Mobbin

If you’re looking to stay up to date with UI trends, Mobbin has 150+ apps and 8,000+ patterns to scroll through. The best part of this site is the extensive sorting features. You can filter screenshots by category, content and design elements. Sign up to save the patterns you like best.

Mobile Patterns

What makes this pattern site awesome is the inclusion of animated examples. Any mobile designer knows that animations are extremely important, so it’s great to have a place to find animation inspiration! You can save patterns to your board, which you can then share with others.

UI Sources

The most popular apps on the App Store, broken down into UI elements. This is the perfect resource for designers. There’s other cool content on this site too, like sortable UI patterns, premium UI kits and even breakdowns of Chinese apps’ unique UI design.

Pttrns

A huge list of mobile patterns, sortable by platform, category, tags and date. What more could you need? To get the most out of this site and access all the images, you’ll need to pay for a premium subscription.

Collect UI

Collect UI posts hand-picked UI inspiration daily, bringing you everything from mobile webpage design to animations and illustrations. With nearly two hundred categories, there’s a little something for everyone.

Behance

Made for creatives of all skill levels, Behance features various portfolio pieces from designers across the web. These aren’t just static images – expect to dive into details of an app’s creation and design process.

Inspired UI

If you just want to see full screenshots of great UI in action, Inspired UI has some content for you. Rather than zoomed in, carefully cropped images, see how designs look on an actual iPhone, iPad or Android screen.

Mobile Design Inspiration

This blog is a huge collection of UI animations and screenshots. Just keep scrolling down to pull up dozens more images, or use the search bar to locate the kind of UI you’re looking for inspiration on.

UI Garage

UI Garage has hundreds of user-submitted screenshots, all of which can be searched for with tags or sorted by the elements that appear in them. Simple as that! There’s also a section on the site that contains helpful tools for designers and developers.

Dribbble

Dribbble is so appealing because it’s straightforward and easy to use: Just search for what you want and scroll through thousands of results. It’s used by creative professionals of all kinds, which means there’s more than just UI design here. But every shot is high quality work.

UI Movement

There are tons of amazing, animated UI inspiration to be found here. Some of the designs are for computer- or tablet-sized screens, but there’s no scarcity of mobile UI. Sort or search, or sign up for the newsletter to get five new animations a week.

Uplabs

Along with inspiration and portfolio work, Uplabs also features downloadable mobile resources like UI kits. This site is popular, with dozens of submissions a day in each category, so you’ll always have tons of content at your fingertips.

Design a Better UI

It’s always a good idea to stay up to date with the latest in UI. Besides keeping up with the trends, you might find some inspiration for your own app’s design. And sites like this are a great resource if you’re struggling with getting that page or animation just right. Just be careful not to spend hours browsing all of these amazing mobile patterns!

Here is a roundup of some of the most fascinating UI kits for mobile app designers, which will make app design a breeze and also give you a new perspective and inspire you to put your best foot forward.

1. Free Material UI Kit

Free Material UI Kit is the best tool for exploring the basics of Material Design – the minimalistic design language by Google. Packed with many Material Design UI elements such as – profile, statistics, graphs, buttons, navigation menu etc., the app is a delight for UI designers who want to give their app a modern look and feel.

The Free Material UI kit has over 40 UI elements and templates to choose from

Pick and choose from over 40 UI Elements and Templates, more than 30 icons and 7 application categories for the next big project that comes your way.

2. Do

Just like its short and to-the-point name, clean design is one of the mainstays of Do UI Kit. The official website claims that Do is “THE MOST VERSATILE TO-DO APP UI KIT YOU’VE EVER SEEN” and I won’t counter that claim because it does have features that allow you to build different varieties of apps.

Do is one loaded UI mobile kit

Loaded with as many as 130 screens, 10 unique themes, and more than 250 UI elements, the kit helps you organize elements in UI in a structured way. Get the UI kit free for Photoshop and Sketch.

3. WOHOO: Free Mobile App UI Kit

Wohoo is a well-crafted UI kit for latest iOS – the iOS 8. The PSD files in this kit have 100% vector-based layers and are Retina HD ready. The kit is quite useful if you have app ideas in mind for three iPhone models – iPhone 5, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S.

Woohoo is a UI kit for iOS

It would be unfair on my part to skip the mention of fully editable components, which provides ample scope for you to experiment with the UI design.

4. Elven iPhone App UI Kit

If you are specifically looking for a UI kit for iPhone, Elven iPhone App UI Kit is one of the best options that you can have. The app provides some basic elements with which you can design the UI of your app.

Elven is optimized for Retina display

Optimized specially for the smartphone’s Retina Display, it has elements that are built on layer styles as well as vector shapes, giving you the option to view them on 2x zoom without affecting its scalability. To use this kit, you need to have Photoshop version CS4 or above.

