recu is a fashion marketplace where pre-loved pieces find a second life and new style finds its first home. Buyers discover listings on a visual feed, message sellers and buy with confidence, while sellers list an item in under two minutes. Mobilions built it on Flutter with a Laravel and MySQL backend.
What recu is and what Mobilions built.
recu is a fashion marketplace app where pre-loved pieces find a second life and new style finds its first home. A buyer discovers curated listings on a visual feed, messages the seller, bookmarks favorites and buys with confidence, while a seller photographs an item, prices it, tags it and watches it find the right wardrobe — one app for two sides of the same closet.
Mobilions delivered the mobile app, the UX and UI design, the backend, and ongoing deployment and maintenance. The app runs on iOS, built with Flutter from a single Dart codebase, backed by a Laravel and MySQL server that handles listings, messaging, notifications and real-time inventory sync.
The design is deliberately restrained — muted sage greens and warm peach tones — so the clothes are the loudest thing on the page, not the interface. A listing goes live in under two minutes.
The essentials at a glance.
Retail and fashion.
iOS (Flutter).
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The scope Mobilions owned end to end.
The tools and frameworks behind recu.
The core problems this build had to solve.
The interface had to feel editorial without sacrificing marketplace function. Buyers expect a visual, scroll-friendly feed; sellers expect fast uploads and clear analytics; and both had to coexist on the same app without it turning cluttered. In fashion, discovery is half the experience, so the product photography had to lead while the marketplace tooling stayed out of the way.
Inventory had to update in real time across every device — when a seller marks an item as sold, every buyer viewing that listing needs to see it disappear instantly, because stale listings erode trust faster than almost anything else. Buyers and sellers also had to communicate seamlessly inside the app, with negotiations and condition questions kept in one thread tied to the listing rather than spilling into email or a separate chat app.
How Mobilions moved from problem to working product.
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The phone handles the polish and the server handles the reliability a live marketplace depends on. Flutter delivers a native-feeling iOS experience from a single Dart codebase, while a Laravel backend on MySQL handles the listings, messaging, notifications and real-time inventory sync.
Mobilions designed a card-based feed that puts product photography first, a separate seller dashboard for sales tracking and inventory management, an in-app messaging system tied to each listing, and a real-time event pipeline that keeps every user's view of the marketplace current.
The choices that shaped the platform.
Flutter was chosen to deliver a native-feeling iOS experience from one Dart codebase, keeping the build efficient and maintenance costs down without compromising how the app feels in the hand.
The Laravel backend pushes inventory state changes through real-time events, so when a listing sells, every client viewing it receives the update within seconds. The same pipeline handles price changes, new comments and status toggles, keeping every user's view honest and current.
Each conversation is tied to a specific listing. A buyer taps the chat icon on a product and the thread opens with the listing context already attached, while sellers see all their active threads in one inbox sorted by recency, so the deal stays in one place with the item always in view.
Why the stack fits the problem.
Flutter and Dart give a native-feeling iOS build from one codebase, keeping the build efficient, while a Laravel and MySQL backend provides the server-side reliability — listings, messaging, notifications and real-time inventory — that a live marketplace depends on.
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The same real-time event pipeline that handles sold-out listings also handles price changes, new comments and status toggles, so the inventory and activity layer is built to keep every client current as the marketplace grows.
The features that define the experience.
A card-based grid leads with photos, prices, seller ratings and category filters, so users scroll it like a magazine and shop it like a marketplace. Each card shows the image, price, seller rating and distance at a glance, with a detail page that expands into a full product story with comments, tags and a buy button.
Sellers upload photos, set prices, tag categories, track sales and manage inventory, with a listing going live in under two minutes. The dashboard is fast and clear because a marketplace lives or dies on whether sellers can list easily and keep coming back.
Conversations are tied to specific listings with real-time delivery and push notifications, so buyers and sellers can negotiate and finalize without leaving the app. Users can also follow each other, wishlist items, and get notified about deals and new listings from sellers they trust.
A closer look under the hood.
A Flutter (Dart) iOS client for polish paired with a Laravel and MySQL backend for reliability, with a real-time event pipeline driving inventory, pricing and messaging updates.
A MySQL database managed by the Laravel backend holds the listings, messaging, notifications and inventory state.
Real-time events propagate state changes — sold items, price changes, status toggles — to every viewing client within seconds, keeping the feed current.
