Some app features are seemingly easy to develop but are actually complex to implement, driving up development costs. These are features we see everyday, and therefore take for granted. Rob and Tim chat about the nuances of features like data sync, search, push notifications, in-app purchasing, messaging, and more to help you understand where to get the most value with the least amount of effort when building your product.

In this episode, you will learn:

• The nuances of syncing data online, offline, and across multiple users


• Why returning relevant results in a search feature is tricky


• The intricacies of push notifications


• Whether you really need a messaging feature within an app


• How to be a considerate steward of user data when using location tracking


• Why in-app purchase options start easy conceptually yet are hard to implement


• What to consider when integrating credit card processing within an app


• Why you want to use as few third-party API integrations as possible

This episode is brought to you by The Jed Mahonis Group, where we make sense of mobile app development with our non-technical approach to building custom mobile software solutions. Learn more at https://jmg.mn.

Recorded October 26, 2020 | Edited by Jordan Daoust | Produced by Jenny Karkowski

Show Notes:

• MNCraft Beer App


• Learn more about push notifications in Episode 49


• Half Staff App


• Kindu App


• Kwikly


• Stripe


• VSI