Funny Or Die needs no introduction. The company's off-the-wall comedy videos and feature films have won prestigious awards, including Emmy, Clio, the Golden Lion, and the Webby Awards. Funny Or Die engaged AgileEngine as an engineering consultancy to redesign its flagship app and develop several standalone web and Android solutions.
Project overview: bringing 100% funny content to mobile
With a staggering 40-million audience, Funny Or Die has significantly enhanced its mobile presence through our collaboration. Our engineers played a pivotal role in the development of the client’s flagship app, along with several standalone mobile solutions. They also spearheaded UI and backend development and ventured into experimental solutions like VR/360 video, all of which have contributed to the remarkable growth of Funny Or Die's mobile presence.
Key deliverables
Complete revamp of the Funny or Die app for Android featuring image galleries, articles, and a video browsing experience similar to YouTube
Chromecast support helping bring Funny or Die videos to TV screens
News Flash, a lightweight news app for Android
Improvements for the Weather app for Android, including new features like the weather widget and multi-cities support
UI and backend development support for the web version of Pitch, helping migrate parts of the app to a cross-platform iOS/Android stack (React Native)
R&D services covering experiments with VR/360-degree video playback on Google Cardboard
Video editing tool for Android
Technologies
Java, Kotlin, C++, Realm, MVVM/Data binding, Chromecast, ExoPlayer, OpenGL ES
Project outcomes and highlights
Our experts enabled Funny Or Die to rapidly launch several standalone Android apps at a fraction of the cost of in-house development. The News Flash, Weather, and Pitch apps reached millions of users.
Our deliverables enabled Funny Or Die to measurably improve the UX of its flagship mobile app. Our redesign of the client’s Android app increased its Google Play rating from 3.0 to 4.7 stars.
Industries
Digital media, Entertainment
Solutions
Mobile application, Web application, VR, 360-degree video, Dashboard
Services
Mobile development, UI development, Backend development, R&D
Technologies
Java, Kotlin, C++, Realm, MVVM/Data binding, Chromecast, ExoPlayer, OpenGL ES
