News and insights on mobile app development, design, and digital healthcare
Digital health apps are reshaping healthcare and transforming patients’ lives with every download. Whether it’s through remote patient monitoring, collecting accurate health data, connection to other patients, improving workflow efficiency and experience to ease the burden on physicians, or even virtual consults, the possibilities these apps open up often seem endless. Universities and academic institutions… Read More
The market of ecommerce app development is ever expanding. In fact, the growing demand among users has forced even small businesses to make an app part of their offering. Not only do users prefer apps to mobile sites, but statistics also show conversion rates are three times higher in apps than on the mobile web,… Read more
J.R.R. Tolkien once said that shortcuts make for long delays. I’m sure we all know someone who likes to cut corners—someone who likes to skim by with the least amount of work and effort, but expects to come out on top nonetheless. Well, that’s not me, that’s not my team, and that’s not what great… Read more
Online grocery shopping is the fasting growing retail sector in the U.S. TV and movie streaming services are giving satellite and cable television a serious run for their money. We are getting one-day delivery service through Amazon, hiring neighbors to complete our home chores, streaming music, and booking massages in our homes. The on-demand economy… Read more
Ever wonder what drives someone to use (or not use) a mobile app? Or what type of mobile app they’re likely to use the most? Or how much time they’re spending in the mobile apps they download? Good news… In this post, we’ve gathered 28 of the most up-to-date mobile app usage and download stats,… Read more
So you’ve been sitting on an AWESOME business idea. You thought of it a few months ago, maybe even a few years ago, but you haven’t really made the decision to go all-in and start turning that idea into a reality. Maybe you don’t have the time, maybe you’re just not sure if the idea… Read more
The majority of the apps in the App Store and Google Play Store today are free. Surprised? Since most businesses can’t survive without making money, it can be hard to understand how giving away your product for free will result in financial gain. The truth is, you can make money by offering your app for… Read more
You’ve spent months planning and designing your app. You’ve interviewed users, conducted testing and fixed bugs, and now you’ve finally arrived at a beautiful mobile masterpiece. But you didn’t go through all that just for your app to sit there and look pretty. Building and publishing an app is the hard part, right? Well, it’s… Read more
When looking at client reviews of the top-rated app development agencies on Clutch, some key descriptors stand out: “… a true business partner …” “… working hard to solve our problems …” “… very talented people …” “… professionalism and knowledge…” Those are the same phrases we like to see popping up in reviews from… Read more
Have you ever spent hours crafting what you thought was the PERFECT cold email for a potential investor, only to be met with crickets? You’re not alone. The cold-emailing world can be harsh sometimes. You can spend hours tweaking every last word in an email and drive a total of zero follow-up calls. In the… Read more
Most of the mobile app developers we know are AMAZING at creating great products. From the seamless integrations they build into an on-demand app to the way they make a complex enterprise app run without issues – they do it all very well. Yet for many great app developers, the biggest challenge isn’t what happens… Read more
How long does it take to build an app? It’s one of the most common questions we get… How long does it take to go from an idea to a fully functioning app? How long does it take to design the interface? How long does it take to write the code? We’ve heard it time… Read more
Here’s the reality when it comes to iOS app development in 2019: There’s a whole lotta fake news. When it comes to developing and designing iOS apps, it seems like there’s a brand-new myth waiting around every corner. Whether you’re reading blog posts, watching videos, or just scrolling through your Facebook feed, you’re bound to… Read more
To say the app industry is booming would be an understatement. Millions of apps already live in the Apple App Store and Google Play store, and thousands more are launched every month. A study conducted last year by App Annie found that when people are on their phones, they’re spending the majority of their time… Read more
Who’s going to build it? And how do you find them? The first step in the decision-making process is determining whether you want to build the app in-house or outsource to an app development agency. The decision to hire a mobile app agency is full of question marks: What do you look for in an… Read more
Right now the world is experiencing a pivotal shift. That shift is the rapid adoption of mobile. Pew Research projects that by the end of 2018 more than 95 percent of the US will have a mobile phone and more than 75 percent will have a smartphone. Depending on your current career path, stats… Read more
Today I’m going to share with you something we’ve never really talked about outside the walls of MindSea. It’s the secret sauce that has helped us become one of the top-rated app agencies in the world. It’s a source of inspiration that has played a significant role in our ability to design apps that our… Read more
A few weeks ago, I was travelling with the team and we were stumped trying to pick a place to eat. We analyzed TripAdvisor reviews and Yelp scores and posted in Facebook groups to get advice. The response was, well, overwhelming to say the least. There were more options than we knew what to do… Read more
iOS vs Android… It’s a debate that’s raged on for years. Business owners, software developers, mobile app developers, marketers, university students, salespeople, doctors, book lovers, book haters… No matter who you are or what you do, you’re either an iPhone person or an Android person. There is no middle ground. If one of your friends… Read more
Developers spend painstaking hours and thousands of dollars trying to make sure their app gets noticed. If they’re lucky, their app is a hit and succeeds in the iOS App Store and Google Play Store. What happens far more often though is this: Mobile apps sit in the app stores for days, months or even… Read more
Mobile app investors are met with a plethora of pitches in their inboxes every day. Understanding how to build an app and launch a prototype for your mobile app can help differentiate your startup from the rest and give you a competitive advantage when pitching your app to potential investors. Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz,… Read more
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