5. CafeGrapp

CafeGrapp – a UI kit for iOS 8 looks promising enough with its aesthetic, flat design. It offers an engaging interface with perfect placement of objects. The UI kit offers 7 PSDs – Splash, Login, My Profile, Flavors, Flavors Maps, Go and Side.

CafeGrapp is another UI kit for the iOS8

Even with a limited number of PSDs, it doesn’t fail to deliver the best results and leave a great impression on you. Even the color palette is different and gives a fresh look and feel to your mockup. Give CafeGrapp a try and you will be stunned with the result for sure!

6. Apple Watch GUI Kit

The next UI Kit on our list is specifically for the Apple Watch as you must have already guessed from the name. The kit has more than 270 templates across 6 categories, which indicates that it provides scope for designing numerous UI mockups. It also hints at the fact that you can use this resource to save your time for designing any kind of app for the 38 mm and 42 mm wearable from Apple.

This UI kit is made specifically for the Apple watch

The UI kit uses a version of San Francisco font, which is Apple’s new system. Alternatively, you can also settle for Roboto font, which is similar to San Francisco. The UI kit has unbelievable details to create UI for the wearable, which is like a dream come true for designers. The kit adheres to Apple guidelines, which makes it a must-have for each and every aspiring UI designer.

Conclusion

Creating UI mockups for a mobile app is an arduous and time-consuming task for designers, who already have a number of other tasks on their plate. This is where these fantastic UI kits come to their rescue.

So, take your pick from these kits and design apps with beautiful UI using Retina-ready, Flat/Material Design templates and design mobile app UI in a short timeframe.

Below is our list of 30 animated examples of UI mobile app animations that will surely inspire you to do the same next time you present your app concept to your client.

1.Speedcam App Animation by Jakub Antalík for Sygic.com

This speedcam app in GIF is simply impressive

Undeniably, Jakub Antalik has successfully presented his speedcam app in action in this GIF. Its nice colors and smooth animation simply make it impressive. Jakub Antalik created it in After Effect, imported it in Photoshop, and exported it as a GIF.

2.Designer Screen GIF-Animation by Sergey Valiukh for Tubik Studio

This GIF image is simply awesome

This mobile app design by Sergey Valiukh is simply awesome! You can’t help being in awe with his concept and approach.

3. Gif Animation of Template Gallery by Sergey Valiukh for Tubik Studio

This GIF app is another work of Sergey Valiukh

This is another bang-up work of Sergey Valiukh. This animation for a user profile gallery slider simply rocks!

4.Weather Rebound by Chris Slowik

How you view weather will never be the same with this app

What an impressive weather app, without question. Kudos to Chris Slowik for this awesome work! Chris Slowik removed its current weather icon from the ‘window’, hence, you can’t see an icon when you look at it.

5. Curl by Nicolas Girard

If this app won’t get you to exercise, what would?

Health buffs out there may say that the model in the app’s GIF displays a wrong form for bicep curls. But, hey, there is no questioning that this app concept is simply awesome! Nicolas used 3DSMax for the armband module and did everything else using After Effects.

6. GIF – Workflow Payment by Barthelemy Chalvet for AgenceMe

Welcome to content that moves!

If you are not a fan of content that moves when the screen is rolled, then you may think that this app is not cool at all. However, if you have no problem with such, you’ll surely agree that this work of Barthelemy Chalvet is awesome. Its animations are really nice, appearing undeniably fluid and fast. The GIF focuses on a payment procedure that does not only look neat but handy, too.

7.FaceScan App by George Frigo

Get the latest information about your favorite celebrity just by scanning their photo

This animation only lasts for 12 seconds. Nonetheless, it is already pretty obvious what it is all about. This concept formed from George Frigo’s desire to establish a similar application that makes it possible for Internet users to obtain information by using a photo of a person, whether he’s a celebrity or just an ordinary citizen.

8.WIP Discover Music app by Alexander van Ravestyn

Discover music in an interactive way with WIP Discover

As its name suggests, it is pretty obvious what Alexander van Ravestyn wants to direct users’ attention towards the process of navigating: a slickly designed screen with a music player. This IOS app focuses on discovering music in a rather interactive way. There is no denying that it is simply awesome.

9.Walkthrough Animation by Devin Ruppert

Walkthrough has a series of dynamic slides and buttons

The GIF of Walkthrough by Devin Ruppert highlights a welcome screen featuring a slider with numerous dynamic slides and a panel featuring login buttons. Everything about this app is brought to life so that what you can expect from this app can be effectively showcased. Great work!

