Blinda
Dating app where best friends play a big part in arranging matches
MOBILE APP
ABOUT PROJECT
About the company:
Fourth Street Connections, Inc is the parent company of the dating app Blinda. The company was founded in 2019 in the United States and its owners have had ambitious plans to develop its flagship product since its creation. To this aim, they decided to get involved in the digital world and release a revolutionary dating app that engages not only daters but also their friends.
Blinda’s mission is to redefine blind dating with a unique app. This involves close friends of the dates who make up the matchmaking community. As a result, couples are matched based on mutual referrals and areas of interest. No more failed dates resulting from a bad match.
OUR WORK
iOS app
Android
Frontend
Backend
QA
UX & UI
PURPOSE OF COOPERATION
Development of a dating app that will stand out from the available tools with its functionalities.
THE CHALLENGE
Creating a dating community that engages not only daters, but also their friends and family. Providing them the right tools to get to know each other and communicate.
1. PROCESS
INITIAL MEETINGS
Railwaymen's work on Blinda began in early 2020 when we were approached by Steven Irvin with an idea for his app. After our client ended their relationship with another development company, he hired us to handle the work. All activities were preceded by a series of meetings and discussions, during which we discussed the mock-ups, specifications, and determined the full scope of the project.
COMMUNICATION & WORKFLOW
Together with the client we developed an effective communication system. We communicated regularly with each other, reporting on the progress at various stages of work on the application. There were 7 people involved in the project. Among them were a Project Manager, an UX/UI Designer, 2 Front-End Mobile Engineers, 2 Back-End Engineers and a QA Engineer.
Bartosz, Project Manager
Blind’a was a really interesting project. Even though dating apps might seem like an area where most concepts have been already explored, Steven was able to come up with a novel concept for connecting people. This resulted in a challenging task for a team – which in the end we were able to overcome and release the app.
2. THE FEATURES
PROFILE TEMPLATES
Michał, Senior React Developer
“As a React Developer, I had an opportunity to work with a very complex project from the mobile perspective where we had to correctly segment Blind’a profile and Seeker and allow users to maneuver between them with ease. The whole app is able to change its life cycle depending on the one switch which was a real challenge. As a developer, I had an occasion to show and develop my architecture design and programming skills.”
ADMIN PANEL
Piotr, Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
“Blinda is a very interesting project which takes a different approach than other dating apps. As privacy of the data is very important here, it was a challenge to set up connections between Blindas and Seekers with correct visibility and access to specific accounts.”
CHAT
Piotr, Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
“During the development of this project we had to deal with a very complex account creation process, and handle multiple initial states and transition paths. At first, it seemed very overwhelming, but with good teamwork , brainstorming and continuous improvement we made it bulletproof.”
FILTERING
3. TECHNOLOGIES & INTEGRATIONS
4. UX / UI
5. QA
Maciej, QA Engineer
“Testing was hard in some parts, but also interesting because of the multitude of paths and settings possibilities inside the application. As I joined the project during the course, I had some questions, but good communication dispelled any doubts. An interesting element was testing on two systems simultaneously, from two mobile devices – it was possible to observe the responsiveness of the servers and the application itself in real time.”
FINAL PRODUCT
RESULTS & FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
Testimonial:
Steven Irvin,
Check interview with Steven and review
