Project case study

ChromaLens

A focused mobile utility for keeping a specialty cosplay contact-lens collection organized and manageable.

Case study by Wallace Panter

Product overview

ChromaLens is a React Native mobile utility centered on tracking and managing specialty contact lenses used for cosplay.

The project applies a deliberately small product scope to a specific organizational need instead of turning a simple workflow into a broad platform.

The challenge

Specialty lenses are a distinct part of a cosplay collection. A general notes or inventory tool does not provide a purpose-built experience for keeping those records together.

The product needed to stay quick and approachable on mobile, where the information is most useful during planning and preparation.

What I delivered

Built a cross-platform mobile application with React Native and Expo.

Kept the interaction model focused on the core tracking and management workflow for specialty contact lenses.

Used a shared mobile codebase so the product can evolve without maintaining separate native implementations.

Architecture

  • React Native supplies the cross-platform interface and application model.
  • Expo supplies the mobile development and delivery toolchain.
  • The intentionally compact stack matches the focused scope of the utility.

Outcome

  • Created a purpose-built utility for a narrowly defined user workflow.
  • Demonstrated product-scope discipline alongside cross-platform mobile implementation.
  • Established a straightforward React Native and Expo foundation for future iteration.

Technology

React NativeFramework for building native mobile apps with React.ExpoReact Native platform for building, testing, and shipping mobile apps.