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Show HN: App vs. Website: Should you build an app or a website?

4 pointsby mikaelchoover 9 years ago

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mikaelchoover 9 years ago
Hey everyone,<p>I&#x27;m Mikael, founder of Crew (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;crew.co" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;crew.co</a>) and Unsplash (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;unsplash.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;unsplash.com</a>). Before starting these sites, I was an independent designer and I&#x27;d often get the question from potential clients, &quot;Should I make an app, website, or both?&quot;<p>While mobile might seem like the obvious choice because of how it&#x27;s changing the world, building an app might not be best decision for every particular situation. Granted, down the line a mobile app may make sense. I don’t discount where technology is headed. But a mobile app might not be where you need to start.<p>The decisions depends on a variety of factors like your long-term goals for your idea, your features, and your budget, etc. Thinking through all these variables can make the decision harder.<p>To help make it easier to consider the tradeoffs between building an app or website, I took all the questions I used to ask potential clients and made this tool called (perhaps, unsurprisingly) App vs Website.<p>It walks you through a few &#x27;yes&#x27; or &#x27;no&#x27; questions and in a minute or so, you have an answer.<p>I hope this helps give potential clients a better idea if they should start by building an app or a website based on their specific situation.<p>If you have any thoughts, I&#x27;ll be around to hop in on any comments.<p>Thanks for taking a look.<p>Mikael<p>If you&#x27;re curious, here&#x27;s how we made it: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;backstage.crew.co&#x2F;announcing-app-vs-website&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;backstage.crew.co&#x2F;announcing-app-vs-website&#x2F;</a>
camillomillerover 9 years ago
Well, if I say that my budget is below 10k USD I just get redirected to a website. I understand the rationale, but there&#x27;s plenty of apps that you could build with, say 9k$ :D
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