Traza: a tattoo artist app on both stores, live in early 2026

Everything an artist did on Traza happened in a browser. That works at a desk. But tattoo artists spend the day on their feet, between clients, and they need to answer requests, plan sessions, take deposits and reply to messages from their phone.

Three limits shaped the work: a budget under $20k, a launch date that the client had already promised, and a rule to build on their live API and their Figma designs, not redo them.

We worked as a dedicated team sized to the budget, in weekly cycles on the client's Jira, with regular demos. The client could change priorities every week. When the custom calendar grew bigger than planned, we cut it down to a first version and moved push notifications and booking creation forward, because artists needed those more.

To protect the launch date, we added a second developer early in the project. When one developer dropped out mid-project, we covered the cost and gave the work to the other developer, so the client's budget and timeline stayed the same.

The Rocketech team:

• Senior React Native Developer
• React Native Developer
• Delivery Manager
• QA Engineer

• Every stage: requests, scheduled, on hold, completed and cancelled, with filters.
• Actions by status: each booking shows only the actions that fit its stage.
• Sessions: create and edit sessions, take deposits, mark complete, no-show or cancelled.

• Messages: a chat between artist and client inside each booking.
• Client notes: details and notes on each client, so repeat clients feel remembered.
• Push notifications: new requests, messages and session changes reach the artist right away.

• Login: with Instagram or email. Instagram is where artists already show their work.
• Profile preview: bio, gallery, designs, FAQ and locations, with links to the web for bigger edits.

Building on a live API is fast, but the app can only move as fast as that API. At kickoff, a login error on the client's dev API stopped our screen work until their team fixed it. After that, the two teams worked as one.

App Store review can take one to two weeks, which is risky with a fixed launch date. So we sent the app to review early instead of polishing it until the last day. It was approved on both stores.