- Leading no-code mobile app design and development platform company AppOnboard recently acquired Buildbox
- These are the details behind the deal
AppOnboard, a leading no-code mobile app design and development platform company, announced recently that it acquired Buildbox. Buildbox is also a leader in no-code mobile game development. And Buildbox’s suite of tools have been used for creating and powering more than 45,000 unique games in 2018 alone and it has driven over 3 billion estimated downloads in the app stores to-date.
Through the acquisition of Buildbox, Buildbox CEO Trey Smith is joining the AppOnboard executive team as Chief Growth Officer along with co-founder Nik Rudenko — who is becoming VP of Technology.
“AppOnboard and Buildbox have long shared the mission of enabling makers, creatives, designers, artists, and anyone else to become creators of mobile apps and games,” said Smith. “Today, we are excited to join forces with AppOnboard and double-down on the no-code movement to empower the Maker Generation to bring their ideas to life and eliminate the technical barriers to entry in mobile game and app development.”
Over the last 3 years, AppOnboard and Buildbox have both worked towards advancing the no-code movement and each company created a suite of design and development tools for apps and games that enable the expression and creation of original ideas and eliminate the technical obstacles that previously held back many great ideas.
“Buildbox is the most successful no-code game platform in the world. The Buildbox team’s attention to detail and the user experience is unlike anything I have seen in my career, even going back to our founding team who built 14 of the first 100 games on the App Store. We are thrilled to join forces with the Buildbox team to accelerate the mobile no-code movement and continue to build upon the massive success that many Buildbox creators have already experienced across the globe,” added AppOnboard CEO Jonathan Zweig.
AppOnboard recently announced the global availability of AppOnboard Studio — which is an easy-to-use mobile app design software that transforms ideas into interactive mobile experiences that can be shared on the Google Play store, major social networks, and messaging platforms.
Ever since AppOnboard Studio was released, it continued to gain momentum and be trusted by the largest global brands and mobile developers for powering the first time user experiences of some of the largest mobile apps and games such as Cooking Craze by Big Fish, MARVEL Contest of Champions by Kabam, MARVEL Strike Force by FoxNext Games, and Cookie Jam Blast by Jam City.
“We built Color Switch using Buildbox in about a week, which became one of the most successful viral hits with 250 million downloads,” explained Color Switch creator David Reichelt. “We can’t wait to see how AppOnboard and Buildbox will push the software even further, enabling more app makers to bring their vision to life and onto the app stores.”
Through the acquisition of the Buildbox team and software tools, the AppOnboard design and development software suite expanded to take ideas another step further. As the companies offer native sound asset libraries, graphics, animations, easy-to-use templates, drag and drop development tools, robust resources of expert advice, and best practices from veterans in the industry, makers will be able to enjoy a complete toolset for designing, building, and publishing 3D games and apps to all app stores without having to write a single line of code.
“AppOnboard’s investment in Buildbox will bring increased support, development and marketing resources that will help Buildbox continue to grow and expand with even more product updates, features and support to ensure it reaches the hands of even more makers across the globe,” said Bryan Buskas, COO AppOnboard. “Buildbox users will also gain access to additional no-code design tools, including AppOnboard Studio, that can help them develop initial prototypes, full apps and games, and even playable ads to continue to grow their mobile app business and become even more successful.”
Buildbox 3 — which is Buildbox’s latest software release — creators without a technical background are already building action-packed 3D flying arcade shooter games such as Nite Fighter.
“Buildbox offered me a gateway into a world that had previously seemed inaccessible; suddenly, with minimal coding knowledge but huge ideas, I had all the tools I needed to make my dreams a reality,” acknowledged Nite Fighter creator Ben Scriven.
