endorsedOngoing

Long-Distance Ridesharing iOS App Development

Services Covered:

Mobile Application Development • API Development • Application Integration • Software Maintenance and Support

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

123 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 May 2016

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

81/100

Strong

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Client

Confidential

Vancouver, Canada

Project Summary

Innovify served as developer and technical advisor for a long-distance ridesharing iOS app, implementing location services, user profiles, user reviews, an in-app chat system, and Stripe-based payments. The vendor provided project management, feature feedback, API integrations, and App Store submission support. The engagement began in May 2016 and continues with small maintenance and planned Android work.

Key Challenges

Founders were non-technical and required technical advisory and development support
Startup had intermittent development cycles, requiring a flexible team to pick up work as needed
Need to implement complex payment transfers between users and manage related technical challenges

Project Deliverables

iOS mobile app
In-app chat system (API integration)
Stripe payment integration and payment flow for peer-to-peer transfers
User profiles and user reviews
App Store submission

Project Solution

Built and maintained an iOS ridesharing app, providing development, project management, and integration work. Innovify implemented location-based ride matching, user profiles and reviews, in-app chat via API integration, Stripe payments (including peer-to-peer transfer flows), and coordinated App Store submission; they also provided ongoing maintenance and plan Android development.

Project Outcome

App submitted to the App Store
Mostly smooth delivery with some bugs and glitches
Vendor largely stayed within budget and was flexible on billing for an overrun
Improved project tracking and communication using JIRA, Slack, and regular calls

Platforms

Mobile

Tech Stack

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.38

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Innovify is flexible about financial concerns and works hard to stay within the budget. Although the loss of the project manager was a setback, they use project management tools to stay organized. Instead of just following orders, the team offers their own suggestions to improve the product.”
Anonymous
Co-Founder
Date: 06/08/2017