In today’s society and almost worldwide, many use and love social media. People are constantly looking down at their phones, scrolling up and down apps like Instagram, Facebook or TikTok.
Although social media is a helpful tool, it can sometimes get a little hectic to use. Social media’s different purposes such as entertainment, social networking and advertising can make using these apps a lot more complicated than it should.
One Georgia State junior created an app that fulfills all of these social media uses.
Carl White III created Movespot in 2017 after realizing that people use social media at the wrong times.
“One day, I was working out at Planet Fitness and saw everyone scrolling on their phone,” he said. “I noticed that people were in a place that was designed for them to work out and be active but instead, they were all glued to their phone screens.”
Noticing this at the gym initially gave White the idea for Movespot, an app that offers social media users the complete social experience by combining social media, social networking and making moves all into one platform.
He then went on to formulate a clear idea of what he wanted the Movespot to be. Once he got that step out of the way, he went on to develop his app.
“App development has many different concepts to it, so without the right research, it wouldn’t have been possible to complete,” he said. “It started from a PowerPoint to jotting down notes to finding out how to actually implement the ideas into the app.”
He then started his UI/UX design, wireframing, server hosting, market research and beta testing.
Movespot is an app that allows social media users to have a unique social experience and not force users to scroll on their phones all day idly.
Movespot is the only app on the market that features a three-way live stream. It allows users to market themselves and hang out with friends. The app offers a time map that enables users to stay connected with their mutual friends’ time distance, showing each friend’s current location and making it easier to hang out with them at any time.
White had a particular age group he wanted to market the app to when it came to his target audience, but he still noticed other age groups use the app.
“Our main target audience is Generation Z, which are the people that were born between the mid to late 1990s up until the early 2010s,” he said. “We are also seeing millennials use the platform as well.”
White feels like the Movespot will soon become a household name.
“In the future, I honestly see the Movespot with millions of users and being used on a global scale,” he said.
While White continues to push forward his app and formulate new ideas, he proves that hard work and the proper research can bring a vision to life.
