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Ukrainian mobile app company (e. 2007)
Readdle Inc.
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Industry
| Mobile apps
|
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Founded
| 2007
[1]
[2]
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Headquarters
| Odesa
,
Ukraine
(HQ)
795 Folsom Street 1st floor,
San Francisco, California
[3]
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Area served
| Worldwide
|
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Key people
| Igor Zhadanov
(CEO)
Denys Zhadanov
(VP)
Alex Tyagulsky
(CPO)
|
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Products
| Scanner Pro, PDF Expert, Fluix, Spark, Documents, PDF Office, Printer Pro, PDF Converter
|
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Number of employees
| 250
[4]
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Website
| readdle
.com
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Readdle
is a Ukrainian mobile application development company. The company research and development is based in
Odesa
, Ukraine. The operation is mostly built around the
App Store
,
[5]
cumulatively generating over 100 million downloads.
[6]
The company was founded by former college roommates Igor Zhadanov, Alex Tyagulsky, Andrian Budantsov, and Dmitry Protserov.
[7]
Products
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Documents
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Documents
(previously
ReaddleDocs
) is a file management application.
[9]
The app was Readdle's first product, and was developed because co-founders Alex Tyagulsky and Andrian Budantsov wished to be able to read books on their iPhones.
[7]
It was initially released as a
Safari
-based web service in 2007.
[10]
Later, Apple asked Readdle to submit the app (then called ReaddleDocs) to become one of the 500 apps available on the
App Store
when it launched on July 10, 2008.
[11]
After
Wall Street Journal
writer
Walt Mossberg
endorsed the app, sales increased ninefold, netting the company $500?1000 a week.
[7]
In 2013, the app rebranded as Documents.
[12]
PDF Expert
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PDF Expert
is a
PDF
editing
app
for
iPhone
,
iPad
and
Mac
.
[13]
[14]
The app allows a user to read, annotate and edit
PDFs
, change text and images, fill in forms and sign contracts.
[15]
PDF Expert was initially launched for
iOS
in 2010 for the first iPad and is now supported on the
iPad
,
iPhone
, and
Mac
.
[16]
Spark
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Spark
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Developer(s)
| Readdle
|
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Initial release
| May 29, 2015
; 8 years ago
(
2015-05-29
)
|
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Stable release
| Android
| 3.7.1 / December 21, 2023
; 4 months ago
(
2023-12-21
)
[17]
|
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iOS
| 3.7.2 / December 5, 2023
; 5 months ago
(
2023-12-05
)
[18]
|
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macOS
App Store (macOS)
| 2.11.37 / November 20, 2023
; 6 months ago
(
2023-11-20
)
[19]
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Operating system
| Windows
,
Android
,
macOS
,
iOS
,
watchOS
|
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Platform
| Android Nougat
and later,
MacOS High Sierra
and later,
iOS 13.4
and later
|
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Size
| 67.06
MB
(Android), 175 MB (iOS), 58.6 MB (macOS)
|
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Type
| Email client
|
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License
| Freeware
|
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Website
| sparkmailapp
.com
|
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Spark
is an email application for
Windows
,
iOS
,
macOS
, and
Android
devices.
[20]
[21]
[22]
[23]
[24]
Lifehacker
wrote that Spark was the best alternative for
Mailbox
users when that service went offline.
[25]
It was released on April 2, 2019, and was Readdle's first app released on Android.
[26]
References
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Stokel-Walker, Chris (2014-04-16).
"Getting rich on apps in the heart of Ukraine"
.
The Verge
. Retrieved
2020-07-16
.
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"Looking back at Readdle's journey from zero to hero"
.
TechCrunch
. Retrieved
2020-07-16
.
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Heath, Alex.
"This Ukrainian app maker hired an Apple veteran to reinvent email"
.
Business Insider
.
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"Readdle - About"
.
Readdle
. Retrieved
February 18,
2023
.
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Sawers, Paul (29 May 2015).
"40M downloads on, Readdle adds a slick email client to its suite of iOS productivity apps"
. VentureBeat.
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Dillet, Romain (12 October 2018).
"Readdle's Denys Zhadanov to talk about bootstrapping at Disrupt Berlin"
. TechCrunch.
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b
c
Stokel-Walker, Chris (2014-04-16).
"Getting rich on apps in the heart of Ukraine"
.
The Verge
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
.
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Stokel-Walker, Chris (2014-04-16).
"Getting rich on apps in the heart of Ukraine"
.
The Verge
. Retrieved
2024-01-09
.
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Perez, Sarah (2017-05-25).
"Readdle adds a clever drag-and-drop feature for moving files between its iPad productivity apps"
.
TechCrunch
. Retrieved
2024-01-09
.
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"10 years of Documents: From a document reader to a super app for file action"
.
Readdle
. January 30, 2023
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
.
- ^
"10 years of Documents: From a document reader to a super app for file action"
.
Readdle
. Retrieved
2024-05-14
.
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"ReaddleDocs Relaunches As Documents"
. 2013-01-16
. Retrieved
2024-01-09
.
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"KELLNER: Travels with my istuff"
.
The Washington Times
.
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Deorukhkar, Preshit (24 August 2016).
"PDF Expert 2 ? The Powerful PDF Editor for Mac"
.
Beautiful Pixels
.
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"How to Unlock a PDF that is Password Protected"
. 2022-11-30
. Retrieved
2023-03-13
.
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Viticci, Federico (November 2010).
"PDF Expert: PDF Reader and Annotation Tool That Fits In My Workflow"
.
MacStories
.
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"Spark Email ? Connect Gmail, Yahoo & Outlook mail - Apps on Google Play"
.
Google Play
. Retrieved
2023-12-23
.
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"Spark - Email App by Readdle"
.
App Store
. Retrieved
2023-12-23
.
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"Spark - Email App by Readdle"
.
Mac App Store
. December 20, 2023
. Retrieved
2023-12-23
.
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Seifert, Dan (May 29, 2015).
"Spark for iPhone is a fast, smart way to manage your email"
.
The Verge
.
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Biggs, John (June 2, 2015).
"Spark Is An Email Client That Shows You What's Important, Lets You Delete What Isn't"
.
TechCrunch
.
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Bryant, Martin (May 29, 2015).
"Spark: a new iOS email app for power users, with clever ideas"
.
The Next Web
.
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Klosowski, Thorin (February 25, 2016).
"Spark Arrives on iPad, Gets New Color Options on iPhone"
.
LifeHacker
.
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Bell, Karissa (February 26, 2016).
"Mailbox is shutting down, so here are 5 email apps to use instead"
.
Mashable
.
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Klosowski, Thorin (February 26, 2016).
"Mailbox Is Shutting Down, Try These Free Alternatives"
.
Lifehacker
.
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Gartenberg, Chaim (April 2, 2019).
"Spark for Android is here to fill the Google Inbox-shaped hole in your heart"
.
The Verge
.
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