Filemaker Comes to iOS With Filemaker Go

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Filemaker Comes to iOS With Filemaker Go

Apple has just brought their Filemaker database software to iOS devices for the very first time, and while FileMaker Go isn’t going to replace your Mac when it comes to database creation, it is a slick way to access Filemaker databases on the go.

Filemaker Go allows users to update and modify existing databases on their iPhone or iPad after they have been created and designed through Filemaker Pro. You transfer them to your device through iTunes or email, or even access an existing database online by clicking on a web link.

Filemaker Go requires iOS 4.0 or higher on the iPhone. Filemaker Go for iPad requires iOS 3.2 or better, and it will read database files as old as Filemaker 7. At $19.99, it’s not a cheap app, but for professionals who do a lot of work in Filemaker database, it’s the best solution out there.

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  • Mike

    I didn’t realize Filemaker was an Apple product.

  • Daniel

    Yep, FileMaker used to be a Claris project, same Apple subsidiary that made ClarisWorks, which became AppleWorks. Apple took over all of Claris’s projects except for FileMaker and changed Claris’s name to FileMaker sometime around 2000.

    I’ve worked on databases for work before and when I decided to buy a database app, I gave Bento and FileMaker a go. FileMaker is more flexible, and Bento is not quite a relational database, but I ended up choosing Bento, partially because Bento databases require less setup and tweaking than FileMaker databases. I find myself creating databases and changing their structure on my iPad quite frequently, so until you can do that with FileMaker Go, it’s a No-Go for me.

  • http://tvscifi.com stevehops

    It would be interesting if FileMaker would allow developers to create stand-alone iOS Filemaker apps like they do on the OSX and Windows platforms.