SwebApps and Mobile Roadie enable anyone create an app

Until now, though, building a professional-looking app has been complex and costly—many app developers charge upwards of $125/hour or $5,000 a week, and apps created from scratch often take at least several weeks to develop, at a total cost of $10,000 to $20,000, not including monthly hosting fees.

But that's about to change. TIME magazine reports.

With the debut of new services this week from a San Antonio-based startup called SwebApps and updated tools from California-based Mobile Roadie.

The new offerings enable anyone to go online and have an app ready in an hour by personalizing, customizing and adapting sophisticated templates. Just as early Web-page creation tools ranging from Dreamweaver to GeoCities made it possible for anyone to create their own Web site, SwebApps and Mobile Roadie aim to democratize the creation of apps.

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