Rinkly App Development for Skating Rinks

Rinkly is a modern mobile booking platform designed to eliminate long lines, paper forms, and manual processes at roller skating rinks. It covers the full customer journey: rink discovery, real-time session booking, digital waiver signing, secure payments, and QR-code entry. The result is a seamless experience for skaters and a powerful operational tool for rink owners.

The traditional rink experience is slow and outdated. Visitors deal with long queues, manual waiver forms, unclear session availability, and unreliable payment handling. This leads to customer frustration, operational inefficiencies, and lost revenue opportunities for rink owners.

Lead Mobile Developer & System Architect I handled the complete lifecycle of the project, including system design, frontend development in FlutterFlow and Flutter, serverless backend architecture, Stripe integration, and deployment for iOS and Android.

The goal was to create a fully digital, frictionless rink experience.

For skaters:

Discover rinks, book sessions, sign waivers, and pay in under 60 seconds

Avoid lines, paper forms, and manual check-in

Receive real-time booking confirmation and QR-code entry tickets

For rink owners:

Reduce front-desk workload and administrative tasks • Increase guaranteed revenue through pre-booking • Digitize waivers, payments, and sessions • Use a scalable SaaS-ready solution suitable for expansion

Rinkly converts a slow, manual workflow into a fast, digital system.

Higher customer satisfaction and repeat visits

Lower staff overhead and smoother operations

More revenue through advance payments

Secure, digital record-keeping for waivers and bookings • Architecture ready to support multiple rinks nationwide

FlutterFlow for fast prototyping and initial UI/UX Custom Flutter for complex logic, animations, performance, and Clean Architecture Responsive cross-platform design optimized for iOS and Android Keywords: Custom Flutter Development, State Management, Responsive UI, Clean Architecture

Firebase serverless architecture

Firestore for real-time session and user data

Cloud Functions (Node.js) for booking logic, QR generation, waiver submission, and Stripe triggers

Firebase Authentication for secure login and onboarding Keywords: Serverless Architecture, Cloud Functions, NoSQL Modeling, Real-Time Data

Stripe Connect for secure, PCI-compliant payments

Saved cards, one-tap checkout, direct payouts to rink owners Digital waivers with secure storage Auto-generated QR-code tickets compatible with staff-side scanning Keywords: Stripe API, Payment Gateway, QR Ticketing, Digital Waivers