Appcelerator
Javascript development platform for creating applications for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry
Features:
- Robust IDE with WYSIWYG UI editor, can build native apps for every mobile OS
- Included Arrow UI allows you to quickly build Databases and models for the application
- Easy to use mobile test automation
- Included application dashboard to track user metrics and other analytics
- Easy to use push notification service to quickly notify users
Pricing:
Free trial available
Single Developer: $39/Month
Teams: $250/Developer/Month
Titanium IDE
- MVC framework built in
- Virtual Phone Simulators let you see what your app looks like as you build it
- Automated tests are built in to the IDE and test cases can easily be written
Arrow Backend
- Can connect to SQL/MongoDB/Azure and also has cloud for you to upload to
- You can easily build your own API or use existing API's
- GUI allows you to see what your model looks like while you build it
Analytics
- Automatic Data Collection and Aggregation
- You can create your own dashboards to measure and track whatever data you want
- Prebuilt dashboards allow you to easily see usage statistics and user uptime
Pros:
- Full featured enterprise ready application development solution
- Attractive easy to use UI
- Easy to set up and maintain Backend and API's with Arrow
Cons:
- May be paying for unneeded features
- No choice of toolkits
- Very expensive for development teams