Vuzo - trip planning

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  Home Screen

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  Trip Itinerary

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  Trip Bookings

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  trip Budget

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  Day Itinerary

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  tag Selection

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  Place Details

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  Journal Mode

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  Trip - day Memory

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  Settings Screen

Why I Built It

Trip planning felt broken. I was switching between maps, notes, calendars, spreadsheets, Notion and photo folders just to plan and remember one journey. I wanted a privacy-first travel app that combined planning and journaling in one place. I wanted lots of emojis and colors coded activities.I wanted Hotels, flights, and activities alongside budgets, live notifications, polaroid photos, and cassette-style voice notes for journaling specific to a place.

How I Built It

Vuzo is my first iOS app and my first project in Compose Multiplatform (CMP). I used Kotlin Multiplatform for shared logic, Compose Multiplatform for UI, and bridged into Swift APIs for iOS-specific features like Live Activities. Offline storage is powered by Room Multiplatform. I designed playful animations — dropping polaroids, spinning cassette reels, path animations, many of which had never been done before in CMP.

What I Learned

I learned how to bridge Kotlin and Swift, how to think cross-platform while respecting each platform’s UX, and how to invent new animation patterns in CMP. Most importantly, I learned that cross-platform development is not just about sharing code .It’s about combining design, technology, and user needs into one cohesive experience.

Looking Back

Vuzo started as a way to make my own trips less messy, but it became much more. It is a personal milestone in shipping across platforms, designing experiences that feel playful, and solving a problem I deeply cared about. Looking back, the challenges were tough, but they pushed me to grow as a developer and gave me confidence to keep building ambitious products.

Built With

• cmp
• compose
• kmp
• kotlin
• ktor
• room
• swiftui