LOST ANDFOUND CREW
Empowering members through exclusive content and community
Year
2025
Category
Community App
Platform
iOS & Android
Client
Lost and Found Crew
Timeline
10 Weeks
Services
Mobile App Development
Outcome
8K+ Community Members
What problem were we solving?
Yacht crew members often experience social isolation due to constant travel, long working hours, and a lack of a dedicated platform to connect with nearby professionals. Existing social apps fail to provide verification, location relevance, and industry-specific discovery, creating trust and engagement challenges.
Lost and Found Crew community dashboard and map view
Scope of Our Work
End-to-end design and Flutter-based development of a verified, map-driven social networking platform for yacht crew with real-time features and scalable backend integration
Research
Analyse the lifestyle, movement patterns, and social challenges of yacht crew members to define a location-aware, community-driven platform tailored for the marine industry.
User Experience (UX)
Design clear and intuitive user flows covering onboarding, CV verification, map exploration, nearby yachties, hangout creation, joining events, and chat interactions.
User Interface (UI)
Create clean, modern, and map-focused screens with a consistent design system across profiles, maps, hangouts, and chat interfaces.
Prototype
Build interactive prototypes to validate map discovery, hangout creation and joining, profile viewing, and chat experiences before development.
Development
Develop a scalable mobile application integrating real-time maps, geolocation, chat system, admin approval workflow, hobby management, and backend APIs.
How we approached the build
Discovery & Scoping
Community-first research to understand how connections form organically and what digital tools could enhance them.
Architecture Design
Location-aware backend with real-time messaging, trust scoring, and moderation systems.
Build & Iterate
Community beta testing with iterative feature refinement based on real usage patterns.
Launch & Handover
Phased rollout with community moderation tools and comprehensive analytics dashboards.
Project Timeline
Research-driven planning, map-first UX design, UI development, real-time communication integration, and continuous testing ensured a smooth and scalable product build.
Weeks 1–2
Research
User research, crew behavior analysis, and feature definition.
Weeks 3–4
UX & UI Design
User flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI.
Weeks 5–6
Core Development
Authentication, profiles, map integration, and admin approval flow.
Weeks 7–8
Social & Chat Features
Hangouts, nearby yachties, chat, notifications, and admin dashboard.
Week 9
Testing
Functional testing, performance optimization, and bug fixes.
Week 10
Launch Prep
Final review, agreed fixes, and handover readiness.
What we built and how it works
Verified Crew & Map-Based Discovery
Admin-approved onboarding ensures only real yacht crew have access to the platform, while a live map allows users to discover nearby yachties and ongoing hangouts instantly.
Public Hangouts with Integrated Group Chat
Users can create and join public hangouts visible on the map, automatically unlocking group chats that enable natural social interaction and coordination.
Discover
Hangouts
Connect with
Yachties
Nearby
Get
Notified
The Final Product
What happened after launch
0K+
Community Members in 2 Months
0
App Store Rating
0%
Monthly Active User Rate
Business Impact:
Lost & Found enables yacht crew to connect and build trusted communities through real-time, map-based discovery.
Improved Outcomes:
Stronger crew connections. Higher daily engagement,Safer, verified interactions
Foundry 5 understood our mission from day one. They built more than an app, they built a digital home for our community. The attention to detail and care for our users was exceptional.
Josh & Louis - Founder of Lost and Found Crew
