Appetizer Mobile

I am the sole creator of this manifesting daily journal routine! It is a simple three step routine for maintaining good mental balance and also manifesting things into your life!

I wanted Appetizer to turn my gratitude / self-love formula into a mobile journal application!

The goal was to create something simple but with pizzazz to entice users to get in touch with self-love and manifesting their desires!!

I found them online somehow and their site jumped out at me!

It’s a mobile application that allows users to journal each day and it is pin protected for privacy! The journal entries are saved and there are encouraging messages when you submit each daily entry!

Just me and the development team which consisted of like 3 people I believe!

The app is perfect and even better than I imagined!!!!!!!

It was 10/10! They were very responsive and flexible

I liked the creativity that they added to my initial project!

Nope!

I am the co-founder of a mobile matchmaking/dating app that offers an entirely new experience for daters. The app allows singles to enjoy the support of a matchmaker, often a user who is already in a committed relationship. The app also offers a gaming environment for the matchmaker and continuously rewards the user via improved rankings.

Since we ran into some issues with our original developer, we hired Appetizer to fix existing bugs in our app and help with development.

Appetizer was recommended by a friend in the industry. We spoke to some of their current clients, who had very positive things to say about them. After meeting with Appetizer, we knew they were the right team.

Initially, they spent a few weeks identifying issues and debugging the app. Since then, they’ve focused on implementing additional features and improving existing ones.

Our project manager is our main point of contact. We’ve also worked with several backend and frontend developers as well as someone who handles QA.

Our customers used to point out a lot of bugs in the app, but since we started working with Appetizer, these issues have drastically decreased. We are still finalizing the development, but we are confident that the app will function smoothly when we do a major push to get users.

It has been a very collaborative process. They listen to our needs, provide solutions, and take our feedback into account. We either email through Teamwork or have status calls. During the initial development phase, their project manager responded to emails in a timely manner and did a good job of relaying things from the developers. He also sent updates every Friday and kept us informed if the team was falling behind, which rarely happened.

I’m impressed with their expertise in developing mobile apps. Plus, they have been incredibly patient in explaining complicated topics. I feel confident about recommending them to others.

It would have been useful to have more face-to-face meetings. Fortunately, their output has always been excellent.

I am the co-founder of a mobile app startup in the restaurant and hospitality industry. Our company is based in the Philadelphia area. We have less than 10 employees.

We had a thorough understanding of the target market, relationships within the industry, and expressed interest in our product concept. However, we lacked the knowledge, expertise, and capital necessary to develop the mobile app.

At the time we engaged with Appetizer Mobile, we had already defined the proposed product features and prepared a detailed business plan. Appetizer Mobile is now developing our iOS app and providing industry consulting. We plan to develop an Android version after the initial launch phase.

With a limited pool of app developers in the Philadelphia area, we decided to search for a partner in New York. We interviewed a number of firms, looking for one that could assist us with our strategy in addition to developing the app. We found ourselves coming across two types of firms in general. Smaller, less-established firms were willing to develop our app at a discount but lacked the track record we wanted. In contrast, the higher-end, more established companies had a few big names under their belts. However, most firms in the latter category were outside our budget and had a “take it or leave it” attitude in our negotiations.

The cost of Appetizer Mobile's work has been about $50,000 so far. The overall cost is expected to be around $250,000 for the fully developed iOS app platform.

We started working with Appetizer Mobile in June 2016. The UX/UI and prototype phases have been completed. We're now moving on to the investment stage.

We have not yet launched the product, but we're very happy with the development work completed thus far. It's exciting to see our idea come to life. At the end of the day, everything was completed to our liking, on budget, and on schedule.

There have been many conference calls and message posts to refine the product. My partner and I had no experience in the development world, so we had a big learning curve. Appetizer Mobile was patient with us. At the same time, they gave pushback when we were going off-track or deviating from industry norms. There's been a good balance of patience and guidance.

They are more focused on the long-term potential for success rather than short-term gains from development fees, and that's exactly what we're looking for. Instead of "Take-it-or-leave-it," their attitude was "This is a great idea. How can we make this work?"

There were a few instances during our back-and-forth when Appetizer Mobile didn't address a comment or question, so we had to reference them again. This is not a reflection of the Appetizer Mobile team being sloppy—it’s just a normal part of the collaborative process. There was simply a lot going on.

Clients need to interview as many firms as they can. Not only will this give them a better idea of who's out there, but they will get a tremendous amount of valuable feedback on their idea. Like many startups and entrepreneurs, we were very hesitant to share our idea with others when we first started out. But we soon realized in order to get the project done right, we needed to see what was out there. Protect your idea, sign NDAs [non-disclosure agreements], get out there, and educate yourself. If we hadn’t expanded our search, we would have chosen another firm without even meeting Appetizer Mobile. I have no doubt that we made the right decision in choosing a partner to build our business.

I develop apps as a side job. I have three projects with Appetizer Mobile at this time.

I’m in partnership with Appetizer Mobile.

We are developing a game together. Our goal is develop a very high quality entertaining game that is different from anything else. We also want to create a brand for this game.

The original code of the game was horrible and Jordan [Edelson, founder and CEO of Appetizer Mobile] said it wouldn’t be worth the money to fix it. He brought in new ideas that raised the bar, and we became partners in this project. I meet with Jordan every week.

I had this idea for a game in 2013. I went to another company, and it did not work out. I wanted to turn the project into something positive. I went to several companies, and they were not interested. Jordan listened to me and was willing to get into the details of the code.

The original work was $50,000 to $200,000.

Hopefully, it will be released in January [of 2015].

It’s not launched yet, so I can’t answer that at this point.

Yes, absolutely satisfied. I loved what they have done. They have gone above and beyond. Every status meeting I see progress.

The point people working on the project are easily accessible. They are very responsive. The status meetings aren’t just about how the project is going, but they show everything they’ve done for that week. After a failed attempt with another company developing this game, Jordan is never condescending. He always explains things no matter how many times he has to repeat himself until you’re comfortable with the idea. He and his staff take an idea and it explodes. He’s got a very talented team behind him.

No.

It’s just a single app startup company. The best way to describe it would be a social media app. It has different facets, different features. I am the founder.

I wanted them to create the front end for me, and we did that.

They just did the UX/UI [user experience/user interface]. I did want them to do the back-end, the code, but it was too expensive. The quote they gave me was a bit too high.

I Googled different app sites, and I think they were number 10 or 12. They fell within my price range, and they were highly rated. I think it was on your site.

For the UX/UI, it cost around $50,000. For the coding, they quoted about $350,000, but they didn’t do that part.

Their part was completed in May of 2014.

It’s brilliant. They listened to everything I wanted. They suggested stuff for the parts I wasn’t quite sure about. They were great to work with. I’m very happy with the results. If I do raise the money, I will definitely use them again. They were perfect for me.

No. My partner handles the financials. I don’t have them.

I haven’t used any other companies so it’s tough for me to answer. I think they are definitely above average based on my positive experience.

No.