Case Studies/Nextflag
A social mobile app for creating and sharing personalized location flags — discover places, follow people, and plan trips from real recommendations.
Map-first
Flags · follow · wishlist
Client requirement
Nextflag needed a polished React Native experience — stable onboarding, geolocated flags on a map, search by city, social follow, wishlist, and smoother post-upload flows without crashes.
What we inherited, and exactly how each constraint was resolved.
Performance lagged; React Native and related packages needed upgrades alongside native pods.
We upgraded React Native, packages, and pods and tuned the app for smoother runtime performance.
Post-upload UI was outdated and buggy, often crashing the app.
We rewrote the post-upload flow, cleaned inefficient code, and reused idle assets in the new path.
Users could not reliably find flagged locations — the core product promise broke.
We added a dedicated map screen with geolocation markers and filters by flag type.
A static splash screen slowed startup and wasted asset budget.
We replaced it with an animated splash that cut load time and storage size.
Weak search made it hard to find flags or wishlist items in a region.
We shipped an advanced search screen using geolocation data to surface places by city.
Onboarding bugs dropped sessions and lost progress mid-flow.
We hardened the backend, saved progress per step, and added session resume.
Save favorite locations with notes for trip planning using location services.
Follow other users and see their flags and recommendations as they post.
Map view of flag density by region to discover popular destinations.
Follow recommendations based on content relevancy and overlapping flags.
Sign in with Google or Apple for faster, personalized access.
App performance and stability improved after the React Native upgrade path.
Map and search made flagged places discoverable again.
Onboarding completion rose with step saves and session resume.
Social follow and wishlist deepened engagement around real recommendations.
Frontend
HTML5
CSS3
React NativeUI KittenReduxBackend
Ruby on Rails
GraphQLDatabase
PostgreSQLHosting
Version control
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