Tooride App

Tooride offers a Private Tours On-Demand service, that allows tour guides to host their tours for visitors to book.

• Wrote it from scratch using Objective-C / Cocoa Touch. Built all the User Interface across the whole app.
• Used Parse.com for the server related code. Which I had to migrate to ParseServer that I hosted onto AWS Elastic Beanstalk (due to the termination of Parse.com service on Jan 2017).
• CoreData to cache the server objects into the local database.
• Stripe for Payments.
• MailChimp/Mandrill for emails.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Multi-threading to perform most operations in the background, like fetching tours, getting info on demand, etc..
• Reviews System to support customer reviews for tours; Role/Permission integration, to allow having super users “admins” approve users to become tour guides.
• In-app Admin Tools to interact with tours, users and more..
• Experimentation System that enables us to experiment (toggle on/off) on different features of the app.
• Stats Logging.
• Push Notifications.
• Deep Linking / Handling.
• Auto Emails Generations for sign ups, order confirmations, refunds, marketing emails, booking reminders, etc.
• Payment System (Apple Pay, AliPay, Credit/Debit Cards, Amex Checkout, Direct Deposit onto Tour Guide’s accounts).
• Tour Requests functionality that allows customers to put in a request with their activities, budget, etc. And tour guides will submit offers for them to review.
• Built a Coupon System to give away discounts and help promote the app.
• Facebook Login, for quick sign ups.
• Filters System that manages the home page all pushed from the backend.
• Referral Program to grant bonus coupons.
• Analytics using Facebook, Google with Ecommerce reporting.
• Localization fully localized in Chinese.