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by nfixx 3523 days ago
A quick summary of features:

STUDIO (web):

- drag-n-drop to build data-capturing or information-only app UI - add/remove/clone/edit controls, labels, etc - controls supported: the typical plus bonus - barcodes and camera even for web-forms! - brand your app: name, description, brand-image/logo, colors

- click to publish: gives you instant preview/production-ready app on web + analytics for data from your app (can have this private if you get an account on our theatre platform) - u can update apps that are already in production (studio accepts bootstrapping new app via URI pointing to its defining spec/persona) - when you push updates to existing app, those using it automatically get the updates without re-installing anything

HISTRION (web+mobile):

- U can use channels to push your app to mobile users (they just need to install the single, generic/universal app-rendering app - the "Histrion": https://tiny.cc/historion-apk - if you download the *.persona file for your designed app (no need to publish if you don't want to), it can later be used to render the expected app via the web or mobile histrion.

DIVINER (web):

- free analytics - mostly descriptive stats atm - build dashboards on the fly (they are persisted across browser-refresh) - share/export your app analytics as you wish: pdf, excel, images, url, etc...

ALL THIS without writing any code, making any configs or delving into dev-ops or even without requiring you to have any account on the platform!

POWER USERS: - u can point the forms to your own existing servers (check "theatre address" field) - can use HTTP POST, GET, and for mobile: SMS, EMAIL - can build your own data-analytics dashboard without having to code/host the data apps yourself -- you can get the data-api for your published app via the diviner/default analytics dash...

You can use this service to whip-out quick surveys, polls, capture experiment data, etc... all anonymously!