37 signals have released the official iOS app for Basecamp. 8 years after launch

Basecamp , a project management system developed by the 37signals team and launched back in 2004, is still no one inferior to market leadership, despite the huge number of analogues that managed to climb the arena and hastily leave it over the past 8 years. Even the emergence of competitors such as Asana , Teamlab , Trello and Podio did not lead them astray . Here, of course, it remains only to applaud while standing.

Basecamp could not only withstand the test of time (8 years - the period is not small, you must agree), but also with trends. So, for example, developers ignored the trend to the last and preferred the mobile version to native applications. Knowing Basecamp for a long time, I want to think that the guys were in no hurry simply because they wanted to do everything as it should, and now - drum roll - on February 8, the first official Basecamp iOS application got to the App Store .

Yes, yes, Basecamp could be used for a long time through a mobile browser, moreover, there is more than one third-party application for both iOS and Android, but the quality ... you know, and the cost will not suit everyone ( SuitChamp , for example, costs $ 7 )

Another drum roll: the application, released by 37 signals, is absolutely free and at first glance makes a good impression: fast, convenient to use, but the design does not leave any chance to third-party applications. In appearance, the application is not much different from the Basecamp mobile interface, which 37 signals were released last fall, so that users can easily view their projects, conduct discussions with colleagues, view tasks and delete them from to-do lists, attach files, read and add comments.



In general, we can confidently say that this application is one of the most anticipated for Basecamp users, not only because it was developed by the same people as the original.

Through the application, you can also work with the recently announced Basecamp Personal . For those who missed the news: this is the Basecamp version for personal use, which is paid 1 time on the condition that you conduct only 1 project (before that, Basecamp's main target audience was a small business, and the fee was monthly). Basecamp Personal cost $ 25.

For a long time, the 37 signals team insisted that it did not plan to go beyond the mobile version for its product, which, of course, was an excellent guarantee for third-party developers who did not want to compete with the founder company. Now, they must be in a difficult position, because Basecamp users no longer make any sense to look “to the side”.

But let's talk about (potential) tar spoons. The mobile application only works with projects of the “new” Basecamp. That is, with everything that you created after a big reboot in early 2012. “Great luck” for those who use Basecamp Classic - the old version of the platform! Why is that? According to the developers, the point, of course, is not that users of the old version flew out of their heads, but simply they see the new design as much more convenient from the point of view of usability. But we understand that the main reason is to motivate to create accounts in the new version of the platform.

Are you a dedicated user of the classic version? Well, you still have the mobile version and applications released by third-party developers at your disposal. Perhaps this is the only ray of light for Camp- type products that was released the day before the official release of 37 signals.



Although, wait ... Camp also does not work with the old version of Basecamp! Ay yai yai (

Let's summarize: the new product from the 37signals team looks great and, apparently, most users will want to use it on their IPhones as soon as possible. Basecamp had the status of a leader in project management without a mobile application, and with the latter the release, it seems, will not be equal to the product at all. Although stop, you still need the same for Android ...
According to the founder of 37 signals, they already thought about it)



Look for a mobile application from the creators of Basecamp here

* This is a free translation of the news published on TechCrunch on February 8