Daily Shepherd
Industry
Personal Development
Client
Daily Shepherd LLC
Start Date
Jan 2025
Play store URL
App store URL
Faith at Your Fingertips, Every Day.
Daily Shepherd is a cross-platform spiritual wellness app that delivers daily Bible scriptures, prayer resources, and inspirational media in a clean, personalized interface.
Built for people seeking daily encouragement and spiritual growth, the app combines consistent content delivery with thoughtful customization to help users connect with their faith—every day, on their own terms.
The app supports daily connection, reflection, and habit-building through beautiful visuals, optional audio playback, and flexible reminders—all backed by a robust content management system for real-time updates.
To Encourage Daily Faith Practice and Personal Reflection, Daily Shepherd Offers:
- Daily Bible scriptures delivered via push notification at the user’s chosen time.
- Prayer of the Day, guided practices, and handpicked devotional videos.
- Offline-friendly access to favorite scriptures and resources.
- Searchable scripture archive with filters by keyword and date.
- Text-to-speech support for hands-free scripture listening.
- Profile personalization with name, photo, theme, and font size options.
- Scripture sharing via messaging, email, and social media.
- Light, dark, and system theme modes for comfortable reading anytime.
- Commenting and reflection features on daily scriptures.
- Google and Apple sign-in for seamless cross-device access.
These features turn Daily Shepherd into a trusted daily companion that encourages spiritual discipline, simplifies content discovery, and helps users stay inspired through tailored content and community engagement.
What We Delivered to Meet Complex Product Demands
- Cross-Platform React Native Build : Developed a single codebase app for both iOS and Android, reducing costs while ensuring native behavior and smooth performance.
- Daily Scripture Engine : Automated cloud-based content scheduling system ensures timely delivery of scriptures, prayer resources, and devotional media every single day.
- User-Centric Notification Logic : Built a personalized notification engine allowing users to set preferred scripture delivery time, with guaranteed delivery using FCM and local fallback.
- Seamless Google & Apple Sign-In :Integrated secure OAuth-based sign-in with support for account deletion and session handling using Firebase Auth and Apple Sign In.
- Favorites with Offline Access : Implemented secure local caching of user-favorited scriptures to allow offline reading and audio playback at any time.
- Handpicked Video Integration : Created a lightweight, scrollable video section displaying curated devotional content hosted and streamed via Firebase Cloud Storage and CDN.
- Custom Profile Personalization : Enabled users to update their display name, profile photo, font size, and theme—persisted locally as well as remotely, reflected app-wide instantly.
- Accessible Font and Theme Controls: Built real-time font sizing and system-aware light/dark mode support to meet diverse readability and accessibility needs.
- Scripture Text-to-Speech : Integrated system-native TTS APIs for converting daily scripture text into smooth, natural-sounding audio across iOS and Android platforms.
- Commenting with Moderation Hooks : Implemented daily scripture comment threads with server-side filters and backend moderation support for community-safe spiritual reflections.
- Scripture Archive with Search : Built an indexed scripture history with keyword and date filters, enabling spiritual discovery beyond the daily rotation.
- Deep Link Sharing for Scriptures : Enabled deep links in scripture sharing so recipients can open shared content directly in the app or fallback to install.
- Optimized Media & Shimmer Loading : Added shimmer placeholders and progressive media loading to keep interactions fluid and prevent content pop-in or empty states.
- Dynamic Content Management System : Built a robust admin portal for uploading and scheduling text, scripture, prayers, and external resource links with full editorial control.
- Multimedia Upload Support : Enabled secure upload and management of videos, audio clips, and images, with real-time syncing to the mobile app across platforms.
- WCAG-Aligned UI Practices : Applied accessible color contrast ratios, screen reader support, and scalable layout designs to meet usability standards for a wide audience.
Streamlined Cashback Logic
Built centralized cashback engine supporting brand-specific rates, bonuses, guidelines and reward tiers.
Brand-Level UX Requirements
Delivered per-brand custom visuals and purchase flows with dynamic layouts.
Multiple Payment Methods
Implemented dynamic payment gateway switching, including Google Pay and Apple Pay support, with flexible method-based logic.
Engagement with Offers
Introduced Instagram-style stories with time-sensitive brand promotions.
Cashback Tracking
Delivered real-time cashback summaries, purchase timelines, and transparent history logs.
Reward Redemption
Simplified redemption process with seamless integration to Apple Wallet and Google Pay.
Cashback Incentives
Designed gamified scratch cards and refer-to-earn rewards tied to brand behavior.
Social Interaction
- Built a full in-app community with posts, likes, comments, and brand-consistent UX.
Exclusive Travel Deals
- Added cashback on hotel bookings to offer a unique, cross-industry reward experience and enhance user engagement.
Structured User Posts
Integrated rich text editor with formatting, image embeds, and link previews.
User Drop-Off During Offers
- Tracked interaction flows with Mixpanel to optimize events and funnels.
AI-Driven Content Moderation
Implemented AI moderation with customised guidelines to ensure safe and relevant content.
