![]() ![]() (Stockfolio was featured many times on the Mac App Store in the first year after launch the original owners had excellent contacts at Apple.) In combination with potentially getting featured on the iOS App Store, that could make for a great launch where you can pretty much instantly recover any investments made in development. Realistically most of those users will have iPhones, given the Apple ecosystem. An iOS version could likely sell for $10 per unit. 8500 addresses of users who have paid $25 for Stockfolio. The app comes with an email list of approx. Many users have requested an iOS companion app but, given I don’t have a technical background, I felt a bit uncomfortable launching a completely new product from scratch, even if I could contract and collaborate with the original developers for this. ![]() The app is currently only available on MacOS. This is another space for fantastic growth. At the same time, I will continuously updating my existing applications to bring greater collaboration between those which are available on both the Windows Phone and Windows 8 platform.Is this only available on MacOS or is it also an iOS mobile app? Is there an opportunity there if not yet on mobile? I will be developing more applications for the Windows 8 and Windows Phone platforms. Feedback from close friends also allowed me to better alter my UI, to allow the mass audience to understand how to use the app at the initial launch. These were extremely important, as I had to take into consideration how these controls would like good and meaningful in a touch-friendly and mouse-friendly environment. All these apps out there allowed me to get more ideas and identify their pros and cons in their designs. These application come from both the mobile platform and tablet platform. In the designing of the UI, I have researched various stock-related applications out there in the market. What’s your process for designing the user journey? More importantly, what is the decisive factor to commit a spending on getting a stock tracking app. They help in me in understanding the key concept of what they are looking for in a stock tracking application, such as what are the key information they would like to see at a glance. ![]() I have gotten inspiration from consultation with my friends and family members who are into stock trading. Hence, I thought that having a stock application on the Windows 8 Store to address this limitation would be good. At the same time, the built-in finance application powered by Bing has its own limitation, such as the unavailability to create customised, personal portfolios and carry personalised information. The idea came when there was a lack of a stock tracking application in the Windows 8 Store. In time to come, StockFolio will bring support to other market regions such Europe and America. At the current stage, it only supports multiple markets in Asia. It also provides other key information such as news related to the stock or market and other key statistics. Moreover, it allows the user to create various portfolios for individual markets. StockFolio is an Windows 8 application which allows users to build up and track stocks that mean the most to them, and track them closely in multiple markets. Hence, I took up the chance to start working on applications to fill up the gaps I had, and to share them with others – I have to add that one application just led to another. What motivated you to start building apps?īeing a Windows Phone and Windows 8 user myself, there were times where I was unable to locate applications which fit my needs. Windows Phone and Windows 8 were some of those which I spent my time learning from other developers out there. During my role as the Singapore Lead in MSP, I had been exposed to various Microsoft technologies. I studied Information Technology back in Singapore Polytechnic, where I joined the Microsoft Student Partner Programme (MSP). What is your background and how did you get here? We talk next with Lim Cheng Lei, the Singapore Lead of the Microsoft Student Partner Programme. In this Developer Feature series, Spiffy speaks to up-and-coming developers to learn what makes them tick. ![]()
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