10. Interaction Overview by Mihnea Zamfir

An app that is designed to make life simple

Despite being concise, there is no denying that this animation is effective in showing a client a simple procedure of adding and deleting entries from a card directory. Now, talk about simplicity, beauty, and efficacy all rolled into one!

11. Delete Task and Assign Task to Your Teammate in Action by Tobs

Never miss a task with this app

The GIF is targeted at demonstrating swipe technique in action that is not only common but effective, too. The whole thing simply looks alive, conventional, and engaging! What a great way, indeed, to delete and assign a task to a teammate in action. The animation was done in After Effect as well.

12. Menu Interaction GIF by Ben Dunn

A stylish app with a stylish design

This work by Ben Dunn, without question, is an impressive tool for showcasing the appeal of a standard menu in action, sliding out from the left side elegantly as it presents the important links. Don’t you just love the way how icons pop up from the left side?

13. Abracadabra App by Sergey Valiukh for Tubik Studio

The animation might seem complicated but you can’t deny the awesome design of this app

Although there are some who have criticized this particular work for having an animation that seems complicated, it just can’t be denied that this another work of Sergey Valiukh is just as awesome as the other apps he has created. The menu idea is simply great, especially how it folds.

14. Showtime App by Luft

Want to know where the hottest place in town is? Showtime will lead you

This app by Luft is the most ideal for the weekend nocturnal creatures who are constantly in the lookout for a nice place to paint the town red. The only problem about this app is its right button color which makes it less readable. With this app, it’s show time, indeed!

15. iOS 7 Animation by Fabio Basile

A fun and fancy app for iOS 7

This app is, obviously, a result of the freedom of Fabio Basile to have fun with animations and fancy interactions. Without question, this is way better than those horrid settings trays that people use.

16. Life Minimal App by Budi Tanrim

Hard work resulted in an impressive app

This app by Budi Tanrim is one great example of an app with impressive transitions and visualization. With the help of PSD, After Effect, and 12 grueling hours of hard work, this animation came into existence.

17. Weather by BeardChicken

Weather lives up to its name and the animation makes it even more interesting

Is the weather outside frightful? Well, just imagine how fun and easy and checking the weather will be with this weather app by BeardChicken. This work is simply elegant!

18. Account by Barthelemy Chalvet for AgenceMe

Awesome transitions – that is how you describe this app

You can’t help but admire the transitions of this app, although some people think that it gives them motion sickness. Others observed, though, that the text is too small. Whatever your take on this is, there is no denying that it simply looks awesome!

19. Work Page by Barthelemy Chalvet for AgenceMe

A neat app with impressive animation

Another app with great animation. Its colors and font are simply spot on. It may look minimal, but it’s definitely looking neat! This is another animation made possible with the use of After Effect.

20. Covert Inbox by Creativedash

This app puts Photoshop CS6 to good use

This app clearly demonstrates what happens when you are tapping on something and you get a new message. Its animations and details are simply incredible.The GIF was created with the use of Photoshop CS6.

21. Soccer Analytics by Monterosa

Keeping up with the latest news in soccer is much more fun with this app

This app by Monterosa is a must-have for every soccer aficionado. The graphics are awesome and the animation is simply amazing.

22. Tour by Mark Geyer for Salesforce UX D

Discover your pace without an y pressure with this app

This is an onboarding tour concept for Salesforce1. The users would be able to swipe through the tour at the pace of their choice before diving into the app. The animations are just as impressive with the other apps listed on this list.

23. Loading Animation by Nicolas Girard

This is an Iron Man-ispired app

Mind blowing animations that simply awe. Nicolas created it for Commongood.TV. Iron man-inspired? Hmmm…

24. Photo Navigation Concept by Chapps

Save, retrieve, and access images easily with this app

This app is based on the concept that, in just a few clicks, the user can already get the necessary images that have been added and tagged earlier. With just one touch, you can choose the category that you want or need. The whole process is reminiscent of an image search on a desktop, only it is done in a mobile device.

25. Fiche Workflow Payment by Barthelemy Chalvet for AgenceMe

A great concept fo a payment card

This is definitely a gorgeous app. A great concept for a payment card, indeed!

26. Map Pin Bubble by Ben Cline for RALLY

A map app with a refreshing design and concept

Oh, the secondary bubble simply look slick. Commenters refer to it as ‘design with life’, thanks to its riveting animation. This app makes use of Map Box API. Without question, it is a refreshingly unique approach to iOS map callouts.

27. Menu (Animation) by Nest

Neat and simple – that is what this app is all about

You’ll surely love the neatness and simplicity of this app. Its transitions are simply awesome. Everything about this app is done in AE.

28. First Shot by Plady

The design and color palette used in this app shout simplicity and fun

Another app that oozes not only with an impressive concept but great animation, too. Now, can you imagine how exciting Dribbble can even become if it adapted this concept? Plady used Photoshop for this great work.

