Cinemate was built to solve a simple but recurring frustration: forgetting which movies you wanted to watch or losing track of what you’ve already seen. The app brings watchlist management, ratings, and discovery into one clean interface.
Built with React Native to target Android with a single codebase, the app uses a movie database API for metadata and poster images. Local state is persisted on-device, so the app works offline and syncs automatically when connectivity returns.
Publishing to the Play Store involved setting up signing configs, handling the review process, and optimizing the app bundle size — a full end-to-end mobile release cycle that was a valuable learning experience beyond just writing the code.
