We transform ideas into software products.
Cogniteq is a professional software agency delivering custom solutions for SMBs and enterprises based in Europe, USA, Canada and Asia. More than 100 of Cogniteq software engineers have been contributing to the success of the clients’ products since 2005.
Cogniteq offers services in Mobile and Web software development, building enterprise solutions, UI/UX design, Quality Assurance, consulting and staff augmentation. Our expertise encompasses (but not limited to) IoT product development, eLearning apps, AR/VR software, video broadcasting solutions, etc. Even though we are full-cycle service company that provides turn-key solutions we can embark on the project development at any stage. Cogniteq objective is building long-term partnership with our clients by helping them achieve their business goals. We adhere to our partners processes and standards while undertaking proactive position in consulting and optimizing the project work.
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L’Oréal, Chelsea, DHL, Burger King, USGA, McDonald’s, LPGA
Coffee Roasting Mobile Apps (IoT)
Our team developed two different coffee roasting IoT apps for iOS and Android platforms
The apps were built for IKAWA, a UK-based company engaged in manufacturing and selling two types of coffee roasters – high-tech professional and regular home machines. In order not to develop a similar functionality twice, our experts created a common app core with basic functionality (IKAWA Home version). The IKAWA Pro version includes some extra features.
Our key priority was to create the most convenient functionality for coffee enthusiasts who can customize the coffee roasting recipes exactly how they prefer. The apps allow setting very precise coffee beans roasting. Users can create their own roasting recipes by either putting points in the Roast Graph or prescribing the time and temperature for each point.
With our applications, IKAWA achieved a significant increase in sales revenue. Moreover, the growing popularity of IKAWA coffee roasters boosted the development of new versions of the machines.
Chelsea FC Hospitality app
Cogniteq developers created an official mobile application for fans of the world-famous Chelsea FC.
The app for the guests of Chelsea FC has rich functionality that helps them plan their visit to the game at the stadium and also enhances their experience. The range of its features includes exclusive offers, travel assistance, match schedules, weather forecasts, profiles of all Chelsea players, the latest club news about matches, scores, and club events.
Users of the app also have access to a hospitality guide. This guide covers such issues as menu and wine list, information about the staff responsible for catering and hosting, guides on hotel rooms and business meeting halls, dress code and others.
The Chelsea FC Hospitality app has managed to gain thousands of satisfied users among both season ticket holders and guests of Stamford Bridge. After the app was launched, the club noted a significant improvement in the quality of guest care at their facilities.
Power Metering Apps for Cyclists
Cogniteq had a task to develop four IoT apps for Android and iOS intended for cyclists.
We built two new Android apps based on the old one, improved its design and created two separate apps for iOS users. For Android applications, there was an important requirement to leave the core of the old code and separate its contents into a library for reuse.
The apps are able to recognize the sensor, connect it to a mobile phone via Bluetooth, receive data from the strain gauge, store data locally in a special format, synchronize data with the server.
The apps also enable users to calibrate the sensor and check for bootloader and firmware updates. Some versions of the app provide the possibility to register a user. The server side interprets the data and generates visuals and reports.
As a result, TeamZWATT reported a significant growth in strain gauge sales. The development of the applications also made it possible for the company to launch new lines of products under its brand-name.
Mobile banking app for a major Kazakhstan bank
Having robust expertise in FinTech, Cogniteg developers built a mobile banking app for a major Kazakhstan bank.
Our experts designed features that allow users to make payments, top up the balance of Altyn cards, transfer money from a card to a bank account or any other card. The app makes it easier to move money between Altyn cards and externally linked ones: a user needs to enter CVV / CVC codes.
The app also provides 24-hour access to accounts, account histories, and transactions, bills and mortgage payments, international money transfers. Via the app, it is possible to open accounts and deposits, to issue loans and credit cards.
Thanks to reliable tools of authentication including verification by SMS code, fingerprint, and ID scan, the introduction of one-time passwords to confirm transactions and the use of the 3D Secure technology, we achieved complete data protection
The Altyn-i app became the first mobile banking app in Kazakhstan. Money transfers have become simple and fast.
Online learning platform Teleseminar
Our team built a large eLearning platform that has iOS, desktop, and web app versions.
