The Magic of “Single-Button” Apps
A story about building simple & amazing apps!
4 min readJul 3, 2014
If you are one of those people who follow tech news, most probably, you notice how apps -mobile applications- are changing the dynamics of the tech industry, starting from startups, ending by high-school students learning iOS development.
There are many -so many- apps on app stores, each app is providing certain functionalities encapsulated in a group of user scenarios.
What about apps that focus on only “ONE” user scenario, “ONE” functionality triggered by “ONE” button?
Yes! “Single-Button” apps .. and here is the general user scenario:
- User opens your app.
- User taps a button.
- Magic happens!
Think about it for some time, an app that simply does a “ONE” core function!
Here are some examples about successful “Single-Button” apps:
The Shazam App
The famous app, that allows you to know info about any song plays around you, simply:
- User opens the app.