The 17 Best Thunkable Apps of 2017
On thunkable.com, anyone can build a mobile app.
In 2017, our community of app builders from around the world — many who are first-time developers — built hundreds of thousands of apps for Android and iOS.
In no particular order, here are the top 17 of 2017.
① Dice [USA]
Ranked #1 on the Google Play Store for dice applications, “Dice” is a dice throwing app where users can customize different combinations of die, shake their phones to roll and have the app speak results out loud. With over 400,000 downloads, Dice is a thunktastic example of how your apps can change the game.
② Tebak Kata [Indonesia]
There are dozens of English-language charades apps on the Google Play Store, but there is only one in Indonesian. We couldn’t be prouder of Tebak Kata, for bringing a localized Indonesian charades app —decked out with Indonesian idioms, words and phrases — to an audience of over 261 million people.
③ Wort Guru Lösungen [Germany]
One second you’re dominating the popular German game “Word Guru,” and the next second you’re kaputt! How embarrassing.
Well, not anymore.
The creators of Wort Guru Lösungen built this app to help Word Guru players quickly find answers and get back to autobahn-level speeds of gameplay. With its striking design and excellent functionality, you won’t want to game without it!
④ Заготовки на зиму. Закрутки. Соленья. [Russia]
“Favorite Winter Pickle Recipes”
If you speak Russian and want to learn everything about pickling vegetables, this is the app for you.
“Favorite Winter Pickle Recipes” contains master chef guidance for preparing winter pickled treats from kimchi to sauerkraut.
⑤ মহাভারতের গল্প [India]
“The Story of the Mahabarata”
Let’s get epic.
This app contains the full story of the Mahabarata, one of the greatest Indian classics of all time. Available in Bengali/Bangla.
⑥ ESL Power App [USA]
This year we released a new iOS app building platform, allowing anyone to build apps for iPhones and iPads. We’re thrilled that apps built on this platform are already live on the App Store!
Say hello to the ESL Power App, an app that calculates power, kW outputs and wire size bend radiuses. It’s super technical, and we’re super impressed.
⑦ Dress Your Hair: Wear Gele [Nigeria]
The “Dress Your Hair: Wear Gele” app is a tremendous resource for Gele, which are African head coverings. This app provides users with helpful tutorials and information on how to wear gele to weddings, parties and a variety of other events!
The beautiful pictures, range of styles and informative explanations put this app front and center.
⑧ Highway Alert ด่านตรวจ รถติด น้ำท่วม อุบัติเหตุ [Thailand]
This year, the Highway Alert app helped report temporary road closures, checkpoint information and natural disaster updates for highways in Thailand.
Highway Alert is a beautiful example of how you can create apps on Thunkable that help save lives.
⑨ Real Siren American [USA]
The Real Siren American app is a fun soundboard filled with a wide variety of siren noises. It has close to 500,000 downloads on the Google Play Store, and is an awesome example of how turning an idea into an app can lead to fame and woop woop noises.
⑩ Furniture Flippers Calculator [USA]
Another iOS app!
The Furniture Flippers Calculator app can generate recommended sale prices, operating costs and expected returns on used furniture. This app also provides live weather updates and easy connectivity to used furniture websites like Craigslist. This app had us flipping out.
⑪ Lanzador por Voz [Spain]
Lanzador por Voz is a virtual Spanish assistant app with over 40 features. It’s clear cut design and thoughtful, localized services have attracted thousands on the Google Play Store.
Hasta la vista, Alexa and Siri.
⑫ Leftovers [USA]
This summer, we hosted an app building competition for high school students around the world. The challenge: Build an app that solves a problem in your local community.
The winner….Leftovers!
Leftovers is an on demand food app where anyone can create and post local listings for leftover food. When a listing is posted, users can locate and claim leftovers, providing less fortunate community members with access to food while reducing household waste.
⑬ Smart Water [El Salvador]
The Smart Water app was also a submission for the Thunkable high school app building competition. Coming in second place, Smart Water is an app where users can automate water irrigation through bluetooth connected devices. Users can schedule watering in advance through an internal calendar system and manually control water flows. Bluetooth devices can also measure ground humidity, determine when specific areas need to be watered and automatically irrigate land.
⑭ yellowRide [India]
yellowRide took third place in the Thunkable high school app building competition. This app provides real-time school bus tracking for parents, and also offers a bus attendance management system for schools.
⑮ Hinário CCB Virtual Nº5 PLUS [Brazil]
Praise the Lord!
This beautiful offline hymnal app was developed by members of the Christian Congregation of Brazil. It contains 480 anthems, 6 hymnal choruses, and 12 teachings of the Hymnal 5.
⑯ Guidy [Iraq]
Guidy is a fantastic English-language learning resource for Arabic speakers. It contains English lessons, tests and guides for teachers, and has helped education initiatives in Iraq go mobile.
Guidy has also been officially recognized and promoted by the Iraqi Ministry of Education for making positive contributions to students across the country.
⑰ Bar-QR Manager [Greece]
The Bar-QR Manager app not only functions as a QR and barcode scanner, but also as a QR code generator. This app can easily generate QR codes for text, websites and pictures.
Do you have an idea for an app? Don’t wait! Be like these awesome app developers and get started on Thunkable.com.
It’s easier than you think — and we have a lot of resources to help you, including an amazing community of app builders and a beaver who teaches tutorials.
