Blue Whale Apps

I’m the CEO of a personalized video app company.

We needed to develop our mobile app.

After I presented my ideas, Blue Whale Apps drafted them. Their team designed and developed the app for iOS and Android. We collaboratively analyzed and changed the platform until it satisfied our vision. A few of the features include in-app purchases as well as PayPal and Stripe integrations. The platform allows users to request personalized video messages from celebrities who also use it to send them.

We worked with four people including Pathik (CEO) and a project manager.

We’ve spent about $100,000 on their services.

We began the engagement around March 2019, and it’s ongoing.

As the platform’s not live, we don’t have statistics yet. However, it’s been a smooth process. Blue Whale Apps promptly handles any issues. They’ve done a great job.

We communicate via Basecamp. Their team provides us with weekly progress reports. They’re available and responsive. Their project management’s great.

They take care of us 100%, so their customer service is excellent. If there’s ever an issue, their team responds within hours. They’re great, and I’ll stick with them for any further development.

No, I can’t think of any ways for them to improve.

Give them feedback to keep the project on track. It should run smoothly. They’re a great partner.

I am the founder and CEO of Birds of My Feather, a company created to help jumpstart and accelerate friendships. Our first phase is targeted at connecting moms.

I was looking to create a mobile app to help connect people with the purpose of starting a friendship. I had worked with a previous company on the design and needed someone to pick up where they left off.

Blue Whale Apps developed a native iOS app. Their team started off with the rough draft of the design that was left from my previous engagement. Our teams had to finalize the design and the business logic for how the app was going to work.

I worked directly with a project manager, who was my main point of contact at Blue Whale Apps. I also worked with a UI/UX designer, a frontend developer, a backend developer, and a QA team.

When I went to look for different companies, I found Blue Whale Apps on Clutch and read through their reviews. It was nice to know that they were real reviews with honest opinions that I could trust.

My ongoing engagement with Blue Whale Apps began in February 2019.

While the app has not yet launched, we are about to have beta testers on the app for the next 2–3 weeks.

We communicated in-person, over the phone, and using Basecamp. I appreciated the opportunity to meet them face to face because it gave me a sense of confidence in the team. They understood my vision and what I wanted to accomplish. They brought ideas to the table that I hadn’t thought of before, making the app better and stronger.

Their attention to detail gave me confidence in their experience. For example, the user stories document was something I didn’t know I needed, but it made a real difference. They also have a high level of communication and keep the project plan on schedule.

No, nothing comes to mind. The key is to have strong communication when things come up. They have a really strong problem-solving approach.

I recommend having an in-person kickoff. Having the user stories document was really helpful as well.

I’m the founder of a hearing device company.

We wanted to develop an affordable and efficient testing option for people who had hearing loss. Ideally, it would be a self-administered hearing test that someone could do on an iPad.

No one had ever created a hearing test that could be done by the patient on an iPad. However, Blue Whale Apps helped us create a piece of medical testing equipment that incorporates instructional videos and guides to walk patients through the test protocol. Additionally, it’s also a calibrated system, able to create digital audio at a known level and maintain that level. The product is only for iPad devices, and Blue Whale Apps wrote all of the code and did all subsequent enhancements and revisions.

We interacted with a project manager.

We searched for a variety of app developers and interviewed many of them. We asked for quotes from a few, and Blue Whale Apps seemed like the best fit, so we hired them.

We spent just under $100,000.

We worked together from March 2016–December 2018.

We tracked the progress through various releases and tests. As we identified opportunities for improvement, Blue Whale Apps implemented those enhancements.

We were definitely satisfied with their project management. We developed the specs and had regular phone conferences with them.

Their top-level management frequently engaged with our project, addressing any concerns or problems that the project manager couldn’t resolve.

No. They worked through problems well.

Clients should be clear about what they want and give good instructions.

I’m the founder of a new social media app that’s like a combination of Instagram and Venmo. Users can post whatever they want without limits, so it’s definitely not safe for work. It's for people who, like me, have been blocked and banned from other apps.

I can't code or do any of the technical things, so I had to find someone to actually build my app.

I drew how I wanted the app to look, including all the buttons, the color scheme, and the logo. I gave that to Blue Whale Apps and then they did everything else. They developed the app in iOS due to my budget limitations, but I’d like to develop it in Android if I have more money.

I talk mostly to Kim (Project Manager, Blue Whale Apps). I communicate everything to her, and then she relays everything back to the coders and developers.

The first company I spoke to had done some really big apps, like PayPal and Uber. They wanted $200,000 and I only had a certain amount of money. Then I talked to some other companies in Florida and I liked Blue Whale Apps the most. I thought they were a better fit and more trustworthy.

I’ve spent between $50,000–$60,000.

We started working together in May 2018 and the engagement is ongoing.

Currently the app is in post-production. I had my friends and family serve as beta testers and they seemed to really like it. My friend's dad made an app years ago. He said that my app is well-made and something people can easily use every day. My friend told me it's addictive, so that's good.

They're timely and responsive. I can just send Kim an email or text and she’s usually very quick to respond. We use email, phone calls, and texts to communicate.

Their team is great in terms of character, timeliness, and skills. They're easy to talk to. I don't like talking to people that are so stiff that you're scared to talk to them. I can be myself around them. The app is edgy and they understand that. They're super helpful because I didn't know anything about what goes into making an app. I play with apps all the time but I didn't know how much goes in the making of one.

Not for them. If anything went wrong it was probably my fault.

Know what you want to build and your goals. In the beginning, you’ll be all over the place. They’ll help you think things through as you go through the process. If you have an idea, they can actually turn it into something tangible.