GreatAmerica SnappShot Mobile App

Summary

GreatAmerica worked with Far Reach to rewrite its outdated SnappShot mobile app in the latest .NET MAUI cross-platform framework.

Challenge

One of our long-standing clients, GreatAmerica Financial Services, had an app built in Xamarin that needed to be moved to MAUI. The internal development team at GreatAmerica didn’t have the capacity to do the rewrite project and wanted to work with a software development outsourcing partner.

Solution

Having worked with Far Reach on several other projects, GreatAmerica trusted our team and knew we had the expertise and experience to rewrite their mobile app in .NET MAUI. During the project, we took the opportunity to review the app’s functionality, eliminate technical debt, remove unused features, and complete other cleanup.

With the convergence to .NET MAUI, Xamarin was slated to be sunsetted and is now an unsupported technology. Mobile apps that use Xamarin can remain on the App Store—but they can’t be updated. So companies are rewriting their mobile apps in MAUI from Xamarin to maintain compatibility.

A project like this requires experience in both Xamarin and .NET MAUI. While Microsoft provides an upgrade assistant, it’s not a replacement for an experienced developer—and it’s not great for older apps. Even the most basic Xamarin to MAUI rewrite requires additional component upgrades (e.g., chart controls) and cleanup.

"They think outside the box, expanding upon our ideas and requests. Instead of merely following our requirements, they think critically about what they’re working on. Understanding our system is incredibly difficult, so it was very impressive to see their great input and questions early on."

Sarah Barnett | IT Project Manager, GreatAmerica Financial Services