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Kevin William David
Lightwell — Make mobile apps without writing code
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Filippo Mursia
I'm the only one who think this seems cool but extremely expensive? Also the Indie account, $99/month
Suzanne Xie
@mrdobelina Noted! We heard helpful feedback from early users and have updated pricing to be more accessible for indie creators and artists: https://lightwell.pro/product/pr...
Greg Wood
$499 a month? This seems more about animation of artwork rather than robust logic. I'd like to assume there's much more for that price, but details seem to be limited to positioning the product as animation w/o coding. How does this compare to Buildbox (which I use) for $100/month? What about Ad support, in-app purchase, ability to access code (should you need), publishing details, etc? Couldn't find data on site.
Suzanne Xie
@gregwoodcould We have updated pricing here: https://lightwell.pro/product/pr... Currently, we don't support ads or in-app purchases, but are working on opening up access to code to add those features in. A published Lightwell app can be open, run and published directly in Xcode.
Ievgen Lisevsky
Will there be a version app for iPad Pro in the near future?
Cameron Banowsky
yeah im sick of this build an X without code...it's not the same
Jim Canto
@cbanowsky the low-code/no-code movement is not going to stop. However, as someone who is building a business helping others realize THEY CAN build stuff without code, at my root, I am making certain it is clearly understood that we (low-cod/no-code builders/creators) can't build stuff without tools written by those who DO write code. In other words; There is NO replacement for software engineers. There is only a shift due to what can be assembled with low-cod/no-code tools (even if the resulting product is "not the same" as custom software.) We don't exist without you. But I don't see an end to the shift.
Cameron Banowsky
@jimcanto agree with you on this one actually. I do like seeing people more active in technology (generally) I just see this shift in a fundamental understanding of scope and by having such a movement people's expectations of what they deem intangible (software), the bar will be lowered not raised for developers and engineers unless they want to enter this specific space.
Paul James
I think the product description should be: "Make mobile games without writing code" rather than "apps"
joshua
@thinkinpixels well, from what i can tell, you can make either apps or games, it just depends on how you use it
Tanishq Sharma
@thinkinpixels Absolutely, my initial intent to open the listing was to check out the development on business apps.
Suzanne Xie
@thinkinpixels Hi Paul! You can build any type of interactive, animated app in Lightwell (interactive stories, comics, games, etc). The power is in creating it through a visual GUI instead of in code. Would love to hear what you think if you try it. Thanks!
Paul James
@suzannexie got it, in that case I would maybe look at the message of your site. Seems like a powerful tool, from the homepages I think app developers would be put off thinking it was a gaming tool (like me) :)
eboy
This looks incredible!!!!!
Suzanne Xie
@eboy Thanks Eric! would love to see your work come to life in Lightwell -- email me suzanne@lightwell.pro and we'll get you set up.
Jesper Henriksen
Looks great! Is there somewhere to see examples of what others have built with Lightwell?
Suzanne Xie
@jespersiger For now, you can see some examples and templates here: https://lightwell.pro/product/re... (We'll add more examples soon! In the meantime, you can look up "Hullabalu" apps in the App Store to see what's possible with Lightwell).
Csaba Kissi
Looks promising
Stan Podolski
My experience suggests that free (or codeless in that case) is either requires much more money or much more work. You can pick 1 of the 2.
Jose Miguel
It will be a nice tool if just made PWA insted of native
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