Convertify

Convert your website to an app.

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Convert your website to an app.

1.0•1 review•

11 followers

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You can convert your website to an Android & iOS application with just your URL. Enter the website you would like to convert into a native app. In less than 24 hours our team will develop your app and deliver it to your inbox. You’re all set! Simply upload your app to the App Store or Play Store.

Launch tags:Web App•Productivity•User Experience

Launch Team

Render Sandboxes: a computer for every agentIsolated compute, persistent state and a real filesystem

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AquaTasks

So to sum this up: 1. Website design completely ripped from buymeacoffee.com. 2. Logo was stolen (not your fault, but still). 3. Tweets are fake. 4. The service itself is at the very least against Apple's guidelines and possibly against the rules. Are you basically wrapping the site in a webview and calling it a day? How did this even get on the front page of Product Hunt?

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8yr ago

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Maker

@justinscheetz Hello Justin, we are on very early stages and trying to improve our product based on feedback. The problems you mention have been sorted out. To say “Are you basically wrapping the site in a webview and calling it a day?” is an understatement of the problem we are trying to solve. That is not what we are doing, and if we were doing just that, what is the problem? Companies solve more mundane problems than this one and charge money for it. If businesses see value on solving the problem and paying for it, then yes we entrepreneurs call it a day. We have many happy customers and that assures me we are on the right path. I see comments like yours all day on PH. Just plain negativity without adding any value or constructive criticism. This product got in front of PH because many people find value on solving this problem. If this is a problem you don’t have or don’t feel worth solving, I would like to tell go on to the next product instead of spreading hate. Thank you very much.

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8yr ago

@justinscheetz @lucasmaldonado Calling you out on stealing other people's work is not spreading hate.

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8yr ago

AquaTasks

@lucasmaldonado I do apologize if my comments came off as hateful, it certainly wasn't meant to be. Angry and annoyed, sure. Not hateful. Being a designer/developer myself who spends hours pixel pushing and (to my detriment sometimes) perfecting the final product, I found it incredibly offensive that the site design and logo were completely ripped. The end result is that the product you are trying to sell feels rushed and desperate. I mean fake tweets? There's no excuse for that. I'm glad you're working toward fixing those issues now and hopefully for the future, but my gut reaction is that you didn't care enough the first time to do your research. Again, my opinion and visceral reaction, nothing more. No hate here. 😉 I sincerely do hope your product grows and does well beyond this initial launch. Bouncing back from this is something we do right? Just put more time into knowing what assets you're using before it lands on the front page of something like Product Hunt. 😉 Anyway, best of luck!

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8yr ago

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Maker

@justinscheetz Thank you very much Justin, we do regret the mistakes and hope to continue growing the product. I appreciate your reply. Best of luck to you too!

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8yr ago

AquaTasks

@lucasmaldonado Now if you can build an app that converts a SaaS web app into a native app in like 5 seconds, that would be awesome. 😄 (I need to spend a good few months learning iOS development). Have a good one!

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8yr ago

Apple has been against people making their websites into apps for years. In their App Store Review Guidelines (4.2 Minimum Functionality) it says... “Your app should include features, content, and UI that elevate it beyond a repackaged website. If your app is not particularly useful, unique, or “app-like,” it doesn’t belong on the App Store. If your App doesn't provide some sort of lasting entertainment value, or is just plain creepy, it may not be accepted.” I have had personal experience of Apple rejecting "apps" because it's just a website. How is your service getting around this? I thought there had to be some sort of native functionality also built into the app such as notifications (that's what I have had to do in the past)

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8yr ago

Cyber Monday Linkbox

@helloromero Looking forward to the response.

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8yr ago

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Maker

@helloromero Hello Romero, That is right. Apple will not approve apps that not resemble a mobile User Experience. However, if you already have a solid responsive website or a PWA, Apple will approve it. We submitted an app made by ourselves with Convertify and it was approved by Apple. Please check it out here: https://itunes.apple.com/ar/app/...

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8yr ago

@lucasmaldonado Hi Lucas, it's possible for apps to get through that break rules, we see it all the time. iPhone hack apps, pornographic apps, firearms selling apps etc go on the app store all the time. If an app like this picks up some steam and begins to get popular apple will just remove it after the fact. To stay within their guidelines there has to be something native.

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8yr ago

@helloromero @lucasmaldonado I can't try your app, I'm on Android. But even you web app is not optimized, I don't know what to expect from the "official" app...

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8yr ago

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Maker

@helloromero @fredogonzalezr I sent the iOS app because they were talking about the App Store. You can find the demo Android app on: https://play.google.com/store/ap... I don't really know what you call the web app or "official app", or what you mean by not optimized. Our website, and demo apps work perfect. Perhaps you can contact us in spanish, we are from Argentina.

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8yr ago

"Convertify is a tool to convert any website into a native app using just an url." What are you converting, actually ? If you just load the website into a web view, what is the returned value of that 15$ - it cost you nothing to follow a simple tutorial that makes exactly that ?

