endorsedOngoing

Native iOS & Android Apps for Loyalty Rewards Platform

Services Covered:

Mobile Application Development

Industry

Advertising & Marketing

Duration

158 months

Budget

1M - 10M

Start Date

1 June 2013

Team Size

6-10 Employees

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

78/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

Minneapolis, United States of America

Project Summary

MentorMate built the native iOS and Android apps for an online loyalty rewards platform, developing the initial apps from scratch and continuing to support and release new versions over multiple years. They acted as the client's iOS and Android development team, providing programming, QA, app-store release support, and feature development (including a video ad–based reward product). The apps have achieved over one million downloads per platform and sustained ratings above four stars.

Key Challenges

No native mobile app presence despite having desktop and mobile websites
Need to develop initial iOS and Android apps and establish an ongoing mobile release process

Project Deliverables

Native iOS app
Native Android app
Video reward feature with video ad monetization
QA support and app release assistance

Project Solution

MentorMate developed the client's native iOS and Android apps from scratch and has maintained and advanced them across ~100 releases. The vendor handled all programming and most QA for the apps (not the backend server logic or database), assisted with strategy and design, supported app-store submission and release processes as requested, and developed a video-based rewards feature that integrated video advertising and display advertising. The vendor worked as an external extension of the client team with an outsourced Bulgaria development group plus local Minneapolis-based roles.

Project Outcome

Over one million downloads on each platform
Maintained an average rating above four stars in app stores
Rapid bug resolution, typically within one to two business days
Long-term partnership with ongoing releases and feature development

Platforms

Mobile

Tech Stack

iOS
Android

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“They are trusted, flexible, and communicative partners. The apps have over one million downloads, and bugs are always fixed promptly. MentorMate has become a long-term partner because of their high-quality work and prompt responses and adaptations to strategy changes.”
Anonymous
Director of Product
Date: 09/20/2017