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Jen Turner @msmfl / msmfl.wordpress.com Secondary French, German and (occasionally) Mandarin teacher in Suffolk Learning Spanish with the OU Big fan of ICT to teach and learn languages
What is an app?
What is an app?
Start small
Translators
Trivia games
Drawing
www.blippit.co.uk
developer.apple.com
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Apple Developer
Cost Time Ease Support approx $100 per year to register as Developer if you want to distribute Very time consuming to code and update. Complex programming - best left to experts Extensive - if you know what the problem is in the first place.
developer.android.com
Time
Ease
Support
www.microsoft.com/design/toolbox
Student zone
Windows Developer
Cost Time Ease WD - $99 annual fee with credit card .toolbox - free Depends on complexity! .toolbox - modular courses .toolbox v student friendly. Student zone
Clear advice online for Windows Dev. Good in .toolbox area, especially if setting up a school project for the first time. Accredited courses.
Support
developer.blackberry.com
Blackberry Developer
Cost Time Ease Support No registration or submission fees. Dependent on complexity but does rely on Java, HTML5, and CC+ See above Extensive online support and analysis
Time
They do it all for you. Quick turnaround if using a standard design? Very easy - someone else is doing it for you.
They look after it all for you. Can you update with new content yourself?
Ease
Support
Ease
Support
www.appmakr.com
www.appmakr.com
Easy and clear to work through Simulator shows you how it will look. No coding required!
www.appmakr.com
Can make an app from one or more RSS feeds. Ideal for easy school or dept app if you already have a blog.
Adverts
Comment on and share blog posts Includes fully functional web widgets from your blog
www.appmakr.com
Cost Time Ease Support
Free to sign up and try out. Need to be Apple Developer ($100 per year) to test and then distribute through AppStore. Other services and platforms at lower but variable cost.
Quick - use a blog/website feed. Slow - process of tweaking for approval but helpful feedback at every stage.
Easy if you already have a blog. Will make Apple, Android and Windows versions for you. Tweaking for approval might be trickier
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