WECODE

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am co-founder and the CEO of Metta app. Metta is a social audio platform where users can contribute to personal development in your daily life. Metta offers a vide range of audio contents, such as podcasts, audio books, meditations, stories and music.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire WECODE, and what were your goals?

Our goal was to build the very first audio marketplace platform that will compete with the giants of audio market, such as Spotify, Headspace etc. We needed a reliable and at the same flexible partner, a company with leadership skills and able to constantly innovate.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We were looking for the companies who has deep expertise in building marketplace app. Wecode was impressive at this point, they already had marketplace apps in the portfolio. Another key factor was the UX/UI of projects in their portfolio; all were very up-to-date and attractive for the user. After we had a meeting, we liked their approach: they came with many original ideas, it was obvious that the team is aware of market trends. Also we were impressed by their will to implement innovations on every stage of development.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We can divide the project in 3 main parts:

• First, the initial step and most important deliverable, was iOS and Android mobile app. The app included main features of marketplace and audio tools (player, categories, etc).
• Second was the web version. It was based on features of the app with the sophisticated design.
• Third we added the app for Apple TV, Apple Watch, iPad, and also mobile app for Huawei.

The app was constantly developing with new features added, some milestones were the following:

• Social profile for content creators with the ability for users to like and follow the updates
• Adding different languages (English, Russian, Spanish, French)
• Adding podcast feature and enlarging app’s categories Now the app is available in stores, but it is still under development, since Wecode team comes up with outstanding ideas and helps us to make the app even better.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

13 people worked on project

• 2 ios developers
• 2 android developers
• 2 web developers
• 1 UX/UI designer
• 3 ruby developers for api / backend
• 2 QA
• 1 project manager
• 1 bizdev manager

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

435K installs 170K active users Metta was featured in App Store twice:

• app of the week
• Top of Lifestyle category

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

They have a very good management team, everything was clear since they follow up daily updates, prepare week reports on results of work and respond to inquiries on time. Tools: Whatsapp, Zoom, Email, Figma, TestFlight

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

Their will to apply innovation into daily routine and the level of interest in the project are amazing. Wecode suggested us a lot of excellent ideas which lead the app to the TOP of AppStore.

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

We are totally satisfied with their work.