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Ahmad AbuSaa
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Native football app for iOS and Android

OnFire

An interactive football companion app built in React Native — live match scores, player stats, and prediction-based challenge games with real prizes, designed for the quick, repeated check-ins that sports apps live on.

Role
Mobile team lead — React Native
Year
2023 – 2024
Platforms
iOS, Android
Stack
React Native, TypeScript, Redux

The problem

Sports apps are opened constantly and briefly, often on a poor connection, and the data underneath them changes by the second. The interface has to stay readable while it is updating, and it has to feel native on both platforms rather than like one app wearing two costumes.

What I worked on

  • 01Led the mobile team, working on the React Native codebase shared across iOS and Android.
  • 02Worked on the live data presentation — match state, scores, player stats and standings — so the UI updates without disorienting the reader.
  • 03Contributed to the prediction and challenge-game mechanics, including prize rounds tied to individual fixtures.
  • 04Worked on RTL support, so the Arabic experience is laid out correctly rather than mirrored as an afterthought.

Outcome

The app is past 100,000 downloads on Google Play and runs on both iOS and Android from one React Native codebase. I worked on it as part of the mobile team rather than on my own.

Screens

  • OnFire live matches screen showing two La Liga fixtures, one in progress with a live score and one counting down to kick-off
    Live and upcoming fixtures. Scores update in place while the countdown keeps running.
  • OnFire flash games list in Arabic, showing competitions with countdown timers, player counts and prizes
    The same screen in Arabic — built RTL, with the numerals and countdown reading correctly.
  • OnFire match detail screen showing the final score, a timeline of goals, cards and VAR decisions, and an awards section
    Match detail — a live event timeline covering goals, cards and VAR decisions.
  • OnFire prediction screen in Arabic showing a fixture, its prize and two prediction questions
    Prediction rounds attached to a fixture, with prizes and per-match questions.
  • OnFire match awards screen on Android showing a live international friendly and the prize on offer
    Running on Android from the same codebase — native conventions on both platforms.
  • OnFire onboarding screen in Arabic encouraging users to support local teams, with a football wrapped in a keffiyeh
    Onboarding, carrying the brand’s local identity.