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Introduction HungryPanda is an international food delivery and grocery e-commerce platform that specializes in Asian cuisine and Chinese food. Its primary focus is to serve overseas Chinese communities and people who enjoy Asian food outside of Asia. Home Page & Login The home page of the HungryPanda app demonstrates strong discoverability by letting users browse
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Strava is a popular fitness and social app that allows users to track their progress, stay consistent and motivated while also connecting with the fitness community. Users are able to record workouts, share their achievements, follow friends and track their progress as well. Overall, Strava uses a similar interface to other popular applications such as
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Introduction Amazon Shopping is the mobile app for Amazon’s online store. It offers products ranging from everyday essentials to electronics and home goods. Customers can shop and manage orders on their phones. The critique examines both helpful features and frustrating parts of the iOS app. 1. Finding Product Categories The Amazon Shopping iOS app home
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Introduction English Planet is a vocabulary-learning app designed to strengthen vocabulary memorization. It blends game elements to reduce the burden of memorizing vocabulary. The user’s goal is to identify unfamiliar words and add them to their word list. The following critique analyzes the app using design concepts from Don Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things.
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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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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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By Chih Lin Han(Zain) / September 10, 2026 / Design Critiques Introduction Like millions of iPhone users, morning starts with the sharp chime of Apple’s default Clock app. Because it comes pre installed and features a sleek, dark aesthetic, it is easy to assume the interface is practically flawless. During the day, setting an alarm feels quick and completely effortless.
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This assistive technology lets a user use their voice as a way to control any interface on the OS. It provides an alternative input device to the mouse and keyboard. It makes use of overlays to label different components such as buttons, scroll bars, etc. A user may just say “Click Button” to click a button.
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Pokémon GO makes catching Pokémon feel intuitive, but its growing interface can make navigation and information harder to understand. This critique looks at how design principles from Don Norman and Nielsen’s usability heuristics reveal both the strengths and usability challenges of the game.
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