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PickupPal iPhoneŽ App
PickupPal has thousands of members worldwide who are on the go. The company has been highly successful in connecting drivers and those looking for rides through their website. Because their members are not always in front of their PC, PickupPal saw a need for a mobile app that could further extend the convenience and reach of their ride-share program, making it even more valuable to members.
Intelliware was chosen to build a custom iPhone® app for PickupPal. The app was developed in a way that it takes full advantage of the device’s capabilities such as GPS, mapping, texting and intuitive user interface to connect drivers with passengers who are looking to find rides.
It was important not to just duplicate the PickupPal website on the iPhone. Certain considerations such as how information is accessed and presented had to be taken into account. Intelliware provided design and flow recommendations to optimize the PickupPal experience for the iPhone to create a slick user interface leveraging PickupPal’s branding. The design also had to consider the underlying architecture required to deliver functionality with maximum utility for PickupPal members.
Since the rideshare program relies on real-time data to match drivers with riders, streamlined APIs were used to enable the app to retrieve data in the most efficient way – minimizing wait time for the information to be available and presenting the information in a way that best suits the device’s form factor.
Available for free on the App Store, PickupPal members now have a simple, yet highly useful tool to help them get where they need to go.