Aryan Bahmani
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Sep 2018 – Sep 2019

XMusic

Chief Engineer & Designer · Solo freelance

Consumer iOS music app with streaming, playlists, lyrics, and search, designed and engineered end-to-end as a solo project.

At a glance

  • 50,000+ downloads within months of launch
  • Full UI/UX ownership
  • Swift iOS + PHP/MySQL backend

Context

XMusic delivered a polished consumer music experience (streaming, playlists, downloads, lyrics, and search) in a category where visual quality and interaction smoothness directly affect adoption.

Role

Sole engineer and designer. Owned UI/UX, iOS app, backend/API, payments integration, and VK.com music search.

Stack

Swift · CoreData · PHP · MySQL · third-party payments API · VK.com search · lyrics retrieval

Consumer music UI prioritizing clarity and interaction comfort in high-frequency use.

Outcome

Earliest strong signal that design + engineering is a long-running operating mode: consumer-scale traction as a solo builder.

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