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24 alternatives to A mobile app built with R

Abstract page for arXiv paper 2409.00582: CRUD-Capable Mobile Apps with R and shinyMobile: a Case Study in Rapid Prototyping

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A mobile app built with R launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Apache Weex▲127
A framework for building mobile cross-platform UIs
2017 · incubator.apache.org · its alternatives →
2
pttrns v2 beta▲217
Mobile UI patterns, now improved
2015 · its alternatives →
3
Shiny▲85
A web application framework for R
2014 · shiny.posit.co · its alternatives →
4
Helios▲66
An extensible open-source mobile backend framework
2014 · globalli.io · its alternatives →
5
Proto.io▲135
Fast, fully-interactive, high-fidelity mobile prototypes
2014 · proto.io · its alternatives →
6
Supersonic▲89
UI framework for building awesome hybrid mobile apps
2014 · appgyver.com · its alternatives →
7
appealing▲245
Mobile UI animations found in the wild
2016 · app-ealing.com · its alternatives →
8
Codiqa for Desktop▲71
An easier way to create mobile apps
2014 · ionic.io · its alternatives →
9
sleek.design▲212
we built sleek.design: you describe your app idea and it generates mobile mockups designs. it is possible to export them into html, react or figma. it is also possible to get a prompt that can be pasted into bolt and will generate the actual app starting from the design created. this is our third huge pivot and honestly the last shot we're giving ourselves. quick backstory: we're 3 bootstrapped builders. launched about a year ago with what's now on v1.reweb.so, basically a visual builder for nextjs/tailwind/shadcn. it went pretty viral and started growing, but we couldn't get past…
Nov 2025 · sleek.design · its alternatives →
10
Accelerated Mobile Pages Project▲21
An open source initiative to create mobile-friendly content
2015 · amp.dev · its alternatives →
11
Mobile Patterns▲111
UI examples for common Mobile features/interactions
2014 · mobile-patterns.com · its alternatives →
12
Leanplum▲36
Fully-integrated optimization solution for mobile apps
2014 · clevertap.com · its alternatives →
13
Stackables▲70
Advanced and comprehensive effects layering and blending app
2016 · its alternatives →
14
Ph▲106
An open source mobile web app for Product Hunt
2014 · ph.bram.gg · its alternatives →
15
Prott▲89
Rapid Prototyping for Mobile Apps
2014 · prottapp.com · its alternatives →
16
Composé▲91
An editor for creating interactive iOS prototypes and apps
2015 · its alternatives →
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PyTill: A Python Package for Till Mobile▲9
2018 · blog.manifold.co · its alternatives →
18
Silver▲48
Build lightweight mobile prototypes directly in Sketch
2015 · silverflows.com · its alternatives →
19
Strictly Untyped - Android vs. iOS - Part II▲55
Android and iOS from a developer's perspective
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
20
ProtoPie▲7
Prototype mobile interactions as easily as Pie
2017 · protopie.io · its alternatives →
21
Self-hosted mobile-friendly web UI for Herdr agents▲6
Author here. Lately I haven't been able to be on my laptop much and I dislike the usual ssh from mobile experience. So I'm sharing this small personal project I built to monitor and manage my agents from mobile with some scrappy notifications built in as well in case anyone else might find it useful
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Weex▲5
A framework for building Mobile cross-platform UI
2017 · gowinplus.it.com · its alternatives →
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Why are we building an open source mobile backend?▲9
2014 · blog.getcloudengine.net · its alternatives →
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Crittercism▲7
Mobile application performance monitoring
2014 · vmware.com · its alternatives →

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