For club goers
Discover venues and events, join guestlists, book bottle service and check in with QR.
- Client
- Outside
- Industry
- Nightlife / Events
- Services
- Design + development
- Scope
- Product build
01. The challenge
One night. Two jobs that never shared a product.
Club goers hunt venues, lists and tables across Instagram DMs and group chats. Promoters juggle guestlists, schedules and follow-ups in spreadsheets. Outside puts both sides in one mobile application.
For promoters
Run schedules, manage guestlists, feature the night and chat with guests without leaving the app.
For the scene
Feeds, stories and a leaderboard keep nightlife social instead of transactional.
Our approach
Discover the night. Then let each role run their job.
We centred the product on city discovery for goers, then mirrored promoter tools for lists, schedules and messaging so both sides speak the same nightlife language.
- 01
Discover
City home, search and venue/event detail.
- 02
Book
Guestlists, bottle service and QR check-in.
- 03
Promote
Schedules, lists and feature-the-night tools.
- 04
Connect
Messages, feeds, stories and leaderboard.
03. How we solved it
Each fix, and what it changed.
Every screen answers a real friction in nightlife apps. Here is what we designed, built, and what goers and promoters gain from it.
Discover
Goer side
A home that makes tonight obvious
Problem
Finding what is on meant scrolling Instagram stories and scattered event posts.
Solution
A club-goer home with city events and venue cards, paired with search that filters the night by place and vibe.
Gain
People open the app and see where to go without leaving for social feeds.
Book
Goer side
Club and event pages that close the booking
Problem
Venue posts sold the vibe but not the path to a list or a table.
Solution
Club detail and event detail screens with clear entry points into guestlists and bottle service.
Gain
Discovery turns into a booking without a DM hand-off.
Book
Goer + door
Bottle service and check-in without the chaos
Problem
Tables and door lists lived in WhatsApp threads and paper sheets.
Solution
A bottle-service flow for reservations plus a QR screen for door check-in, with guestlists on both sides.
Gain
Guests know they are on the list; door staff and promoters share the same truth.
Promote
Promoter side
Promoter tools that run the list, not a spreadsheet
Problem
Promoters tracked who was coming across notes, chats and venue portals.
Solution
Guestlist management, a schedule manager and feature-the-night so promoters plan and push the night in-app.
Gain
Ops stay in Outside instead of falling back to ad-hoc tools.
Connect
Both sides
Social layers that keep the scene alive
Problem
Nightlife apps often feel like booking forms with no culture.
Solution
Stories, city and personal feeds, in-app messages and a leaderboard so the product feels like the night, not just the ticket.
Gain
Engagement continues after the booking: chat, flex and come back.
04. The overall gain
What changed for goers and for promoters.
The design turned fragmented nightlife jobs into one mobile product both sides can open every night.
| Job | Before | After with Outside |
|---|---|---|
| Finding tonight | Instagram stories and group chats | City home, search and venue cards |
| Getting on a list | DM a promoter and hope for a reply | Guestlists and bottle service in-app |
| Getting through the door | Name on a paper list or screenshot | Shared list truth plus QR check-in |
| Running promoter ops | Spreadsheets, notes and venue portals | Schedules, lists and feature-the-night |
| Talking to guests | Scattered WhatsApp threads | In-app messages and chat |
| Feeling the scene | Booking only, no social layer | Feeds, stories and a leaderboard |
For merchants
Fewer dead ends: discovery leads to a list or table without leaving the app.
Shared guest truth: goers and promoters see the same lists and check-in.
Nightlife energy: feeds and ranks keep the product social after booking.
For Outside
A two-sided product designed and developed for goers and promoters.
Screen patterns that stay consistent from splash through chat.
A complete mobile build: discover, book, promote and connect.
- App sides
- 2
- Key screens
- 20
- Core flows
- 4
- Social layer
- 1
- Scope
- Designed + developed
Design in detail
Designed to feel like one night out.
From splash to guestlists and chat, shared dark UI, cards and navigation keep Outside familiar while each role does a distinct job.
06. The outcome
Designed. Built.
Handed off.
Outside is a complete nightlife app we designed and developed end to end: club discovery, booking and promoter ops, delivered as a working product.
Nightlife mobile product
A two-sided nightlife app designed and developed around goers and promoters.
Designed. Built. Handed off.
Full design and development across both nightlife roles.
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