Case Study · Social · iOS & Android
Game nights get more fun
Play the world's favorite games on group video — face-to-face, online, at unlimited scale.
Pop.In is a virtual meetup space where people anywhere play together on live video. Silicon Prime rebuilt it native — taking game rooms from 5 to 1,000+ concurrent players.
2+ yrs
In partnership
4
Member team
4.7★
App Store rating
The Client
A meetup space where the world plays together.
Pop.In — the brainchild of a funded startup — is a mobile app that makes game nights more fun. It's a virtual meetup space for people all over the world to play globally popular games, earn prizes, and make real social connections by interacting face-to-face online.
It's the only app that facilitates game play while users are on group video with each other — and does so at scale, with unlimited concurrent players in a single room.
The Challenge
Add games and scale massively — on a framework that couldn't.
Pop.In had found early success as a video-chat app. To win a competitive edge, the founders wanted to add games and dramatically increase capacity as soon as possible, while elevating streaming quality and UX.
The catch: the app ran on React Native — a decent start, but limited and inflexible to scale — and the team wanted to keep its original back-end while still hitting every business goal.
Was
React Native
Limited, inflexible to scale
Now
Native iOS & Android
Full latitude to expand
Room capacity
+20,000%
Concurrent players in a single room
The Process
We went native — and rebuilt for scale on the existing back-end.
Chosen as Pop.In's technical partner, Silicon Prime switched from React Native to native iOS and Android for far more latitude in features, support, and maintenance — building brand-new apps on the existing back-end, planned carefully for a seamless transition.
Shared game logic
For each launch we defined a strategy for the logic shared between new and current games — so every title ships faster.
Game flows & hosting
Intuitive game flows, in-room chat, and host-a-game features that make starting a night effortless.
AI & crypto rewards
New player incentives powered by emerging AI and cryptocurrency to keep rooms full and competitive.
Adaptive streaming
The right resolution per game layout — changeable per game with no app update — so interfaces look great on every device.
Resolution and frame rate drive live quality — so we tuned both per game.
The Impact
A place to play became a destination.
Pop.In is now adopted across genders, locations, and generations — Gen Z, Millennials, and Boomers alike — and hosts TV personalities and celebrities who run games on the platform. It's no longer just a place to play online, but a launchpad for offline meetups and new friendships.
20,000%
Room capacity boost
From 5 to 1,000+ concurrent players in one room.
+80%
App downloads
A jump in installs after the native rebuild.
80%
Smoother streaming
Live video quality improvement across games.
4.7★
On both stores
Rated 4.7+ on the App Store and Google Play.
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