Paul Zadie
Client
ENGINEERING
Tattoo Studio Pro
A rebuild from buggy MVP to a cross-platform SaaS for tattoo studios, on React Native and Firebase.
SaaS
Industry
Mobile and Web App Development
Services
United States
Region
2023-2025
Year
From buggy MVP to real SaaS.
Tattoo Studio Pro began as a waiver-management app for tattoo studios, built without a programming background and launched with heavy technical debt. It stabilised and earned steady revenue, but scaling and the move to SaaS needed a stronger foundation, so the team brought in a partner to refactor and expand it across web and mobile.
Technical debt
Fragmented codebase from piecemeal work
Scalability
Move to a SaaS model
User needs
Web access and better UX
Competition
Faster innovation than rivals
A full refactor and rebuild, across web and mobile.
Phase one refactored the backend on Firebase and Firestore, adding role-based access control, financial tracking, and optimised queries. Phase two built a web application with feature parity and a central dashboard for appointments, client profiles, and reports, with Typesense for real-time search. Phase three rebuilt the mobile app on React Native with Expo, adding onboarding, multi-step registration, drag-and-drop interfaces, real-time appointment tracking, and customisable financial reporting.
From research to a live platform: plan, build, launch.
01.
Planning and strategy
Technical research, goals aligned to the client's vision, and development workflows.
02.
Development
React Native with Expo, Firebase services for data, auth, and storage, Typesense search, and PDF generation.
03.
Testing and launch
Internal testing for stability across devices, with live monitoring on rollout.
From buggy MVP to a real app
We rebuilt Tattoo Studio Pro from a shaky MVP into a cross-platform app for studios. If your app is held together with tape, we can rebuild it on solid ground.
Starts with a free 30-minute discovery call.
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