29. Exercise Screen by Vitaly Rubtsov for Yalantis

Workout tracking becomes easy with this app concept

Are you a health buff? Then, this app concept will surely be in your good graces. This GIF showcases a little of its set interaction. Hopefully, this concept can be fully actualized as it can surely make workout tracking a piece of cake. Just be careful, though: you might end up spending more time playing with it than exercising!

30. Animated Sliding Tab Bar by Virgil Pana

There’s no denying that the 3D fold effect of this app is simply awesome

This concept is simply smart as it can be of help on devices that have small screen size. Its drag handler is close to the edge of the screen for the bounding box because the action is limited. Nonetheless, the 3D fold effect is just cool, isn’t it?

Conclusion

Both UI and UX developers have recognized the importance of animated pictures in presenting their ideas that are a result of their painstaking work and inherent artistry. With GIF animations, the usually irritating and time-consuming procedure of explaining to clients can be averted.

No matter how wonderful the screenshots of app concepts are, only short and fully animated GIFs can convey and demonstrate the interaction between all of the vital components in a more alive manner.

In this article we are going to look at a selection of the most interesting and unorthodox mobile app designs. They each reconsider almost every aspect of a typical design.

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Messages

This messaging app moves away from the traditional header and tab bar associated with iOS. Instead it focuses on using simple navigation items, in-line tabs and depth to provide visual separation of elements.

iOS 11 Activity App

This activity app for iOS 11 goes against Apple’s advice to embrace the iPhone X notch. However, the result of using a black background is both visually impressive and less harsh on battery life. The bright green iconography contrasts beautifully against this background.

Pay App

This Android app design offers a new take on primary action buttons, positioning the ‘Receive Money’ button on the top right. The tab bar has also been tweaked and the overall design looks cohesive with its singular background color.

Crypto Trading

Using an abundance of depth, this iOS design takes visual cues from Material Design and implements them for iPhone. The design language is not associated with iOS styles but is wonderfully simple and offers a rethink of how added contrast and separation can enhance a design.

Events App

This events app is unique in the way it uses a colorful title bar background. It brings the edge-to-edge display to life and adds a great deal of design merit and feeling to the product.

Urban Timetable

Using bright purples and blues, this timetable app moves away from the minimalist white that has become so popular across iOS. The result is visually stunning and ties into the brand perfectly.

Settings Interface

This settings interface takes on a more radical rethink of how a mobile app could look. From the colorful, graphic-intensive title bar, to the minimal switches, it’s a visually impressive design which looks easy to use and understand.

Kilpi Interactive

Not only does Kilpi use a completely redesigned title bar and header section, it also introduces an entirely new type of navigation system. It relies on rotating a wheel as opposed to using dropdowns, tabs and other traditional components. It looks visually impressive and easy to use with one hand.

Even apps such as YouTube have shown just how hard it can be to execute navigation perfectly, as they have continuously attempted different approaches with their Android app.

With that being said, below we are going to look at some examples of highly effective navigation in mobile app design.

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Instagram

While not typically seen on Android apps, Instagram implements a tab bar at the bottom of the screen as opposed to the top, providing a cohesive cross-platform user experience with its iOS app. This also makes the key actions all within better reach of the user’s hand and allows them to access them without covering up any content.

Where Instagram comes into its own is with its tab header. This ingenious solution allows for a swipe right or left to navigate the camera and send screens without compromising on spacing or the visual design language.

All screens are readily available and can be accessed in a single tap, unlike with hamburger implementations. The clear iconography allows for the removal of any tab labels, and the number of navigation icons is kept down to a minimum to avoid overwhelming the user.

Messenger

Messenger is another app which implements the tab navigation approach. This time the positioning is constrained to the header – a more typical Android implementation – and allows the bottom section to be kept clear for primary actions which in this case is the plus icon. The icons are clear, easy-to-understand, and again allow for the removal of labels resulting in a more refined and uncluttered visual experience.

Messenger uses bottom borders to provide visual feedback for active tabs. While this is more typically associated with Android, iOS tends to use color and/or icon fills to feedback on these states.

Many apps which contain tab bars will often also include a hamburger icon on Android in order to access less often used items. The iOS equivalent is to add a ‘More’ tab. Facebook has managed to avoid this with Messenger and has refined the user experience and ease of navigation in the process.

From a visual standpoint, Messenger’s navigation is also very attractive, making use of brand colors, depth elements, and avoiding the display of titles throughout.

SoundCloud

SoundCloud is one of the finest examples of a simple navigation system. It has succeeded in reducing the number of tabs down to just three: Home, Search/Discover, and User. As such, the result is an app which is incredibly easy to understand and navigate. Where it could potentially have had up to five or more tabs, it has managed to merge a number of these.

