. It isn't a replacement for the next funded startup. It's a replacement for the MVP for the unfunded startup with the guy who can barely do iOS code

mtrimpe 14y ago

I'd say you're witnessing the rise of what seems to be WooThemes for iOS and calling it useless. It's probably not for you, but I would be surprised if this isn't highly valuable to a lot of people.

adambenayoun 14y ago
As someone who's running a marketplace with hundreds of iOS components and templates, I can certainly say that there's a need for these kind of templates. A lot of people will use these templates as a good base to get started and release a MVP, much like people use github bootstrap or a wordpress theme and customize it to reach the market faster.

gte910h 14y ago

Bullshit For every AAA app out there, there is a niche "Organizer for Real Estate Agents" that uses default UI components to okay effect and makes decent enough sales for there to be a V2. This is a replacement for THOSE people. It isn't a replacement for the next funded startup. It's a replacement for the MVP for the unfunded startup with the guy who can barely do iOS code