Case Study

Rheo

iOS Development for Video
Stream Curation App

01 Client
Rheo is the best way to watch, discover and react to great short videos on phone, tv and web. The company, founded by a Facebook and Apple veteran, was awarded Apple Best Apps in the App Store in 2016 and 2017. Rheo is a platform where you can interact with videos, skipping some and liking others, learning the content you would love to see. This experience eliminates search and delivers content according to your desires.
02 Challenge
December Labs was asked to develop a significant part of the iOS app in a quick timeframe. This included UI Features, Sign-In, and User Profiles for Rheo. The founder, an Apple veteran describes the challenge:

“We had an aggressive schedule to develop our iOS app. Hiring in the Bay Area has been a difficult process due to all the competition. While we were looking for the right candidates, we decided that we needed to bring on a consulting firm to help us accelerate our building.”
03 Solution
With one full time developer, and another part-time, DL built the user profile, a signup system, and all the UI features in two months, time was of the essence. As the founder of Rheo remarked,

“The speed of their development was the biggest pro in working with them. They built a significant part of our user profile in two months.”

Deliverables

iOS Development
Frontend Development
Backend Development

iOS Development
Facebook SDK
Swift

“Having them work side by side with us was incredibly valuable…”

“I know iOS very well but I don’t have the exposure that [December Labs] brought to the project from a variety of tools, framework, and services available. The breadth of what they offer was really notable.”