iOS app for Picking Duck
Picking Duck is a competitive Fantasy Sports app with community features
- Duration 2017 – 2022
- Team 5 members
- Type Fantasy Sports
- Industry Entertainment
- Platforms Mobile; iOS
Project idea
The idea behind the app: people enjoy sports betting because it gives watching sports games an interesting edge. But, they are concerned about losing money. The app enables them to have a risk-free Fantasy Sports experience. Plus, they can spot moves of successful bettors.
Target audience
The app provides a safe playground for new bettors to learn responsible betting and money management without the risk of losing their savings. Experienced users use it to test their ideas and strategies.
Results
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5+ years
Product Operates
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Acquired by
WPFH
IT Craft boosted development pace with its expertise in Fantasy Sports development. As promised, the team launched an iOS app, saving the client’s time and budget. After the launch, the team focused on app updates and maintenance.
IT Craft boosted development pace with its expertise in Fantasy Sports development. As promised, the team launched an iOS app, saving the client’s time and budget. After the launch, the team focused on app updates and maintenance.
Core Tech
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Swift
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Ruby on Rails
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Charts
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SVProgressHUD
Project challenges
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Concept. Startup idea is a unique mix of a betting contest and Fantasy Sports. The team needed to reflect the idea details in the system logic accurately.Project takeover. The client had started the project with another outsourcing team, which lost momentum. The IT Craft team needed to get up to speed quickly and implement the envisaged functionality.
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Tight deadline. The team managed to keep pace with the initially planned deadline by working in short iterations and using acquired know-hows in Fantasy Sports development.
Planning
Input
The client initially had:
- Sportsbook website devoted to Fantasy Sports competitions
- Expansion plan
- Another team developed part of app source code
Analysis
Our team:
- Enhanced app logic
- Delivered missing features
- Integrated required third-party service
Result
Our work resulted in:
- High-quality app code
- Timely launch of iOS app
- Maintenance works upon requests
Business benefits
App Focus
The app strongly focuses on education and entertainment. It aims at helping inexperienced users better understand betting and improve their skills.
Sportsbook Variety
The app supports different leagues and competition types, including basketball, football, tennis, soccer, and more.
Following
App users see the real pick history. They can follow top users’ bets to learn how strategies work.
Freemium
Picking Duck uses a freemium model. Users are free to register and participate in various contests. If they choose, they can buy extra chips.
Main project features
Dashboard
The dashboard provides a plain, intuitive user interface. App users see their picking activities, results, pending picks, and chip balance statistics.
Leaders
Users can check rankings from here in such categories as Contest Leaders, Daily Winners, and Hot Players. Search by nickname is available.
Weekly contests via sportsbooks
Users master their betting skills (this also suits experienced bettors) by participating in various weekly contests where they win chips, trophies, and prizes with the greatest amount of chips.
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Project timeline
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Project Timeline
2017 – 2022
Technologies
Web
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Ruby on Rails
Mobile iOS
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Swift
Libraries
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Alamofire
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SwiftyJSON
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Charts
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Crashlytics
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SVProgressHUD
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Fabric
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Bolts
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FBSDKLoginKit
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BulletinBoard
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SDWebImage