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Client work · 2017 · for TouchTap

Equus Hub

TouchTap needed a partner to design and build a mobile API platform for a Peer-to-Peer Marketplace, social networking, and event management platform.

We built
Mobile API
With
Ruby on Rails, Swift

No longer runningequushub.com

The Equus Hub emblem of two horses above three iPhones showing the app, on blue.

Three projects for TouchTap · since 2017

  1. 2017 · You’re reading thisNo longer runningEquus HubA platform connecting equestrian enthusiasts, on iPhone.
  2. 2017School EventPayPayments and permission slips for school events, for the web and mobile.Read the case study
  3. 2018No longer runningMathStarA mobile app that helps kids sharpen their math over the summer break.Read the case study

The challenge

TouchTap needed a partner who could not only design, build and deploy a robust mobile API, but also help with mobile application development.

What we made

We created a Rails 5 web application to connect with social networks, manage items for sale, process transactions, and provide interactions between users.

1 award, 2019

  • Best Social Network Mobile Application Internet Advertising Awards Source

The app went on to win this in 2019.

A woman sitting on the grass by a wooden fence with a collie, holding an iPhone that shows a photo of a horse
Two people outdoors, one filling in a "New Listing" form on an iPhone, the other holding a tablet

Project Management

In addition to our design and custom software solution services, we sometimes provide project management when our clients need help planning, tracking and iterating on a project.

For this project, we planned and tracked project progress for everyone involved in the project, across multiple organizations, using Slack, Github, and TeamWork.

Rails API

We originally investigated using a customizable open source solution to jump start work on this MVP for the client, however after further evaluation it was not feasible to use this product.

Instead we developed a custom Rails 5 application providing registration, a P2P (peer-to-peer) market place that processed payments using Stripe Connect, a social feed, social networking and messaging features.

The delivered API includes full documentation on Apiary and a comprehensive test suite.

iOS Development

After we completed and launched the API, we were able to join forces with TouchTap to help finish development on the native Swift 3 app.

We created the registration, login, account settings and some of the marketplace logic in the mobile application.

Close-up of an ankle tattoo of two horses around an "EH" emblem, above a red canvas sneaker

More for TouchTap

Three projects for TouchTap

All the client work

2017 to 2018

  1. 2017
    No longer runningEquus HubA platform connecting equestrian enthusiasts, on iPhone. You’re reading this
  2. 2017 School EventPayPayments and permission slips for school events, for the web and mobile. Read the case study
  3. 2018 No longer runningMathStarA mobile app that helps kids sharpen their math over the summer break. Read the case study