Backerz. A player card for every journey. Live on the App Store. ⭐️5.0
THE PRODUCT
Backerz is where footballers show real progress, earn trust and turn backer momentum into opportunity. Every project lives on a card built in the visual language football already trusts, and the home feed is a stream of them. Designed end to end as a modern, considered product, rated five stars on the App Store.
Client: Backerz · iOS · Product design, UI, UX, motion · 2025-2026 · Appsylvania
Backerz. A player card for every journey. iOS football app design by Appsylvania, rated five stars on the App Store.
THE CHALLENGE
Talent is common. Proof is rare.
Below the top tier, athletes have ability but no verifiable record, and highlight reels hide the work. So the profile became a track record: training, recovery, match day, and the setbacks too. Every entry is proof, so trust is earned and never claimed. Backers get a limited number of back slots, so each one is a considered choice.
Proof over promises. UI/UX for a football app where an athlete’s progress becomes a record, and trust is earned entry by entry.
THE INSIGHT
Discover by card. Commit by backing.
The home feed puts one full-bleed project card in front of you at a time: the athlete, the day count, the story. Back a journey and it opens a direct line to the athlete. Support becomes a relationship, and the athlete gets what a follower count can't give: people who showed up early.
Momentum, made visible. Dark glass app UI designed so rising athletes are found before the crowd arrives.
THE SYSTEM
Momentum, made visible.
Pulse is the live read on who's moving: score changes, proof drops, new backers. It's built for discovery, so backers spot a rising athlete before the crowd does. Empty states point to a next step, never a dead end.
Reward the work, not the noise. A reputation system for athletes and backers, held together by one design system and one motion language.
THE CRAFT
Depth you can almost touch.
Backerz is built in layers. Glass surfaces, deep contrast and soft light give every screen real depth, so the interface feels physical and tactile. The same depth carries the hierarchy: what matters most sits closest to you, and everything else recedes. People always know where to look and what to do next, with no instructions. Every screen follows the same logic, so the product looks and flows as one system, from the first tap to the last.
Depth you can almost touch. Layered glass, deep contrast and architectural hierarchy give an iOS interface that feels intuitive before you read a word.
THE RESULT
Reward the work, not the noise.
The Backerz Score combines creator and backer activity and values consistency over virality. Athletes earn a reputation, and backers earn one for believing early. Ethical by design: progress is verified by proof, and reputation comes from showing up. Product, interaction and identity work as one system.
Live on the App Store.
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Backerz: iOS football app UI/UX, design system and launch content by Appsylvania, a product design studio in Romania. Rated five stars on the App Store.
Timeline
Mar 1, 2025 - Oct 1, 2026
