AppSheet used to fight Africas external aid dependance
February 27, 2019
AppSheet used to fight Africas external aid dependance
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with AppSheet
Used in developing countries to aid in decentralisation, own source revenues and transparency. Funded by UK and Canadian Government.
- RAD and deployment.
- Ease of use for the users (intuitive).
- Ability to customise queries and manipulate data.
- GPS on the maps are terrible. We dont use the map to collect data as the signal is erratic only in Appsheet. We have another app installed on the same phone to get X,Y data which is copied and pasted into the appsheet solution. We have tried everything but Appsheet map and coordinate accuracy and erratic behaviour is below par.
- Deployment management. While it is great that people see your changes right away, it sometimes leads to downtime if one makes a mistake. In the beginning it was hard to tell which changes would negatively effect the users and in some cases the data got jumbled due to table changes. Would be good if development, testing and deployment were better streamlined. No need for auto testing (like selenium etc.) just a place we can test before deploying. Now we have several "dev" versions with a cumbersome copy and paste system.
- Led to contracting and a new vision with regards to social entrepreneurship.
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