Appinventiv

BACKGROUND

Please describe your organization.

I am the founder and CEO of a startup mobile app company. We're developing a number of mobile apps. Some have accompanying websites. Our goal is to provide apps and specific verticals that either make the user's life easier or more efficient. That's essentially what we do.

What is your position?

I am the founder and CEO.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What business challenge were you trying to address with AppInventiv?

The first app that we did together is a peer-to-peer ride sharing app. I just went into development on a second app with AppInventiv, too.

SOLUTION

Please describe the scope of their involvement in detail.

We worked together to develop some specific and then some more open-ended functionality. Essentially, our app is a ride-sharing app.

The scope was to find someone who could go from end to end, so everything from both architecture design to graphic design, through development for iOS and for Android. Especially on the Android side – to find someone who could also be able to give extensive testing follow-through on the variety of device profiles on Android, which is somewhat of a nightmare. Not with AppInventiv, but it can be a nightmare, and has been in the past for me, developing other apps with other companies.

But the scope was beyond just end-to-end development for iOS and Android platforms. The other piece was to find a company that was well versed in any and every API [application programming interface]. I wanted to make sure it was a company that, if they didn't have expertise, they could quickly get up to speed with any API. Those were my requirements.

How did you come to work with AppInventiv?

I like Indian developers, but with Indian developers, a lot of times I have to really specify the exact functionalities; otherwise, I may not get what I was looking for. I have a bias toward Indian developers, and not necessarily a bias against U.S. developers, but cost was an issue as well. U.S. developers still tend to be much more expensive than Indian developers.

I started to develop a short list in terms of actual companies that looked like they could do the end-to-end development for multiple platforms, who could follow through on testing, and so forth. I went back and forth with my short list of companies by emailing and then, ultimately, through Skype conversations, I chose AppInventiv. At some point, you choose them based on what you look at with the apps that they've done in the past, the breadth of apps that they've done, the quality of apps that they've done, and so forth. As companies provided me with their reference apps, I looked at those and ultimately arrived at AppInventiv.

Could you provide a sense of the size of this initiative in financial terms?

I plan to continue with them as we do enhancements, and I haven't tallied everything, but we're probably in the $40,000 to $50,000 range right now. That's easily on the low end since that would have been double for U.S. developers. Of course, there's others that try to lowball you with unreasonable estimates just to land your business.

What is the status of this engagement?

We completed this about a month ago [June 2015]. The development time was about two to three months. The work is ongoing. The bottom line is, they performed. I've worked with so many developers that will get it 90 to 95 percent of the way there, but haven't been able to do the testing part. We've completed testing, and we basically have a version two that we're starting to put the requirements together for.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Could you share any statistics or metrics from this engagement?

Like any project or any software, there's no such thing as a bug-free initial version. The biggest thing is not what you get for your first beta but, to me, it's what the response is, and how the company handles the bug fixes and the turnaround. Their response is usually within 24 hours for bug fixes. It's an immediate response; communication is excellent, and the best thing is, there are no excuses. We keep a spreadsheet of the bugs. They have their various tools and their Agile development; I like to work in a spreadsheet, where I can set a lot of my functionality on a spreadsheet, so I can send them that back.

The bottom line is, I get bug fixes usually within 24 hours. If it's something complex, it might be 48 hours, but it's immediate and without excuses of fixing it, with no extra costs. At this point, I trust them. We have the timeframe, whatever the timeframe is – sometimes a month, sometimes six months – but I trust the fact that with AppInventiv, they're just going to fix stuff. If it's broken, they'll fix it.

What distinguishes AppInventiv from other providers?

You can have different metrics, you can have different feedback but, to me, through the years, trying to work with other companies, sometimes you get down to having to nitpick on "was that in scope or out of scope?" and you get into all those gray areas. With AppInventiv, it's just like, "Alright, it doesn't work. We'll fix it. Let's move forward."

In hindsight, are there areas in which they could improve, or things you might do differently?

This goes for working with any developer out of the U.S. It would be nice if they had U.S.-based personnel, so I wouldn't have to fly to India just to have a face-to-face meeting. That really comes down to just understanding the U.S. culture, in terms of developing and launching an app into the US market, where if they did have US-based personnel. I'm in Denver, so if I needed to fly to New York, it's easier than flying to India. But, pretty much just that. Even though Skype is great, and you don't need to be in the same room with somebody to communicate. At some point, it's nice just to have someone here in the U.S. who understands the U.S. market, so it's easier to communicate exactly what you're trying to do in the marketplace.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the CEO of an information technology company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Catholic social media and networking app connecting over 700K+ Catholics!

