Blick

Focus on performance: the new development of the Blick mobile app

The Blick News & Sport app offers users many ways to consume and participate in the content in their own way. However, such a variety of features also costs quite a bit of power, which can lead to performance problems, especially on older smartphones. That's why Ringier decided to redevelop the mobile app from scratch with a stronger focus on performance. The redesign will ensure that Blick continues to offer readers the best possible user experience in the future.

To ensure that the new mobile app would be able to provide all the desired features in the future, Ringier sought further expertise on the choice of technology and architecture. Therefore, devedis was asked to develop a concept to set up the new app in the best possible way for all future challenges.

Future-oriented app architecture: strategic advice from Ringier

For this purpose, devedis weighed different technologies and frameworks in relation to Ringier's goals, the existing know-how of the internal developer team, possible risks, and other factors to enable an optimal choice. In order to check the feasibility, performance and complexity of implementing certain features, a simple prototype was created as a proof of concept as part of the analysis. This made it possible to give an accurate recommendation for action.

The concept as well as the prototype offered Ringier an optimal overview of the status quo as well as its challenges. It additionally offers a list of viable decisions as well as an analysis and comparison of the resulting scenarios. This provides Ringier with the optimal foundation for making solid and well thought-out decisions that will greatly strengthen the position of the media company, especially in the long term.

Our contribution

• Modern and future-proof app strategy for Blick App
• Evaluation of suitable technologies and architectures
• Development of a prototype to validate performance