You'd think that in 2014, an app being ported from one platform to another wouldn't really be considered news anymore. Android an iOS are more than just app platforms nowadays, and if you're a serious developer it would be foolish to ignore either ecosystem. At the same time, building an app for one platform and releasing a lazy port for the other is just bad form. Recently I sat down with the folks at Algoriddim, and experienced what they feel is the start of a new generation of apps for Android.

If you're an all Android, zero Apple kind of user there's a good chance you have never heard of Algoriddim's Djay 2. This team set out to create professional grade djay software for the Mac several years ago, and received a lot of attention for themselves when Steve Jobs showed off the iPad version of the app on stage. While Jobs was busy making the argument for Apple's tablet as a productivity device and not just a media consumption device, users from all around the world picked up the app and began to explore. Verizon is offering the Pixel 4a for just $10/mo on new Unlimited lines Like any good app development company, Algoriddim wanted to release Djay 2 for Android and expand their user base. Rather than release a port of their iOS app and slapping it up on the Google Play Store, Algoriddim CEO Karim Morsy demanded a complete overhaul of the app so the experience matched the platform. In talking with Karim, he explained that it was important for the app to feel like Djay 2 belonged on Android, but it was also important that the app be as smooth and polished on Android as it was on iOS. The Android version of Djay 2 has been in development for three years, and it was vital to create the same zero latency experience that the existing versions of this app were already known for. For Algoriddim this meant waiting until the appropriate APIs were available, which meant waiting for Android 4.1.