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8yr ago

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Maker

Hi @florinmatinca1, I appreciate your concern. We developed Convertify because it was a problem we actually had. We did search for tutorials but there weren't many, and honestly there were just useless. Our code is far more complex than just loading a website in a webview. You can do the task of finding tutorials and creating your own app, but it will probably take you days and many hours of hard work and learning. Having said that, I think Convertify is a no-brainer for $15.

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8yr ago

@francomaldonado I don't want to be disrespectful in any way, but maybe you could detail what your code is doing so complex? Because according to your website and your previous posts here it's not clear if it really does more than loading a webpage. PS: It's actually quite easy to find a tutorial

A junior iOS developer should be able to make it in 10 minutes or less.

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8yr ago

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Maker

@francomaldonado @florinmatinca Hello Florin, I understand you want to do everything by yourself. However that's not the case for everyone probably. Besides, not everyone is a junior iOS developer or wants to learn how to develop apps. This product is probably not for you. However many people find value on our services, and in fact it is far cheaper than the alternatives, eg: gonative.io charges min $790. Our code is far more complex in technicalities that a 5 min video can't explain. Our service has code developed for premium features like push notifications and more native features, that we plan to release on the future. I really don't think code discussion is worthy, because this product is for people who can't or don't want to code. So yes, our service does what it says it does. Just like any product on the world, it is really up to the customer to decide if the price is worth it to solve their problems. Many people find the latter to be true. I really hope my answer clarified your doubts.

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8yr ago

@francomaldonado @lucasmaldonado You're avoiding the truth, but if this is your answer I'm sorry for your customers that will have their apps rejected by Apple.

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8yr ago

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Maker

@francomaldonado @florinmatinca What truth am I avoiding? Why would our customers get their apps rejected? We submitted an app to the App Store using Convertify and it was approved without problems. I think you are overly negative about our product and I don't know why.

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8yr ago

FoxyApps

Why do you even create a project like this? What is the benefit of having a mobile app generated from the web? And please don't say it's like a native app...because it makes me crazy as an owner of mobile dev studio 😬

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8yr ago

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@ichangetheway Hello Ivan thank you for your feedback, let me tell you what we think. Of course it is not like a native app, I agree with you. We provide a solution to businesses with less budget. If you already have a webapp you can convert it to a native app with our service. The generated app will not be as strong as a native app developed from scratch, but given that now there are many solutions to create SPA (eg: React, Angular, Vue). You can really make a competitive app converting it. It won't be the ideal scenario of course. But i think it is a great alternative until you can afford making a full fledge native app.

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8yr ago

FoxyApps

@lucasmaldonado App Store and Google Play are already over-floated with apps without any purpose. Anyway, I can see some use cases when your service might be useful for somebody. The last point, I would suggest you charge a monthly fee...it seems very cheap to me it looks like a scam, pay first then we sent you something...

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8yr ago

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Maker

@ichangetheway I agree. Thank you very much for the recommendation. We really wanted it to be a business where we could charge a monthly fee. However I didn't know how can we add value monthly, since a customer can request the conversion and then stop paying us and the app will continue working. Yes, looking back I think the pricing is rather cheap. Thank you very much for your constructive feedback.

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8yr ago

This is ridiculous - I paid 90 cents for a one time convert and then I get get charged €40 a few days later??? This is a pure scam and I want my money back

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7yr ago

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Maker

@john_heraty Hi, I really hate the fact that you've been scammed by https://convertify.mobi/. The thing is, you made a review on https://convertify.app and this is bad for our business. Just please next time do some research. We do not charge 90 cents for nothing... we do not scam people. We are an APP converter not a FILE converter. smh

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6yr ago

@john_heraty @francomaldonado No. You are a scam. You promise iOS app -- and Apple rejects!

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6yr ago

Who Survives Season 8

- Webdesign copied from: buymeacoffee.com

- Logo copied from: Dribbble.com

- Fake tweets on website

Pros:

I don't know

Cons:

Copied Webdesign & Logo

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8yr ago

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Maker

I find your review very deconstructive and in detriment to our product given that you didn't even try to use our product. We are on very early stages and trying to improve our product based on feedback. The cons you mention have been sorted out. Of course you won't find any pros to our product, because you haven't tried or used it.

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8yr ago

@zaphir_ and source code stolen from webviewgold.com (I debugged the APK). Buyers can get into heavy legal trouble.

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7yr ago

Hi @francomaldonado I'm not sure if you guys are aware, but your logo is stolen. It's a concept logo for a project of mine which I was considering using for another project. Take a look: https://dribbble.com/shots/37701...

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8yr ago

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Maker

Hi @andrshede, We have just spoken with Vadim Carazan, the designer of the logo. Apparently, they sold us a stolen fake version of the logo. We are deeply sorry about this. We have just changed the logo and sorted things out with Vadim. He understood and appreciated our fast solution.

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8yr ago

No worries @francomaldonado! I'm sorry you guys were sold a stolen concept. That really sucks! 😕 I really appreciate that you were able to resolve it this quickly.

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8yr ago