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Stack
I designed a comprehensive habit-tracking mobile app that helps users build sustainable daily routines through accountability partnerships, progress visualization, and gamification. The solution addresses key challenges in habit formation while creating an engaging user experience that motivates long-term behavior change.
Industry
Productivity
Timeline
3 Months
Tools
Figma Miro Procreate Otter.ai Google Suite
Process
Discovery User Research Ideation Design Testing Reflection
Overview
The Stack project involved designing a mobile app that simplifies habit formation through research-backed features and user-centered design. After identifying common challenges people face when building new habits, I conducted comprehensive user research including interviews with five participants to understand pain points around consistency, accountability, and progress tracking. Working as the sole designer and researcher, I developed a complete solution from initial concept through high-fidelity prototypes, including user personas, journey mapping, and usability testing that validated key design decisions and improved the final user experience
Problem
People struggle to build and maintain effective habits due to several critical challenges that existing solutions fail to address comprehensively. Users lack consistency in their daily routines because of busy schedules and competing priorities, have no reliable accountability system to keep them motivated during difficult periods, and cannot effectively track their progress over time to understand what works and what doesn't. These issues create frustration and abandonment of habit-building efforts, leaving people unable to achieve their personal development goals
Solution
I designed Stack as a comprehensive habit-tracking platform that tackles the core challenges of habit formation through three key features that work together seamlessly. The app includes accountability partnerships where users can invite friends to join their habit-building journey and see each other's progress through gamified elements, detailed progress visualization with daily and monthly streak tracking plus comprehensive analytics that show patterns and improvements over time, and smart reminder systems with customizable notifications that adapt to user preferences and schedules. The solution combines social motivation with personal insights, creating a supportive environment that makes habit-building both effective and enjoyable
OUTCOME
The Stack project successfully created a validated mobile app design that addresses all identified user pain points while providing an engaging and intuitive experience. Through comprehensive user research and iterative design testing, the final solution demonstrates measurable improvements in usability and user satisfaction, with participants completing core tasks like habit selection, accountability partner addition, and progress tracking with high success rates. The project established a complete design system, validated user flows, and created a production-ready prototype that showcases the potential for helping users build sustainable habits through thoughtful design and social accountability features