Building the STEAR app
CCFWE chose Neumarkets through a public RFP to design and build STEAR: a free web and mobile app for people who have experienced economic abuse.
- Client
- Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE)
- Services provided
- Platforms
- Web · iOS · Android
- Languages
- English, French, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic
One place for
help and answers.
STEAR stands for Support Tool for Economic Abuse Recovery. It brings safety, financial and legal information together for people who have experienced economic abuse.
The Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE) is a national not-for-profit based in Ottawa, dedicated to addressing economic abuse.
The app has three goals: education, resources and safety. A short questionnaire helps people find the right resources, and resources are filtered by province or territory so the app never overwhelms anyone by listing every resource at once.
Edit once.
Live everywhere.
We built STEAR web-first. One WordPress-managed product powers the stear.app website, the web app and the iOS and Android apps, so CCFWE edits content once and it updates everywhere without an app release.
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One WordPress source
CCFWE supplies and owns the content. We populated it in WordPress, where CCFWE’s team can edit it.
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Web, iOS and Android
The iOS and Android apps run the same web app, so a WordPress edit reaches every platform without a new app release.
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Five languages
English and French at launch, then Urdu, Hindi and Arabic, with right-to-left layouts for Arabic and Urdu.
Built for people
who need discretion.
- No account, no login and no email required
- A PIN lock, kept on the device
- The only location it asks for is a province or territory
- Personal details on the feedback form are optional
- A web version for anyone who can’t safely install an app
How we built it.
A phased build, from a public RFP to apps in both stores under CCFWE’s own accounts.
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Public RFP
We won CCFWE’s public RFP to design and build STEAR.
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Wireframes & design
We wireframed the app in Figma from CCFWE’s content, then designed it with CCFWE’s team.
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The questionnaire
CCFWE wrote the screening questions, based on the academic Scale of Economic Abuse. We built the Economic Abuse Quiz: 14 yes/no statements, one per screen, with a results page that links each answer to resources.
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Content
CCFWE supplied and owns all content. We populated it in English and French.
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App stores
We coordinated the iOS and Android builds and store submissions. Both apps are published under CCFWE’s own Apple and Google developer accounts.
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Three more languages
Urdu, Hindi and Arabic went live on the website and apps: five languages in all.
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Hosting & care
We host and maintain STEAR, and update its resources with CCFWE’s team.
One product,
every platform.
Web app, iOS and Android, from one WordPress source.
English, French, Urdu, Hindi and Arabic.
One per screen, each linked to resources.
From taxes and benefits to housing, legal help and employment, filtered by province.
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