As of 2024-11-09, the domains "hypi.io" and "hypi.app" (which was intended to serve the platform) redirect to a landing page "hypi.ai". It seems the founders, Courtney and Damian Robinson from the UK closed business shortly after they received the Sumolings money.
The service is not functional at all so it basically deserves a zero-star rating. In case there will be another offering from these "founders" likely under the domain hypi.ai beware of their business practices.
Another example for the high risk of AppSumo LTD investments.
The logic part is almost the same as Scratch, a programming tool for children, and can be used even without programming experience.
However, it is not quite easy to use and does not change where and how to start. Although there is documentation, I find it hard to understand the concept of this application without a tutorial on how to create some single application.
Maybe there is an AI assistant so you can type in what you want to ask and it will answer you. However, this does not lead me to a solution.
The icons all have the same design and will feel unintuitive.
I think it has potential, but I don't feel the server-less time limit is generous, and there don't seem to be any necessary modules such as WebView. I feel that it could be a little more manageable.
Hypi is one of these software that don't unleash their full potential unless you start to use it seriously. The interface itself is a little bit technical at first sight. I took me 10 mn to understand how it works then I was able to create my first project. I also appreciate the quality of support. Courtney takes his time to answer even tricky questions - and I feel they have high-level technical skills. My use case is an app that is able to work both offline and online, while exchanging data between device and online database once connected.
This sotfware behaves differently from other kinds of no-code tools that are mainly focussed on creating web apps. From my point of view this is a strength, but it may also be perceived as a default, because many people are used to consider web apps as the ultimate goal of such zero-coding app creation tools. Actually there is a lot of highly competitive SAAS to create web apps - with better UX/interface, but rare are those who can create other types of mobile/desktop apps with a zero-coding approach.
That difference in scope and use cases makes Hypi underrated compared to others. Anyway their original approach, based on the Flutter framework, seems quite promising. My only wish is that they will be able to keep growing enough to be able to ensure their viability - especially for LTD customers.
My primary use case for this is with students to create their prototypes, share for feedback and then publish it if they wish, especially if they have a sponsor. previously I used a combination of apps to do this and it was time-consuming and hard to manage to say the least. My first impressions are that Hypi solves these problems. Upon logging in, one is presented with the option of creating a project. Within this, there are three options - Mood, Stories, and Designer. I have used the designer option mostly but a quick look at Mood and Stories seems to suggest that it is a storyboarding and persona-generation tool with the ability to add videos, links, images and text. If this is the case then it will definitely replace Miro for me.
The designer itself is robust and is made up of widgets. When you add a widget to the canvas you can see the structure ina screen below, similar to a mindmap in text form. The next section is logic where you apply your properties to what a button should do or what happens when you click here. This is followed by the data section. On the right hand side are the properties for each of the widgets which can be customised as preferred.
Like I mentioned, my first impressions are that this is a great value product. Of course I haven't published it and wanted to provide some feedback before sharing it with my students.
1) I couldn't find onboarding for stories and moods. is this because it is that simple to use?
2) The onboarding for designer is very clear. However, there is no back option and if I want to revisit a point my only option is to start over again.
3) Will you please consider adding more templates to the 'new page screen'? My understanding is, the canvas holds only one screen at a time. When I click on the plus icon to create a new canvas and a new screen, I am presented with only a few templates or design from scratch option.
4) Is my understanding of Models correct - if I buy Tier 2, I have 10 apps and 15 models per app. That is to say, within each project, I can have 1 main app and 15 variations of it and then publish the final one I want. Is this what it means?
5) Is it possible to rename the screens to make it easier to identify?
Overall, I have barely scratched the surface but I like what I see so far. With sub accounts and unlimited users, it is even more appealing. The Academy (https://discuss.hypi.app/latest) looks pretty good as well. What would make it even more amazing is if you could tailor it to absolute beginners (which my students are) and some video recordings. Pretty please!
Thanks and all the best!
ps: don't forget to incorporate the feedback of this community. It is a game changer, in my experience :))
Founder Team
Courtney_Hypi
May 9, 2024
1) We've focused more on the app editor itself and in fact, we're releasing "sub-onboarding" in 2 weeks time that'll allow more detailed walk throughs of the various sections of the editor. We'll put some time into adding onboarding for stories and the mood board
2) Unfortunately it's a current limitation. We do plan to address it
3) Yes, an extremely common request. We're working on some video...
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Down. Scam. Beware of hypi.ai!
