✨ Portfolio Project

SBH Challenges – Gamified Outdoor Sports App with Real-World Routes

Name: Vamosoft Kft.
Address: Kert utca 6., Szigetszentmiklós, 2310, HU
Telephone: +36308228542
Price range: $$

SBH Challenges is a sports app that turns cycling, hiking and skiing into a game: users complete challenges on real routes around lakes and mountains, collect points, level up and compete on live leaderboards. Partner brands get their own named challenges and routes inside the app. Live on the App Store and Google Play with a growing community and PRO subscriptions.

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⚠️ Initial Plan

What challenges did we face?

Challenge #1

Rebuild an existing challenge concept from scratch after an earlier app that was slow and uncomfortable to use

Challenge #2

Turn cycling and hiking and skiing into a game with challenges on real routes and checkpoints

Challenge #3

Verify completions with GPS tracking and on-route photo and quiz tasks instead of self-reporting

Challenge #4

Motivate users with points and levels and live leaderboards from beginner to top ranks

Challenge #5

Give the client a web admin to publish branded challenges for partner companies without developers

Challenge #6

Launch on both app stores with a PRO subscription and free trial from day one

💡 The Idea

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The Idea

The SBH team did not come to us with a blank page. They had a proven concept – "reality, gamified" – and real users, but they were stuck with an earlier app that was slow, clumsy and uncomfortable to use. What they needed was a partner to rebuild it into a product that works on a bike trail with poor signal just as well as in a demo. We started with workshops to define the core loop: pick a challenge, follow the route, hit the checkpoints, earn points, climb the leaderboard. From there we refined the product through regular in-person meetings and live demos with the SBH team – every round of feedback went straight into the next build. And because a challenge app can only be judged outdoors, our team went out and rode and hiked several of the routes ourselves to test the app in the field, combining real QA with some well-earned time in nature. The mobile app, built cross-platform with React Native, tracks the user along the route on a Mapbox map, records completions with GPS data and validates them with checkpoint tasks such as photos and quiz questions, so results on the leaderboard are earned, not typed in. Levels, weekly rankings and event leaderboards keep users coming back, and the PRO subscription – integrated through RevenueCat with a free trial – unlocks the full experience. On the business side we built a web admin where the SBH team creates and publishes challenges, routes and checkpoints themselves, including branded challenges for partner companies. This turned the app into a platform: sponsors get named challenges and visibility at key points of the experience, and the client can launch a new campaign without a development ticket. We handled store submission on both platforms, server-side validation of completions and product analytics, so every sign-up, challenge start and completion is measurable. The result is a live product with a growing community, seasonal campaigns and a clear path to revenue through subscriptions and brand partnerships.