An authoring environment for app creators should be intuitive and performant. Performance improvements will greatly enhance the experience.
Glide provides an authoring environment with an emulator to see your app as it is being built. While the environment is powerful in what it can do, it is very complicated for a new user. The features of the Glide free version are limited, making it less customizable. The forms are not the best experience. Some of the control of UI elements and screen layouts are limiting. Of equal concern, it is also very slow and these performance issues are a significant source of dissatisfaction in the Glide user forum.
In contrast, the authoring environment of the AppSheet platform integrates the end-to-end capabilities of app creation, deployment, and management into a single intelligent dashboard that suggests the next steps, identifies opportunities, and steers the user towards successful outcomes. Appsheet also provides various tutorials for beginners. Everything that the app creator specifics is understood by the platform. While this limits some flexibility, it allows the platform to be intelligent, guide, and help the app creator. This reflects significant gains in simplicity and productivity.
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