Solo Date App
Focus on Yourself.
Designed an app for users who want to reduce their screen time & focus on improving their productivity.
Why this app ❔ 😉
All of us have tried several tricks to reduce our Screen Time like :
- Switching off our devices.
- Uninstalling social media apps.
- Keeping our phone in other rooms.
But none of those ninja techniques work!!… Right ? .
So this was a great opportunity for me to explore this problem statement in detail & solve it finally (at least try to do so 😅) .
📄 User Stories
Ones we considered + derived features from them.
Our Solution
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➕ Just set the timer
➕ Tap onto music icon.
Background Music gets played for the entire duration of ⏱
Our Solution
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➕ Just make a promise
➕ Set the timer
Start your work 👍🏼
As human beings it’s natural for us to make promises. Isn’t it ? 😉
Our Solution
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➕ Section to show user their past achievement/failures
This helps them stay on track 🙌🏼& also boosts their confidence level.
Our Solution
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➕ Just set the timer
➕ Go finish your chapters .
When the timer is done, it will notify you & a new bird 🦜will be added to your flock.
Challenge 💯
To reduce user’s screen time & enhance their productivity.
How this idea came up ❔
- We at NIT Jalandhar have our own ‘Design Club Eleven’.
- Solo Date is part of our parent project ‘METAL’ that’s regarding Mental Health.
- Our team worked on this concept for over a month(post March COVID 19 lockdown was imposed).
How we did it ❔
User Interviews
- This was done individually by all the members as the plan was to discuss all of our data & observations with team in evening after our classes.
- We recorded audio(with interviewees permission) & also documented our findings in excel sheets (without mentioning their names).
Group Discussions
- We used to assemble almost daily post our classes & discussions were carried out with the team.
- Everyone noted down each others viewpoints onto paper or even audio files.
- Lots of patterns came out of these discussions.
Problem Statement Exploration
Affinity Mapping Session
- Excel sheet cutouts came real handy as this was something new & exciting.
- We were using contrasting cutouts & then we tried to sum up those cutouts with amazing 1 liners.
- Some of the amazing 1 liners were like : “ Bologe toh sunenge ,sunenge toh samjhenge “ , “ Khud ko janke dekho “ & many more.
Exploring My Idea 🙌
Post Ideation Step , all of us worked on our own separate ideas & I chose Solo Date concept & crafted an end to end product with the concept.
Sketches 📝
2–3 quick sketches for each screen
Color Palette 🎨
Typography ✏️
Hi -fidelity prototypes 📱
Onboarding Screens
Familiarizing user with the our platform :
Set the timer ➡️ Egg laid
Timer proceeds ➡️ Bird grows
You Quit ➡️ Egg breaks
You succeed ➡️ bird added
Login Screens
Home Screen
How it works ?
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Set the timer ➡️ Egg laid
Timer proceeds ➡️ Bird grows
You Quit ➡️ Egg breaks
You succeed ➡️ bird added
‘ Make a Promise ’ Screen
People generally don’t do as they say 🤷♂️
when we fail to keep our word, we lose our reputation 👎
Same concept has been used & that’s what motivates you to try harder next time 💯
Timeline Screen
As human beings we tend to keep track of things we do😏
when we fail to compare our past with our present , we feel lost.
Each session gets recorded for you to see & improve upon it in future 💯
‘ My Stats ’ Screen
Relevant Data availability is a must to retrospect your past performances
- Tag-wise data is shown in form of concentric circles that are color coded.
- Graph📉 is kept hidden within a drop down button that reduces cognitive overload.
- Big bold digits are used to show hours so that user may see them first.
My Fleet
Splash Screen & Navigation Drawer
⚠️What can possibly go wrong ?
Worst Case Scenario — 1️⃣
User may try to minimize the app after setting the timer 🕘
➕ Why would would anyone do that ?
It is our natural tendency to disobey. So it is naive to think that people are gonna stick to the rules 👆
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➕ How can we stop that from happening ?
By not permitting our user from using any other app while the timer is ticking 🕘
➕ Is it even technologically possible ?
Yes it is, using Kiosk mode on Android devices developers may incorporate this functionality in the app.
Worst Case Scenario — 2️⃣
User may want to use other apps due to emergency🙇
Some Approximations are :
- If user has blocked any number then app’s function will not be affected by any kind of communication (call , message , etc.) from that number.
- Only non-spam inbox e-mails will have the ability to affect app’s functionality.
- Camera usage by 3rd party app will not affect app’s functionality.
Worst Case Scenario — 3️⃣
User accidentally clicks on Quit 😭
A 10 sec timer is deployed to :
➕ Make sure you revert back ASAP 👆
➕ Timer is well crafted for you to go through all the options.
➕ Timer is set to Don’t Quit by default(which is a sigh of relief for baby bird👏).
Worst Case Scenario — 4️⃣
User wants to see how time elapsed / wants small break 🙋♂️
How it helps ?
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➕ See time elapsed with screen lock only.
➕ Pause/ Play timer to take short refreshing breaks.
➕ See progress of your bird’s growth.
Worst Case Scenario — 5️⃣
User is not happy 😟 with the bird they got
How it helps ?
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➕ User gets to pick their bird
➕ User is in control of reward
➕ User has no doubts about which bird s/he would be getting once 🕘 ends.
Worst Case Scenario — 6️⃣
User wants to do multitasking 🦸🏼♂️
How it helps ?
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➕ User can do multitasking
➕ Record their statement
➕ This helps them in getting more done in less time & productivity soars 📈
Note : This is a dummy project made for non-commercial purpose to showcase in my UX design portfolio.
