F.A.Q.
About RedCat
RedCat is a mobile development company that has been creating simple and complex business-driven apps since 2018. With a focus on a customer’s success and delivery, we help startups worldwide with their first releases and further growth. Our approach is based on sharing the client’s values and taking the client’s success as our own. Staying a ‘silent partner’, we fully align workflows and business processes with our partners until we become a whole. That supposes reliable communication with customers and always includes long-term cooperation.
We create innovative Mobile and Web solutions that fit a specific list of industries. Being extremely flexible, we mostly work with startups and mid-sized companies. Our main domains are Sports, Entertainment, Logistics, E-Commerce, Retail, and IoT.
Check out our Portfolio to learn more about our clients and the projects we’ve delivered.
Startups and companies with 50-300 employees in Europe, North America, and the Middle East, from 11 time zones and 34 countries.
We are exactly the case when it’s literally itching to list some really famous names, but we are paid to stay silent. Sad but true. Maybe because we are a kind of “secret sauce”.
Well, today our employees live in 4 countries in Europe. Mostly we are located in Ukraine (the safe part of it). Also, we have partners in Chezh Republic and Hungary, so we can meet there easily. But of course, you are always welcome to Ukraine to our main office.
Domain-specific expertise. We are not chasing all businesses in the world, but struggle to deeply explore certain areas.
You = us. Your business success becomes our goal. That means participation only in projects which we truly believe in, and being ready to run an extra mile or two to get things done. Also, that means us being straightforward and ultimately fair in feedback.
Established processes. Multiple repetitions and corrections made business processes well-oiled and predictable. However, depending on the project we tailor the process according to the development methodology chosen.
Pricing. Last but not least. Our rates are predictable, clear, and transparent. And they are fair enough to be well-paid on our side, while your business can keep the head above the water.
Yes, they do.
We don’t use contractors.
The structure it pretty simple so far, as there are just 20+ team members for now.
CEO, COO, CTO.
Horizontal project teams with an assigned PM and Dev Lead in each.
Sales and Marketing team.
HR and Talent Aquisition, and Finance.
25-50 USD/hour. To count a monthly fee – multiply by 160. PM, QA, and Designer can be calculated part-time.
We don’t work with the Gambling and Porn Industry.
The minimum Project budget is 30000 USD.
Services and Cooperation Models
We support startups and SMBs with business process digitization. Also, we augment IT department staff with tech. We offer software development services in the following areas (but not limited to them):
- Web development
- Mobile application development (native and cross-platform)
- IoT and Cloud solutions
- UI/UX design, and software testing (QA) services
- Legacy software modernization
Yes. We conduct a tech audit, agree on the scope, and move on.
This is what we mostly do. We discuss the business idea and requirements, agree on the tech stack and other terms start.
Dedicated team (Retainer) – a cost of a tech team per month which ensures that it works exclusively for you. Actually means a booked capacity of hours and outcomes per month. You can use this model to conduct any experiments and test hypotheses.
Outstaffing – you manage your developers directly, and we facilitate the rest.
Time&Materials – pay-as-you-go.
No.
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Technology and Expertise
We create innovative Mobile and Web solutions that fit a specific list of industries. Being extremely flexible, we mostly work with startups and mid-sized companies. Our main domains are Sports, Entertainment, Logistics, E-Commerce, Retail, and IoT. Check out our Portfolio to learn more about our clients and the projects we’ve delivered
- Kotlin, Swift, React Native
- React.js, Node.js
- AWS, Firebase, Docker
We have chosen the technologies above as our most preferred. We have experience with PHP, Ruby, Angular, Java, and Python as well, but it is just not our main specialty.
Also, if you are looking for dedicated developers or an outstaffing – we can discuss your tech stack requirements and check the response of a labor market immediately.
Delivery and Processes
We have an in-house team that prepares estimations for each project, or a cost of a candidate to recruit.
For MVP projects or Dedicated teams BAs, PMs, and CTO work on the potential project creating a document with all necessary details (e.g., team composition, timelines, budget). In the proposal, we include all the needed information. However, timelines and budget are final on 85-90%. We always left space for changes and good ideas to come during the development. Usually, it takes up to 3 working days and several calls with Q&A sessions.
