Press App Client Review

I’m the co-founder of an app called Press App Sports, a new social media platform like Instagram but for posting sports highlights. It’s a place for athletes to build a fanbase for people who want to follow their progress.

We needed someone to design and build the app.

We had a week-long discovery phase with their CTO, and we came up with a roadmap for the iOS and Android apps. I told Sunflower Lab exactly what to do, and they did all of the design and dev. We iterated multiple times for each phase, sending them notes until it was finalized.

The app has a top trending page with the most viewed videos from the last seven days. Users can filter content by level, sport, gender, location, and even commitment status. The home feed and repost feature are working, and profiles are exactly what we asked for. We’ve launched the iOS version, but the Android still has a few more steps before it’s ready.

We researched quite a few companies. We got quotes from four of them, and Sunflower Lab had great references and an affordable price, so we hired them.

They were referred to us by one of our VC investors.

We’ve spent around $60,000.

We began working together in December 2017, and the work is ongoing.

We plan on bringing in a third-party analyst to review Sunflower Lab’s code when we’re further along. So far, we’ve gotten positive feedback from users who say the app looks and functions great. It’s had a few bugs, but nothing major.

Our communication is manageable—they’re located in India, so English is their second language. We communicate via Slack, and their response time is incredible. We have weekly meetings to go over project details, but they’ll have more meetings if needed. I can just tell them we need to talk, and within 20 minutes we’ll be video conferencing.

They’re highly responsive and willing to work outside of regular business hours. When we needed to submit a build to Apple, for example, a developer from Sunflower Lab was up until three in their morning, their time.

Because English isn’t their native language, they often made simple spelling mistakes at the beginning of our engagement. But now that we know that, we’re better and providing them with the exact text that we want on the frontend.

Be willing to get up early to meet with them. The time difference means their work day begins when it’s still early morning here, and I’ve found that giving them notes at five in the morning helps them be more productive throughout the day.