A7 Padel – Full-Cycle Development of a Mobile Booking App and Admin Portal

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A mobile app and admin web portal that lets players book padel courts, training sessions, and equipment online, while giving the club full control over daily operations.

The client wanted to move court bookings online and needed a single digital system for players and staff.

SoloWay delivered the product end-to-end, from discovery and design to backend, mobile development, testing, and launch. We continue to develop it after release.

Services

  • Website
  • Mobile App
  • UI/UX Design
  • Discovery Phase

Industry

  • Other

Location

  • Ukraine
Our client

About the company

A Ukrainian sports and recreation business that runs padel courts, offers training sessions, and rents out equipment.

The club serves a fast-growing community of padel players. It decided to go digital to make booking easier and improve the customer experience.

Project goal

About the project

The goal was to build two connected products:

  • a mobile app where players can book courts, coaches, and equipment in a few taps;
  • an admin panel where the club’s team manages bookings, prices, time slots, and coaches.

Both products run on a single backend developed by SoloWay.

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Challenges

1

Design From Scratch

The client had no existing system, so we built both the mobile app and the admin panel from scratch.

2

Scalable Backend

The backend had to support the MVP and scale quickly as we added new features and locations.

3

Third-Party Integrations

The system needed reliable connections with SMS notification services and payment providers.

4

Complex Booking Logic

Courts, coaches, and equipment had to be booked and paid for in one flow, including cancellations and overlapping time slots.

5

Tight Deadline

The MVP had to be delivered in just two months, with a team of seven specialists working in parallel.

Our Process for the Mobile App & Admin Web Portal

We started with a discovery phase. Our business analyst, project manager, and tech leads worked with the client to understand the business goals, map every booking scenario, and study how the club operates day-to-day. Together we defined:

  • the user roles: players, coaches, and administrators;
  • the booking rules and notifications;
  • the rental and payment flows.

The result was a clear product vision, detailed requirements and a step-by-step delivery plan.

Based on the discovery results, our UX designer mapped the user journeys. We prototyped all key flows: checking court availability, choosing a coach, renting equipment, paying, and managing content in the admin panel. The aim was simple: a player should get from opening the app to a confirmed booking in as few steps as possible. We paid special attention to tricky cases such as overlapping slots, cancellations, and rescheduling.

Once the UX was approved, we created one consistent visual style for the mobile app and the admin panel. The app is built for quick actions and clearly shows which slots are free and which are taken. The admin panel focuses on convenience and clear data, so managers can easily work with schedules, payments, and reports. The design is modular, so the club can reuse components as it adds new locations and services.

Our backend developer built a secure, scalable server-side system in PHP. It includes:

  • an API for the mobile app and admin panel;
  • integrations with payment and SMS providers;
  • separate access levels for players, coaches, and administrators.

The backend also handles scheduling, prevents double bookings, and updates slot availability in real time.

We built a single app for iOS and Android using Flutter. This saved the client time and budget compared to building two separate native apps. Connected to the backend API, the app lets players book courts and training, pay online, view coach schedules, manage their profile, and receive notifications.

We built a single workspace where the club’s staff manage courts, coaches, equipment, customer accounts, payments, time slots, and reports. Calendar views, filters, and dashboards keep everyday work simple, even for non-technical staff. We can add new modules as the business grows.

Our QA engineer tested the product throughout development, not only at the end. We tested every booking flow, payment, notification, and admin action on both mobile and web to ensure the system works reliably.

We delivered the MVP within the planned two months, and our team worked intensively to meet the deadline. The client later moved the release date due to their preparations, and we launched the product once everything was ready. Today SoloWay supports the platform and keeps adding new features based on the club’s needs.

Key features

Court Booking

Real-time availability and instant booking with a clear visual schedule.

Coach Selection

Coach profiles, schedules, and the option to book a training session with a specific coach.

Equipment Rental

Players can rent equipment right in the app when booking a court.

In-App Payments

Secure online payments for courts, training sessions, and rentals.

Personal Account

Booking history, upcoming sessions, cancellations, and personal settings in one place.

Admin Panel

Full control over bookings, customers, coaches, equipment, prices, and reports.

Results

Online Booking for Customers

Players can book courts, training sessions, and equipment online anytime.

Less Manual Work

The admin panel replaced manual scheduling and reduced the risk of booking errors.

MVP in Two Months

The team built the core product within the tight deadline the client set.

Ready to Grow

The architecture supports new features, services, and club locations.

Technologies and tools

Flutter
Dart
PHP
Figma
Jira
Slack
GitHub

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Team

Business Analyst

Project Manager

UX Designer

UI Designer

Backend Developer (PHP)

Flutter Developer

QA Engineer

Value delivered by SoloWay

01 05

From Offline to Digital

We helped the club move from manual management to a fully automated booking system.

02 05

Thinking Beyond the MVP

We planned the architecture for future growth, so we can add new features without rebuilding the product.

03 05

Flexible Team

We quickly adapted the design, backend, admin panel, and app to new business requirements, both during development and after launch.

04 05

Lower Workload for Staff

Automated scheduling and payments take routine tasks off the club’s team.

05 05

Better Customer Experience

Players get fast booking, online payments, and a reliable app.

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