Clutch.io
Dev tools
mobile app development sdk
SHOW HN2012
290points
88comments
#40of 1,677 in 2012
Top 3%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
9 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 19 critical, out of 53 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Idea: 3 for, 9 againstPricing: 0 for, 6 againstExecution: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished landing page and demo video
From 3 comments
Wow. It hardly seems like there's been enough time between Convore and this for this to look as solid as it does. Grats ericflo and company. Any ideas on an approximate time…
bmelton on HNLooks really good! 1)really solid landing page! *really got me 2)love the "hybrid chart" (not being a techy, I got it) 3)I agree with some of the comments that I wasnt clear…
kissuidotnet on HNThis is f-ing awesome, nice work. How long have you been working on it?
mmmmax on HN
Tutorial works smoothly
From 1 comment
I just tried your tutorial. It was a smooth ride. Everything worked great: creating the initial app, adding a screen and pushing updates.
js4all on HN
Objections
Apple App Store rules may forbid downloading code and could lead to bans
From 3 comments
Beautiful site, and neat idea, but I feel like we're all ignoring the elephant in the room here. Developers absolutely cannot use this service to deploy apps to the App Store.…
ianlevesque on HNReally cool stuff and I'm not trying to sound negative, but I can't help but think that if you guys get successful with this product (which I hope you will) one of your customers…
DrJokepu on HNIMHO, whole selling point of app store was manual, rigid review framework for each app. Now, even if Apple will not ban all apps built on top of clutch.io, quality of apps in…
hippich on HN
Pricing scales poorly for apps with many users
From 3 comments
Your pricing is seriously flawed IMHO. I was really interested in the concept of Clutch.io because we struggle with iteration speed on the iOS platform. But we've got users in…
dave1619 on HNThe business model seems a little odd; I assume by "monthly users", you mean end users? And the only plan that supports unlimited users is custom-priced? I'm loving the platform…
lukifer on HNLooks quite nifty but the app costs are really high! For a decent iPhone app your now looking at launching at free and you want to be in the millions of MAU and 100,000's of DAU…
kinnth on HN
Profanity in demo video
From 2 comments
Solid landing page and probably a neat service, but my good impression of your company deteriorated when I saw an image scroll by with "go fuck yourself" at 0:38 in your demo…
charlietran on HNI was surprised to see "Go fuck yourself" on the video (0:39). Was that a mistake or a conscious decision? Otherwise, it's a very slick professional video.
user24 on HN
Requests
Android support
From 2 comments
I think it's an interesting product, but one of the biggest arguments for web technologies on native apps is reducing the cross platform burden. Your example uses Parse as the…
objclxt on HNWow. It hardly seems like there's been enough time between Convore and this for this to look as solid as it does. Grats ericflo and company. Any ideas on an approximate time…
bmelton on HN
A/B testing
From 1 comment
Clutch.io would be even better if they offered the ability to easily do A/B testing.
dwynings on HN
Self-hosted version with one-off fee
From 1 comment
Awesome idea, I've wanted something like this for iOS/Android for a long time. It would be nice to have a self hosted version, with a one off fee.
matclayton on HN
Questions
How it differs from PhoneGap and Titanium
From 3 comments
Can you elaborate some more on how clutch differs from phonegap. Or why I'd choose clutch instead of phonegap.
gavingmiller on HNI'm new to iOS development, can you briefly explain how your solution differentiates from the following: Sencha Touch, Appcelerator Titanium and Phonegap Thank you!
arturhoo on HNInteresting. Excuse me for my ignorance here (I haven't fully looked at your product), but how do you push app updates? Is it like Heroku/git? Or do I have to "submit" it to you?…
physcab on HN
Why pay versus building it yourself
From 1 comment
Eric, firstly I love your site, very nice landing page. I'm curious on why a developer would want to pay for your solution to what seems like a problem that most can easily solve…
markmccubbin on HN
Alternatives named
PhoneGap
From 2 comments
Can you elaborate some more on how clutch differs from phonegap. Or why I'd choose clutch instead of phonegap.
gavingmiller on HNNice. I don't agree really on your definiton or usage of "hybrid". For me, your are just a different form of hybrid. Let me explain: With Phonegap the "shell" or container is…
Sujan on HN
Appcelerator Titanium
From 2 comments
I'm new to iOS development, can you briefly explain how your solution differentiates from the following: Sencha Touch, Appcelerator Titanium and Phonegap Thank you!
arturhoo on HNIt sounds like it lets you build native apps with updatable HTML/JavaScript extensions. So in the spectrum of native <-> web-app, this is closer to native, like Titanium (but…
kbutler on HN
Sencha Touch
From 1 comment
I'm new to iOS development, can you briefly explain how your solution differentiates from the following: Sencha Touch, Appcelerator Titanium and Phonegap Thank you!
arturhoo on HN
Mulberry
From 1 comment
First, congratulations; this looks very impressive. Just signed up. Second, how does this compare to Mulberry: http://mulberry.toura.com/? I used Mulberry once at a hackathon and…
alwillis on HN