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Appinventiv to accomplish?

• Mobile App Development
• API implementation
• App

SOLUTION

How did you find Appinventiv?

Online Search

Why did you select Appinventiv over others?

High ratings

How many teammates from Appinventiv were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Delivery of a fully functional mobile application that we provided the Figma designs. They were just supposed to code it and make it ready to use.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

They assigned one person to communicate with me and that person was always a bit clueless, they always tried to give me updates with very little information regarding the actual progress and they always said they would check on it and always be very vague.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

No, they just communicated that they were working on it but they never actually gave us anything that worked.

What was your primary form of communication with Appinventiv?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Communication before paying was always amazing.They would always communicate PRIOR to being paid and once paid they would disappear and then come back when the next invoice was due and pretend they were working hard but it was always just one person communicating that was assigned to the project. I am convinced they used inexperienced developers to work on my project and they delivered an app that was absolutely junk! Nothing worked and then they tried to upsell me to hire them hourly to try to fix their issues.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Appinventiv could have done differently?

Actually code something that works!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Senior Quality Assurance Specialist of Toki NBFI LLC

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Toki is an application targeting Mongolian users to simplfy everyday lifestyles that suit each individuals.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Appinventiv to accomplish?

• Transfering the code from native to flutter and redesigning the architecture to microservices

SOLUTION

How did you find Appinventiv?

Online Search

Why did you select Appinventiv over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit

How many teammates from Appinventiv were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Conisting from 15-20 employees all of them were involved with everyday tasks and communications through skype. The team dynamic with the Toki team was well established as any one of can connect with the Appinventiv team.
What's the status of this engagement?

Ongoing with great process

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The number of downloads and the user counts

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

As our application is very dynamic our timeline changed as new tasks were given, we would discuss on whether accepting it and extending deadlines. So Items were deliveredon agreed upon dates.
How did your relationship with your partner evolve?
Multiple communications have been established in order to get in sync with each other. As well as, timely delivery on deadlines for tasks.

What was your primary form of communication with Appinventiv?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We are impressed with the individual talents and the passion they put into our project.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Appinventiv could have done differently?

Pre Updates regarding national holidays
What advice do you have for clients with similar needs to yours?
Mostly important thing would be to negotiate SLA from both side and not to make a one sided SLA.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Senior Product Owner of Ecco

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Shoe retailer

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Appinventiv to accomplish?

• Translate business ideas into technical solutions

SOLUTION

How did you find Appinventiv?

Clutch Site

Why did you select Appinventiv over others?

• High ratings
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Appinventiv were assigned to this project?

21

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

E-commerce mobile application

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Team was responsive and adapted to the company needs. We were working in agile so a lot of the retrospective feedback was applied to ensure constant improvements on the development of the solution we were working.

What was your primary form of communication with Appinventiv?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The people are highly skilled and have great attitudes.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Appinventiv could have done differently?

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BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Co-Founder of Broker2Broker, LLC

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We build, market, and sell a mobile app for commercial real estate brokers which helps them find and trade comps. It's called Broker2Broker.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Appinventiv to accomplish?

• Design, build, launch a mobile app for iOS and Android
• Design, build and design web UIs: one admin, one end user

SOLUTION

How did you find Appinventiv?

Online Search

Why did you select Appinventiv over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fits our budget
• Positive references

How many teammates from Appinventiv were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Key deliverables: 

1. Working mobile app on Apple and Google Play app stores
2. Working Admin web ui, 
3. Working end-user web ui for data entry to support mobile app

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We launched our app on iOS and Android. Development costs met our budget expectations.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

AppInventiv provided stellar project management who went above and beyond to advocate for our needs and deliver on time. They were even great about pushing us to provide our deliverables to meet the deadlines. They were very responsive.

What was your primary form of communication with Appinventiv?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their quality code, project management, and professionalism were impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Appinventiv could have done differently?

Not really. Maybe push back 10% harder on complex features we requested. But overall, they struck a good balance between giving us what we asked for vs. steering us towards first release features.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Owner of IRanch, LLC

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Agriculture sales

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Appinventiv to accomplish?

• Develop app

SOLUTION

How did you find Appinventiv?

Online Search

Why did you select Appinventiv over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fits our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Appinventiv were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Complete mobile app development and website

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Milestones set by the team that were discussed

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

The team has been amazing as keeping us on track and pushing us to help us meet our goal.

What was your primary form of communication with Appinventiv?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their ability to see our vision and build from the ground up!

Are there any areas for improvement or something Appinventiv could have done differently?

No. They really have been amazing to work with.