Despite the growing number of mobile applications available in the market today, this industry is still young. That means developers and users are still getting a hang of what works and what doesn't. Clearly, there are plenty of things still left to be learnt.
So far, we have come across hundreds of iPhone apps. There are certain patterns that are clearly noticeable in the apps that become an instant hit as compared to those which even fail to get noticed.
What follows below are certain tips which will help any iPhone development enthusiast to design better user interfaces. These are not relevant to which platform you are working for but keeping them in mind will surely help you on the path of monetization.
Keep your app simple. It always wins hearts
Yes, we do know this has been said thousands if not millions of times, but apparently, iPhone app developers need to hear it again. It is a common misconception among developers that the features of an application are directly proportionate to its success. However, only opposite of it is true. The simpler an app is, more will be the interest that mobile community will take into it. Taking a peak into the successful iPhone applications, this becomes absolutely true. Remember - you can always take out a next version that can cover all your extended features and give users time to get used to them with time.
Use brains while developing the app
Allow me to ask you a simple question: if someone launches an iPhone app for the first time, and the users are greeted with a signup screen, why would they want to waste time in launching the internet browser, complete the registration for your services and sign into your app without even knowing what they are going to get in return?
Learn from the masters
Social networking sites are full of developers who have made it big on the designing and developing front. Join these sites not to waste time looking photographs, playing games or commenting on others' statuses but to learn. Linking with people from own community will introduce you to different ways of developing the same application.
Time is definitely short
Yes, we all are living 2000 years ahead of Jesus. The real world is moving very fast. The moment you take to blink your eyes, new product gets launched in that. The mobile industry is moving faster too and people are impatient to anything that takes more than 30 seconds to download. If you are a developer who's working to engrave a client's logo in the users' brain, do it wisely.
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