App design + development · Built · 2025

Nearby

A hybrid mobile app for discovering cafés, bars, parks and sights around you, for tourists and locals alike.

Nearby card view showing Schlossplatz Stuttgart with photo, rating, distance and opening status
Role
Design + development (team of five)
Timeline
Apr – Jul 2025
Tools
Ionic, React, Capacitor, Google Places API, i18next
Client
HdM Stuttgart, semester 4
Status
Built

[01] Overview

What's worth going to, within walking distance, right now.

Nearby pulls places from the Google Places API around your current location or any address you choose, then shows them as swipeable cards or a compact list. Each place has its category, distance, rating, whether it's open now, photos, opening hours and one tap to start navigation.

It's built with Ionic + React and wrapped with Capacitor, so the same code runs on iOS, Android and the web. The UI comes in German and English and has a light and a dark theme.

[02] Filtering

Narrow it down without losing the overview.

Category chips sit at the top of the main screen for quick toggles. The full filter page adds minimum rating, maximum price, an open-now switch and a search radius. You can change your location by address search or reset it to your GPS position, and recent addresses are remembered.

List view of nearby places with category icons and open/closed status
List view
Place detail page with photo, description, navigation button and opening hours
Place detail
Filter page with rating, price, open-now toggle and category checkboxes
Filters
Card view in dark mode
Dark mode

[03] Palette