Convertify

@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.

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

@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!

@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!

@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!

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.

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

@helloromero Looking forward to the response.

@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/...

@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.

@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...

@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.

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.

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.

@francomaldonado @andrshede Now you only need to change the design for the page, which is also stolen. :D

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.

@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.

@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.

@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.

@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.

Hi @tal_botnar, We have been doing Google Ads for a couple of months now beta testing our service, and that allowed us to reach thousands of customers. We wanted to make sure our service was solid before posting on PH, Anyways, thank you for caring and sharing your doubts.

@francomaldonado There's a difference between REACHING customers and CONVERTING customers.. also, all the tweets displayed on your website are fake.. a quick 2 minute search easily proves this. You made yourself.. the maker.. a fake tweet talking about your own product. I'm not trying to speak badly about your product, I definitely see the value, but credibility in these service products is huge, and displaying fake information that can easily be disproved doesn't help.