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App 3: dogComm

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The application I would like to create is a community application for dog owners and lovers, it will allow for the dog owners/ lovers to chat with other dog owners/lovers through the global chat function.

ExISTING pROBLEM

Many of us think of ourselves all the time but do we think of the pets they need more recognition too. With this application, specifically the dogs will have a larger community formed behind them other than their own owners as such more people will not forget about the dogs.

Competitive Analysis

Tinder

This is An application for people that do not have a significant other to socialize and even become a couple.

Analysis

Features:

Being able to find a match with someone
There is a chat function enabled after match is successful
Able to see profile of users in the vicinity
Tinder also allow extra features like super like, chatting with users from around the world if they have a premium account

Strength:

Simple and easy navigation through application.
A lot of matches up to 30 billion around world.
Interactive UI with swiping cards.
Verification of real user using phone number.

Weaknesses:

Need to pay for subscription to enjoy more feature like Tinder Plus or Tinder Gold
There is not much way to tell if user is cat-fishing using someone’s else image to trick user to meeting them.

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Meet My Dog – For Dog Owners

This is An application for networking for dog owners and their dog.

Analysis

Features:

Share photos of dog
Walk with dog with of record distance, route and time
Private message dog owners to meet up.

Strength:

There is private and Public sharing feature which makes it safer since you can post picture to private so other users cant see where you were just at.
Free access to use variety of the features
Simple and easy to navigation through app with the navigation tab bar at bottom.

Weaknesses:

Location tracking is enabled thus any potential danger can be caused to dogs since they can see how long ago user was there.
Simple and not eye catching User Interface.

My Application

Developed with swiftui

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User see this page when App is launched

Allow users to enter the application with just phone Number Verification.

GlobalChat Page :

User see this page when they enter the chatroom

Allow users to chat with each other anonymously

Location Nearby Page :

User see this page when they enter a location in Map Page

Allow users to see nearby places in case they want to plan events .

dogComm

Analysis

Strength:

Intuitive and easy to navigate
Others can’t see location of user thus more safe for users
More focus on talking and being friends than meeting them

Weaknesses:

Limited dogs in list for user to explore
Not much Niche features to keep users
Limited verification method (only phone number)

Opportunities:

Lesser developers working with an application for dogs thus more market potential
Able to reach out to dog owners around the world.

Threats:

Existence of other dog application already with similar feature like Meet My Dog
It wont be of any use to non dog lover/ non dog owners.

Features

#1

Verification & Login

For New Users :

For Registered Users :

#2

#3

Chat Function

#4

Nearby locations

#5

Find out More of dog

The dogs in the list is for user to guess and see . It will change supposedly everyday but in this case since it isnt a deployed app i just hardcoded the dogs to be fixed first.

#6

Dog events

This events were hardcoded since i

probably have to get the application

deployed before having real events

or organisation to plan events.

Color Scheme

Any Appearance is for light Mode users

Dark Appearance is for dark mode users

Main Color I used throughout my app is mainly light peach to around lighter pink which is the gradient for my app’s branding logo.
As for the text , or button I choose to different of tones of gray for light mode and dark mode depending on what user is using.
I also used black throughout as my title of each page.

Design Concepts

App logo was designed by myself using photoshop where I just used a gradient as the background from light peach to light pink and just use a dog sketch I did with a gradient of light pink to dark purple for the dog.

Since my application is targeted towards dog market this icon definitely highlights it is an application related to dogs.

For the launch screen I also added this dog icon but in white since it will complement my app name in white too.

End

This might be quite an application to explore but this application is more of an events application with some side functionality.

This events application is targeting a more niche market of dogs owners/lovers where not a lot of developer will choose to explore since the market is just smaller.

Functionalities like map View is something i have recently started to explore after starting to learn SwiftUI.

The events are not real of course since i will have to work with an organisation or start deploying application to actually have one.
Overall this might be the more challenging yet fun Application i have made with Firebase, Map,Chat function which i have no experience with before.