18 · App development · E-commerce

LANAKILA Shopping App: shop, design your own, share.

For LANAKILA, the Leipzig sports brand of Sylvia Michalk, we built a native shopping app for iPhone and iPad: catalog, wishlist, cart and checkout with Apple Pay – plus the LANAKILA Designer for custom jerseys and an area where athletes share photos and videos straight from the app.

Project for LANAKILA, the Leipzig sports brand of vona owner Sylvia Michalk

Native iOS app
iPhone & iPad
SwiftUI
Custom middleware
WooCommerce
Apple Pay
Push notifications

iPhone + iPad
one native SwiftUI app, connected through a custom middleware: 0 tracking SDKs
no third-party analytics or advertising SDKs in the app: TestFlight
as of 10/2026: in Apple's test phase, Android planned

01 · Starting point

LANAKILA's store runs on WooCommerce. Besides regular shopping, the brand stands for custom designs, team outfits and the Lanakila Racers community. The goal was an app that brings all of this together in one place on smartphone and tablet – fast, native and without tracking.

02 · Solution

A native SwiftUI app for iPhone and iPad. It does not talk to WooCommerce directly: a purpose-built middleware mediates between app and store. Multi-level caching keeps catalog and product pages fast, and recently viewed products stay available offline.

Shopping: catalog with full-text search and filters, wishlist with a push notice when a price drops or a variant is back, a size assistant with body measurements that stay on the device, a cart that survives a restart and checkout with Apple Pay. Sign-in with Face ID or Touch ID, guest checkout too.

Design your own: in the LANAKILA Designer, jerseys are colored part by part, checked front and back and ordered directly. Clubs and teams get a request form with inspiration images and the integrated team configurator.

Sharing: with their Lanakila Racers access, athletes upload photos and videos straight from the app; plus newsletter, stories and the community area.

See all screens in the app references →

03 · Result

Shopping, custom designs, team requests and community come together in one app – without analytics or advertising SDKs, with credentials and body measurements protected in the device keychain. The app supports dynamic type, VoiceOver and “Reduce Motion”. As of 10/2026 it is in Apple's TestFlight phase; planned are the LANAKILA Miles loyalty program, sign-up for LANAKILA Events and an Android version.

04 · Workflow

The app does not talk to WooCommerce directly: a custom middleware mediates between app and store, keeps catalog and product pages fast and available offline through caching, and sends the push notices. From the catalog, optionally via the LANAKILA Designer, the order goes into the cart and with Apple Pay to the store. With their Lanakila Racers access, athletes upload photos and videos straight from the app.

05 · Insights

Home screen of the shopping app with collections for women and men plus custom and team designs
Sport worlds (triathlon, bike, run, swim), app features and pre-order products
Category list with accessories, women, spring/autumn and gift cards
“Running” category with product tiles and prices
Product page of a women's cycling jersey priced at €155.00
Full-screen product photo of the cycling jersey
App menu with shop areas such as all categories, sale, gift cards, new arrivals and wishlist
Wishlist with saved products
Share dialog of the wishlist
Product page of a thermal bike jacket with the “Design it yourself” button
Design editor: jacket front view for designing it yourself
Design editor with a color picker for individual parts of the jacket
Parts list in the editor: color back, pocket, sleeves, collar and cuffs separately
Order view for the custom design with size selection and price
Confirmation “Your design was added to the cart” showing front and back
Cart with coupon field, shipping estimate and “Checkout” button
Login screen “Welcome to Lanakila Sports”
Account area with a prompt to save the password
Order overview with filters for status and time period
Newsletter sign-up with 10% off the first order
Newsletter archive with past issues
Newsletter issue about a new design in the app's reading view
Share a photo: sign-in for members of the Lanakila community
Share a photo: choose images from Photos or Files
Photo picker from the library with several images selected
Uploading selected photos with a consent declaration
List of your own uploads
“Lanakila Racers” community page with cover image and description
Racer application and community gallery
Application form for the racers with motivation and optional images
“Custom & Team Designs” page with cover image and description
Custom design process in four steps with an inquiry button
Inquiry form for custom designs with contact details and message

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