RaceNation
Services
Platform architecture/specification
Development
Project management
QA
Technologies
React Native
Overview
Fat Fish developed the RaceNation app, a must-have for organisers, entrants, and spectators alike. It’s a simple, easy to use solution which brings an enhanced event day like no other. The app features interactive course maps including live tracking, in-built messaging services and live scanning.
Overview
Fat Fish developed the RaceNation app, a must-have for organisers, entrants, and spectators alike. It’s a simple, easy to use solution which brings an enhanced event day like no other. The app features interactive course maps including live tracking, in-built messaging services and live scanning.
Process
Building a mobile app for RaceNation that offers running event functionality, including check-in and real-time entrant tracking, required a systematic approach. The app was developed using React Native, enabling cross-platform compatibility. Implementing entrant location tracking was a complex task, involving integrating GPS functionality and ensuring accurate real-time updates. Thorough testing, performance optimisation, and user feedback were essential to deliver a reliable and intuitive app that enhanced the race experience and provided precise entrant tracking for participants and event organisers alike.
Process
Building a mobile app for RaceNation that offers running event functionality, including check-in and real-time entrant tracking, required a systematic approach. The app was developed using React Native, enabling cross-platform compatibility. Implementing entrant location tracking was a complex task, involving integrating GPS functionality and ensuring accurate real-time updates. Thorough testing, performance optimisation, and user feedback were essential to deliver a reliable and intuitive app that enhanced the race experience and provided precise entrant tracking for participants and event organisers alike.
Challenges
Developing a running event tracking app with real-time location functionality poses specific challenges. Ensuring accurate and reliable GPS tracking, optimizing battery usage, handling high user traffic during events, and providing seamless real-time updates demand robust infrastructure and efficient algorithms. Balancing performance with data privacy considerations adds complexity to the development process.
Challenges
Developing a running event tracking app with real-time location functionality poses specific challenges. Ensuring accurate and reliable GPS tracking, optimizing battery usage, handling high user traffic during events, and providing seamless real-time updates demand robust infrastructure and efficient algorithms. Balancing performance with data privacy considerations adds complexity to the development process.
“We worked with Fat Fish to develop and enhance our race event mobile app. The app is an important part of our client proposition and includes complex real-time event tracking, competitor check-in and Apple Wallet integration. Fat Fish delivered a professional, reliable and innovative app for us which will be an important part of our suite of products going forward.”
“We worked with Fat Fish to develop and enhance our race event mobile app. The app is an important part of our client proposition and includes complex real-time event tracking, competitor check-in and Apple Wallet integration. Fat Fish delivered a professional, reliable and innovative app for us which will be an important part of our suite of products going forward.”
“We worked with Fat Fish to develop and enhance our race event mobile app. The app is an important part of our client proposition and includes complex real-time event tracking, competitor check-in and Apple Wallet integration. Fat Fish delivered a professional, reliable and innovative app for us which will be an important part of our suite of products going forward.”
Will Golder
Will Golder
Will Golder
CEO, Race Nation
CEO, Race Nation
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