Another neat feature is how the play tab is hidden until you begin to play music. At this point, it subtlely appears to the right of the user icon and uses delightful animation to both alert the user it has been added, as well as to give feedback on whether music is currently playing or paused.

The navigation uses opacity to highlight active and inactive states and applies an orange top border to carry through aspects of the SoundCloud branding to the app. The icons are large, clear, and well spaced, resulting in a finely executed example of mobile navigation.

Finished

More and more apps realize the importance of navigation and the positive impact it can have on user experience. In Android, we see a shift away from the hamburger navigation to a sole tab bar. On iOS, more and more apps are removing tiny tab bar labels in place of large and clear iconography.

Through 2017, this looks set to continue and develop as designers seek to simplify app designs and improve user experience.

Products icons play a critical role in the process of search&download – in a world of short attention spans and many, many options, designers need to capture a users attention with just a few pixels on a tiny square canvas.

Every product needs a beautiful and memorable sign that attracts attention in the market and stands out on the home screen. Below you can see a few examples created by Fireart Studio.

But what exactly do you do if you need to design an icon for a mobile app that your users will notice and remember? Let’s take a look at some of the best principles of mobile app icon design.

Clarity

Clarity is an essential characteristic of a great interface. A pictogram is the first opportunity to communicate, at a glance, a product’s purpose. When they are unclear, there’s a high risk of confusion – when people are unable to correctly identify what a pictogram is supposed to represent, it just won’t work for them.

Tips:

• Symbolism is key. People often associate pictograms with specific objects or actions based on previous experience. For example, in the Western world, the symbol of an envelope is commonly used to represent mail – both in digital and in physical spaces. It’s possible to use such associations to create potent visual signifiers for users.
  
• Check competitors. If you have a hard time finding ideas on how to design a mobile application icon, take inspiration from products in your niche. Your competitors have probably already found the most obvious way to represent the primary function of a product.
• Deconstruct user’s preferences. When designing any visual element, it’s important to consider what your target audience like or don’t like it. If you can conduct user testing, you can ask users directly by showing them different options. Try out several variations of your design to find the one users like the most.

Scalability

We should design a mobile app icon to make it crystal clear on every screen resolution.

Tips:

• Avoid fancy graphics effects. Don’t include photographic details, 3D perspectives and drop shadows because they are hard to discern at a small screen.
• Don’t use a lot of details. While on larger displays you have enough real estate to show large graphics and impressive visual effects, on a small screen such elements can become blurry.
• Avoid using words. There’s no need to include promo words like “Free” or a product’s name. Use words only when they’re essential or part of a logo.

This icon isn’t legible – how it looks on home screen and Notification Center.

• Check against a variety of backgrounds. While you can’t predict what wallpaper users will choose for their home screen, you still should check that your design works for edge cases – check your icon against a pure black, utterly white and colored backgrounds.
• Test on real devices. What looks good on a desktop screen might not be so good on mobile, so testing on a real device is essential.

Memorability

Memorability is about making something that stands out. If it stands out, it has a better chance of being noticed by users.

Tips:

• Complexity is the enemy of memorability. The more details you add, the less recognizable the object you design will be. Try removing elements until the concept starts to deteriorate.
• Test your icon on the screen. Do a quick test to figure out if the image stands out on the screen – just place it on a grid of pictograms, and you’ll see whether or not it stands out.

The 1Password icon has great recognizability.

Consistency

Think of your pictogram design as an extension of what your product is all about. It’s possible to create a connection between this small graphics object and entire experience – both logical connection (convey the meaning) and visual relationship (colors, textures, idea).

Tip: One way to ensure consistency is to use a styleguide (for example, to keep the color palette of your interface and icon in line).

Clear has a similar color scheme for both icon and interface.

Platform Recommendations

Just like any other GUI part, pictograms require following platform conventions. Consider iOS Human Interface Guidelines if you want to create a graphical symbol for iOS and Material Design guidelines for Android products.

Conclusion

Without any doubt, it’s possible to tell a great story in a wonderfully restricted canvas. Take the time to design beautiful and engaging graphics that perfectly represents your product’s purpose.

VisiCalc was transformative, a milestone in personal computing. In many ways, it took the novelty out of personal computing, which at one point was seen as exactly that. Nearly 40 years later VisiCalc is still thought of as a watershed moment, one of many more to come in the annals of personal computing history.

VisiCalc on the Apple II

Jumping ahead to the current millennium, it wasn’t even 20 years ago that most websites were built by hand coding HTML. Some alternatives to hand coding included highly proprietary, often WYSIWYG, tools like Microsoft Frontpage, Amaya, SiteSkins, and arguably the original ColdFusion.

