Crypto Wallets now bigger than Credit Cards

Mobile wallets are fast becoming the preferred payment method when it comes to online purchases. According to the Mobile Wallets Report 2021, crypto wallets have now overtaken credit cards to become the most widely used payment type globally. The upward trend predicts that by 2025 mobile wallets usage will increase by 74%, reaching 4.8 billion wallets worldwide and bringing billions of consumers into digital commerce for the first time. Fast Acceleration of Crypto Wallets: Global Metrics & Trends In 2019 for the very first time, crypto wallets overtook credit cards as consumers favoured comfort, security and responsiveness over traditional banks accounts…
COVIDSafe app developer

COVIDSafe App

The Australian Federal Government has recently launched COVIDSafe, a coronavirus tracing app designed to slow the spread of the virus by helping health authorities identify people who may have come in contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19. The COVIDSafe app developer is the Department of Health based off the Blue Trace protocol developed by the Singaporean Government for their TraceTogether app. COVIDSafe App Developer Due to the nature of the tracing app and subsequent concerns regarding privacy and security, many are wondering - Who developed the COVIDSafe app? Was the COVIDSafe app developed in Australia in-house or outsourced? The answer…

Using App Gamification to Increase User Retention

  We recently received an enquiry asking if we had any gamification app related experience. I was impressed; it is not often we get asked about app gamification right off the bat. Instead, it generally comes out while brainstorming with a client their app UX design and discuss different strategies we could use to increase user engagement. However, for a reason I cannot explain, it occurred to me that perhaps this person referred to 'gamification' as a game app and hoping to find a mobile app developer. And with that, I felt compelled to write about gamification strategies in apps…

App development: 5 awesome tips to get you started

  Are you thinking of building an app? Well, the truth is that the app development world is vast!  Whether you have a startup changing the world with the 'new bliss' or looking at bringing efficiencies or scaling your existing business,  finding the right app developer is only one part of the equation and deserves a blog post in its own right. Let's assume you have found an app development company that is the right match for you; What's next? How do you build your app success? Or in other words, How can you be better prepared to ensure you…

Apps within apps – End of apps as we know them?

I wondered how long it would take for apps to start integrating with other apps.  The first app I noticed this occurrence was Uber - integrating Password1 to retrieve a filed Uber password.  Upon reflecting this really was nothing new in that Stripe and Braintree payments have been in apps for a long time via SDKs. With the arrival of the Apple Watch early 2015 users are likely to expect more than ever a consistent experience across all devices (smartphone, smartwatch, desktop and tablet).  The components in the fabric of the OSs are already supporting this concept through notifications across…

goStandby app receives local recognition

This month the team at Envisage Apps was interviewed by Sarah Blinco from Get it magazine, after one of their own mobile apps goStandby, received an impressive top 7 in the Anthill Smart 100 innovative companies awards. Their travel app became popular within the media circles after winning Startup Weekend Gold Coast last July. Read the full article below by clicking to jump to page 30 in Get it Magazine. Extract: What’s your view of the future when it comes to app technology – will apps become more and more ingrained in society, do you think? "The beauty of Apps…