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itch.io app on mobile phones

A topic by Garry Francis created Dec 31, 2020 Views: 1,590 Replies: 3
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Is there any chance of developing a version of the itch.io desktop app to run on mobile devices such as mobile phones. I'm specifically interested in Android, but I'm sure the Apple folks would like to see an iOS version.

There are a few third-party apps on Google Play, but these don't have all the same features and have irritating in-app advertising.

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Probably not. Our dev team has stated repeatedly they'd rather work to improve the mobile website. And really? I only knew about the one unofficial app that's on Itch. Links, please?

I just did a search for 'itch.io' on Google Play and found four apps called itch.io Companion, itch.io - Companion (same developer), itch.io Insights and itch.io Dashboard. I haven't installed any of them, so I don't know whether they're any good.

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My comments on the Android apps were based on reviews. Actually, the mobile web site isn't too bad, so maybe we don't need a mobile app. There are some things that you can't do on the web site that you can do with the desktop app, most notably, the ability to download an html app (this is quite handy) and the ability to keep an index of downloaded apps that can be updated automatically.