The online learning platform contains a great number of video seminars for those who are interested in getting professional knowledge in different spheres.
All the versions of the platform have such features as honesty detection to prevent users from cheating, copyright protection, user authentication and multi-language support.
When a course is completed, a user gets a certificate. Our experts also integrated a payment service to allow users to pay for courses directly on the platform.
In addition, we developed a separate desktop application for professors to upload video lessons and tutorials that they prepare for students.
The company got a full-fledged app, which led to increased customer loyalty and acquiring new customers. The application is becoming increasingly popular among Belgians. The platform already contains hundreds of training courses and their number is growing.
Live streaming app for iOS and Android
Cogniteq built a live TV Android and iOS streaming app for broadcasting on-demand videos and live streams.
We created this app for Daystar Television Network that is a US-based Christian TV network. The main thing that makes Daystar different from a portal with internet television is the way content is delivered to the user. In the app, the signal is shaped at the place where the event is taking place.
For broadcasting on-demand videos in our app, we used standard components: MPMoviePlayer and AVPlayerViewControlle. They can easily play MP4 files via the indicated HTTP URL.
Daystar also provides the possibility to record and re-watch any videos, as well as to return to the most interesting moments chosen by editors and other users. Moreover, we integrated a system of copyright protection into the app
As a result, we can observe a significant growth in Daystar’s unique users per month. The app offers the highest quality of video and functions without interruptions.
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Mobile App Dev for Digital Agency
"Cogniteq has a great can-do attitude and won't shy away from any task."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
Im the owner and CEO of a digital agency in Sweden. We build apps and web solutions for clients mainly in the nordic countries.
For what projects/services did your company hire Cogniteq, and what were your goals?
Our client needed an iOS and Android app. To be able to meet the need faster than we could deliver ourselves we hired Cogniteq as app developer sub-contractors and built the backend ourselves.
How did you select Cogniteq and what were the deciding factors?
We searched for outsourcing partners in Europe and Asia and created a shortlist of a handful of companies. From these we hired Cogniteq based on their past projects, broad skillset and references.
Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.
We discussed the project with PMs at Cogniteq and explained that we needed to be in daily contact with the developers ourselves. We believed that to be the best way to get results fast in a dispersed team. Cogniteq had no objections to this and the communication with the developers was very smooth.
How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?
A project manager, one iOS developer and one Android developer.
Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?
The client loved that we were able to deliver on time, on budget and according to requirements.
Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.
We needed to manage the project with our own tools for issue management, repositories, and communications tools. Cogniteq were on board with this from day one.
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
Cogniteq has a great can-do attitude and won't shy away from any task. Apart from the project described here, we have used them for many other projects as well. They are always able to help quickly which is much appreciated.
Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?
The deliveries from time to time contained bugs but being developers ourselves we know that is part of the game. Cogniteq always corrected the bugs swiftly when reported.
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Web Dev for IT Consulting Company
"I enjoyed the communication with developers and I learned a lot about the code from them."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
CEO in a company operating in strategic and technological consulting and web application development.
For what projects/services did your company hire Cogniteq, and what were your goals?
Web development services for several projects. My goal was to find an trusty partner to work with
How did you select Cogniteq and what were the deciding factors?
The sales manager of Cogniteq found me on LinkedIn. After closer communication, we managed to find a good model to organize our work. That’s how our common journey began.
Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.
We had several projects that the Cogniteq team worked on. And while one of them supposed the development from scratch, the second project was already built by other developers. So, the Cogniteq experts had to understand the way we developed the software, its architecture and code. Though it was not very simple, the team managed to do it and fulfill all the tasks that we had for them.
How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?
2 web developers (Yii2 developers ), 1 PM, 1 QA, 1 Account Manager
Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?
The work that Cogniteq did was really appreciated by me and my customer. And I have really no problem with the software delivered by the team.
Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.
I really like the communication with all the experts at Cogniteq. The guys always responded quickly and I got all the necessary information.
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
I am very happy that I’ve chosen Coqniteq to work with. I like the way the team works, I like the support and that the team quickly responds to inquiries. I enjoyed the communication with developers and I learned a lot about the code from them. I have only positive impressions and I will definitely contact Cogniteq in the future when I will need their help.
Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?
