Magnusmode

Enhancing Accessibility and Inclusion through Technology

The solution includes voice integration, a geopositioning tracking feature, and a gamification system for autistic people.

Synergo - full service web & mobile solutions team.

The company we work with leverages technology to create mobile apps that help autistic and neurodiverse people to live with greater inclusion and independence. Our client’s mission is to create practical tools that improve everyday experiences and enable people with neurodiverse abilities to participate in the world in ways that are meaningful to them.


Project Transformation

1 — Challenge and Scope

The Client's primary challenge involved the need to outsource their technology development efforts.
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Outsourcing Development for Innovation and Maintenance

This strategic move aimed at enabling the development of new features for their app and maintaining it in a cost-effective manner, ensuring the app’s evolution without compromising financial efficiency.
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Meeting the High Standards

Given that the client’s customer base includes Fortune 500 companies, the technology underlying their mobile app required rigorous testing to meet these companies’ stringent standards.
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Requirement for a Trustworthy and Always-Available Partner

To ensure their app continued to meet the high standards of their corporate customers, the client needed a partner that was not only trustworthy but also available 24/7.
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Ensuring Accurate Component Behavior with Collaborative Testing

The challenge was to establish a collaborative workflow where a QA Engineer created Cypress end-to-end tests and Storybook files, while a Senior Angular Developer on the client side reviewed and supported the process, ensuring accurate component behaviors and thorough testing.

2 — Solutions

This approach enabled our client to achieve their goals with confidence and efficiency.
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App Maintenance and Performance Optimization

Legacy issues were fixed to ensure the app ran smoothly, providing better performance and reliability for both users and corporate clients.
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Usability and User Experience

Our ongoing development efforts have been geared towards making the app increasingly usable and user-friendly. By focusing on continuous improvement, we have been able to significantly enhance the overall user experience.
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Innovative Feature Implementation

We enhanced the app with voice commands, geopositioning for location services, and gamification with collectible badges to boost functionality and user engagement.
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Features for Dual Audiences

We tailored features for corporate clients, like customizing the app for Whirlpool to restrict content to specific regions.
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Expanding Content for Enhanced Learning

The app features 12 life skills categories, offering users guidance on various everyday tasks. Synergo Group contributed by adding a new category dedicated to home care, in response to a request from Whirlpool. This addition enriches the app’s content, providing users with comprehensive support in mastering essential life skills.

3 — Business Impact

Empowering the client to meet market demands, stay competitive, and deliver greater value to their customers.

Enhanced User Satisfaction

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The improvements in app performance, navigation, and accessibility led to a smoother and more intuitive experience for neurodiverse users, increasing their engagement and overall satisfaction with the product.

Expanded Market Reach

Synergo - full service web & mobile solutions team.

By introducing new features like voice integration, geo-tracking, and gamification, Magnusmode was able to attract more users and make the app more appealing to a broader audience, including corporate clients and their employees. This helped the company grow its user base and strengthen relationships with clients like Whirlpool.

Corporate Partnerships

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With region-specific content and customized features tailored to corporate clients’ needs, Magnusmode strengthened its business relationships with Fortune 500 companies. This resulted in improved credibility and potential opportunities for long-term partnerships and future projects.

Cost-Effective and Reliable App Maintenance

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By addressing legacy issues and improving app performance, the client benefited from reduced operational downtime and fewer maintenance-related costs, allowing them to focus on growth and innovation.


4 — Technologies and Tools

These technologies are chosen to align with client goals, ensuring innovative and impactful results.
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Cross-Platform Coding Languages for Androind and iOS

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WordPress for user friendly and easily navigable website

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Narwhal and NX for maintaining projects in a unified monorepo structure

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UX/UI Best Practices


5 — The Team

By combining technical proficiency, creativity, and effective communication, our teams consistently transform challenges into opportunities, driving success across industries.

Chief Solutions Architect

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Personally led the discovery phase to ensure strategic alignment.

Project Manager

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Stepped in to provide support and oversee seamless execution.

Development Team

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Included backend developers, frontend developers, and designers who collaborated to deliver a robust solution.

Current Team

Synergo - full service web & mobile solutions team.

For the most recent project, the team includes a backend developer, a frontend developer, and a UX designer, focusing on delivering targeted updates and enhancements.


"We’ve really appreciated Synergo Group’s initiative in creating a better product for us. Synergo Group has managed to add very helpful features, maintain a 99% uptime, and reduce the hosting cost of the app by over $1,000. The team is extremely timely and proactive and always strives to improve the product.
Additionally, they’re very professional, available, trustworthy, and personable. Synergo Group’s professionalism and courteousness are outstanding; they’re the best development team we’ve worked with."

Nadia Hamilton - Founder, CEO