An app can be a home-cooked meal

Your ‘App’ Could Have Been a Webpage (so I fixed it for you…)

I was asked to install a mobile app to get access to the itinerary of a trip to Disneyland I'm taking with the kids. Fuck that noise: couldn't it have just been a Web page? An hour of reverse-engineering later, it is, and it's superior in virtually every way to the "app" that it replaces.

App Croissant - Cross-Posting – App Store

Baixe o app Croissant - Cross-Posting de Innoveghtive Inc. a partir da App Store. Veja capturas de tela, classificações e avaliações, dicas de usuários e mais…

Co-creation process of an app for people with rare diseases - a citizen science approach

Background Rare diseases affect a small percentage of the population, leading to challenges such as delayed diagnoses and limited treatment options. Mobile health technologies offer solutions to improve patient outcomes, yet their application in rare diseases remains underexplored. The German citizen science project SelEe created a customizable app for the self-management of rare diseases through a co-creation process that involved patients with such conditions. Methods The project consisted of three phases. In Phase 1, 9 to 68 patients or relatives of patients participated in workshops to define research topics and app requirements. Phase 2 involved a core research team of nine patients and researchers who iteratively developed the app, released in March 2023. Phase 3 focused on evaluating the app’s usage and usability through an in-app survey conducted from March 2023 to February 2024. We utilized descriptive statistics to evaluate app usage and employed the mHealth App Usability Questionnaire to assess usability. Results The SelEe app offers the possibility to create and store data in a personalized health diary. Patients can create their own templates or use templates which were defined by the core research team. Users can record findings (e.g. blood test results) and export data using different graphs and formats. Furthermore, the app supports blind users. The app was downloaded 3040 times and 1456 users registered, with 1967 unique diseases entered. 50.7% of the diseases were rare, 30.5% non-rare, and 18.8% were classified as suspected, undefined, or symptoms. A total of 1223 valid user profiles were analyzed for app usage and demographics. Furthermore, 432 users qualified for the in-app survey by making at least one health diary entry, and 117 participated. The app was rated with an overall usability score of 5.19 out of 7. While the app’s health diary function was frequently used, other functionalities like findings and data export were less utilized. Feedback highlighted the need for improved usability and additional features. Conclusions The study highlights active patient engagement in developing a mobile health app for individuals with rare diseases. Although improvements are necessary for broader acceptance, the app is promising for the management of rare diseases. Supplementary information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13023-025-04140-1.

Roost - Social Connection App

Join the waitlist for Roost, the messaging app where birds travel in real-time based on distance.

Apps are too complex so maybe features should be ownable and tradable

Posted on Friday 29 Apr 2022. 1,955 words, 12 links. By Matt Webb.

WAFRN | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

The social network that respects you

Beeper — All your chats in one app

Get the most popular messaging services, all in a single app. WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram, Telegram, and more.

Social apps | at-store

Social-layer apps focused on posting, discovery, conversation, and relationship-building across the network.

grain.social/native

Grain flutter app

are pwas cooked?

I’m 45 years old and using cooked to mean something that it never meant. I don’t know when it happened, but it’s out there along with vibe. Anyway… This post is all personal opinion. Before we go too deep, I just want to ground some of this article in the definition of a PWA. MDN has a good overview. “A progressive web app (PWA) is an app that’s built using web platform technologies, but that provides a user experience like that of a platform-specific app.”

Last week at Unternet: Build systems, a new look & ATmosphere

With Web Applets 0.2 out in the world (if you haven't seen it yet, check out our demo!), our attention is focused solely on getting an early copy of our client into your hands. Recently, I heard this described as "ChatGPT but with apps", or as our designer Ryan simply puts it: "it has hands".

I keep turning my Google Sheets into phone-friendly webapps, and I can’t stop

How I tackled takeout, spices, and meal ideas with spreadsheets and Glide.

recipe.exchange - Share Your Recipes

A simple, clutter-free way to discover and share your favorite recipes.