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A look at the product across screens.
If you need a marketplace, resale or two-sided commerce app with a visual feed, real-time inventory and in-app messaging, let us show you how we would build it.
Mobilions' clients describe fast delivery, clear communication, and senior, trustworthy engineering—in their own words.
Great experience working with this team. They completed the development work quickly and efficiently without wasting time. Communication was clear and consistent, they understood the requirements well, gave smart suggestions, and delivered exactly as discussed. I'd highly recommend them to anyone looking for a reliable, fast, and skilled app development team.
We worked with Ankit, Mayur, and Tushar to build the first version of Baba Hebrew for iOS and Android, and they delivered super fast. The team was responsive, reliable, and efficient, taking the idea from zero to a working app in record time. I'd recommend them to anyone who wants to get an MVP live quickly.
Tushar and Ankit did an outstanding job developing our native iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) apps. They were efficient, responsive, and technically strong throughout. Thanks to their work, we launched successfully and gained over 1,000 users in the first 30 days. Highly recommend this team for quality mobile app development.
It was a wonderful experience working with Tushar, Ankit, and their team. They built a great mobile app for me and truly brought my vision to life. What stood out was not just their technical skill but their attitude: always positive, solution-oriented, and incredibly patient. They went above and beyond at every step, finding creative workarounds and staying committed even when things got challenging. Extremely professional and trustworthy. I would absolutely hire them again.
Great experience working with this team. They completed the development work quickly and efficiently without wasting time. Communication was clear and consistent, they understood the requirements well, gave smart suggestions, and delivered exactly as discussed. I'd highly recommend them to anyone looking for a reliable, fast, and skilled app development team.
We worked with Ankit, Mayur, and Tushar to build the first version of Baba Hebrew for iOS and Android, and they delivered super fast. The team was responsive, reliable, and efficient, taking the idea from zero to a working app in record time. I'd recommend them to anyone who wants to get an MVP live quickly.
Tushar and Ankit did an outstanding job developing our native iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) apps. They were efficient, responsive, and technically strong throughout. Thanks to their work, we launched successfully and gained over 1,000 users in the first 30 days. Highly recommend this team for quality mobile app development.
It was a wonderful experience working with Tushar, Ankit, and their team. They built a great mobile app for me and truly brought my vision to life. What stood out was not just their technical skill but their attitude: always positive, solution-oriented, and incredibly patient. They went above and beyond at every step, finding creative workarounds and staying committed even when things got challenging. Extremely professional and trustworthy. I would absolutely hire them again.
Answers to the questions teams ask before starting a build like this.
It depends on scope. The cost of a build like this is driven by scope, features, integrations, compliance requirements, team composition, and infrastructure complexity. We provide a fixed estimate after a short discovery call once those are defined.
For most marketplace apps, Flutter is a strong choice because one Dart codebase delivers a native-feeling experience and keeps build and maintenance costs down, which is what we used for recu. Pure native makes sense when an app leans heavily on platform-specific hardware or extreme performance, and we advise honestly on which fits your case.
The backend pushes state changes as real-time events, so when a seller marks an item sold, every buyer viewing it sees it update within seconds. In recu the same pipeline handles price changes, new comments and status toggles, which keeps listings current and protects the trust that stale listings would erode.
By tying each conversation to a specific listing. In recu, tapping the chat icon on a product opens a thread with the listing context already attached, with real-time delivery and push notifications, and sellers see all their threads in one inbox. Keeping chat in context, rather than in email, is what makes deals feel safe.
At minimum: a visual product feed with filters, a fast listing flow for sellers, listing detail pages, in-app messaging, and real-time inventory. Social touches like following and wishlists help retention. We help prioritize a focused first version that proves the marketplace works before adding everything at once.
A focused fashion marketplace like recu typically takes around four to six months from concept to launch, depending on the depth of messaging, payments and social features. We work in two-week sprints with working software throughout, so progress is visible rather than going quiet until launch.
By designing the whole interface around it. In recu, product photos lead every card and expand on the detail page, and the calm, restrained design keeps the focus on the item. We also make the seller upload flow fast and simple, because good photography only helps if sellers can actually add it in seconds.
Yes. recu handles both, letting sellers mark an item as new or used and buyers filter by condition. Supporting new and pre-loved side by side is built into the listing and filtering from the start, which suits a fashion marketplace where second-life style sits next to first-home pieces.
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