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I wish to create an online system to track some things (e.g., a database with children, where each child has 1 or more visits from doctors). I want the users to be able to enter data as well as search for it, especially from mobile devices. So, this is a custom mobile online DB app of modest but non-zero size.

I've looked into DabbleDB and Zoho Creator, looking for an easy solution that will have low-cost maintenance.

Although I feel my app is not too complicated, I find that if I want to do something slightly out of their mainstream, I hit walls. For example, dealing with many-to-many relationships, or with 100K records, or doing an involved mathematical calculation for a field.

What are people's experiences with these online DB apps? Should I keep pushing ahead, or just write a custom app myself?

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I also tried building a simple web application with Zoho Creator and got so frustrated that I am now looking for a different solution. I consider Zoho Creator to be at a point right now suitable for educational purposes but I would not consider using it for a functional application.

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I think this systems not bad,but they are paid. Their price impresses! Use free application, example mytaskhelper Thanks

I use it for personal and business use. In fact, I created 3 applications that were used in real business environmnets and solved a lot of problems with no extra investment.

You can easily create applications that deal with 10s of thousands of records with user-friendly forms, even embedded in other websites.

More BI tasks can be done by connecting Creator to Reports. And this is just one example.

I think you should seriously give it a second thought.

Have you ever look at Viravis. It may be the solution you were looking for.

Have you tried using LongJump, The solution allows you to build apps easily using one of the several available templates. I am very satisfied with it.

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