Scalable Reels-First News App
Budget: ₹12,500 – ₹37,500 INR
I want to launch a reels-centric news product that starts in English and Hindi and can later expand across India. The experience must feel as snappy as Instagram Reels while carrying the credibility of a top-tier newsroom.
Core experience
• Short, swipe-able news reels and story cards
• Real-time breaking-news ticker
• Full-length articles and explainers
• Live TV channel streaming in-app
• Voice mode, language switcher, bias and source-transparency badges
• AI-driven personalisation that quickly adapts to a primarily 18-40 audience
Technical expectations
• Native-quality apps for both Android and iOS (Flutter or React Native are fine if performance targets are met)
• Cloud-hosted, CMS-driven backend that scales smoothly to 1 M+ monthly users, delivers content via clean REST/GraphQL APIs, and is ready for global CDN rollout
• Modern, fluid UI/UX with buttery-smooth transitions, instant reel loading, and offline caching
• Ads, paywall, and subscription logic architected but left inactive until a future flag switch
• Production-grade logging, crash analytics, and basic CI/CD
Deliverables
1. Android and iOS app bundles ready for store submission
2. Fully documented backend source (code, infra scripts, and API reference)
3. Web-based admin CMS with role management, content scheduling, and reel-first editor
4. One-click staging and production environments with sample seed data
5. Handover package: build/run guides, style guide, and two weeks of post-launch support
Acceptance criteria
• First frame of any reel loads in <1 s on 4G
• Server stack sustains 5 k concurrent users in load test without timeouts
• Switching from English to Hindi flips all UI text and content feeds instantly, no app restart
• OWASP Mobile Top 10 audit passes or documented mitigations provided
If you already have experience shipping high-traffic media apps, I’m happy to review a concise plan and timeline that meets the above checkpoints.
Core experience
• Short, swipe-able news reels and story cards
• Real-time breaking-news ticker
• Full-length articles and explainers
• Live TV channel streaming in-app
• Voice mode, language switcher, bias and source-transparency badges
• AI-driven personalisation that quickly adapts to a primarily 18-40 audience
Technical expectations
• Native-quality apps for both Android and iOS (Flutter or React Native are fine if performance targets are met)
• Cloud-hosted, CMS-driven backend that scales smoothly to 1 M+ monthly users, delivers content via clean REST/GraphQL APIs, and is ready for global CDN rollout
• Modern, fluid UI/UX with buttery-smooth transitions, instant reel loading, and offline caching
• Ads, paywall, and subscription logic architected but left inactive until a future flag switch
• Production-grade logging, crash analytics, and basic CI/CD
Deliverables
1. Android and iOS app bundles ready for store submission
2. Fully documented backend source (code, infra scripts, and API reference)
3. Web-based admin CMS with role management, content scheduling, and reel-first editor
4. One-click staging and production environments with sample seed data
5. Handover package: build/run guides, style guide, and two weeks of post-launch support
Acceptance criteria
• First frame of any reel loads in <1 s on 4G
• Server stack sustains 5 k concurrent users in load test without timeouts
• Switching from English to Hindi flips all UI text and content feeds instantly, no app restart
• OWASP Mobile Top 10 audit passes or documented mitigations provided
If you already have experience shipping high-traffic media apps, I’m happy to review a concise plan and timeline that meets the above checkpoints.