Any physical activity routine becomes better with both training and sports gear. They can enhance user performance, maximize the benefits of workouts, and lower the possibility of injury. The right tools can also improve your workouts and speed up your progress toward your goals.
Leading manufacturer of functional training gear is ForceUSA. The company's app is made to assist its users in maintaining their productivity, health, and fitness. It has a number of features, including personalized tips and training plans. Using the app, you can set attainable goals, track your progress, and design your own custom training program. In order to help you get the most out of the app, you can also access a library of exercise videos and professional advice.
26 • Weeks
7 • People
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The main challenge in creating the Force USA application is the very short development time. It would seem that making an application from scratch in 4 and a half months is something unrealistic. Therefore, the development process of this application is slightly different from the conventional one. We will talk about this in more detail in the Solutions section.
Another difficulty that we encountered in the development of the application is the creation of additional functionality for the CMS. The client application implied the presence of a "Content Management System". With the help of which it was possible to add and change the content of the application in real-time. We needed a solution that would allow coaches to quickly make changes.
Force USA application development process was slightly different from the classic development process. We design, develop and test each new application functionality.
The classic approach to application development is the Waterfall model or the Waterfall method (when each subsequent stage is executed only when the previous one is completely completed). The first is design, then development, testing, and release of the project.
In order to meet the short deadlines, we divided the project into parts, and combined all these stages for each of the parts. That is, at first there was a UI for one functionality, then the development and testing of this functionality immediately started after it. While the development and testing of the first functionality were underway, we were drawing and approving the UI for the next one, and so on.
7 members of the Stormotion team worked on this app: 3 developers, 2 UI/UX designers, 1 QA engineer, and 1 project manager.
In addition to a different approach to the development of the application, it was impossible to add all the functionality in such a short time. Therefore, our team came up with a very cool marketing ploy. We have developed all the basic functions of the application and released it. And on the additional functionality, they put a sign “Сoming soon”. Thus, the user understands that new features will be added to the application. Thanks to this waiting effect, the user does not lose interest in the application.
Let's return to our additional functionality for the CMS. At the beginning of development, we decided to use Hygraph CMS. This is a great service for storing content (pictures, videos, and so on). But during the development process, the amount of content went beyond the free subscription, and the paid subscription went beyond the budget. In addition, it was inconvenient for Force USA coaches to introduce new training programs into this CMS.
Therefore, the Stormotion team made an importer that automatically took all the information we needed from the Google Spreadsheet document and loaded it into the CMS system in the right categories. Thanks to this, we have reduced the content loading time (which affected the development time of the application) and made the process of adding content more convenient for the owner and trainers of the application.
Our clients trust us
Todd Gilligan
Innovation Lead @ Force USA
I had meetings with 30 different agencies and the team at Stormotion gave me the most confidence to go forward. With them you feel like you've got a kind, knowledgable & conscientious team behind you. So I was 100% sure that they're going to be able to deliver our project!
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Tino Marx
CTO @ CheckMyBus
"I highly recommend Stormotion as a service provider for app development. They're young, flexible, dynamic, creative and very fast. The cost of planning and implementation is also reasonable. As they use "pay as you go", have a good plan first — then the result also will be satisfactory".
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Szymon Sołtysiak
Head of Engineering @ Vermietet.de (ImmoScout24)
"Trust Stormotion. Work with them on your road map, on your technical debt. Also, expect feedback because the team is eager to do this. It's what I value and, I think, many startups value".
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Steve Knight
Founder @ Art of Comms
"If you're thinking of going to Stormotion, you're going to have a very easy team to talk to, to communicate with, to understand what you want to do. They will tell you if you're barking up the wrong tree and are going to waste your time and money. I'd say "give it a go!" and I thoroughly recommend Stormotion".
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Todd Gilligan
Innovation Lead @ Force USA
I had meetings with 30 different agencies and the team at Stormotion gave me the most confidence to go forward. With them you feel like you've got a kind, knowledgable & conscientious team behind you. So I was 100% sure that they're going to be able to deliver our project!
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Tino Marx
CTO @ CheckMyBus
"I highly recommend Stormotion as a service provider for app development. They're young, flexible, dynamic, creative and very fast. The cost of planning and implementation is also reasonable. As they use "pay as you go", have a good plan first — then the result also will be satisfactory".
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Szymon Sołtysiak
Head of Engineering @ Vermietet.de (ImmoScout24)
"Trust Stormotion. Work with them on your road map, on your technical debt. Also, expect feedback because the team is eager to do this. It's what I value and, I think, many startups value".
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Steve Knight
Founder @ Art of Comms
"If you're thinking of going to Stormotion, you're going to have a very easy team to talk to, to communicate with, to understand what you want to do. They will tell you if you're barking up the wrong tree and are going to waste your time and money. I'd say "give it a go!" and I thoroughly recommend Stormotion".
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Todd Gilligan
Innovation Lead @ Force USA
I had meetings with 30 different agencies and the team at Stormotion gave me the most confidence to go forward. With them you feel like you've got a kind, knowledgable & conscientious team behind you. So I was 100% sure that they're going to be able to deliver our project!
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