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| Industry | Making phone apps without programming |
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| Founded | 2015[1] |
| Founder | Arun Saigal and Weihua Li[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | www |
Thunkable is a website that does not need programming knowledge where people can create apps for phones for iOS[a] and Android[3], as well as web apps. It was founded in 2015 by Arun Saigal and Weihua James Li. It has two versions, the older "Thunkable Classic"[b] and the newer[3] "Thunkable X" (styled as Thunkable ✕) which has two interfaces, Snap to Place (StP) and Drag & Drop (DnD).
Thunkable has its main office in San Francisco, California.[2]
History
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Thunkable is based on the App Inventor project[1], which began at Google Research and MIT (as of 2010). People who made Thunkable worked on App Inventor as MIT students.[4][5] It was founded in 2015 by Arun Saigal and WeiHua Li. Before, there was only one version, the "classic" version. Later, Thunkable X was made, a successor to Thunkable Classic.
In 2018, it was said that people can use a custom branding on how their logo looks like in a phone's home screen and when the app is loading, with PRO, a paid plan.[6]
In 2019, Thunkable Classic was said that it is retiring and people cannot sign up to Thunkable Classic. But people who signed up before still can use Thunkable Classic. [7] From 2020 and then on, Thunkable Classic was completely discontinued, thus deleting any apps that used classic and completely moving on towards Thunkable X.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
But the documents for the new UI released later, in 2021.[8]
In 2022, Thunkable announced more than 3 000 000 users and $30M in a Series B funding.[9]
Features
change- App Store and Google Play Store Publishing, along with APK download
- Web Apps, Web Apps in iFrame, Response Web Apps, announced in March 2020.[7]
- Live Testing, a way to preview how their Thunkable apps are on a physical device without installing it.[10][c]
- In-App payments, a way to make money for the developer(s) by paying to the app.
- Custom branding
- Custom font Importing
- Tablet View
- Note that some features require PRO, like custom branding.
- Integrations like Airtable and Figma (below)
- Converting StP to DnD apps ( For pro only )
Integrations
changeThe following are integrations available with Thunkable.[4]
- Cloudinary, used for uploading media such as photos
- Airtable, Firebase, and Google Sheets, which are database platforms.
- Webflow, a SaaS application that allows designers to build responsive websites with browser-based visual editing software.
- Xano
- Figma
- Termly
- Web Viewer, an integrated browser for viewing webpages
- APIs, application programming interfaces
- AdMob, used for displaying advertising in the application.
Other websites
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change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Thunkable". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Thunkable - Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Thunkable Classic is Retiring -- What you need to know - Announcements - Community". Thunkable Community. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Thunkable: Best no code app builder | No code app creation". Thunkable. Retrieved 2023-01-28.[original research?]
- ↑ Winn, Zach (16 January 2019). "Democratizing app development | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology". MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Unknown Surname, Albert (October 2018). "Latest Thunkable PRO Release - Remove Thunkable Branding from Initial Screen - Announcements - Community". Thunkable Community. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "🎉 New Thunkable ✕ PRO Feature: Publish your Project as a Web App 2020-03-11". Thunkable Community. 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Unknown surname, Jane (12 April 2021). "Thunkable Drag and Drop Docs are Here! - Announcements - Community". Thunkable Drag and Drop Docs are Here! - Announcements - Community. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ↑ "Thunkable Announces 3M+ Users and $30M in Series B Funding". PRWeb. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Thunkable Live - Apps on Google Play". Google Play Store. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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