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Posted by Cameron Bourke
Cameron Bourke
10,198 Points

Backend

I have recently been learning html/css/js and iOS. So basically only front end gear, and so I am wondering if it possible to have a platform where an iOS, Android and Web App all work from the same database. All is this the norm? haha. And also, can both native apps talk to the Web App and Vice Versa. I know it sounds complex, but is it possible and if so how? I know using a cloud service as Parse could be handy for something like this, but that would be way too expensive.

Any suggestions would be great!

2 Answers

Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
11,506 Points
Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
11,506 Points

Check out parse's updated pricing (recently updated a few weeks ago). You can host something like 70 Million fequests a month for free. That's incredibly powerful.

Cameron Bourke
Cameron Bourke
10,198 Points
Cameron Bourke
Cameron Bourke
10,198 Points

Yeah I saw that! Much better pricing system than the previous one, but it is only 30 API/second. Which isn't too bad, but when there are so many entry points to the cloud code it would reach that without to much trouble. The bigger concern with parse, is the push notification limit (1million/month). If your using cloud code for the web app. and then push data regularly to the android and iPhone native apps, that just isn't going to cut it.