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Native iOS and Android App for News Talk Radio

Services Covered:

Mobile Application Development • Software Maintenance and Support • UI/UX Design • Application Integration

Industry

Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

Duration

4 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 September 2017

Team Size

11-15 Employees

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

76/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

New York City, United States of America

Project Summary

Blue Label designed and built a native iOS and Android mobile app for a news talk radio show, integrating existing backend APIs and providing frontend design and multimedia features. The app launched in January 2018 and delivered strong results — peaking at No. 2 in iTunes news apps and increasing usage eightfold. The vendor also provided a 60-day maintenance period and continued updates thereafter.

Key Challenges

Develop native iOS and Android apps for a news talk radio show.
Redesign an outdated app that was approximately five years old.

Project Deliverables

Native iOS app
Native Android app
Frontend design
Integration with existing backend APIs
Editorial-rich content features
Audio and video playback functionality
Pay-gated subscriber content

Project Solution

Blue Label Labs designed and built native iOS and Android apps, providing frontend design and integrating existing backend APIs. They implemented editorial-rich content, audio and video playback, and pay-gated content for subscribers. The team worked in an agile process with two-week sprints and short development sprints toward launch, and delivered a 60-day maintenance period following the January 2018 release.

Project Outcome

App peaked at No. 2 for news apps in iTunes in the first week of launch.
Usage increased eightfold compared to previous average.
Team responded quickly to bugs and typically replied within 30 minutes during working hours.

Platforms

Mobile

Tech Stack

iOS
Android

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.63

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Blue Label's team designed an exceptional app that has increased usage eightfold. In the first week of its launch, the app ranked No. 2 for news apps in iTunes. Despite some lack of clarity on the pacing of the project, the final product exceeded expectations and rivals the work of competitors.”
Anonymous
Product Manager
Date: 03/01/2018