Pixel Forge Studio  ·  Est. 2016
Proposal № 2024 — 118

Delivering the harvest, phone in hand.

A proposal to design and build native iOS and Android applications for FreshLocal — the farm-to-door grocery service reconnecting neighborhoods with the farms around them.

Prepared for
FreshLocal
Engagement
20 weeks
Investment
$120,000
Valid through
Mar 15, 2025
01 The Opportunity

A grocery run that feels like a farmers' market.

FreshLocal has built something rare — a supply chain that reaches real farms within 48 hours of harvest. The next chapter is in the customer's pocket. A mobile experience as considered as the produce itself: quick to order, transparent about provenance, alive with real-time tracking from the field to the front door.

Our mandate is to translate the trust FreshLocal has earned at the farm gate into a daily ritual on a small screen. Native performance matters. So does texture — the feel that each carrot and crate has a story behind it worth scrolling for.

Pixel Forge will deliver two ground-up native applications across iOS and Android, a unified design system, and the live order-tracking infrastructure that makes "freshness" a feature customers can watch unfold in real time.

02 Scope of Work

What we'll build together.

i

Native iOS Application

Swift and SwiftUI, targeting iOS 16+. Apple Pay, Sign in with Apple, push notifications, and Dynamic Island integration for live orders.

ii

Native Android Application

Kotlin with Jetpack Compose, Material 3 theming, Google Pay, and Wear OS companion surface for tracking and delivery alerts.

iii

Real-Time Order Tracking

Live map from packing facility to doorstep, driver ETA, photo proof of delivery, and status updates powered by WebSockets and geofencing.

iv

Subscription & Checkout

Weekly box subscriptions, recurring orders, Stripe integration, promo codes, and a gift-a-box flow for referral-led growth.

v

Farm & Product Storytelling

Rich product detail with farmer profiles, harvest dates, and origin maps — turning provenance into the product's primary hook.

vi

Design System & Handoff

A Figma-based component library, motion spec, and engineering handoff documentation that your in-house team can extend post-launch.

03 Timeline — 20 Weeks

A steady cadence, four phases.

01–03Weeks
Phase 01

Discovery & Foundation

Stakeholder interviews, competitive audit, technical architecture, and core user journey mapping across both platforms.

Research synthesis
Architecture doc
04–08Weeks
Phase 02

Design & Prototyping

Brand-aligned UI direction, high-fidelity flows for both platforms, clickable prototypes, and initial user testing with five FreshLocal customers.

Figma library
Prototypes
09–17Weeks
Phase 03

Native Development

Parallel iOS and Android builds, backend API integration, live tracking infrastructure, payments, and bi-weekly TestFlight / Play internal releases.

Beta builds
Release candidate
18–20Weeks
Phase 04

QA, Launch & Handoff

End-to-end QA across 14 device profiles, App Store and Play Store submissions, launch-day war room, and 30-day post-launch hypercare.

Store approvals
Public launch
04 Investment

The fixed-scope engagement.

Discovery & Strategy
Research, architecture, technical planning
$14,000
Product Design
UI, motion, design system, prototypes
$22,000
iOS Development
Swift / SwiftUI native build
$32,000
Android Development
Kotlin / Jetpack Compose native build
$32,000
Real-Time Tracking Infra
Backend services, WebSockets, mapping
$12,000
QA, Launch & Hypercare
Testing, store submission, 30-day support
$8,000
Total Investment
$120,000

Payment Schedule

30%
On signature — $36,000Kicks off discovery and reserves the team.
30%
Design approval — $36,000Due at sign-off of final design phase, week 8.
30%
Beta release — $36,000Due when TestFlight and Play beta ship, week 17.
10%
Public launch — $12,000Due upon App Store and Play Store approval.

Ready to plant the first seed?

Signing below authorizes Pixel Forge Studio to begin work under the terms outlined in this proposal. We're excited to build this with you.

Maren Castellanos
CEO · FreshLocal
Rowan Okafor
Partner · Pixel Forge