Starbucks is one of the biggest chains of coffee stores ever. They launched their order-and-pay mobile app in 2009. 

The Starbucks loyalty program is one of the most effective triggers for customers to make purchases in Starbucks. Their customers don’t only drink coffee; they play a game and earn rewards that they can spend on goods.

Now we’ll speak about the main features you need to implement in your coffee application to make it useful, attractive, and competitive.

• Payment system
• Augmented reality
• Shop Locator
• Now Playing

Today we will look at the dating apps and answer how to develop an app like Tinder/

Did you know that 20% of all the current couples have found their perfect match on a dating website?

Among the long line all the resources for online dating stand-in, there are a few products that stand out of the crowd — they are Tinder, Badoo, and Happn.

This spark worked - there are around 50 million in-app-regulars worldwide.

US Celebrities like Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio have announced to use Tinder app in a press which resulted in a massive public engagement.

There're a few stages: 

• Business Analysis
• Market Research
• Choosing a revenue model
• Prototyping & Design
• Development 

Today we look at the first steps you should take to start your mobile app.

If you want to start developing an application, you should know why do you make it, for who, and how to make money with it.

Let's start with revenue models.

Revenue models are ways for you to make money with your application.

So, what are the most popular models?

Paid applicationPaid Subscriptions Freemium Advertisements In-app purchases This choice depends on your Target audience.

Today we will see all the aspects and challenges of car rental app development.

In the very beginning, let's have a look at challenges you can face in the car rental business:Tough competition Brand AwarenessAlso, you should research the market to investigate your competitors and understand the market situation.

Let's see your competitors in the car rental app field.

There areHertzTuroAvisThan we should make the list of features for an MVP version of car rental app: Simple registrationPersonal profiles Dashboard and booking featuresPayment system integration, online payments Built-in messengerMore on this topic you can find here: https://themindstudios.com/blog/car-rental-app-development/

When you come to a software development company with app ideas, you’ll be assigned a project manager.

Let’s go through some particular responsibilities of the project manager and see why you need a professional when creating your app.

Brainstorming with your IT project manager is a way to find that uniqueness and let it bloom, since a professional PM can offer insights based on experience acquired over the years.

A good IT project manager knows their way around all parts of the development process and can mitigate risks, add valuable opinions, and research the best options for a successful start.

The reasons vary: you can have an “AHA!” moment when perfect ideas dawn on you that you just know will propel you to the top of the App Store charts; there might be a shift in the market when a new player enters your segment; a new technology might be released that’s just what your product needs; testing by you and your development company might bring unexpected results, either good or bad.

Control at every stage is the only way to manage unexpected issues and implement changes without missing deadlines.

Pocket doctor applications help people skip lines in waiting rooms and receive medical consultations at the most convenient time.

Patients can communicate with healthcare providers through text messages or live video chat and get diagnoses, prescriptions, lab test results, and more.

The global mHealth market is expected to reach $112 billion by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 44.2% according to the report by Grand View Research, Inc.

We’ll consider the most popular doctor scheduling applications on the mHealth market in the US.

The following section talks about the main features of selected applications for booking doctors’ appointments and considers business models and revenue streams.

Founded in 2007, ZocDoc raised $3 million in a Series A round of financing led by Khosla Ventures (August 18, 2008), $15 million in a Series B (July 14, 2010), $75 million in a Series C (September 22, 2011), and $130 million in a final round of funding (August 20, 2015).

The first thing you should do when developing a marketplace platform is determining benefits you will offer to your customers.

There could be: Best qualityBest valueMust-haveLuxury and aspirationThen you should understand some features that can attract customers to your product.

This is necessary if you want to stand out from the crowd: DiscountsLoyalty programsFree shippingGuaranteed refundsPersonal offersGift cardsMore on this topic, in this article: https://themindstudios.com/blog/how-to-make-marketplace-app-like-letgo/ 

For this very reason, the field of mobile and web applications is growing today.

The first stage is conducting business analysis.

This is needed to understand the concept of your application, make idea evaluation, and find the target audience.

You can define your target user by these features:  GenderAgeIncome levelEducationFamily statusProfessionSolvency levelMain interestsHere you can read about the development stages on the example of a shopping application: https://themindstudios.com/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-build-a-shopping-app-like-wish/Then your challenge is to research the market.

This allows you to find your competitors and understand the market situation.

Once you find your competitors, you should explore their AdvantagesDisadvantages Unique Value Propositions Revenue Models The next step is to make prototypes.

By launching a mobile application, you become part of a global market estimated in the billions of dollars.

Define the target audience for a new mobile app based on its type

Before you define your target audience, consider the category your application belongs to, since this can significantly narrow the search and help you to identify your ideal target customer from the first attempt.

• Entertainment
• Travel
• Business
• Social applications
• Food
• Sports
• Education
• News
• Shopping
• Games

There are dozens of various photo and video editors, offering a wide range of services, including the social network option.

The Instagram sharing app system on iOS consists out of several functions which include:

• Authorization via email or Facebook account
• User profile settings and information + notifications
• Image/video sharing and editing (using various filters/ layouts/ settings)
• Newsfeed
• Direct - in-built messaging chat (added in 2013 in order to contest with Snapchat-like messengers)

Also, you should pay attention to these cornerstones of photo-sharing app: 

1. The Post
2. The User
3. The Message
4. User-generated Content
5. Streaming
6. IGTV

Today we will see how to make a messenger.

To start with, you should understand how messengers work.

There are 2 main ways of work: HTTP + Push Notifications, where you are notified once you get a message, and the server responds back to you once you open an app itself.Extensive Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) with Sockets-based chat.

Also, if we speak about the secure chat app, you should know how to provide security.

The most popular method is end-to-end encryption.

You send a message, it gets encoded on your device and is transferred to the server that brings it to the final recipient.

Ability to motivate yourself (results sharing), and an ability to praise yourself as well - if you perform better than others, you can become a King/Queen of the Mountain

The sense of security & inclusion Strava provides by gathering like-minded people

Before launching anything, you should carefully analyze your concept - by asking questions like “What does my product bring to the market?

The first thing we should perform is to evaluate an idea 

Every great idea had to go through this process, otherwise, it has higher chances to fail.

It includes a few stages:

• Business analysis
• Market & competitors research
• Unique Value Proposition
• Prototyping & Testing & feedback

There is an important question because in general making revenue is the main goal of developing the application.

There are many ways to make money with your mobile app.

This is good for well-known apps when developers sure their product will buy.

Also, you can make your app paid if this has a unique features that is not available in free alternatives.

Interesting statistic, that free apps make more revenue that free applications.

This is the simplest way to make money on your free app but you need to have some number of users to allow your app to be attractive for the advertisers.

There are some stages you should do to create a perfect design for your application.

You should research design trends to create a relevant application.

This helps you to structures your ideas and minds.Finding a Buyer Persona.

The design of your application directly depends on who is your potential user.Navigation Concept.

This allows you to understand all the cause-effect relationships between screens.