Folderly founder
CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the brand new faculty 12 months begins, right here’s one thing that is likely to be of nice assist to college students.
Ethan Supatan, a Cebuano Pc Science pupil, has created an app to assist college students set up their faculty supplies in a enjoyable and interesting manner.
The app is named ‘Folderly.’
Supatan shared with CDN Digital how he got here up with the thought for this app.
He stated the thought started after utilizing an utility to arrange his faculty supplies, which had many options however was considerably sophisticated and required an web connection simply to entry the web page.
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He stopped utilizing the net instrument as a result of he discovered it very sophisticated. That’s when he determined to create a extra simplified app to assist college students like him set up their faculty supplies.
Supatan stated the thought of making his personal app began in September 2023.
He designed a number of layouts in Figma with no identify but. Since he additionally runs a TikTok account with content material about PowerPoint designs and art work, he determined to check its effectiveness by sharing the design of the app he had simply created on TikTok.
The optimistic suggestions confirmed his drive to create one thing nice and higher.
“My purpose was to create an intuitive UI the place customers may simply navigate the app—a practical but aesthetically pleasing app.”
he shared.
Supatan then created a Discord server to replace his followers about Folderly’s launch and collect suggestions, which helped him tackle potential points at an early stage.
“To be sincere, growing Folderly wasn’t a straightforward path. I used to be nonetheless a 2nd-year pupil at the moment and wasn’t assured in my programming expertise. I used to be considering whether or not I may even make Folderly a actuality,” he stated.
Supatan later acquired an invite from Apple to take part within the ‘Swift Pupil Problem,’ which invitations pupil builders worldwide to submit their very own apps created utilizing Swift (Apple’s programming language).
He attends the College of the Philippines-Cebu, the place programming ideas are taught successfully. Nonetheless, with out prior expertise in Swift, growing the app alone inside two months, particularly throughout a busy faculty semester, was a major problem for him.
Reflecting on the previous, he stated, “I keep in mind going house early or utilizing my breaks to dedicate my free time to creating Folderly. It was undoubtedly a battle to juggle the whole lot.”
Apple introduced the 350 winners, and Supatan was thrilled to be one in all them. His principal purpose was to safe the $99 App Retailer membership price waiver, and he was deeply grateful for the assist from his family and friends.
To advance Folderly, Supatan reached out to his highschool good friend Wince dela Fuente, who agreed to collaborate. Wince and his crew helped develop the Android and iOS variations of the app. They used the nationwide AppCon competitors as motivation and gained Finest Product final June, which they celebrated in Manila.
“I’m grateful to have them as my crew since they wholeheartedly accepted Folderly.”
Folderly was not too long ago launched and have become the No. 1 productiveness app and No. 1 total app on the App Retailer charts within the Philippines for the month of July.
Supatan’s crew is presently engaged on the Android model, because the app is barely obtainable to iOS customers for now. They’re excited concerning the app’s future, and so are the scholars who’ve expressed enthusiasm for utilizing it to boost their tutorial expertise.
“I’m glad that, due to Folderly, college students get to romanticize their tutorial life to the purpose that some have shared their pleasure for varsity opening to allow them to use the app,” he stated.
