AppBrick

ToonBrick

AppBrick — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:12:26 +0000

Kids books are colorful, vibrant and animated. They attract and engage kids with stories and cartoons and yet provide valuable learning to them. With everything going digital, Children’s books are not an exception. However, the ebook apps are custom made from each page to each chapter and this makes them costlier. AppBrick looked at this as an opportunity to provide a robust prepackaged solution. This solution would help publishers to create an interactive, fun and engaging kid’s ebook app quickly at less cost without any programming.

In addition to the cost and time effectiveness, the solution provides the publishers and parents with the valuable analytics. These analytics help parents know what their kids are interested in, compare performance with other users and their learning progress. With the help of analytics, publishers can create more robust eBook apps that are aligned with the interests, learning curve and methods best suited for the children. Apart from analytics, ToonBrick also supports third party integration, which is controlled by publishers. Being a platform, it can evolve itself to the needs of publishers, parents and kids by allowing multiple third party apps that would enrich the eBook app. The analytics and the third party app support make the ToonBrick powered eBook apps not only a learning tool but also a complete education platform. For example, the third party app would allow parents to create custom quizzes for their kids and help them monitor their kid’s progress through analytics. Overall, the solution bolsters the creativity and learnability of the children to the next level.

Creating a mobile app is a breeze, especially when you use ToonBrick solution. Our simple three-step process will guide you to create your app without any coding or technical expertise. Once you sign up, you provide the app name, pricing and description. Second step is to select your app design, icons, branding, font etc. Finally, from the dashboard, you can create your book by adding the chapters and its contents. You can also add the animations, audios and features for your book using the dashboard. Now, your custom children’s book app is ready for publishing.

Wait a second, don’t you want to test the app. Well you can test your app by downloading the ToonBrick testing app from the app store. The testing app is published by ToonBrick to allow its users to test the app. Play around with the testing app and once you are satisfied, you can visit the dashboard to review and publish your app. Even after you publish the ebook app, the ToonBrick provides the publishers the flexibility and control to change and modify the app. Once you modify the app from the dashboard, the changes are reflected in the released apps in real time.

Mobile app creation cannot be simpler than this.

BookBrick

AppBrick — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:32:11 +0000

Once thought as a traditional non-tech industry, Book Publishing is now transformed into high tech with the advent of eBooks. While the traditional print business is experience slow growth, the eBooks business is growing at more than 100%. However, when we closely looked at the present eBook solutions, we understood couple of important issues. EBook market is crowded at both low and high end of the spectrum. Low cost, DYI based linear eBook apps that are non-interactive and feature less. Feature rich, interactive enhanced eBook apps that are expensive due to custom build model. We looked at this issue and flipped it across to come with a novel way to provide an eBook solution, that is cost effective and yet enhanced and interactive. Welcome to BookBrick.

BookBrick empowers authors and publishers to create enhanced, interactive and feature rich eBooks apps using non-programming, market ready solutions. The purpose of this solution is to help publishers and authors to connect with the readers directly by providing eBook app that provides 21^st century reading experience to their readers. We define 21^st century reading experience with our features that help readers to share, explore and interact not just with book but also with the outer world seamlessly. Apart from generic features like notes, highlight, we provide advanced feature like author tab to view author’s works, white board to interact with other readers real-time, voice forum, share features and third party app integration. It also provides publishers and authors with the valuable reader analytics to know the readers taste, preferences and likes of their reading. To sum it all, we connect the world with ebook.

Creating a mobile app is a breeze, especially when you use BookBrick solutions. Our simple three-step process will guide you to create your app without any coding or technical expertise. Once you sign up, you provide the app name, pricing and category details. Second step is to select your app design, icons, branding, font etc. The final step is to upload the ebook you want to publish in the app. You can also add the features like author tab, white board, voice foum, discussion forum and third party support in your app. Now, your enhanced 21^st century eBook app is ready for publishing.

Wait a second, don’t you want to test the app. Well you can test it by downloading the BookBrick testing app from the app store. The testing app is published by BookBrick to allow its users to test the app before publishing. Play around with the testing app and once you are satisfied, you can visit the dashboard to review and publish the app.

Mobile app creation cannot be simpler than this.

StoryBrick

AppBrick — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:31:00 +0000

Comics, cartoons and storybooks are once the entertainment and learning tools of kids. However, video games, mobiles and other entertainment media are gradually replacing them. Still, the cartoon and comics characters like superman, Mickey Mouse are alive in children’s mind. AppBrick looked at this as an opportunity to create a unique solution to engage children with the characters and stories they learn from their books and cartoons. StoryBrick is such a unique solution that could improve the creativity and learnability of the children while providing you the channel to connect with your customers (children) closely. StoryBrick is an iPad based storyboard solution that allows children to create their own stories using the characters, backgrounds, and voiceover & text bubbles in the app. The app also allows the children to record, play and share their stories with their friends and family. It also has unique feature known as Hall of Fame that ranks the best stories of the children on each genre based on the public voting. This feature gives excitement and recognition to children for their creation. More than that, it provides you the trends and analytics of children interests in the books and other media. To sum it all, we bring creativity to children.