That too quickly changed, as websites grew in sophistication, as web standards evolved, and as a variety of desktop applications, like Dreamweaver, made it easier to build websites in ways that conformed to those web standards that were taking shape during those formative days of the modern internet.

Eventually we saw the first modern CMSs, content management systems like WordPress, Drupal, ExpressionEngine, Sitecore, and others. Nowadays with the likes of Squarespace, Weebly, and Wix, creating a website is far from what it was in the days of manually writing code, making it easy for everyday people (i.e., non-developers) to make their own website.

We’ve come a very long way, and these transformations, along with the standards that get defined in parallel, only continue today. While this all may seem like a straightforward narrative, it’s far from a neat and tidy story. These evolutions, in hindsight, look modest and even intuitive, but they took place on battlefields between open standards and proprietary tech.

History has a way of repeating itself and, in 2017, with the ubiquity of smartphones and mobile apps, we’ve found ourselves in a similar place. An article from 9to5Mac, back in August of 2016, puts it simply: “Latest Gartner data shows iOS vs Android battle shaping up much like Mac vs Windows.” Apple and Google have a stranglehold on the global mobile operating system market, with a combined 96%+ share worldwide. We’ve seen this movie before.

Adapting to these changing environments is critical for developers to thrive now and in the future. So what’s a web developer, who hasn’t made the leap to mobile app development, to do? Assuming you have ruled out building with, or sticking with, responsive web apps, what should you consider in your first steps into mobile app development?

With innovation happening so fast, with the tech du jour keeping developers jumping from one foot to the next, the first decisions any developer makes in their transition to mobile development are the most critical, if they’re to get on a stronger footing:

1. Understand the Lingo

There is a language barrier between web developers and mobile app developers. Native apps, native functionality, native code, progressive web apps, semantically speaking, there is a difference. The very definition of ‘native’ seems to be constantly evolving, and inviting debate in parallel.

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Progressive web apps blur the lines of what has historically been considered a “native functionality” and what isn’t. Furthermore, web developers have grown accustomed to certain best-practices that have their mobile analogs, but not in all respects. There is no CSS for mobile, there is no Bootstrap for mobile. That won’t likely remain the case for too long as we start to see more frameworks arrive on the scene.

2. IDEs Versus Frameworks

This may seem intuitive to most web developers, but it’s worth noting that there’s a big difference between an IDE and a framework. An IDE, in this case, can best be thought of as the software used to develop a mobile app, most often installed on a desktop.

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Frameworks are the libraries and the best practices that help you develop mobile apps and that provide a set of guidelines on how to develop them. Frameworks can sometimes have companion IDEs, such as Ionic and Xamarin, though not always. React Native is a framework, exclusively, whereas Xcode is an IDE.

3. Visual Development Tools

The best visual mobile development tools provide many of the benefits of frameworks with many of the benefits of an IDE, but without all the complexity. Much like there was a stigma using CMSs back in the day, there are stigmas with using visual development tools for building mobile apps, and some of those stigmas are legitimate.

First, not all visual tools are the same – some are much more powerful than others – and it all comes down to what you need in an app. AppMachine or GoodBarber, two popular visual development tools, are just fine for those looking to build simple apps that don’t need to be data-driven or don’t require native functionality.

The same can be said for many visual development tools. Some visual development tools are installed, like an IDE-lite, others are browser-based. Dropsource is in a league of its own, providing the benefits and control of many IDEs, but without much of their complexities, with the benefits and elegance of some visual tools, and provides you with the ability to build powerful data-driven apps (with any REST API), native functionalities like geolocation, push notifications, and also provides its users with the ability to download Swift code for iOS and Java code for Android.

4. Just Jump In

Many web developers got started in the best way – by diving right in. The best way to learn is by trying, building a prototype, learning how to get to the desired result, and ultimately finding ways of realizing their vision.

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Sure, you could study and become proficient in Swift or Java, but with most apps taking many months (too many months) to develop, time-to-launch is critical. In 2017 there’s no excuse for taking many months to build and launch an app, the best way to get an app done is to quickly get to a prototype, an MVP, get users, and iterate from there. You need to move fast in today’s fast-paced world of mobile apps.

Whether you choose an IDE, a framework, or a visual tool like Dropsource, your selection criteria is multifaceted. Chief among that criteria should be getting to market, getting something into your users’ hands. Whichever solution removes the barriers between your idea and its implementation is the right decision.

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By adopting these two requirements, you will be able to rank higher in Google and people will be able to find you much easier than before. With the great web user experience you give your visitors, they will want to recommend you to others.

