PetMate is an iOS mobile app designed to help pet owners easily track and manage their pets’ daily routines. The app makes pet care effortless with pre-set buttons for common routines (feeding, walking, grooming), a swipe-based task system to mark progress, and a playful daily tracker that shows a happy or sad pup face depending on completion. The vision was simple: Happy Pets, Happy Routines!

Description

Built during the 2025 iOS Hackathon at UTS TechFest, PetMate was ideated, designed, and developed from scratch in just one day. Our team leveraged Swift and SwiftUI in Xcode to bring the app to life under fastpaced hackathon conditions.

Type

Group project developed during a one-day hackathon competition.

Role

• Collaborated on brainstorming the app concept and key features
• Contributed to coding core UI interactions in Swift/SwiftUI
• Assisted with UI/UX design decisions and presentation storytelling
• Worked with teammates to refine and demo the app under tight deadlines

Timeline

June 2025 — UTS TechFest iOS Hackathon (1 day)

Impact

• Delivered a polished, working iOS prototype in under 24 hours
• Showcased creativity, teamwork, and rapid problemsolving under extreme time constraints

Learnings

• Learned how to ideate, prototype, and code an app within a single day
• Strengthened teamwork and communication in a high-pressure environment
• Gained practical experience in rapid UI/UX design and pitching to judges