A mobile soccer trivia experience designed for engagement, competition, and fun

Fanatick is a mobile application concept built for soccer fans who want to test their knowledge, compete with friends, and turn quiz into a more engaging experience.

As an app designer, I approached Fanatick as a complete mobile app design and product design project, focusing not only on the visual interface but also on onboarding, gameplay, progression, rewards, and social competition.

The goal was to make answering trivia feel less like completing a quiz and more like playing a football match.

Football fans love proving their knowledge, but many trivia apps fail to deliver a truly engaging and competitive experience.

Common challenges include:

Cluttered interfaces that overwhelm new users

Repetitive gameplay with little sense of progression

Limited emotional connection to real soccer events and tournaments

Weak multiplayer and social engagement mechanics

As a result, users can lose interest quickly, making engagement and retention difficult to maintain.

Fanatick was designed to solve this by creating a football-first mobile app experience that feels as exciting as the game itself.

Footballis not just a sport, it’s emotion, rivalry, history, and pride.

Yet many trivia applications:

Treat every topic the same, ignoring iconic tournaments like the Champions League or World Cup

Fail to gamify progress, making wins feel less meaningful

Don't reward daily participation or friendly competition

Miss opportunities to build habits through challenges and leaderboards

For a fan, answering questions should feel like playing a match, not filling out a form.

Without an immersive mobile app user experience and thoughtful game mechanics, even passionate fans can lose interest.

I designed Fanatick as a match-like trivia mobile application, combining intuitive UX, soccer-inspired metaphors, and competitive gameplay.

The product design focused on creating a complete experience from the first interaction and onboarding to gameplay, progression, rewards, multiplayer competition, and social sharing.

The core idea was simple:

The onboarding experience was designed to get users into the game with minimal friction.

Minimal welcome animation with a strong brand presence

Quick sign-up via Email, Google, Twitter, or Facebook

Clear value proposition: “Test your soccer knowledge. Compete globally.”

This helped establish a simple and approachable starting point for the mobile app design.

The home screen acts as the user's control center.

It brings together:

Player profile with avatar, rank, points, coins, and badges

Multiple game modes

Daily Challenge for habit-building

Global and friends-based Leaderboards

The interface was designed around the way users naturally navigate a gaming-focused mobile application.

The gameplay experience is structured around the familiar rhythm of a football match.

Themed UI based on the selected tournament

Countdown kickoff before questions begin

Questions divided into First Half and Second Half

Live score tracking

Lifelines such as 50:50 and audience help

Instant visual and haptic feedback for correct and incorrect answers

Rather than designing a conventional quiz interface, I used soccer as the foundation for the interaction model and visual language.

The post-game experience focuses on motivation and progression.

Final score and rank display

Badges and rewards earned

Multiplayer results showing player-vs-player performance

Easy social sharing

These moments were designed to create a stronger sense of progression and give players reasons to return to the mobile app.

Fanatick was designed as more than a collection of screens.

As part of the product design process, I considered how individual interactions connect to create a complete user journey:

This helped ensure that the UI design and UX worked together as one cohesive product experience.

The visual system uses soccer-inspired elements, strong hierarchy, game-like feedback, and clear interaction patterns to make the application feel energetic without becoming difficult to use.

The final mobile app design creates a complete soccer trivia experience centered around competition, progression, and community.

From onboarding to gameplay and post-match results, each part of the mobile application was designed to reinforce the feeling of being part of a real football match.

The result is a product concept that combines:

As an mobile app designer, my focus was on creating an experience that is not only visually engaging but also gives users a clear reason to play, compete, and return.

The product experience was designed around several key outcomes:

Faster onboarding → Reduce friction and encourage first-session completion

Match-like gameplay → Create stronger emotional engagement

Daily challenges & leaderboards → Encourage repeat participation

Multiplayer & sharing → Create opportunities for social competition and organic growth

Ultimately, Fanatick turns soccer trivia into a more immersive mobile application experience, combining thoughtful mobile app design with game mechanics and product strategy.

A well-designed digital experience can do more than create a great first impression it can improve conversions, build customer trust, and strengthen how your brand is perceived. If your current design isn’t doing that, it might be time to rethink your design strategy.

I’d love to help you turn your next idea into a clear, engaging, and conversion-focused experience. Feel free to message me here on Contra and let’s get started.