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CityTalks Web & Mobile Audio Travel Guide

Services Covered:

Mobile Application Development • Website Development • CMS Development • API Development • UI/UX Design • Software QA and Testing • DevOps

Industry

Hospitality, Travel & Tourism

Duration

14 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 January 2018

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

73/100

Good

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Client

CityTalks

Warsaw, Poland

Project Summary

createIT designed and built a web platform, native iOS and Android apps, and a CMS for CityTalks, an interactive audio travel-guide startup. The apps notify users when they pass historical placemarks and deliver audio stories collected from residents and local experts. The delivered solution became the foundation of the startup's business, is gaining traction, and the vendor maintained timely, communicative collaboration throughout the project.

Key Challenges

Assemble audio city stories from residents' memories, media, and expert contributions
Build a Web platform, native iOS and Android apps, and a CMS that deliver content via API
Coordinate non-technical content creators (historians, guides, lectors) with technical implementation

Project Deliverables

SRS documentation
REST API
iOS mobile application
Android mobile application
Web platform
CMS platform

Project Solution

createIT led brainstorming and scoping sessions, produced a detailed SRS, and implemented the system architecture using REST APIs with JWT/OAuth2 authentication. They developed native iOS (Objective-C) and Android (Java) applications, a web platform and a CMS (Symfony/PHP) that delivers content to the apps via API. The vendor provided project management, UI/UX, development, DevOps and QA support throughout implementation.

Project Outcome

The solution became the foundation of the startup's business and is gaining traction.
CreateIT met the final deadline despite API integration issues on the Android version and maintained close communication with the client.

Platforms

Web
Mobile
CMS

Tech Stack

Objective-C
Java
iOS
Android
Symfony Framework
REST API

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“createIT.com delivered a solution that now serves as the foundation of the startup's business. The app is continuing to gain traction. The team demonstrated great sensitivity in working with a non-IT partner. They effectively addressed concerns and delivered in a timely, communicative manner.”
Paulina Codogni
Co-Founder
Date: 06/19/2020