Creating a mobile app is a breeze, especially when you use StoryBrick solutions. Our simple three-step process will guide you to create your app without any coding or technical expertise. Once you sign up, you provide the app name, pricing and category details. Second step is to select your app design, icons, branding, font etc. The final step is to upload the characters and their corresponding animations, background content that you want in your app. You can also add the features like voice over, story recording and sharing in your app. Now, your custom children storyboard app is ready for publishing.

Wait a second, don’t you want to test the app. Well you can test your app by downloading the StoryBrick testing app from the app store. The testing app is published by StoryBrick to allow its users to test the app. Play around with the testing app and once you are satisfied, you can visit the dashboard to review and publish your app.

Mobile app creation cannot be simpler than this.

VideoBrick

AppBrick — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:29:23 +0000

Have you ever thought that the candidate doesn’t fit the role after you had face to face interview? Sometimes the visual presence of interviewee makes all the difference between hiring or not. This not only applies to recruiting and staffing companies but also to organizations that connect caregivers, nannies, non-profits etc. Video Conference is not the solution as not all concerned parties may be free at the same time. We looked at this issue and came with a novel, simple solution known as VideoBrick. VideoBrick is a non-programming, prepackaged solution to create and share video questionnaire between users right from your website. VideoBrick is a widget based solution that could be integrated to any website at ease. From the website, users can send and receive the video questionnaire. Our solution also provides mobile app, which users can download and use to record their video responses right from their mobile. The responses could be shared viewed and rated right from the widget window. To sum it all, we connect people through time.

Integrating a widget-based solution is a breeze, especially when you use VideoBrick solutions. Our simple two-step process will guide you to add the solution easily. Once you sign up, you can select the widget design, icons and branding to suit your website. The second step would be to obtain your custom widget code and integrate in your website.

Creating a mobile app for your users is simpler with VideoBrick solutions. Our simple two-step process will guide you to create your app without any coding or technical expertise. Once you sign up, you provide the app name, pricing and category details. Second step is to select your app design, icons, branding, font etc. Now, your custom tour guide app is ready for publishing.

Wait a second, don’t you want to test the app. Well you can test your app by downloading the VideoBrick testing app from the app store. The testing app is published by VideoBrick to allow its users to test the app. Play around with the testing app and once you are satisfied, you can visit the dashboard to review and publish your app.

Mobile app creation cannot be simpler than this.

TourBrick

AppBrick — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:26:59 +0000

Technology has revolutionized travel and tourism industry for good. Our solution TourBrick is to make it even better. TourBrick is a non-programming, prepackaged solution to develop an interactive visual/audio tour guide apps. The app will provide the user with the audio description, visual photos of the places nearby based on their location. Only difference is that everything happens automatically in an intuitive fashion. The app also allows the tourists/travelers to upload their own pics, voice recordings and share them seamlessly using the built in share features. The solution is targeted towards tour and travel companies that want to have custom enhanced travel/tour guide apps for their customers. Tour/travel companies can also use this app for custom advertisements based on location specific data like place, time and weather. To sum it all, we provide a companion for any travel freak.

Creating a mobile app is a breeze, especially when you use TourBrick solutions. Our simple three-step process will guide you to create your app without any coding or technical expertise. Once you sign up, you provide the app name, pricing and category details. Second step is to select your app design, icons, branding, font etc. The final step is to upload the location and its corresponding audio/visual content that you want in your app. You can also add the features like photo sharing, voice recording and customs ads in your app. Now, your custom tour guide app is ready for publishing.

Wait a second, don’t you want to test the app. Well you can test your app by downloading the TourBrick testing app from the app store. The testing app is published by TourBrick to allow its users to test the app. Play around with the testing app and once you are satisfied, you can visit the dashboard to review and publish your app.

Mobile app creation cannot be simpler than this.

ArtBrick

AppBrick — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:24:39 +0000

Art galleries are the powerhouses of the exemplary artworks that are much sought by art collectors and corporate offices across the world. Generally, customers visit the art galleries to select the artworks they like and will try them in their homes, offices or their premises. Once they are satisfied, they buy the artworks to adorn their homes or offices. This whole cycle takes time and more importantly, customers should be pleased with the art that perfectly suits their environment. We looked at this as an opportunity for performance improvement using technology. A technology that is smart, intuitive and most importantly accessible. Outcome of such a thought was ArtBrick.

ArtBrick solution empowers you to create your own mobile/ipad art visualization app. This solution is developed for art galleries to create mobile/ipad apps for their customers. The app is purpose is to bring the artworks to customer’s premises virtually, so they can visualize them in their own settings. Customers can use the app to take photo of their walls, fit the artwork they like from the art catalogue, try different frames, shadow effects, scaling and perspective features. It also allows customers to share their visualized settings with their families and friends to make collective decisions. In one word, it brings the art galleries to your home.

