Cross-Platform Mobile App for a Sports Retailer
900+
Brands in the store
Across 60 sports categories, all reachable from the app.
5k
Downloads in week one
Installs in the first week after launch.
5.0
App Store rating
The rating the app holds on the App Store.
The client
Sportano is a sports retailer with more than 900 brands across 60 sports categories, sold through its own e-commerce platform with automated 24-hour shipping.
Until this project, customers could shop only through the web, with no mobile app to reach them.
The challengeWhat needed to be solved
Sportano wanted to engage mobile shoppers, rely less on desktop traffic and cut long-term website maintenance costs.
Challenge 01No proper way to shop on a phone
Customers could only reach the store through the web app, which limited spontaneous buying and engagement on mobile devices.
Challenge 02Web parity, better on mobile
The apps had to match every web feature. Sportano also needed guidance on mobile UX to reshape its wider digital presence.
Challenge 03Integrations as the biggest risk
Several third-party and proprietary integrations depended on APIs from Sportano's own backend teams.
What we did
One React Native codebase, two app stores
We built one app for iOS and Android, moving from research to user-validated designs to a modular build with Sportano's engineers.
Competitors and expectations mapped first
Research into competitor apps and user expectations shaped the UX, UI and architecture from the start.
Designs checked against real users
Sportano and real users tested lo-fi and hi-fi designs. The apps mirror the website and add modern mobile patterns.
A modular React Native build
Modular architecture, a custom design system and prebuilt libraries sped up implementation, with integration points for payments, logistics and user accounts.
QA and stakeholders in the loop
Payments, logistics and user accounts were integrated in close coordination with Sportano's engineers.
Client testimonial
Our collaboration with Netguru was smooth and highly productive. Netguru’s mobile experience and React Native expertise, combined with close coordination on integrating the Sportano Mobile App with our systems, produced a robust solution that fully meets our objectives.
Tech stackThe tools that made it possible
01
React Native
One codebase serving both iOS and Android.
02
Custom design system
A design system and prebuilt libraries that shortened implementation.
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