BayMaze is a mobile platform that blends real-time local expertise with structured city insights, creating a personalized experience for users planning to relocate, travel, or explore new places. Designed to offer more than static information, the app connects users to vetted city experts, enabling direct conversations, trusted advice, and confident decisions—without requiring sign-in for discovery. Users can freely browse cities and experts before logging in to book sessions or chat.

The app helps users discover cities, connect with locals, and make informed decisions—all with real-time interactivity, smart automation, and full iPad support.

Role-based access for users, experts, and admins with secure authentication.

Smart expert discovery using filters like age, language, hobbies, and industry.

Fast, flexible auto search powered by Algolia.

Public browsing of cities and experts without requiring login.

Native UI optimized for both iPhones and iPads

City profiles with descriptions, population, climate, and location-aware distance data.

Dynamic expert availability through an in-app calendar with real-time slot locking.

Session booking with options to pay immediately or later, supported by auto-reminders.

Chat system with real-time messaging, push notifications, and read/unread indicators.

Payments with automated handling of unpaid sessions.

Baymaze is a responsive, user-centered companion for relocation and travel—blending structure, human insight, and mobile-first design to simplify one of life’s biggest transitions.

Cross-Platform Authentication: Enabled login via email, Google, Apple, and Facebook with account linking, secure session management, and smooth recovery support.

Multi-Role Architecture: Implemented secure access for users, experts, and admins with seamless upgrade paths and conditional logic for role-specific experiences.

Expert Onboarding Flow: Built a multi-step expert application with video upload, personal info, and secure bank account integration via Stripe Connect APIs.

Scalable Profile System: Designed rich expert profiles with bios, videos, ratings, hobbies, languages, and industries—optimized for credibility, trust, and searchability.

Geo-Contextual City Insights: Aggregated population, climate, and travel data APIs; cached region-specific datasets for offline use and dynamic rendering near user location.

Advanced Filtering Engine: Delivered deep filtering across expert fields (industry, hobbies, language, education, work) and city data (climate, population, distance) for precision discovery.

Search That Never Sleeps: Synced Algolia with Firestore indexing in real-time for instant results, with a local fallback engine for degraded network conditions.

Offline-First Architecture: Enabled Firestore persistence with local caching, queued writes, and auto-reconciliation once users reconnect—ensuring a seamless offline experience.

Dynamic Booking Engine: Built real-time booking flow with expert availability syncing, time-slot locking, and double-booking prevention using Firestore transactions.

Smart Payment Logic: Integrated Stripe for pay-now/later flows, with automated reminders, payment status checks, cancellations, and instant dissatisfaction-triggered refunds.

Realtime Conversational Layer: Engineered rich chat with unread indicators, read receipts, and secure message delivery using Firestore access rules.

Push Notification System: Implemented real-time notifications for booking requests, chat replies, session updates, expert acceptances, and payment reminders via FCM.

Guest Browsing Mode: Enabled unauthenticated users to explore cities and experts freely; booking and chat actions trigger secure login prompts.

Universal Layout: Designed adaptive layouts with dynamic size classes and split-view support to offer a complete native experience across Apple ecosystems.

In-App Admin Console: Provided admin tools to approve experts, resolve disputes, manage users, and review activity—fully embedded within the mobile interface.