For outstaffing, we give you a time/cost range of staff augmentation within 24h.
Once we agree on the key cooperation terms, it takes several days of paperwork.
Then it’s time for a discovery phase (which is obligatory for projects built from scratch).
In parallel, we allocate engineering resources, and the rest of the team (UI/UX designer, QA, PM), and conduct internal project kick-off.
Once the discovery phase is passed, and the scope of work and methodology of development is set in stone – we have a big kick-off and start development on the same day.
It depends on the cooperation model that you’ve chosen. For example, when you turn to a Retainer (outsourcing), or Dedicated Team, our Project manager tracks the progress and reports to you on weekly meetings and demos.
In an outstaffing model, developers become full members of your team and follow your corporate culture. The development process and its management go entirely on your side; we can help with organizational moments.
It depends on the cooperation model that you’ve chosen. For example, when you turn to a Retainer (outsourcing), or a Dedicated Team, our Project manager manages the team, along with our Dev Lead.
In an outstaffing model, developers become full members of your team and follow your corporate culture. The development process and its management go entirely on your side; we can help with organizational moments.
Short answer: daily, weekly, or monthly.
Full answer: each project has its own set of outcomes, which can be delivered (codebase, designs, specifications, user stories, test plans, etc.)
For the majority of them, we work together with the Client’s product team, as client interim approval is required in each of them.
Once any of the project outcomes is ready – we deliver it to you. If they are paid of course).
Such a big thing as a codebase can be delivered once a month if we work in our repository, usually after the demo and payment. In case we work in a Client’s repository – the code is already there. But we make sure we have a security deposit to prevent any mischief.
Additionally, when the project is released, we deliver all the documents and outcomes related to the product, as it is usually prescribed in the NDA.
Design, Development and Testing
Yes. But we will have an audit from BA and our UX designer in any case – it may happen that we find logical gaps so the design shall be improved.
Behance, Dribble, Portfolio.
Agile, Scrum and Kanban. Also, we have experience with XP, Lean, and Waterfall. But today we are 90% Scrum, and 100% Agile.
- Careful work on the acceptance criteria and test plans
- Constant testing on a variety of devices and platforms
- Regression testing
- Code reviews
- Cross-reviews
- Obligatory educational programs
- Obligatory following best code writing practices
For turn-key projects, we assign a QA engineer. Usually, in estimates QA part takes up to 20-25% of the time. So QA engineer starts the work along with a BA and UI/UX designer at the very beginning of the project. During a product lifecycle, a QA conducts several types of testing according to the test plan with test cases and documents the results in respective reports and task tickets.
- smoke testing
- regression testing
- compatibility testing
- non-functional testing
- integrational testing
- end-to-end testing, and finally UAT (User Acceptance Testing), where you also participate.
We have a post-release guarantee.
But if you need maintenance as a service – we have 2 scenarios.
Scenario A: a fixed monthly package. Please note, that in the first 2 months after release this package will be bigger.
Scenario B: we continue project support on a Time and Materials basis on demand, but not less than some amount of hours. You can also use these hours to improve something in the code.
Security and Guarantees
All known types and currencies, except for RUB.
Yes. After our lawyers check it.
We have an internal security protocol, which covers physical and intellectual security aspects. Each employee must follow this protocol. If you want to read it – please contact alexandra@redcat.dev.
If you want to sign an additional agreement with an executive of your project – we can do this as well.
Yes, and unfortunately it has proven its effectiveness.
We guarantee that you are covered for all possible malfunctions caused by our team. We also offer extended maintenance periods that ensure you’ll get proper support after the project release.
We have an internal security protocol, which covers physical and intellectual security aspects. Each employee must follow this protocol. If you want to read it – please contact alexandra@redcat.dev.
Communication
Yes, we always appreciate close communication of business and development. But still, mostly communication goes through a PM, and a Tech Lead.
PM, Tech Lead, two company co-founders, and all your tech team.
- Feedback is always documented, both yours to us, and ours to you.
- As we have morning meetings within each project team -it’s the time to announce and discuss the feedback and changes strategy.
A standard set is Slack and emails. Zoom for calls.WhatsApp for urgent and private communication of management