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Snapchat in No.4 most used social media app among US teens, right there with Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. What makes it so popular and how to develop an app like Snapchat to boost your business — if you’re interested in answers to these questions, keep reading, we’ve got you covered. At Mind Studios, we know the streaming technology inside out, and we’ve had our share of trendy entertainment slash social media projects as well. Below, we’re laying out our experience and collected knowledge

Streaming takes over all sides of multimedia industry, from movies and TV shows to music. With the spread of fast internet and mobile devices, streaming now makes 83% of all music industry revenue in the US. If you want to create a music streaming app, today is the prime time for that daring but highly lucrative endeavor. Mind Studios is among the companies that can help you with this. Under our belt, we have multiple products with audio streaming functionality, and among those, we are especia

Insurance businesses are finally joining the trend: new insurance mobile apps are appearing more often today than a couple of years ago. Largely due to the benefits which mobile apps provide to insurance agencies: more satisfied customers, lower costs, and higher growth. In this article, we go over the insurance app development process and, based on the Mind Studios experience, provide a reliable estimate for building your own insurance mobile app. Why your insurance company needs a mobile

Whatever product you’re looking for — from a smartwatch to a funny plastic snowball maker — chances are, you are going to find it on apps like Wish and AliExpress for chump change. Despite the fact that the products selling there are often of poor quality, platforms like this continue to thrive. And that’s why the idea to create an online shopping app of your own can work out for your business. In this article, we discover what features are essential to a shopping app, explore the developmen

Shopping online has never been easier: all one has to do is download the app, make a few scrolls and taps, and wait for the order to get shipped. So, it’s no wonder that mobile commerce, with its “one-click purchase” and “quick checkout” options, is rapidly outnumbering other types of eCommerce. According to GlobalData, mCommerce transactions from all around the world reached $2.8 trillion in 2021 and are expected to reach $4.9 trillion by 2025. What is more, in 2021, global mCommerce’s share

In recent years, the market has seen an increase in stock trading apps. You’ve probably heard of E-Trade and perhaps the Robinhood app. In parallel with stocks, the demand for cryptocurrency trading is steadily increasing. But you no doubt knew all that since you’re already planning to make a custom trading platform. So without further ado, let’s talk about how to build a trading platform that will take your business to the next level. Choose the right trading platform type We’ll assum

Being the second most favorite social media around the globe and having around 2 billion monthly users, Instagram has definitely earned the title of the most successful photo-sharing app on the market. So, can anyone actually compete with that, and is developing an app like Instagram a sensible idea? And if so, is it possible to learn how to make an app like Instagram and succeed? In this article, we explain why Instagram no longer can be considered solely a photo-sharing app, dig into the c

“Do you realize you want to build a cryptocurrency exchange website at a time when Celsius declares bankruptcy, and Gemini lays off 10% of its employees? Are you crazy or what?” This is pretty much how your fellows might react to your idea of building a bitcoin exchange website these days. Admittedly, their fears are not without merit. According to Bitcoin.com, in Q2 2022, a myriad of crypto ventures have been suffering from the crypto winter. This results in massive staff cuts, withdra

These days, restaurant booking app development can be a successful startup venture or a great opportunity for a restaurant business to expand its customer pool. People are getting more and more used to doing everything digitally, and monetizing this trend can bring good profits if done timely and at high quality. If you want to know how to make an app like OpenTable and how much it costs, here’s a guide based on our experience. Mind Studios’s developers have experience creating apps for the

With its almost 10 million monthly downloads, expansion from 9 to 90 people, and a top-ranking position on the App Store, Clubhouse was all the rage in 2020 and 2021. Now, you rarely hear anyone buzzing about it, which makes entrepreneurs wonder: is it still worth investing in Clubhouse-like app development? In this article, we dissect the audio-based social networking trend and discuss the expediency of building an app like Clubhouse or scaling up the existing app with an audio chat feature.

In the early 2000s, we were just starting to learn what an online marketplace is. Now, these platforms account for an astounding 62.5% of all online global spendings — and the number keeps growing. Businesses choose online marketplaces because they relieve them of the hassle of running physical stores or investing a fortune in marketing. Consumers choose to shop there because buying everything from one place saves time. So, it’s no wonder that according to OC&C’s report, by 2025 spending throu

Developers at Mind Studios are an experienced bunch but we’re constantly striving to work better, faster, and learn as many emerging technologies as possible. Naturally, our people are hyped over things like VR and AR. Which is why in this article, we venture into the hot topic of augmented reality apps and specifically AR home shopping app development on the example of IKEA Place, the pioneer in the niche. Mobile Augmented Reality (AR) Market Size Since the launch of Pokémon Go in 2016, au

Today, if one wants to make some drastic changes in life — learn to meditate, build muscle mass, or eat healthier — they don’t necessarily need to go to the gym or see a nutritionist. Now, people can just download an app and stick to the instructions. And that's why health & fitness apps are flourishing like never before. According to Straits Research, global fitness app market is expected to reach USD 30.63 Billion by 2030, meaning it will be growing at a compound annual growth rate of 21.5%.

People seek medical assistance online when they can’t get it offline for any number of reasons. In the US, about 94% of young adults looked up health information online in 2020. At the same time, only 20% of young adults connected with a health provider online. One of the reasons for that might be that the healthcare industry is lagging behind when it comes to digital transformation. This makes medical web development a sure way to get ahead of your competitors in the industry — there’s high d

In this article, we tell you how to create an educational app for kids and adults, what trends there are in the niche, and how to make money by providing e-learning. At Mind Studios, we’ve worked with all kinds of tech and created all kinds of features that can be of use in an educational app. Here in this article, we’d like to share our expertise on the creation of applications for learning. What are educational apps? Simply enough, educational mobile apps are apps that help people learn

Telemedicine is the future of healthcare: it brings faster and usually cheaper healthcare to patients while at the same time lessening the load on hospitals, automating document flow, and preventing the spread of contagious diseases. That’s why telemedicine app development is all the rage these days — it has been a trend before the COVID-19 outbreak and it continues to be one still. According to Global Market Insights, in 2019, the telemedicine market was worth $49.9 billion and it was expecte