Actually, everything was great. But there was one period when the team was too busy on other projects and we had to work without their support. However, it was a very short period.
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Web App Dev for IT Outsourcing Company
"They were very professional and very flexible."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
We are an IT consultancy and Development company, specialized in the outsourcing business.
For what projects/services did your company hire Cogniteq, and what were your goals?
We needed a reliable partner for the development of a website for one of our clients. Our client is an actor casting agency with a lot of internal processes and interactions with the many stakeholders like actor agencies and film producers. The goal was to design and develop a web application to support overall casting process.
How did you select Cogniteq and what were the deciding factors?
We got in contact with Coqniteq, visited their offices, talked with their managers and developers and got a very good impression of their expertise and professionalism.
Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.
There was a good project description including diagrams for the processes. Based on that they implemented a website design with sitemap and graphic mockups. After refining the design, we planned the implementation in an agile way and stuck to that until the project was finalized and approved by the customer.
How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?
The team consisted of: 1. a product owner 2. two full stack developers 3. a tester 4. a devOps engineer
Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?
The website covered most of the client's processes in a semi-automatic way, leading to a higher work performance.
Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.
The project was implemented using Scrum, Jira was used as project management tool, Confluence was used as documentation platform. Dropbox was used to share files with the client and between the team.
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
They were very professional and very flexible, in that way we were able to react very quickly to any impediments and stick to our plan.
Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?
Not really.
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Web & App Dev for Product Development Agency
"The communication has always been extremely professional, yet personal and uncomplicated."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
We are an international product development agency. We build beautiful and intuitive mobile apps and web-apps for our clients. I am co-founder and CEO.
For what projects/services did your company hire Cogniteq?
Being an agency, we are subject to a varying project workload that is not always predictable. For this reason we work with external partners (like Cogniteq) to provide burst capacity to plug into our teams, during high-demand periods.
What were your goals for this project?
We wanted to get top notch software engineers, under flexible terms, that we can plug in and out of our projects. To augment our existing teams.
We have the project leadership in-house (both on the product and the technical side), and we never outsource that part, but are often short-handed on the software engineer side of things.
How did you select Cogniteq?
We follow a process that is initially rather liberal, in the sense that we do small trial projects with many vendors. Based on our experiences, we then double down with those partners that we made the best experiences with.
It was the same with Cogniteq, we hired them for a small low-stakes project, and were impressed with their performance, so grew it from there. We'll continue to do so.
Describe the project in detail.
We onboarded Cogniteq's software engineers into the team, and kicked it off like any other project. We discussed the customer goals, the technical and budgetary constraints. We planned the work.
And then we follow an agile software development process. Our in-house staff owns project leadership, and Cogniteq provided us with additional engineering firepower.
On some projects, Cogniteq provided a single engineer, on others the entire engineering workforce was from Cogniteq.
What was the team composition?
Our squads typically have a project lead and an overall technical lead. In multidisciplinary projects that involve usability, design, mobile, backend, etc. we typically delegate some technical leadership to these domain-leads (e.g. backend-lead).
Cogniteq's engineers typically filled the engineer role (working under the direction of the overall technical lead, as well as the domain-lead). Although sometimes they also filled the domain-lead role.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
With the help of Cogniteq, we can flex our engineering capacity very rapidly. This provides a huge boost to our productivity and our ability to deliver within our quality and timeline expectations.
Some projects would have simply been impossible without Cogniteq's help.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
It's been great. Cogniteq is flexible, which is important because each project is unique. So far, we've always been able to find a modus that works well.
When we needed to make changes to the workflow, we were always greeted with great understanding and willingness to work with us. This has made a big impact to us.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
They have a seemingly endless pool of quality software engineers. We sometimes joke that they have a cloning machine that they are keeping a secret. They must be doing something right with regards to the talent they attract and their company culture.
Aside from the quality engineers, our point of contact is very friendly, helpful, understanding and dedicated to genuinely helping us. Communication is excellent and they never drop the ball.
Any criticisms, or request for improvement are always met with a positive attitude and implemented. This makes coordination a pleasure. The communication has always been extremely professional, yet personal and uncomplicated, which is one of the biggest compliments I can give.
On the engineering side, their team members are very dedicated and hard-working. Even though they are not directly employed by us, they really care for our projects, which is fantastic (and rare).
