(Newswire.net — January 5, 2016) —
Big and small companies are constantly looking for ways on how adjust to the quickly changing mobile world and use these changes for their business development. They realize the importance of giving smartphone and tablet access to their line-of-business applications, as well as the importance of having their own enterprise-to-customer software programs. It goes without saying that such apps should be compatible with multiple devices, as customers give preference to different devices and operating systems. This is where cross platform development tools come into play.
The number of mobile cross platform development tools for enterprises has significantly increased in recent years. It is quite clear that each has its pros and cons. However, which tools are truly the best ones and deserve your attention? Here are 5 most powerful and popular tools for mobile cross platform development.
Xamarin
Xamarin is truly one of the best tools on the market and the number of enterprises choosing it for their projects is growing by leaps and bounds. For the moment it has over 45 million dollars of investments. Hardly anyone can deny that Xamarin is the best choice when it comes to the development of large and complicated apps. The release of Xamarin 2 is yet another prove that it is an ideal solution for enterprises, looking for an efficient mobile cross-platform development tool.
PhoneGap
This is the nearest competitor of Xamarin. This open-source tool is owned by Adobe. It offers a number of extremely powerful features that are highly praised by developers all across the world. Perhaps the best thing about PhoneGap (except a rich set of powerful features it offers) is that is is available for free. For the moment Adobe is working on the enterprise version of their tool and its trial beta version is already available.
iFactr
This is a real catch for companies, looking for an easy to use tool that offers a quick way of building applications for their mobile workers. One the the best things about iFactr is that it is very easy to understand and learn. Otherwise speaking, developers can grasp the basic principles of its usage within a few days of training. Another valuable advantage of this tool are its solid prototyping features.
5App
This is one of the newest mobile cross platform development tools, however it has quickly proven its efficiency and reliability. 5App allows building native Android and iOS applications using JavaScript and HTML5.
Alpha Anywhere
This enterprise-focused tool uses JavaScript and HTML5 and allows building applications for virtually all popular mobile platforms, as well as for Macs and PCs. The usage of Alpha Anywhere
will cost you about 2 thousand dollars a year. Its trial version is also paid and costs 199 dollars a month.
If you are unsure of which tool to deploy consider using a software development company, with experience in using various mobile cross-platform development tools, such as outsource software developers FreeZe Pro.