Tim Alan
3 min readFeb 25, 2022

How to Build an app like Dream11

The global market of fantasy sports apps can be expected to be worth 9.34 billion dollars by 2024. In India, 67% of cricket fans play in fantasy cricket apps. IPL and tour leagues are the major gameplay matches that are particularly popular among Fantasy sports players.

Process of building a Fantasy Cricket App Development

Building a fantasy cricket app like Dream 11, you should want to form a team of geeks, who are all talented in giving life to your idea. Apple founder, Steve Jobs had the idea of building a computer, he had the luck to have highly talented people to give life to his ideas. So this made him achieve his goal and it made the value of Apple from 118 million dollars (in 1977) to 3 trillion dollars (in 2022)

Following are the steps to build your own Fantasy Cricket app like Dream 11

  1. Design

You should design a user interface for your app. Think about how you will scroll, touch the icons and what colour will you like when you open an App. So create your App’s User Interface with empathy. For this, you should have a UI/UX designer.

2. Development

After the UI/UX, next thing is backend development. Every app is designed to work on the platform of Android and iOS. 2.5 billion people in world are using android device and 1 billion people are using iOS devices. For Android, kotlin is used and for iOS it is swift. With Android developer and iOS developer, this second step can be achieved. For database Mango DB or php are the right choices.

3. Testing

A fantasy cricket application, the app should undergo testing, when it finishes its design and development process. Why because, whether it is working as per the function that is assigned by the developer. For this, you will need a Software tester who is talented in Selenium.

4. Security — AWS Hosting

A mobile application needs a hosting server to keep the data on the internet. AWS (Amazon web services) is an excellent one. Fantasy sports apps like Dream 11 and FanDuel are using AWS’s Identity and Access Management for security and administration (IAM) to control access service, and amazon dynamoDB for saving post-game information. Also, AWS is build on the most secure global infrastructure and operates on a Shared Security Responsibility model

5. Marketing

After completing the above three steps. ASO is the important thing for an app that is published in the market. ASO is nothing but SEO, SEO is done on search engines and ASO is done on App stores like Google Play and App Store of Apple. By doing this you can reach many audiences for your mobile app to get noticed and used by people. You can also monetize your app and get revenue from this. ASO can be done with the help of Digital Marketing experts.

Conclusion

The Fantasy Sports game market is emerging day by day and it will be a good business for the entrepreneurs and investors to get profit. To build a new fantasy cricket app like dream 11, one can reach out to a fantasy cricket app development company. There are many companies out there to help you out. Find them wisely and create your Fantasy sports app. Read more about fantasy cricket app here

Tim Alan

Hi, this is Tim, I’m a sports lover and a deep-dyed fan of CR7. Sports is an inevitable thing in my life whether it is Football or Cricket.