Hyperlocal discovery app · 2025

Wisbox

Discovery for the street you're standing on.

Wisbox — Hyperlocal discovery app
RoleProduct + Engineering
StackReact Native · Node
ScopeGeofencing · Rewards
Timeline4 months
PlatformiOS · Android
Overview

Discovery for the street you're standing on.

Wisbox turns your city into a feed of real places — found, booked and rewarded in one app — with geofencing that pings you the moment you're near something worth stopping for.

The challenge

What made it hard.

Real-time location is a battery-and-trust minefield. We had to make geofencing feel instant and genuinely helpful — never creepy, never draining — while keeping the discovery feed relevant to where you actually are.

Inside the build
Landing — the whole pitch in a single, confident screen.
Landing — the whole pitch in a single, confident screen.
Geofenced 'you're nearby' alerts with one-tap actions.
Geofenced 'you're nearby' alerts with one-tap actions.
How we built it

From the hard part, forward.

PHASE 01

Earn the location

We designed the value exchange first — what you get the moment you share location — so permission feels obvious, not invasive.

PHASE 02

Make geofencing cheap

Native geofencing with smart batching on PostGIS, so alerts feel instant without draining the battery.

PHASE 03

Tune the feed

A discovery feed that learns what you'll actually walk to, blending distance, intent and rewards.

PHASE 04

Reward the visit

One-tap rewards on arrival, closing the loop from discovery to in-store visit.

The impact

What shipped, in numbers.

0.44kmgeofence precision
<19mindiscovery to visit
rewards redemption
iOS + Androidshipped together
Highlights

The parts we’re proud of.

Instant geofencing

Native, battery-smart proximity alerts that fire the moment you're near.

Discovery feed

Ranks by distance, intent and reward so it surfaces places you'll actually visit.

Rewards on arrival

One-tap redemption that closes the loop from app to in-store.

Built with
React NativeNodePostGISRedisFCM
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