Creating an iOS app (iPad/iPhone)

Gangster · 12 Aug 2014 at 10:16

Hi all

Hoping this is the right section for this.

Have a few ideas for some apps, and was wondering if anyone here had experience and/or could recommend a trusted site or two that allows you to develop an app with no programming experience?

I've got limited programming experience, however i'm more looking at a design point of view.

I've google'd a few, but determining the decent ones from the not so decent i'm finding a bit difficult.

Ideally, I'd prefer a piece of software a lot more as obviously no idea(s) are disclosed, and wouldn't mind submission to App store myself.

Any comments appreciated.

Tunney · 12 Aug 2014 at 12:40

You won't find a piece of software that will create an app for you if you have no programming knowledge. There's a few that will allow you do it with only HTML/CSS/JavaScript knowledge (i.e. PhoneGap) but I'm guessing that's not what you're looking for.

If you've got a genuine business idea, you're better off learning to program or hiring someone who can. Hiring iOS developers isn't cheap though.

Kemik · 12 Aug 2014 at 13:37

I signed up for this Kickstarter. Email the guy and I'm sure he'll do you a similar deal. Note: won't be published for a few weeks.

philip2009 · 12 Aug 2014 at 16:21

Kemik said:
I signed up for this Kickstarter. Email the guy and I'm sure he'll do you a similar deal. Note: won't be published for a few weeks.

Swift is only in the beta version of XCode 6, the language was only released recently. There's loads of support on the web for Objective-C based development which he won't get with Swift ...yet.

Kemik · 12 Aug 2014 at 16:50

philip2009 said:
Swift is only in the beta version of XCode 6, the language was only released recently. There's loads of support on the web for Objective-C based development which he won't get with Swift ...yet.

True, but (and I realise he has financial incentive) the tutor believes it is much easier to learn than Objective-C.

Gangster · 14 Aug 2014 at 14:47

Thanks for the replies.

Been searching a few that do a £xx per month kind of thing, but not too sure about trusting them.

Thanks for your help.

Somewhat off topic, but is Android easier than iOS or are they equivalent?