Creating a mobile app is a breeze, especially when you use ArtBrick solutions. Our simple three-step process will guide you to create your app without any coding or technical expertise. Once you sign up, you provide the app name, pricing and category details. Second step is to select your app design, icons, branding, font etc. The final step is to upload the artworks and frames that you want to catalogue in the app. You can also add the features like scaling, perspective and shadow effects in your app. Now, your custom art visualization app is ready for publishing.

Wait a second, don’t you want to test the app. Well you can test it by downloading the ArtBrick testing app from the app store. The testing app is published by ArtBrick to allow its users to test the app before publishing. Play around with the testing app and once you are satisfied, you can visit the dashboard to review and publish the app.

Mobile app creation cannot be simpler than this.

Name and Description

Dylan Hubbard — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:21:06 +0000

One of the most common mistakes people make when creating their app is not spending enough time on this step.

We know you’re excited to dive into building your app but these two items will be the first thing that people see about your app.

- The Name -

Make sure it is intriguing enough for a person to click on your app. Also check the app store and android market to see how many people have the same app name!

- The Description -

This is the most important part. As in any sale pitch you only have the user’s attention for a split second. Make it count!

AppBrick’s Rules of a great description

1) It must explain what the app does (you might laugh but some don’t!)
2) It must be concise.
3) Use Action Verbs. It makes it more exciting to read!
4) Be Creative. (The hardest rule)
5)Have a friend read your description before you submit it. Ask them to tell you what they think the app does and if they would download it based of the description. What might seem like a descriptive statement might not make any sense to someone who has never seen the app!

The Mobile.

Dylan Hubbard — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:35:41 +0000

Your Mobile Information
You might be wondering why we ask for your mobile number.

First of all your information is secure within AppBrick’s database. You cell phone number will never be given out or compromised.

We use your number to:

1) make sure you are a real person.

2) allow you to record audio from your phone.

We want transparency with our customers. If you have any questions ever please email me.

Dylan@AppBrick.com

Or start a conversation below.

Branding

Dylan Hubbard — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:25:08 +0000

We understand that branding can be a little difficult but we are always here to help.

Uploading icons

definition: Icons are what the customer sees on their smart phones.

You should be looking for images that are square and tell a lot about your app. This however does not mean that the icon should have text. Most commonly they are pictures that represent your company.

You then have to resize your icon to 512 x 512 pixels to make sure it fits. If you don’t have software to do this on your computer you can use Aviary. You can upload your image to their sight and then “resize it” to 512 x 512.

Uploading a Splash Screen

definition: Splash screens are the first image that the app user will see. It is the preview while the app is loading.

A splash screen provides a perfect time to brand your app. It is usually a nice looking image with the app title. If you don’t have software for the splash page Aviary is a free tool that you can overlay text and play with images. You also can use this tool to re-size the image to 320 x 480 pixels.

Facebook Fan Page URL

definition A fan page for people on facebook to “like” and suggest it to friends.
Finding your URL to your facebook fanpage is easy.

It is usually www.facebook.com/***

Replace the “***”s with the name of your fanpage.

Please test it in your browser before adding it.

Don’t have a fan page? Don’t worry. We’ll have a blog post soon to show you how to make a great one! Please shoot an email to Contact@appbrick.com and tell us you want this!

Twitter Account

Like the facebook URL your Twitter account is usually

www.twitter.com/***

Replace the “***” with your username.

Don’t have a twitter for your app? Don’t worry. We’ll have a blog post soon to show you how to make a great one! Please shoot an email to Contact@appbrick.com and tell us you want this!

How do I price my app?

Dylan Hubbard — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:22:20 +0000

We’ve had a few concerns about how to price your blog. At App Brick we know you’re bootstrAPPed for time so we decided to dive into the market to give you some insight to aPPease your market. (Apps are what we do. Sorry.)

I hate to copout but there is absolutely no “solve-all” correct answer to this. There are apps on the market going for $999.99 for Law Students studying for the Bar Exam down to thousands of free apps. It really depends on your content but be confident! You know your market the best!

Be Sensible

The current average iPhone app price is $2.26.
Does it fill a problem?

If your app is fulfilling a HUGE problem but has a small market then charge a premium for it. People are willing to pay to fix a problem. For example if you are a providing flashcards for medical school students and they are comprehensive and offer the same information as a course that costs a lot of money then charge them! If it has a huge market but people could easily substitute it for something else provide a sweat free option and charge them $.99. There are over 500 Million users on the markets….you do the math… $.99 goes a long way.

Gauge the Market

We suggest you go on to the app markets; Android & iPhone look for your type of app and see what other people are selling them for. It might be a good idea to also preview them and make an educated guess on if your content is of greater quality then theirs. People are willing to pay a premium for content that creates a lot of value for them. You have to step back and ask “how many people currently view my content.” It might be APParent to you, but take the time to ask others! Ask friends and family how much they would pay for your app. Also if you have any questions or need advice the AppBrick Team is always hAPPy to answer question.

Dylan (at) appbrick (dot) com

Again, We APPreciate you. Keep creating.
-The AppBrick Team