Start With The User

There is no need to prioritize, as mentioned earlier, but you need to start somewhere. Focusing on the experience, you give your users is a good starting point for your web solution whether it is a simple website, a web application, or a complex back-end software.

At the base of each of your projects, you have to consider the user. Without the user, you won’t move forward regardless of how much you try to. You’ve heard of the term User Experience (or UX) before, but what does it mean for your product?

As much as I hate to tell you this, it depends. Users will not put a price on the same elements in two different web solutions. On top of this, your audience will also react differently to what your competitor has although your product does basically the same.

Finding out what your audience reacts positively to is such a complex matter to discuss that it should have its own article; therefore, we won’t dive too much into what’s in the mind of your users. However, whatever your business is, the lack of investing into user experience will always backfire. Always! Luckily for you, wherever your users come from and whatever their pursuit is, they will always appreciate these following elements that will give them a great product experience.

Nowadays you must have a responsive website.

Be Responsive Already – Have A Responsive Website!

You’ve probably heard this thousands of times. Unfortunately, I still see so many examples out there of websites that are not responsive yet. It has been more than three years since media queries have become W3C standards but why hasn’t everybody adopted them yet? If it’s something that gets me out of my mind, that is ignorance for the widely accepted standards. Don’t be ignorant with your web solution because you’re playing with the chances of your own project.

I have a difficult time believing that you don’t know much about responsive web design yet. But if you really don’t (dude, seriously?), get this book. Read it from cover to cover, then read it again. It’s been written relatively recently and it’s considered as “responsive web design 101” for 2015.

Do you know how readable your website is on mobile or tablet?

Responsive Design Typography

Yes, I’m still holding on to this responsive madness topic. Typography is such an important part of a website that ignoring it will score you some negative points with your readers. It is often easy to read text on desktop but God I’ve squinted my eyes a lot in the past years trying to decode simple text on mobile. I hate that, don’t make me do it – ever again! I will leave your site quicker than a Ferrari in pole position without any chance of returning ever again.

Improving typography for portable devices is not that big of a deal. If you don’t have basic typography training, it is always a safe bet to increase the font size and the line-height.

Never use a font that is smaller than 14px on mobile (get used to the idea of having at least 16px, no more than 8-9 words per line) and line height that is at least 18px. This will make the text easier to read. Keep headlines short and make it clear. They are headlines, so you need to use big font size and bold with a maximum of four words per line.

Web fonts are quite the big deal in typography, and I advise you to make use of them. They will save you money and time plus; they are SEO-friendly. Just to make sure there is a check on everything, always have a fall-back typeface in case a browser doesn’t download custom web fonts.

When you write copy, make sure to break paragraphs into smaller chunks of text. Take a look at the image below and think of which would you rather read should you end up with only one choice.

The text is the same, the only difference being good formatting and better typography on the right.

The Art Of Negative Space

This article is not supposed to be a crash course in graphic design, but there are so many things a good graphic designer can do to improve the user experience of a website. One of them is using negative space, as this allows the human eye to rest.

Your web page will not feel as heavy if you employ this very well and I advise you to get a good graphic designer to take a look at your website if you feel that it currently is “too heavy” at a quick scan.

Create live validation of the input fields.

Have Contact and Checkout Forms That Work

Web forms can range from sign-up forms and contact forms to input fields in a check-out process or even a search box. Make sure they work. You’ve probably already checked the code behind ten times and tested it. The forms work as they should. But do they really work?

I’ve got no doubts your code does just what it is supposed to do, but this is not just about the back-end. The user doesn’t care about your code. The user wants the forms to work, to give him feedback when feedback is needed and to fill them out as quickly as possible.

By the number of websites doing it poorly, error handling in user forms must be one of the most challenging problems there is – up there with landing on Mars and figuring out teleportation. Let me tell you a secret: it’s actually not that hard.

One thing you can do to ensure less confusion is create live validation of the input fields. That means if you need a phone number from me, make sure I can’t submit the form if there is any kind of text in the field that are not digits. Additionally, if you need a number in a specific format, don’t ask me to write it that way. I don’t care if you need the number in US format but let me write a ten-character number and format it yourself with a snippet of code. How hard can it be?

If I submit the form and there is an error, you need to let me know of the exact error and what I can do to fix it. Don’t – I repeat, don’t! – ask me to fill in all the fields again. That’s where you lost a potential client.

Example of error handling in mobile app.

Avoid confusion in the forms by using clear language, clear placement and clear colors. The example above is an almost perfect one. There is no doubt about what you need to correct and the error message can’t be missed.

It would be perfect if the error message would also point out the error: Please enter a valid email address. Unfortunately “.xom” is not a valid domain. It would require more code, but users will have no doubt understand why the error appeared in the first place.

