Apple created a mobile messenger app called iMessage which enables users to send text messages, images, videos, and files through Wi-Fi or a cellular network. This app has evolved significantly through Apple’s iOS updates, introducing new ways for users to communicate and interact with others. This critique focuses on the most recent version of iMessage.
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How We Feel is a free app created by the scientific nonprofit How We Feel Project to help users effectively journal, track, and regulate emotions over time.
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Polarsteps is a travel tracking app that lets users plan trips by creating itineraries and exploring recommendations, and document their trips with notes and images on an interactive map. This critique evaluates key interactions in the iOS app using concepts from Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things” to analyse how they shape the travel tracking experience.
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What if ordering your morning coffee did not require a cashier? The Luckin Coffee (U.S. iOS app) turns the entire ordering process into a cashier-less digital experience. Users can choose a store, browse the menu, apply offers, pay in the app, and pick up their order, making the interface an integral part of the ordering experience.
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Messenger, developed by Meta, serves as an instant messaging app that enables real-time communication via text, voice messages, and HD audio/video calls, and integrates features like dynamic chat heads and persistent push notifications to provide an optimized experience for messaging-centered users.
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Ladder is a subscription strength training app for iPhone. A certified coach designs a new plan each week, so users never have to decide what to lift. The app schedules the week, demonstrates each exercise on video, and logs reps and weight during the session. I’ve been using it for about . The weekly plan
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Introduction: FoodPanda is a popular food and grocery ordering application, available on the iOS and Android stores. The app was initially launched in 2012 in Singapore but has since then expanded to 10 countries across Asia with over tens of millions of users. While the basic version of the application is free to use, the
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LinkedIn is a job seeking portal that lets you find internships, jobs and make connections with other people and recruiters in your field. Users can access groups and pages that provide job openings and inspiration relating to their field. Career seeking aspirants are able to showcase their skills and prior work experiences for the employers to be able to easily discover them. It has a modern layout that is easy to use and understand.
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Introduction The iPhone Photos app has been a go-to for iOS users for years. It stores and organizes images taken on the phone by time and date. As a pre-installed app, saving images within the Apple ecosystem is fairly seamless. The app has changed through many iOS updates, but the current version, 26.6.1, has been
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Kroger is one of the largest supermarket chains in the US, providing grocery and pharmaceutical needs to millions of customers and offering order pickup, delivery, or in-store shopping. This design critique follows a user as they interact with Kroger’s app while shopping in-store. Kroger Home Screen Kroger uses its app’s home screen to highlight available
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