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Hi All,

I’m one of the creators of Thunkable. We created Thunkable X to enable anyone to build native mobile apps for both Android and iOS.

Thunkable X is a DIY cross-platform app builder, where anyone can easily design beautiful apps, drag & drop powerful functionality and then upload their apps to the Google Play Store and App Store.

Thunkable grew out of our work at MIT and Google on an open source Android app creating project called MIT App Inventor, and we were in the W2016 batch of YC.

There are two parts to the tool:

Designer: Allows you to create an app UI by adding different UI components to your screen, such as buttons, TextBoxes, GoogleMaps, etc. It also allows you to add non-visible components to your apps, such as SMS receivers or NFC sensors.

Blocks: Thunkable has a blocks-based programming language that makes it easy for anyone programmers to use, yet robust enough to build unique, beautiful and powerful apps (you can make functions, variables, callbacks, etc.).

You can also test your apps in real-time on your personal mobile devices with the Thunkable Live app, which is available for Android and iOS.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on how to make it better, and what things we don’t yet support that you’d like to see.

Thanks, Arun

That is a great idea. We'll add a blurb about us and our history with MIT App Inventor. Thanks for the suggestion.

There have been over 13 million apps built with MIT App Inventor and Thunkable. The vast majority of these apps were built by individuals or small organizations that never published these apps to to Google Play, but instead shared it with their friends/family/colleagues. However, over 1% of the apps on Google Play have been built with Thunkable or App Inventor. Sorry if there was confusion. We'll try to make that more clear.

Hi all,

I’m one of the creators of Thunkable, along with WeiHua Li. It is a drag-and-drop tool for anyone to build native mobile apps. We've been working on this tool at MIT and Google for the past few years as an open source project called MIT App Inventor, and we decided to make a product (Thunkable) around it to better support our users. We’re in the current YC W2016 batch.

There are two parts to the tool:

Designer: Allows you to create an app UI by adding different UI components to your screen, such as buttons, TextBoxes, GoogleMaps, etc. It also allows you to add non-visible components to your apps, such as SMS receivers or NFC sensors.

Blocks: Thunkable has a blocks-based programming language that makes it easy for novice programmers to use, but is sophisticated enough for seasoned developers to use (you can make functions, variables, callbacks, etc.).

Thunkable then compiles the blocks (Java/Javascript) to Scheme to binary .apk.

There is also a Thunkable app on the Play Store that you can connect to your Thunkable web app, to test your apps. The app live interprets everything that you add to Thunkable in the browser and shows it on your phone in real-time.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on how to make it better, and what things we don’t yet support that you’d like to see.

Thanks, Arun