How to create a mobile application if you have never done it before?

Question

Mobile development

Colleagues, good afternoon.
Not a programmer and never have been.
There is a site of a small town. We decided that it would be nice to make a small application for iPhones and Androids with a directory of local organizations. So that you can see contacts, call, call, for example, an emergency gang of plumbers.
There are a lot of online designers. Most are paid.
Or worse ... I sat, baptized, it seems that I did everything, but to publish - pay 19 dollars a month.
Surely there are some free designers somewhere. Tell me please.
It's just an application builder in which I can make a catalog of organizations and a simple reader of our site

Answer 1

the site is a web application that can be compiled into a mobile application through phonegap
- this is the best way for you

Answer 2

hire someone who knows

Answer 3

For simple applications, there is Corona SDK .
Based on the Lua language. It is quite possible to master in a free week in the evenings.
Support for a lot of platforms, fast compilation, a lot of examples.
Good thing, convenient and free.

Answer 4

ai2.appinventor.mit.edu - for Android.
For iOS, unfortunately, I do not know. Never had a case, and don't intend to.

Answer 5

Free cheese only in a mousetrap!
Go freelancing, for 5, 10 thousand they will do everything, and your comments will be brought in, if the idea is worthwhile for the whole city, then this is not money.

Answer 6

The UMI.RU website creation service will allow you to simply and free of charge make a website that will look equally good on any mobile platform and on the big screen. The layout itself will adapt to the device screen size. It will be much easier to make changes to it and there is no need to install a special application on the phone. Everything is simple there. You will like the result. Site design choose from "adaptive" templates.