Friday 7 October 2011

Top topics 2011 – app development cost, top appstores and more

Looking back at the last couple of years of blogging on Mobile Marketing Universe we are always curious what people find the most interesting topics. And here is the top 5 of the most popular posts:

1. How much does it cost to develop a mobile app on iPhone, Android and other platforms?
Originally posted one year ago and updated earlier this year this blog has generated about 27% of our traffic which is quite impressive taking into account that we’ve published over 50 blog entries during this time.

How much does it cost to develop a mobile app on iPhone, Android and other platforms?

Update: What is the cost developing a mobile app?

2. Top 10 Appstores Worldwide
We thought this would be an interesting one considering that most the talk is about Apple Appstore and Android Market nowadays. In fact, there are other appstores that are performing quite well and we will continue to publish updates on these once a year so look out.

Top 10 Appstores Worldwide

3. How much does it cost to develop a mobile website in XHTML and/ or HTML5?
Although we mostly speak about mobile apps we also believe that every major brand must have a mobile web presence and clearly our readers seem to think the same.

How much does it cost to develop a mobile website in XHTML and/ or HTML5?

4. Mobile Web vs Mobile App
One of the most discussed topics among marketers is whether they should go for a mobile website or develop a mobile app. We talked about the pros and cons of both solutions in these two articles

Mobile App vs Mobile Web: Bysting Myths

Web vs. Apps? Mobile Web/ HTML5 vs. Mobile vs Mobile Apps Part 2

5. Cross platform mobile app development for iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Java
We’ve been talking at conferences and workshops about cross-platform mobile app development for over 3 years and with new platforms being introduced this has always been a popular topic.

Cross platform mobile app development methods for iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Java

and more recently with an update about porting available here

Porting iOS (iPhone) Apps to Android and Blackberry

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