to build apps

why I chose

iOS

3 reasons

January 22, 2016Joey Rigor Kontak Mobile Apps

This post talks about the 3 compelling reasons why I took the iOS path to mobile app development.

Going mobile is not a trend. It is now a way of life. Companies can

either embrace it or be left out.  

“Your market (and even your employees) will not wait for you."

You've read about this lots of times.

Scary, huh?

 There will be more than 2 billion smartphone

users by 2016, according to eMarketer. 

And by 2018, eMarketer estimates, over one-third of consumers worldwide, or more

than 2.56 billion people, will use a

smartphone.

http://www.emarketer.com/Article/2-Billion-Consumers-Worldwide-Smartphones-

by-2016/1011694#sthash.ke42O55J.dpuf

Ok, we heard that loud and clear. There’s a big market out there.

Still a crucial question remains.

What mobile platform do we use?

 For the 2nd quarter of 2015, figures

published by IDC  showed Android

capturing 83% of the smartphone market worldwide while iOS garnering only 14%.

http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-os-market-share.jsp

With its large user base in a growing market, companies (and

even app developers) tend to gravitate towards the Android world in building their apps.

So why iOS?

App Annie published that apps downloaded on the Apple App Store

generate far more revenue than those downloaded from

Google Play.

iOS is used by people who really buy apps.

1

 Google Play led in worldwide downloads in Q1 2015 which is

approximately 70% higher than the iOS App Store.

But, iOS App Store’s worldwide revenue

in the same Q1 2015 period was about 70% higher than

Google Play.

http://blog.appannie.com/app-annie-index-market-q1-2015/

iOS users are used to buying apps.

Android users? Well, maybe most of them are just used to freebies.

This is an important factor if you are building business apps.

You don’t like a market that is used to

free apps, do you?

Business apps require a stable and secure OS.

Because it’s open sourced, vendors can customise their

own version of Android.

When a security breach comes up, it is impossible for Google

to send a security patch to these customised versions.

2

Apple, on the other hand, controls iOS.

So it can just update all their iPhones with a new version to cover any security loophole.

iOS has a development tool that is mature.

Xcode, the iOS development platform, is

already on version 7.

It is also easy to use compared with Google’s Android Studio, which is

still on its second version.3

We tried both platforms in porting our legacy software and

Xcode is more stable and easier to use than Android Studio. By a long shot.

Steve Job’s obsession to perfection and details permeated even in the tools

that build his beloved apps.

So, there you have it.

In summary, the 3 reasons why I took the iOS path to mobile app

development are :

iOS is used by people who

really buy apps.

Business apps require a

stable and secure OS.

iOS has a development tool that is

mature.

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AboutMeAs a software developer, I have always been interested in learning new things regarding technology. In how I can share what I’ve learned specially to others with professions outside my field. 

This interest became a passion as I see a lot of people using technology in their daily lives but have no idea how it works. Much less how it was build. Sadly, almost all of us are mere consumers.

My previous blogs and those to follow will try to convince everybody, in my own small way, to learn how to code. How to become creators of technology.

http://www.kontakios.com

Now what?This is part of a series of posts trying to

convince you to be a coder.

Hope you are ready, grasshopper.

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