Examples for successful real life mobile cross-platform / hybrid apps?

Question

I have nothing found here or on google.

Do you know any (good/successful/most sold/most downloaded) samples for mobile cross-platform apps? If so, on which frameworks (jQuery Mobile, Sensa, PhoneGap, etc.) are they built on?

I want to get some feeling for wether it is possible to create successful mobile cross-platform apps or not.

Solution 1

The success of your application doesn't depend on the platform or framework :))

First, you have to decide whether you want develop a game/social/finance app because games are usually implemented per-platform, but it isn't a rule since appMobi GameDev XDK can be used to create cross-platform games.

appMobi app gallery: http://www.appmobi.com/index.php?q=content/built-appmobi

PhoneGap app gallery: http://phonegap.com/apps

Sencha Demo apps: http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/demos/

Appcelerator apps: http://www.appcelerator.com/thinkmobile/showcase

I recommend you to find out what kind of app you want to develop. Later, you can evaluate the platforms/frameworks.

Solution 2

LinkedIN Engineering has published a series of fantastic case studies on their experiences and findings while developing a Hybrid mobile app for iPad :-

http://engineering.linkedin.com/mobile/linkedin-ipad-nativeweb-messaging-bridge-and-websockets

Please refer to another thread i have started on this same topic :-

Are there any Case Studies similar to the ones published by LinkedIn Engineering?