GoalMe: Fantasy Sports App Development

Our client is a renowned name in the sports entertainment industry and approached Manektech to develop a cross-compatible fantasy sports app. Their main aim was to offer an engaging, and user-friendly fantasy sports platform where users can play and earn rewards; other objectives were monetizing, and introducing the app with unique features, and a superior user experience.

A Challenge to Create a Sports App:

Though previously, we have developed many static and dynamic fantasy sports apps but here client requirements were a little bit different. Due to the competitive sports fantasy market, there were many ups and downs during the fantasy sports app development. The client needed a fantasy sports app that integrates live matches with multiple sports and player statistics. This required the integration of score APIs to fetch live score data from ongoing matches.

Plus the client wanted a feature from the admin side where he could create a coupon/reward for users who use that coupon code while playing. As a large number of players participate in the game, handling huge app traffic while retaining optimal performance was a challenge because the client could not afford to have downtime, or else it would cause a loss of huge users and engagement.

Sports App Development Solution Implemented By Our Team:

With our previous experience in fantasy sports app development, we started this project by recalling everything, which was a hard brainstorming and research session. We had a meeting with the client to understand other things like target audience, vision, budget, and other app features and requirements.

We developed a custom app for this as the client demanded a cross-compatible app that should work fine for both iOS and Android as well.

Our fantasy sports app developers chose cloud service for a strong back-end to handle the high traffic and integrated suitable APIs to get real-time sports data, statistics, and match data. Next, we added similar colors, designs, graphics, and animation to allow users to recognize the game and team to play the game with confidence.

During the entire development, we followed agile methodology and delivered every component and feature one by one to make sure we aligned with what client's needs.

Our app was a little bit similar to the best fantasy sports betting apps hence we worked with legal experts to ensure the app complied with all relevant laws and regulations for fantasy sports platforms in the target regions.

Key features:

To offer the genuine and best gaming experience, we added the following features so every user registered with this game experiences the best and earns more rewards.

1. User Registration and Authentication: Allows users to securely sign up using email, social media, and phone number verification.
2. Live Player Statistics: Allows players to see real-time updates on player performance and match stats.
3. Custom Leagues: Users can create private leagues with customizable rules and invite friends.
4. Player Drafts and Auctions: Allow players to create a team while choosing desired players in their team to have a competition with other users.
5. Leaderboards and Rewards: Users can see top performers and earned rewards in the leaderboards.
6. Social Features: Users can share their achievements, chat with league members, and participate in community discussions.
7. Multi-Sport Support: Users can select various fantasy games for cricket, football, basketball, and more.
8. Payment Integration: Users can pay for entry fees, subscriptions, and prize payouts.
9. Notifications: This feature notifies users of match reminders, updates, and reward claims.

Result:

We launched this fantasy sports app after testing and refining the features as per user feedback. Within a few months of launch, users enjoyed using the app due to its fast performance and quick real-time data. Though, the app little bit faces issues in the initial phase but our fantasy sports app developers promptly fixed the issues.

The results were beautiful, 

1. Engaged User Base: Daily active users increased by 45%, with happy engagement during live matches.
2. Scalable Performance: The app runs smoothly even when huge users use it during peak sports events without downtime.
3. Revenue Growth: The client noticed a 35% increase in revenue within the first quarter through entry fees and premium subscriptions.
4. Positive Feedback: We received good ratings on app stores with good comments.

Technologies and Tools:

• Frontend: Java
• Backend: PHP, MySQL
• Cloud & Hosting: AWS
• Security & Analytics: JWT, Firebase