Are there any areas for improvement?
Building software is a challenging business. No project is ever perfect. What matters is the attitude, the trust and h
ow we deal with honest feedback. Cogniteq's engineers are technically very good. And on the rare occasion that there are issues, they are resolved quickly and amicably. After all, there is a reason why we are still working together intensively after all these years.
The one area that I would single out for improvement would be the verbal English skills of the engineers -- some of Cogniteq's engineers speak perfect English, others are a little less practiced.
It's not really an issue, because we are always honestly informed upfront with regard to the level of English proficiency that we can expect. But if there is one wish I can make, then it would be to invest in English in way way or another -- through training courses, or by making English the official company language also for internal communication, etc.
And I realise that this might be an unfair criticism because if we really wanted native English speakers, then we should go looking for UK/US-based agencies.
So on balance, given the culture/mentality, engineering quality and rates, we found a real sweet-spot with Cogniteq that we are very happy with.
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iOS & Android App Dev for Career Platform Startup
"The Cogniteq-team is competent, proactive, flexible and they show great dedication to the project."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
Co-Founder of software startup Dotpin - career path software and platform
For what projects/services did your company hire Cogniteq?
Development mobile application for iOS and Android.
What were your goals for this project?
Develop MVP.
How did you select Cogniteq?
They were recommended to us by a business relation.
Describe the project in detail.
Dotpin is a new and innovative career path application that helps you find your career path with the help of your network and AI.
What was the team composition?
Project manager, account manager, iOS developer, Android developer, backend developer, data architect, product owner, UI/UX designer.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
Available in Q2/Q3 of 2021 in the Apple Store & Google Play Store.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
The workflow was effective and efficient and the communication was great. Their feedback about how each solution affects the cost and quality was very helpful to us as a startup. We have a great relation with Cogniteq: it feels like we are one team. The MVP was delivered within time and budget.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
The Cogniteq-team is competent, proactive, flexible and they show great dedication to the project. They also take pride in their performance. And most of all: they are incredibly kind! We look forward to working with them on the next phase of the development.
Are there any areas for improvement?
Can't think of any.
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Mobile App Dev for TravelTech Company
"The quality of their staff and their reliable honest management are impressive."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I am Head of Delivery of Cellpoint Digital. Cellpoint Digital provides digital solutions to the travel industry. More information can be found here: https://cellpointdigital.com/
For what projects/services did your company hire Cogniteq?
Cogniteq complemented our Native Mobile Application Development team for an Airline Project in South East Asia
What were your goals for this project?
Develop an entire Native Mobile Application capturing all the requirements for a full service flag carrier
How did you select Cogniteq?
We did a down selection based on providers within our Network in- and outside of LinkedIn. After a trial period with 1 developer, we got to know Cogniteq as a very reliable partner and decided to contract a larger team of 6 developers.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
Thanks to the contribution from the highly talented Cogniteq staff we implemented the Native Mobile Application on both iOS and Android platforms.
On top, Cogniteq helped us increase knowledge of swift (iOS) and Kotlin (Android).
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
Easy and adaptive. High quality and reliable staff backed up by a strong and solid back office
What did you find most impressive about this company?
The quality of their staff and their reliable honest management are impressive.
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Mobile App Dev for Staffing & Recruitment Company
"We are very happy and looking forward to upcoming projects with Cognitec."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
We have been working with Cognitec in our customer project and both we and our customer has been very satisfied to the results.
For what projects/services did your company hire Cogniteq?
Software development.
What were your goals for this project?
Our goals were to be able to deliver results for our customer fast and cost efficient.
How did you select Cogniteq?
We have been knowing Cognitec long time and communicating with them has been always easy, fast and clear.
Describe the project in detail.
Mobile app development
What was the team composition?
We were able to use one of Cognitec top talent developer in our project.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
App was developed on time and as customer wanted.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
Very fluent and efficient co-operation.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
Fast and fluent communication. Taking care of customers needs.
Are there any areas for improvement?
We are very happy and looking forward to upcoming projects with Cognitec
Stakeholders were satisfied with the work of Cogniteq as they delivered on time, within the budget, and according to requirements. They were flexible in using the client’s tools and remained responsive throughout the project. Customers can expect a dedicated team.