Mobile App for
a Food Tourism Startup

About the project

WijnSpijsis a food tourism startup in the Netherlands. The company organizes gastronomic experiences for guests all across the country with the help of two separate mobile applications: one for customers, the other one for restaurants.

Background

WijnSpijs started developing their apps with another team and later decided to change software vendors. The Clockwise Software team offered the most effective food industry solution for quickly launching the startup and gaining traction, so our partnership began.

The primary tasks for our team were to:

update the app design according to current trends
rewrite the existing apps in the latest version of Ionic
develop core functionality including for user authentication
update the API to enable integration with partner apps

Challenges

While developing the WijnSpijs apps, we had to meet the needs of two completely different audiences that take part in gastronomic tourism:

food tour visitors, who are usually tech-savvy and follow the latest trends
restaurant owners, who usually work in their own restaurants and don’t have much time to work with complex software

To reach these audiences, it was important to adjust the design of each app to meet users’ expectations. We designed a trendy food app for travelers and a simplistic app for restaurant owners.

Solution

Completely redesign both applications

Migrate from Ionic 2 to Ionic 3

Update the API

Features implemented

User sign-in and sign-up
Push notifications for both apps
Route building for customers
Restaurant list with the ability to add restaurants to favorites
Online purchases and integration with Dutch payment services
Processing of authentication requests with the new API

Technologies we used

Ionic

Symphony

Mapbox
GL API

Team

Backend
developer

2 Frontend
Engineers

2 Manual
QA Engineer

UX/UI
Designer

Project
Manager

As a result

Our client’s food app for travelers enables users to browse food tours, choose restaurants from a list, add restaurants to favorites, enter dietary preferences (vegan, gluten-free, etc.), buy tickets to food events and share events with friends, and rate restaurants and events.

The restaurant application allows restaurant staff to scan QR codes on tickets and helps restaurants manage the number of guests.

Project outcome

The Clockwise Software team took over development, enabling the WijnSpijs founder to focus on strategic decisions, partnerships, and business development. WijnSpijs targeted Amsterdam first. Today, it works all across the Netherlands and has expanded to Belgium.