100 Tools to Develop the Next Killer iOS or Android App

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RANDOM + NOTEWORTHY TOOLS

1. Tapjoy - Drive more installs and boost your revenue.
2. Vungle – Video trailers for your app.
3. Skala Preview – Sends lossless, color-accurate previews to any iOS device.
4. Apptopia – Buy and sell app ownership.
5. appbackr – Get your apps funded or profit from funding apps.
6. Ooomf – Create a beautiful landing page for your iPhone app in minutes.
7. App Annie - App store analytics and market intelligence.
8. Mopapp – App store analytics.
9. Pieceable – Make your iOS apps work in the browser.
10. Chupa – The marketplace for buying/selling mobile app components.
11. Distimo - Providing valuable insight into the app store marketplace.
12. Appsfunder - Fund your development. Build up customers. Keep ownership.
13. PlayHaven – Mobile game LTV maximization platform and cross-promotion.
14. Appstores.com – White label app store and distribution platform.
15. Cloudmine – Stop writing backends for your mobile apps.

DIY (NO CODING) APP CREATION TOOLS

1. Cabana - The visual way to make gorgeous custom mobile apps. *RG
2. Mobile Roadie - Full CMS, no coding app builder for iOS and Android.
3. Appafolio – 100% native apps, content caching for offline viewing and more.
4. AppMakr – Point and click solution for building rich content based apps.
5. RareWire – DIY app creation studio. Coming soon.
6. GameSalad Creator – Create, test and publish your own game. Drag and drop.
7. Bizness Apps – Mobile apps for businesses made easy.
8. WebMobi – Create a mobile web app in minutes. Many features.
9. SwebApps – An easy way to build your app in minutes.
10. TapLynx – Create an app from your website in minutes.
11. AppBreeder – “The online iPhone app builder.”
12. App Press – Build iOS apps without coding.
13. Dapp – The app design app. WYSIWYG editor with 100% money back guarantee.

DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT & ANALYTICS PLATFORMS

1. Parse – Add a powerful and scalable backend to your app in minutes.
2. Appboy - User engagement, CRM, analytics and more.
3. Flurry - Analytics, traffic acquisition and monetization.
4. Mixpanel - Mobile analytics. Actions speak louder than page views.
5. Scoreloop – Cross-platform mobile gaming SDK. Virtual currency and more.
6. PhoneGap – Open source HTML5 framework that supports 7 platforms.
7. Kontagent - User analytics for the mobile web.
8. Appcelerator – Mobile app platform for building on Android, iOS and mobile web.
9. Kendo UI Mobile – Build HTML5 apps that look native on any device.
10. Appoxee - Making mobile app engagement easy, effective and trackable.
11. Localytics – Powerful tools and actionable insights.
12. Precog – Harness the power of big data to build smarter apps.
13. Apsalar – Allows mobile publishers to analyze, optimize and monetize.
14. Sencha – HTML5 framework for mobile devies.
15. Flow – Build real-time apps faster, better, smarter.
16. Game Closure – Offer a JavaScript game SDK. Runs on mobile/tablet devices.
17. StackMob – Robust and flexible end-to-end HTML5 platform.
18. Claritics – Intelligent analytics for mobile app developers.
19. Tiggzi – Cloud-based mobile app builder.
20. Capptain – Combines analytics and CRM features.
21. Placed – The Placed SDK enables location analytics for your app.
22. GENWI - Cloud publishing for mobile.

MOCKUP AND UI DESIGN TOOLS

1. App Cooker - Advanced iOS mockup generator for mobile applications.
2. Proto.io – Silly-fast mobile prototyping.
3. Mockabilly – App for creating mockups on iPhone.
4. UI Stencils – Stencils, sketch pads and accessories for UI design.
5. Interface – Mockup and prototyping app for iPhone/iPad.
6. justinmind – Rich interactive wireframes to define mobile apps.
7. UXPin – User experience design tools for professionals.
8. Symbolicons - Simple, precise and awesome vector icons.
9. Prototypes – Turn your stackable designs into a tappable iPhone prototype.
10. Blueprint – An iPad app for mocking up iPad/iPhone applications.
11. Mobility – A free set of mobile UI design elements.
12. Android GUI Set – Free Android GUI set including Photoshop files.

MOBILE ADS + MONETIZATION

1. iAd – A significant revenue stream for iOS developers.
2. Millenial Media - Monetization solutions for mobile app developers.
3. inneractive – Mobile advertising and marketing.
4. Burstly – Empowers developers and enables them to make more money.
5. Airpush – Push ad network. Android app monetization.
6. Medialets – Mobile rich media advertising.
7. xAd – Local mobile ads.
8. madvertise – European mobile advertising marketplace.
9. Pontiflex – Mobile performance advertising.
10. WHERE Ads – Deliver relevant local ads to your audience.
11. Jumptap – Targeted mobile advertising.
12. Tapgage – Mobile interstitial ads (also has a “click exchange” for driving traffic).

TEST, REFINE AND GET FEEDBACK

1. Apptentive – Easy in-app feedback for iPhone application developers. *RG
2. Apphance – Instant, accurate and complete mobile testing.
3. Crashlytics - Powerful yet lightweight crash reporting for iOS and Android.
4. StartUpLift – Submit your startup. Get featured. Get feedback.
5. Crittercism – Gives you real-time, actionable crash reports for mobile apps.
6. BetaBait – Find beta users and testers.
7. BugSense – Crash reports for Android, WP and iOS apps.
8. FieldTest - Currently in private beta.
9. iPad GUI PSD – A free vector iPad GUI set.
10. uTest – End-to-end software testing.
11. Truevoo – Submit iPhone apps for users to review.

APP PROMOTION & MARKETING

1. apptap - App search, recommendations and marketing.
2. AppCod.es - iOS app store SEO and marketing.
3. Appency - Professional mobile application marketing.
4. App.net - Market your mobile apps with beauty, strength and intelligence.
5. Chartboost - Succeed in the app store through cross-promotion.
6. Appular - iPhone application marketing and public relations.
7. Appia - An open app marketplace with over 32k developers.
8. App Store Optimization - SEO for mobile apps.
9. AppCircus - The global open app showcase platform.
10. buzzdoes - App marketing and distribution tool.

ENHANCE APP FUNCTIONALITY

1. PubNub - Blazingly fast cloud-hosted messaging service for real-time apps.
2. Xtify - Push notifications for iOS, Android and Blackberry devices.
3. Lookio - Live in-app support for mobile applications.
4. CENZIC - Solutions for mobile application security.
5. SecureUDID - A UDUD solution that’s secure and respects privacy.
6. Verious - A mobile app component marketplace.
7. ZooZ - Start accepting secure in-app payments within minutes.
8. Applingua - iOS app localization (translation) service.
9. Trestle - Powerful cloud services for your mobile apps.

OTHER AND MISCELLANEOUS

1. Interstate – Plan and share development progress using roadmaps.
2. Mobile Orchard – The iPhone app developer’s blog.
3. Appolocious - Discover iPhone and iPad apps. A Yahoo directory.
4. Orientation to Android Training – Official Android classes.
5. StackOverflow - Question and answer site for programmers.
6. Tap2Print – Monetize your photo/image app.
7. StartApp – Get paid for your Android app downloads.
8. AppLover – Helping build amazing applications.
9. BlueStacks – Run Android apps on Windows.

FOOTNOTES

Thanks to Doron Sherman from PubNub for suggesting I add a post navigation via email.

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