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2020 was the year in which the usage of social and communications platforms increased because of a pandemic. Almost 50% of the world's population uses social media apps.
Working with Railwaymen is an investment in a high-quality product backed by professional service from specialists. Our previous experience makes us familiar with the current needs of our clients and we try to solve them on an ongoing basis through our applications. In our portfolio, we have many social network apps projects that are popular among users and satisfying commissioning clients.
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Since our beginning, we have been creating solutions that meet our clients' needs. Among our past projects, you will find implementations that include social networking software. These are custom applications that stand out from the competition not only because of their unique ideas, but also because of the possibilities they provide to their audience. Explore the various realizations from Railwaymen and consider working with us on your solution.
Social networking app for people who feel lonely and isolated
Frindow is a UK startup social interaction platform that is dedicated to alleviating loneliness and isolation. The goal of the app is to encourage the user to make friends with people who also need contact. Through the app, users can make connections with people with similar interests and circumstances due to social features.
We were responsible for the backend, frontend, and Quality Assurance.
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Web & mobile room rent application for people that choose clean life
MySoberRoommate is a matching web & mobile app for people in addiction recovery or who have chosen to live clean. The members of the social network platform are both the people who are looking for a room and who have space to fill.
Our work focused on web & mobile development, frontend, backend, graphic design, and Quality Assurance. Implemented features:
Read full case study Dating app where best friends play a big part in arranging matches
Blinda's mission is to redefine blind dating with a unique app. This involves close friends of the dates who make up the matchmaking community. As a result, couples are matched based on mutual referrals and areas of interest. No more failed dates resulting from a bad match.
We were responsible for the UX/UI, mobile development, backend, frontend, and Quality Assurance.
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An application for the film industry that allows users to exchange information about cinematography.
The main aim of the project is to enable users to exchange information about movies. This is a perfect solution for the film industry, where you can accelerate the production of films from different industries (eg. advertising, documents, interviews, reports, etc.).
Our work focused on feontend, backend and Quality Assurance.
Read full case study Customer feedback is extremely important to us. For this reason, we strive to provide solutions that will fully meet their expectations. At the same time, we want the applications we create to stand out in terms of quality and functionality.
Our Clutch.co profile is full of positive feedback. We are incredibly proud that the average rating of over 39 clients' reviews is 4.9
There are many types of social networking software. Whether you want to become an owner of an interest-based network, dating app, discussion forum, or social shopping network, our team will help you do that.
We know exactly what features and technologies should be implemented in social network app development. Most of them are based on a location and matching algorithm. As a software company specializing in developing social networking platforms, we have well-tested solutions that let us build stunning community mobile and web applications.
UX/UI design is an essential part of the app development process. Check the concept of the community software platform prepared by our Designer.
There are 3 main ways to become an owner of a social or communication platform. You can hire a freelancer, build an in-house development crew or cooperate with a software house.
In the case of hiring a freelancer, we advise you to keep in mind that freelancers usually work alone. So you have to estimate whether one person will be able to handle the whole social software project. Furthermore, you won't be the only customer, so you need to be aware that it may take much more time to complete the project. Building an in-house team is a time-consuming process. It is a smart idea if you are planning a big, complex project that will be continued for many years. Choosing an IT company as a partner is a perfect choice if you have more sophisticated requirements and want a complex app development service. Software house is an organization that can ensure a group of IT specialists that will entirely run your project.
At Railwaymen, we can build a very basic version of your app (it is called Minimum Viable Product) for around $20,000 - $30,000, and it will take about 3 months. The primary advantage of this approach is that, after the first stage of development and release, we can collect feedback from users and use it to improve the product.
When it comes to more comprehensive software (with a bunch of advanced features) like, for example, Frindow, we had to ensure a team of specialists: 1 x Project Manager, 2 x Ruby on Rails Backend Developers, 1 x Frontend Developers, and 2 x Quality Assurance Specialist. And yes, it had an impact on the price. The first version of this social networking solution cost about $120,000 - $150,000.
The development team should tailor functionalities to each social application individually. That's why we encourage you to contact and estimate the project (it is for free). No doubt, whether you want to build a small community app based on interests, a comprehensive dating app, or a social media platform similar to Facebook or Instagram, you will need a matching algorithm that will connect users. You can specify the assumptions of this mechanism by yourself.
Here are the features that are necessary to run an attractive social app: login, profile, feed, messages or chat, searching/matching people, notifications, integrations with social media (like, e.g., Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), usage statistics, blocking users, and in many cases localization. One of the most important features (for app owners) are monetization solutions.
Most of us associate social media with Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or other famous platforms. The truth is that we have many more social apps categories: social networking sites, interest-based networks, dating apps, communication platforms, social shopping networks, social review sites, image sharing sites, video hosting sites, community blogs, discussion sites and forums.
According to Statista.com, in 2020, the most popular social networks worldwide were: Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Instagram, TikTok, QQ, Douyin, Sina Weibo, QZone, Snapchat.
Joanna Brzezińska-Wajda
Head of Sales