Freelancer.com

Posted by: AndroidAppLog June 23, 2011 in Android App Reviews, Business Leave a comment

If you have been in freelancing industry for a while you must be aware of lot of websites which offer services to freelancers and employers. Freelancer.com is world’s largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace for small business with over 2 million employers and freelancers globally from over 234 countries. Finally the wait is over and Freelancer.com has come up with their android app after their successful iPhone app.

“Freelancer.com” android app is fast and simple way to keep in touch with all your projects on Freelancer.com. With this android app you can not only interact with clients via personal messages but also bid on a new project, create new projects, browse other projects and users, bookmark for future reference and view the projects you are dealing with.

If you are a freelancer, searching a project or browsing all projects could be as easy as doing it over your computer, with all categories and sub categories arranged in hierarchy you can quickly find a job of your interest and be one of the first bidders for the specific project. You will be able to see the complete details of the project and will also be able to see the bids of your competitors in the same section. Later you can edit or retract your bids depending on your choice. You can also bookmark a project you are interested in and would like to look at later on your computer or mobile app.

If you are an Employer, with Freelancer.com mobile app you can quickly figure out rough estimates of any project right from the meeting rooms and take the lead to explain other people about your plans. You will also be able to create projects right from your android Smartphone with complete details like detail of project, price range, bidding duration and selecting additional features related to visibility of project and bids.

From the android app you can edit most of your profile details at the same time view feedback from employers. Viewing your messages along with complete conversation threads is just like viewing your SMS inbox , there’s an option for quickly reply to the sender. The Inbox and sent messages are managed separately making it easier to find your messages . Not only for Freelancer.com users but also for anyone who requires work to be done or services to be offered can use Freelancer.com on web , Android as well as iOS devices.

The only simple problem seen in app is the tab text clashes with its highlighted background, making it difficult to read the tab text in active mode. Though this is not a bug and doesn’t affect the offerings of the app.

Overall Freelancer.com is very well designed app with decent graphics and a nice bird theme loading animation in the app. There’s also a demo version of the app available for users who would like to try it before purchasing. While the app is in its limited sale period on Android Market grab it for just a buck and avail all the benefits of Freelancer.com on your Android Phone.