A growing list of SaaS providers are launching Android apps. iPhone apps still dominate but the shift to mobile is forcing companies like Smartsheet to extend their mobile reach as much as possible.
Smartsheet is a SaaS provider that markets a collaborative spreadsheet application for the enterprise. Today the company launched its first Android app which it did for two reasons. More than half of its customers access its service from mobile devices and the apps are a major business driver.
Mark Mader, CEO and President of Smartsheet said in an email that 50 percent of customers sign up for the service after trying the iPhone or iPad app during its 30-day free trial. The conversion rate is three times the rate of similar trial users who only access Smartsheet via the website.
Smartsheet designed its Android app as a tool for doing work more so than just for read-only purposes. It has a spreadsheet look and feel with collaborative web functionality and project management features like Gantt charts and calendars.
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