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Nick Lancaster

Dropsource - Build & publish a native mobile app without writing any code

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Dropsource is a web-based platform for developing truly native, data-driven mobile apps. It enables developers of all levels and types to visually build custom mobile apps, without writing any code.

Connect to any REST API, easily share prototypes, install on mobile devices, and get clean, editable Swift or Java code. Free to try, no CC required.

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Tim Shnaider
Could be very useful for MVP. I suggest getting your onboarding slicker. Start with the 'full app walkthrough videos' link in the signup email not resulting in a Not Found page
Will Bernholz
Maker
@timshnaider Hey, thanks for the feedback and bug report. I just double checked and the link in our Welcome email is working for me. Are you talking about the following section? "Try our Quick Start guide or watch our full app walkthrough videos to get started." The "full app walkthrough videos" link should direct to: https://help.dropsource.com/docs... Did it fail for you?
Tim Shnaider
Will Bernholz
Maker
@timshnaider well that's just not right! Can you please forward me the email that has the broken link to: will@dropsource.com. I'm going to fix this right now!
Will Bernholz
Maker
@timshnaider OK. I found the problem, it's a redirect issue. I will fix this! Thanks again.
Seanhoots

As a bubble user, dropsource really provides a much needed solution and familiar environment for me to create native mobile apps using my bubble backend. Prior to learning about dropsource i was going to wrap my web application in a webview. So this was a breadth of fresh air when i discovered it. My experience so far has been very positive and their support has been great. It's still a work in progress but even with the current version one can still be able to develop a great app. Most of the issues i have, e.g. no redo/undo, no calculations, unexplainable build failures, are all temporary issues i think they're eventually going to address.

If anyone is looking to develop a complex data driving native moble application without wanting to write code (this is also coding but at higher abstraction), i will highly recommend a bubble backend and dropsource frontend.

Pros:

1. Easy to learn

2. Suitable to both developers and non developers alike.

3. Great customer support from their chat service (premium only).

Cons:

1. No redo/undo or backup yet

2. No native calculations yet unless through an api

3. Some unexplainable build failures once in a while

Will Bernholz
Maker
🙏 Thank you for the honest review! Our product team is aware of the Cons you mention and we're actively working to add those features and improve our builder experience. (ps. we love Bubble!)
Prabhu Stavarmath

Its been super easy to use Dropsource and we actual built our delivery app using Dropsource in about 2 months flat and is available for download on Google Playstore. Check this out: http://bit.do/bac-vendor

Dropsource to build mobile Apps is like using Wordpress to build a website. Best part is it gives you the source code and you can further tweak it, update and even enhance to build more powerful features. So you dont have to rewrite the App from scratch!

I think its gone help a lot for aspiring entrepreneurs to build a MVP quickly and then reuse the code to add more features. Small businesses, bloggers should try Dropsource to build an App for thier websites. I see a great potential for millions of Wordpress sites have App presence. Just hook the Wordpress APIs to your Dropsource built App and power on!

Thanks to Dropsource team for all the support to build our delivery app. Though Dropsource was still in Beta stage during those times but we got an awesome support.

You should try it. Definetly recommended.

Pros:

Drag and drop and no App coding skills needed! Its like wordpress for mobile apps.

Cons:

Custom widgets for specific use cases like list view with search need to be built seperately. Need an easy way to handle this.

Will Bernholz
Maker
Thank you Prabhu! 🎉 BOOKACAN was another one of our early Android app success stories, and we're grateful you chose us as your development solution.
Kolya S

Excellent service for apps with external storage with an API and getting better every release. Already comes with several frameworks eg Firebase, but other can be added by exporting a project for Xcode which is really handy. With in-browser testing you don’t need a physical device to test. Absolutely recommend!

Pros:

Connecting APIs is blazingly fast and easy, Swagger import, in-browser testing, great error checking, Swift export. Improving constantly.

Cons:

Some slightly more complicated features missing - eg string manipulations, local storage.

Will Bernholz
Maker
🙌 🙌 Thanks for reviewing us! Great to see another OG Dropsource member on here. We appreciate you a lot, one of our expert Dropsource app builders.
Serkan Kagan Celik (naxer)
Coworking in Town
It looks very cool. Congrats and Good Luck for @natefrechette and Dropsource team. * Is it possible to use same database ( content ) for two projects ( IOS and Android ) ? For example if I create a IOS project which have users and contents. * Can I use same data for my Android project ?
Will Bernholz
Maker
@natefrechette @naxer Hey Serkan, thanks for the question. Nate's a little tied up right now so I'm going to do my best to respond. Yes it's entirely possible to use the same database for both platforms. If you're using a shared REST API (aka if the data is all in the cloud) then all good. Here is a link to more on how data & Dropsource play nice together: https://help.dropsource.com/docs... If you want to use purely local data, then things get little more complicated. But in short, for most use cases, Yes. Your iOS and Android versions can connect to the same database, using the same API. Hope this helps!
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