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UI/UX Design for Crowfunding Platform
MetaLabs' designs received positive feedback from real users. Their visuals truly represented the company's brand identity and vision. An excellent team, MetaLabs provided detailed reporting and disregarded communication. They understood the client's needs to define their vision into designs.
Custom Software Dev for Health App Platform
In order to achieve our goals, we had to develop a thorough and accelerated engineering process based on SCRUM with short sprints. We used React-Native framework to develop our solution since we needed a mature hybrid-technology in order to achieve the desired pace.
We finally automated the whole integration and deployment process using Bitrise that allowed us to achieve multiple builds per-week constantly.
UI/UX, Mobile and Web development
We first designed in collaboration with the shelters an admin dashboard to help them organize and upload their animals for adoption, which also allowed shelters to define their own adoption process by customizing an adoption form and visualizing adoption applicants.
After this, we started creating mockups for what would end up being the mobile application, in which we iterated constantly after receiving feedback from interested people and volunteers at the shelters. We then started building the mobile application using React Native, which allowed us to cut down in half the time needed to get the idea out and working in both iOS and Android.
In order to power both the mobile application and admin dashboard we leveraged the power and rapid development that Ruby on Rails offers, which was finally deployed in our AWS infrastructure, permitting us to help both animals, shelters and run our whole infrastructure with a small budget while leaving room for uncountable more features to further help those in need.
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the project
UI/UX Design for Crowdfunding Platform
"It didn't feel like they were contractors; it felt like they were part of our team."
the reviewer
the review
The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I'm the CEO and co-founder of a crowdfunding platform for concerts.
For what projects/services did your company hire MetaLabs?
We had simple mockups of our desired design and we took them as far as we could, but we knew we needed professional help to get our app looking consumer-grade.
How did you select this vendor?
Marco, the CEO, reached out to me directly via LinkedIn. I get business development messages from vendors all the time, but Marco stood out. He took the time to actually research our business and understand our vision. This gave me the confidence that he could help us build the product we want to bring to market.
After a couple of meetings to outline the scope of the project, see prior examples of their work, and get an understanding of how they would tackle the work, I was sold.
Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.
- Initial meeting to establish the direction of the designs
- We provided feedback on the design direction
- They came back with a quick example of their ideas for the first and most critical flow of the app, using the design direction we agreed upon
- We gave feedback on that first example
- Using the feedback provided, they delivered a polished first flow
- They set up UX testing via Maze so we could validate the designs with real users
- As we ran testing, they completed the rest of the flows within the app as we provided feedback along the way
- They delivered a complete prototype in Figma
All of this happened within 2 weeks, which is mind-blowing given the complexity of our app.
How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?
- CEO, who functioned as a project manager
- Lead Designer
We had daily meetings with the Lead Designer and the CEO would jump into those meetings every couple of days.
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
The feedback on the designs from real users has been overwhelmingly positive. Furthermore, the completed designs truly represent our brand identity and even go beyond what our initial vision was. We're extremely excited to launch our app in the coming weeks and have confidence that the user experience will be intuitive and engaging.
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
I mostly answered this in a previous question where I laid out the steps of the project, but the workflow was seamless. Daily meetings to check in on new designs and provide feedback plus a joint Slack channel where we could communicate asynchronously.I never felt like there was a gap in communication.
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
Their professionalism and how they acted as true collaborators. I know it sounds cliche, but it didn't feel like they were contractors; it felt like they were part of our team. They brought enthusiasm and curiosity to each meeting and would occasionally question our design choices or provide an alternative option we hadn't even thought of.
As a result, our designs are significantly better than they would have been if they had simply taken orders and didn't truly understand our business.
Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?
It would have been nice to receive a written update on what changes were made each day while iterating on designs. We communicated via slack and we had our daily meeting to review new designs, but sometimes it was challenging to remember all of the changes we had requested and all of the changes they had performed.
That being said, I don't think it impacted the project significantly and we still felt as if all of our requested changes were made.
the project
Custom Software Dev for Health App Platform
"The way the team understands the need to iterate and move fast has been impressive throughout the workflow."
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the review
The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
Sanno is the first digestive health app that helps users with their symptoms through data patterns, programs and direct support from clinicians.
For what projects/services did your company hire MetaLabs, and what were your goals?
We needed support to build our product with an agile approach and based on lean startup mindset.
How did you select MetaLabs and what were the deciding factors?
The deciding factors were speed, experience and same lean mindset.
Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.
The scope of work include regular sprints to tackle new features, iterations based on user feedback and de-bugging.
How many people from the MetaLabs team worked with you, and what were their positions?
Marco is leading our work but we had the support of the full team especially with testing.
Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?
We have built and launched an app from scratch within 6 months as an MVP and have continued to deliberately work on improving the user experience, journey and metrics.
Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.
The team is efficient in terms of communication. We do a kick-off sprint meeting, daily updates on Slack and a mid-sprint catch-up.
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
The way the team understands the need to iterate and move fast has been impressive throughout the workflow.
Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?
In the beginning they could have been more diligent on documentation. Sanno emphasised documenting everything is key and they have followed well our requests.
the project
Website Development for Marketing & Advertising Company
"Everything was delivered on time."
the reviewer
the review
The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
I am the CEO of the company
For what projects/services did your company hire MetaLabs?
develop a new website for one of our clients
How did you select this vendor?
we evaluate different providers and we were convinced by the solution they presented to us and the attention they gave us
Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.
- definition of the primary scope, acceptation of commercial offer and work schedule
- detailed definition of the scope and requirements
- presentation of the first draft of the project
- adjustments and final development and subsequent validation and release
How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?
my team work directly with the ux/ui developer
Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
Our client was very happy with the final result, a modern, fast and relaiable web sites as they imagined
How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?
all the team was easy to communicate and provide to usd frequent updates. We had virtual meetings. Everything was delivered on time
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
The way the team integrated with our team is great and the ability to move and iterate quickly is what we need
Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?
everything its excellent, we will work again with metalabs without hehistate
MetaLabs' designs received positive feedback from real users. Their visuals truly represented the company's brand identity and vision. An excellent team, MetaLabs provided detailed reporting and disregarded communication. They understood the client's needs to define their vision into designs.