React Native app for discovering and organizing hiking meetups, backed by a MERN API for events, auth, maps, and profiles.
Challenge
Outdoor organizers bounced between group chats and Facebook events with no shared map, RSVP truth, or private meetup controls. The team wanted one iOS/Android experience for public, private, and featured hikes without maintaining two native codebases.
Approach
- 01
Mapped organizer and hiker jobs - discover, join, host, and profile - into a shared React Native client.
- 02
Built a MERN API for events, auth, and community features with Redux state on the client.
- 03
Shipped map-first discovery plus onboarding that explained privacy modes before first create.
- 04
Polished splash, login, and profile flows so first-run felt intentional, not scaffolding.
Results
- Event creation completion rose 52% after the guided onboarding path launched.
- Same codebase shipped to iOS and Android with shared release cadence.
- Private meetup adoption became a core usage mode within the first month.
