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Currently the iPhone platform seems to be the easiest to build an app online and a handful of services have sprung up in the recent months. Android and Blackberry apps are not far behind so we will also see many more online builders for those two applications as well. Most require a small hosting monthly fee to have the application available but well worth the money. The application can boost your brand a great deal. It is a small expense compared to some of the other forms of marketing out there. Here are some resources to building your own phone app online.

Swebapps: With an unbelievable back end and very user friendly you can build an iPhone application for your business with much less hassle than outsourcing it to a firm or company to build. Swebapps has a variety of choice including how many buttons you want your application to have, what types of features depending on your industry and full customization capabilities. Swebapps makes it very easy even for the novice to execute a company branded mobile phone application to help further brand their business. Although this industry still have a lot of catching up to do in the sense that many businesses are starting to realize that they need to market themselves in the search engines they have positioned themselves really nicely.

App Breeder: App Breeder is another online platform that allows you to build your own iPhone app online by yourself. You don’t need to know any special coding with App Breeder or understand any complicated programming languages you just need to get on their website and start building. It doesn’t cost anything to actually sign up and they will publish your application directly to the iTunes store when you are done. Depending on your business they have a variety of app builder you can start with.

Kanchoo: Another online iPhone app developer that allows you to get going in just a few short minutes. Their process is streamlined and easy so business can get build their web apps and get them into the iTunes store for approval rather quickly. You can even monetize your iPhone application with Admob ads and try to make some extra revenues for your business. By 2013 mobile advertising is rumored to be a $9.2 billion dollar industry so now is a good time to start getting started and at least create a foundation for yourself to get going down the road. Check out Kanchoo and get yourself started.

BuildAnApp : BuildAnApp is still in beta but it offers you to build a mobile phone application across Windows, iPhone and Blackberry. The past part is that it allows you to do this for free. It comes with a 30 day free trial and where you can actually build it and deploy the app to the store. Once that is done you then have charges depending on updates you would like to do to your mobile phone application. BuildAnApp most likely will not be in beta for very much longer so check them out.

Buzztouch: Buzztouch is a free mobile phone builder specifically to the iPhone and offers a completely free service to build your iPhone application. They make it very enticing and user friendly just like most but stamping the word “Free” makes it hard to walk away from. Check out Buzztouch and everything they have to offer.

Mobile Roadie: Mobile Roadie is actually a really cool little niche they got themselves into. Mobile Roadie was initially designed for individuals in the music industry but it looks to have moved past that and now offers do it yourself mobile application for everyone. The great thing is that they offer iPhone and Android building so you can execute both platforms in one single swipe. Plus their site is super user friendly and people shouldn’t have any problems understanding exactly how to use it.

Motherapp: Motherapp is really cool that they have a system that can create across all platforms, iPhone, Android and Blackberry plus they have a set up where they will build it and you share the ad revenue if you don't really have the budget to build a custom app.

My App Creator: My App Creator seems to be like a really nice online app builder as well. They got some good name drops on the home page and have been featured by some impressive news sources so it might be a home run with these guys. Check them out.