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I built a short-video app for padel players — solo, in 3 months.
Started with a problem I had personally — nowhere to share padel highlights or find players at my level. So I built it.
SMASH is a short-video platform for the padel community. Upload match clips, discover players nearby, create squads, and chat with teammates. Think TikTok meets Meetup, for padel.
What I built:
— Full design system in Figma (editorial black/white, Inter typography)
— Flutter app with Firebase backend
— RevenueCat subscription paywall (€4.99/mo)
— UGC moderation system (report, block, EULA)
— Squad match chat
— Currently in Apple App Store review
The hardest part wasn't the code. It was navigating Apple's review process solo — 4 rejection cycles, banking setup, subscription configuration, UGC compliance. Every rejection taught me something.
Currently in review. TestFlight available on request.
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SMASH — Padel Videos & Squads
Built a short-video platform for the padel community from scratch. Solo — design, development, and deployment.
What it does
Players upload match highlights, discover other players, organise squads, and chat with teammates. Pro subscribers get advanced analytics, unlimited uploads, and a verified badge.
How it was built
Flutter for cross-platform iOS/Android. Firebase for auth, database, and storage. RevenueCat for subscriptions. Figma for the full design system — editorial black/white aesthetic, Inter typography, 3px border language throughout.
The hard parts
Navigating Apple's App Store review process solo — multiple rejection cycles covering UGC compliance, Sign in with Apple, in-app purchase configuration, and banking setup. Every rejection was a lesson in reading guidelines carefully and communicating precisely with reviewers.
Stack
Flutter · Firebase · RevenueCat · Figma · Codemagic · App Store Connect
Status
Currently in App Store review. TestFlight live.
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4 DAYS LEFT
Iteration, iteration, iteration.
Been living in Figma Make chat: tweaking the product, obsessing over UX, arguing with myself (and a few LLMs) about what actually feels right.
Starting to look like a real app. Finally.
That feeling when it finally clicks into place. Arguing with LLMs about UX decisions is weirdly underrated as part of the process. What's the core loop you landed on?
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