Tools We Use

How We Power Our Apps with Firebase

Firebase is our go-to backend platform for auth, databases, hosting, analytics, and messaging. It sits behind our Flutter apps, Unity projects, and internal tools — handling the heavy lifting so we can focus on experience and design.

Part of our Tools We Use series. Firebase is free to start, with scalable pay-as-you-go pricing as your apps grow.

Overview

What Firebase Is

Firebase is Google’s Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform — offering cloud databases, authentication, storage, hosting, analytics, and push notifications under one umbrella.

We use Firebase as the backend spine for our apps and experiments, especially where real-time data and quick iteration matter.

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Why We Use Firebase

  • Fast setup: Auth, database, and hosting in minutes.
  • Scalable: Start free, then scale automatically with real traffic.
  • Deep integrations: First-class support for Flutter, Unity, and web.

Firebase lets us skip writing boilerplate backend code and focus on features, UI, and user experience.

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How We Use It at OnTheCouchStudio

  • Authentication: Email, passwordless, and social sign-in for our apps.
  • Cloud Firestore: Storing user data, settings, and app state in real time.
  • Cloud Storage: Hosting media, images, and downloadable assets.
  • Analytics & Crashlytics: Tracking performance and stability for releases.

Combined with Flutter and Unity, Firebase gives us an end-to-end stack for building, shipping, and monitoring our apps.

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Example Stack We Like

  • Frontend: Flutter app or Unity project.
  • Backend: Firebase Auth + Firestore + Cloud Functions.
  • Analytics: Firebase Analytics feeding into Google Analytics / Sheets.
  • Project Management: Roadmaps and docs stored in Notion.

This combo gives us a fast, modern, scalable setup for both experimental builds and production apps.

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