As of 2024-11-09, the domains "hypi.io" and "hypi.app" (which was intended to serve the platform) redirect to a landing page "hypi.ai". It seems the founders, Courtney and Damian Robinson from the UK closed business shortly after they received the Sumolings money.
The service is not functional at all so it basically deserves a zero-star rating. In case there will be another offering from these "founders" likely under the domain hypi.ai beware of their business practices.
Another example for the high risk of AppSumo LTD investments.
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Not easy to use
The logic part is almost the same as Scratch, a programming tool for children, and can be used even without programming experience.
However, it is not quite easy to use and does not change where and how to start. Although there is documentation, I find it hard to understand the concept of this application without a tutorial on how to create some single application.
Maybe there is an AI assistant so you can type in what you want to ask and it will answer you. However, this does not lead me to a solution.
The icons all have the same design and will feel unintuitive.
I think it has potential, but I don't feel the server-less time limit is generous, and there don't seem to be any necessary modules such as WebView. I feel that it could be a little more manageable.
Share Hypi
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Underrated yet great software
Hypi is one of these software that don't unleash their full potential unless you start to use it seriously. The interface itself is a little bit technical at first sight. I took me 10 mn to understand how it works then I was able to create my first project. I also appreciate the quality of support. Courtney takes his time to answer even tricky questions - and I feel they have high-level technical skills. My use case is an app that is able to work both offline and online, while exchanging data between device and online database once connected.
This sotfware behaves differently from other kinds of no-code tools that are mainly focussed on creating web apps. From my point of view this is a strength, but it may also be perceived as a default, because many people are used to consider web apps as the ultimate goal of such zero-coding app creation tools. Actually there is a lot of highly competitive SAAS to create web apps - with better UX/interface, but rare are those who can create other types of mobile/desktop apps with a zero-coding approach.
That difference in scope and use cases makes Hypi underrated compared to others. Anyway their original approach, based on the Flutter framework, seems quite promising. My only wish is that they will be able to keep growing enough to be able to ensure their viability - especially for LTD customers.
Share Hypi
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Interesting and Novel approach
My primary use case for this is with students to create their prototypes, share for feedback and then publish it if they wish, especially if they have a sponsor. previously I used a combination of apps to do this and it was time-consuming and hard to manage to say the least. My first impressions are that Hypi solves these problems.
Upon logging in, one is presented with the option of creating a project. Within this, there are three options - Mood, Stories, and Designer. I have used the designer option mostly but a quick look at Mood and Stories seems to suggest that it is a storyboarding and persona-generation tool with the ability to add videos, links, images and text. If this is the case then it will definitely replace Miro for me.
The designer itself is robust and is made up of widgets. When you add a widget to the canvas you can see the structure ina screen below, similar to a mindmap in text form. The next section is logic where you apply your properties to what a button should do or what happens when you click here. This is followed by the data section. On the right hand side are the properties for each of the widgets which can be customised as preferred.
Like I mentioned, my first impressions are that this is a great value product. Of course I haven't published it and wanted to provide some feedback before sharing it with my students.
1) I couldn't find onboarding for stories and moods. is this because it is that simple to use?
2) The onboarding for designer is very clear. However, there is no back option and if I want to revisit a point my only option is to start over again.
3) Will you please consider adding more templates to the 'new page screen'? My understanding is, the canvas holds only one screen at a time. When I click on the plus icon to create a new canvas and a new screen, I am presented with only a few templates or design from scratch option.
4) Is my understanding of Models correct - if I buy Tier 2, I have 10 apps and 15 models per app. That is to say, within each project, I can have 1 main app and 15 variations of it and then publish the final one I want. Is this what it means?
5) Is it possible to rename the screens to make it easier to identify?
Overall, I have barely scratched the surface but I like what I see so far. With sub accounts and unlimited users, it is even more appealing. The Academy (https://discuss.hypi.app/latest) looks pretty good as well. What would make it even more amazing is if you could tailor it to absolute beginners (which my students are) and some video recordings. Pretty please!
Thanks and all the best!
ps: don't forget to incorporate the feedback of this community. It is a game changer, in my experience :))
Courtney_Hypi
May 9, 20241) We've focused more on the app editor itself and in fact, we're releasing "sub-onboarding" in 2 weeks time that'll allow more detailed walk throughs of the various sections of the editor. We'll put some time into adding onboarding for stories and the mood board
2) Unfortunately it's a current limitation. We do plan to address it
3) Yes, an extremely common request. We're working on some video...
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