Case Study: Success Story for NAVatHOME

The Mission Behind This App

NAVatHOME – a cutting-edge mobile application meticulously crafted to empower sailors with indispensable tools and information, ensuring a secure and delightful navigation experience. Access essential information like weather and tides at your fingertips, track your progress seamlessly, and master sailing basics with built-in tutorials. Free and easy to use, NAVatHOME equips you with stress-free adventures on the water.

Problem Statement

Accessing up-to-date information on tidal and weather conditions, regulations, and techniques is essential for sailors, yacht masters, and navigators to ensure safe and enjoyable navigation. However, finding a user-friendly and reliable platform that offers all these features can be challenging.

NAVatHOME aimed to introduce a mobile app equipped with features designed specifically for sailors, offering an integrated navigation experience that was both safer and more user-friendly.

Our Game-Changing Solution

Drawing on their extensive experience with third-party APIs, the development team used Xamarin to create a single codebase for a cross-platform mobile app (iPhone & Android). This streamlined approach not only saved time but also ensured a consistent user experience. To make navigation even smoother, the app includes helpful tutorial resources covering regulations and techniques.

Design Intervention

“Our designers, are like superheroes, always here to save the day
(and your design needs)!”

At our company, we take pride in our design team's ability to not only execute provided designs but also provide valuable input for the development process. Even though the client had provided a basic app design, our team was deeply involved in the implementation process, offering suggestions to improve the app's functionality and overall user experience.

We believe that by working collaboratively with our clients, we can create designs that not only meet their needs but exceed their expectations.

Development Process

Develop a cross-platform mobile app for NAVatHOME. This required efficient code reuse while maintaining native performance and rich functionality across different platforms.

We chose Xamarin, a high-performance platform known for its extensive library support and ability to create code reusable across iOS, Android, and other platforms. Leveraging the expertise of a seasoned Xamarin developer with 6 years of cross-platform experience, we embarked on a streamlined development process.

Key Points to Highlight

Cross-platform development

Optimized development time and cost by using a single codebase for iOS and Android.

Performance

Ensured a native-like experience on both platforms despite code sharing.

Rich library support

Utilized Xamarin's extensive libraries to expedite development and add desired features efficiently.

Experienced developer

Assigned a developer with deep expertise in cross-platform development to ensure project success.

Efficient development

Completed the project within a month, demonstrating the effectiveness of the chosen approach.

Complex features

Successfully addressed intricate functionalities, showcasing the developer's skills and platform capabilities.

Experienced developer

Assigned a developer with deep expertise in cross-platform development to ensure project success.

Efficient development

Completed the project within a month, demonstrating the effectiveness of the chosen approach.

Complex features

Successfully addressed intricate functionalities, showcasing the developer's skills and platform capabilities.

Key Feature Intervention

Integrated Real-Time Data

Seamlessly integrates with the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia API to display real-time tide status and detailed tide tables for any given day, empowering users with accurate and up-to-date information

Interactive Tidal Charts

Incorporates the Chart.js library to calculate and present tidal plot data in visually appealing and easy-to-understand charts. This intuitive format enables users to quickly grasp tidal patterns and make informed decisions

Live Weather Monitoring

Leverages the openweathermap API service to provide current location weather information alongside tidal data, offering a comprehensive view of environmental conditions during their navigation

Comprehensive Learning Resources

Features a library of video and audio tutorials covering navigation techniques and global regulations. These easily accessible resources educate users and enhance their navigational skills and confidence.

Don't Take Our Word for It

Jhavtech Studios exceeded our expectations with their exceptional development of our app, perfectly aligning with our vision to support diverse learning styles through mobile-friendly course materials. Their interactive project management and focus on efficient execution over extensive planning were particularly impressive. The final product has significantly enhanced our educational offerings, leaving us very satisfied and looking forward to future collaborations. Their delivery and approach were outstanding.

Alan Punch

Director, Navathome Australia