Mobile App Design for Social Coordination Planning App

Timeline: 6 weeks Role: UX Designer Tools Used: Figma, FigJam, Notion, Maze Team: 1 UX Designer, 1 Researcher, 1 Developer Goal: Design a mobile app to help friends coordinate social plans, build habits together, and stay emotionally aligned.

Modern friendships are often fragmented due to busy schedules and digital overload. While messaging apps help with communication, they don’t provide structure or motivation for shared goals or plans.

Difficulty in aligning schedules.

Lack of follow-through on shared habits/goals.

Communication fatigue when planning events.

We interviewed 8 participants (ages 20–35) who maintain long-distance or busy friendships.

75% wished they had a way to consistently connect beyond chats.

60% struggled to follow through on group plans.

40% were interested in shared wellness/habit tracking.

Looked at apps like:

BeReal (emotional check-ins)

Calendly (scheduling)

Habitica (habit tracking)

Facebook Events (event coordination)

Gap Identified: No single app combines planning, habit sync, and emotional alignment in a fun, low-friction format.

Lives far from college friends.

Loves setting monthly wellness challenges.

Needs an easy way to sync plans with 3–5 close friends.

Schedules fluctuate weekly.

Feels guilty missing out on friend meetups.

Wants smart nudges to maintain friendships.

Onboarding → Select core friends → Set initial habit/plan

Home Screen → View sync score → Check shared schedule → See emotional check-ins

Plan Together → Suggest times → Vote → Confirm

Habit Tracker → Daily pings → Collaborative streaks → Reward animations

(Figma link or screenshots here) Started with low-fidelity sketches, followed by mid-fidelity wireframes and interactive high-fidelity prototypes.

Home Feed: Calendar + Sync Score + Check-ins

New Plan Modal: Suggest multiple time slots + auto-sync with calendars

Habit Loop Tracker: Visual rings, friends' progress, reminders