6 DIY Mobile App Development Platforms

Do you have a tight budget for mobile app development to reach out to your target audience? No need to worry about the high app development charges anymore. Now you can develop a mobile app on your own. As the mobile app market grows, the demand for cheap app development services also increases, and a few companies come with their platforms. These platforms are quite easy to use and don't require technical knowledge, meaning anyone can develop an mobile app easily and quickly.

Using app development platforms, you can save your money as well as time. No need to contact a good developer and tell them about your requirements. Developing an app with these platforms is like drag and drop. This leads to saving your time as well as money.

Here are some of the useful DIY app development platforms…

Appy Pie
Price: Plans start Free and go up to $33 per month for Platinum

This is a cloud-based DIY mobile app development tool enabling users to create an app without programming skills for Windows, Android, and iOS, and publish it to Google Play or iTunes. No need to install or download -- just drag and drop pages to create your own mobile app online. Once it's complete, you receive an HTML5-based hybrid app that works with all platforms, including Blackberry.

Appery.io
Price: Plans start at Free and go up to $180 per month for Premium

The cloud-based mobile app builder lets you create apps for Android, iOS and Windows Phone, and includes Apache Cordova (Phone Gap) with access to its built-in components. Without installing or downloading, you can get started quickly. It includes a visual editor using drag and drop components to build the UI. You can connect to any REST API and use it in your app, and instantly add a cloud database and backend to your app if you need to store data.

AppMachine
Price: Plans are monthly or yearly for a Plus or Pro app, starting at $49 a month. (Reseller) Bundles are available starting with 3 apps for $99 and 30 apps for $300, which means $10 per app including a white label CMS, white label apps and a white label previewer.

AppMachineThis platform enables to build and design professional native apps for both iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8 . Using the drag-and-drop interface, you can combine different building blocks that offer a variety of features, such as information, photos, and video. You can design the app in your own unique style and choose your navigation paths, colors, fonts, and icons, taking complete control of layout and watching your progress using the Previewer. The building blocks also let you link your app to Facebook, Twitter, or online stores. The pros can add web services and add javascript.

AppMakr
Price: Plans start at Free and go up to a $99 one-time fee for Self-Publish

The app creation platform lets you develop iOS, Android, and HTML5 apps. You can make as many apps as you want, with unlimited updates, and utilize a number of features, including push notifications, high-resolution photo galleries, live updates, music and video streaming, chat rooms, Google Maps integration, shared events calendars, in-app shopping, and much more.

InstaAppy
Price: Subscription plans start at Rs. 42000

Instappy is powered by its self-developed Content Management System (CMS), which is equipped to handle updates, app customization, analytics, notifications, etc. It comes with a dual backup system where data is mirrored in a secondary cloud server with restricted access in addition to the inscription.

Check out Instappy hands-on