A consumer app, opened every single day.
We built a cross-platform mobile app with an AI-powered recommendations feed and real-time activity tracking — the kind of daily-use product that turns installs into engaged, returning users.
The Challenge
Most apps get downloaded once and never opened again. Building daily habit is the hardest problem in consumer mobile.
The client needed a content and data platform that users would return to every day — not because they had to, but because it was genuinely useful. Generic content feeds weren't enough. Notifications that users ignored had already been tried. The product needed to surface the right information at the right moment, and respond fast enough that every interaction felt instant.
- — Generic content feeds produced low return rates and shallow engagement.
- — The experience needed to work equally well on both iOS and Android with no quality gap.
- — Poor connectivity environments meant offline capability wasn't optional.
The Solution
A cross-platform app built for speed, intelligence and daily habit — with AI woven into the core experience, not bolted on after launch.
We chose React Native to ship both platforms from one codebase without compromising quality, then built an AI recommendations engine that learns from user behaviour to surface increasingly personalised content. Real-time sync keeps the activity feed live. An offline-first data layer means the app keeps working without a signal and reconciles cleanly when connection returns.
AI Recommendations
Personalised "For You" feed with AI match scores, improving with every interaction.
Real-time Activity
Live data sync keeps the activity feed current — users always see what's happening now.
Offline-first
Full functionality without signal. Data reconciles automatically when connection returns.
An app that became part of the daily routine.
active use
The AI feed drives users back each day — not through notifications, but because it's genuinely useful.
both platforms
iOS and Android from a single codebase — indistinguishable quality on both, shipped simultaneously.
experience design
Recommendations built into the core architecture — not added as a feature, but as the foundation.
Cognovat delivered an exceptional user experience for our platform. The design and engineering team understood exactly what it would take to make this something people open every day.
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