Built the BidBid MVP in nine months, on the founder's deadline.

InApps built the minimum viable product of BidBid, an auction-based app from Austin, Texas, for career, social and dating connections, where people bid for a meet and greet with the person who lists the auction. Starting from the founder's idea, InApps planned the product, designed the screens in Figma and built the iOS and Android app between December 2020 and September 2021: phone and social sign-in, profiles and matching, auctions and bidding, meet and greets on a live map or by video call, online payments, one-to-one chat, notifications and blocking. BidBid launched on the App Store and Google Play on 15 December 2021.

The iOS and Android apps share one React Native codebase. The backend runs on Node.js with PostgreSQL, Google Cloud Storage holds the files, Firebase handles real-time services, and Google Maps powers the live map for meet and greets. InApps designed the screens in Figma.

Nine months, from December 2020 to September 2021. BidBid set nine months as the target when it hired InApps, and the founder's verified Clutch review says the timelines and objectives were met, with a score of 5.0 out of 5 for schedule.

Yes, and this project is one example. Austin is twelve hours behind Ho Chi Minh City, thirteen in the US winter. BidBid and InApps were in touch several times a week, by email and in Figma, and the founder hired a US-based engineer to interface with the InApps team, which he called critical to the project. His own suggestion for next time was to have someone based in the US to reduce barriers. He rated InApps 5.0 out of 5 for schedule and for cost.

Two phases. First an MVP project: InApps front-end and back-end engineers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, building to a fixed nine-month deadline, with the designs agreed in Figma and the founder in touch several times a week. After the MVP, BidBid signed a second phase with a full dedicated InApps team. BidBid also had a US-based engineer of its own working with the team.

A working MVP in nine months, built to specification. The founder rated InApps 4.5 out of 5 overall in a verified Clutch review, with 5.0 for schedule and 5.0 for cost, and signed a second phase with a dedicated InApps team. BidBid launched on the App Store and Google Play on 15 December 2021, three months after InApps delivered the MVP.

Scope first, then build. InApps agrees what the first version must prove and fixes it as a specification, designs the screens so the founder can approve them before any code is written, and then builds to a date. That is our MVP development service, often followed by a dedicated development team once the product is live, with the screens designed by our UI/UX design team.