If you want to get better at handling error messages in input fields, Christian Holst wrote a great article three years ago about this which is still relevant today.

It’s well known that drop-off rates for long web forms are huge, but they are avoidable. If a user starts to fill in a form, it’s because he wants to. If he stops before he is done, you’re at fault. Most of the time it is because you ask for a big investment from them – bigger than their return.

Would you subscribe to a newsletter if the form requires you to fill in the name, email, address and credit card information? No way in hell. But you would gladly give all these information away if you buy something online. It’s all about keeping a balance between what you ask for and what you give in return.

Shorter forms are always more successful.

In fact, studies show that shorter forms can even convert over 150% better than their longer counterparts. Think about it for a while before adding a new field to your form.

Use SVG In Your Websites.

Use SVG Whenever You Can

Some of you might not know what an SVG image is, so I will explain it to you very briefly. SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics and, as the name says, it represents a vector image that can be scaled up an down according to the screen it is viewed on.

SVG works very well with CSS and is perfect for responsive web design. Together with responsive typography and responsive layouts it creates a great viewing experience for the user regardless of what device they are on. SVG images are better than normal, rasterized images and even better than font icons simply because they can quickly adapt to the environment while still looking great.

Moreover, with font icons you are limited to a single color, while SVG files are much more adaptable when it comes to the colors.

You can use SVG graphics in pretty much everything: logos, UI elements, graphs, icons and many others. SVG is really the future and deserves an article of its own. Luckily, there’s a great one written by the team of Design Your Way.

Check On Design.. Now What Else?

Let me put it down for you: UX is not only design. Remember this. Design is just a part of this big spectrum of elements. There are many things you can do to improve the UX that do not necessarily have something to do with design. It is easy to confuse the two, because most things you create express themselves through visual queues. A good example is the navigation.

Put special attention to navigation. Make sure it works.

Design Effective Navigation Menu

The navigation menu has to be, without any doubt, the first thing visitors see. The navigation and the logo. Users need to know where they are and where they can go.

A website with poor navigation is like a complex freeway structure without signs. It might be cool to drive your Tesla on it with 175 km/h, but not knowing which exit to take quickly turns into a bit of a problem.

As the starting point of a website, the navigation has to be simple and clean. Don’t cram a lot of unnecessary information into it and at the same time, don’t be vague about it. You can’t afford to confuse your users.

Sometimes it is not that easy to keep your navigation simple; look at Amazon. However, most web designers never get the chance to work on such a complex system, therefore keep in mind: simple navigation is the best navigation there is. Some very simple tips are:

• to keep the main navigation at the top right (logo on the left)
• limiting the number of options to no more than 6
• using short and descriptive words (“Contact” instead of “Hit us up”)
• having the navigation in the footer if the pages are long and having a navigation that is easy to find and clickable if you are on a portable device.

Other things you can do are quite straightforward. I advise you not to make use of any kind of sneaky tactics or redirects in order to get something you want from the user. He will find out and leave and this will only make him not want to recommend your website.

Badly implemented pop-overs are also something that annoys me as much as anything else. A few days ago I was reading this article on my iPhone from a worldwide-known online magazine. A pop-up came up telling me about cookie usage. That’s fair enough. But there was no button to accept or to cancel. There was no way to exit that pop-up. I’ve clicked on it, I swiped, I pinched, I did everything there is to do.

Actually, I did more than I should have, because the website redirected me to another page (it was probably me clicking on something else without realizing because of the frustration). Now that was a really bad experience. A few seconds after… surprise: the overlay slowly disappeared on its own.

How hard would it have been for them to let me know from the start that this overlay will fade out in 10 seconds? Not much harder than a single line of code, but they still left it out and frustrate me instead.

Depending on who your audience is, there are probably some other tips I could write about but it would take a while. An in-depth analysis is on the table for an article a bit further down the road but you should be set for now. If you master these first tips, you are halfway through to a successful web solution.

Now, for the second part, what do those darn Google robots want from you?

Do you know what Google wants from you?

Part 2. Make Google Happy

It is not only important to make the user happy, it is also important to make sure Google ranks your website well, otherwise, nobody will find you. You will notice, however, how following some of the tips in the first part of the article will also help with the second part.

Make Your Website Responsive (again)

According to many sources online, including Social Media Today and Google itself, it is highly recommended to have a responsive web design for your website. Starting April 21st 2015, Google is going to make some small changes to its search algorithm making it easier for users to find mobile content.

Mobile friendliness is something Google looks very seriously into and although nobody actually said that Google will rank mobile better than desktop results, many experts believe this is the way the search engine is heading to. With more people browsing from mobile than desktop, it goes without saying that this is the right way to go.

Google’s Zineb Ait Bahajji was quoted saying in a Google Webmaster Help thread that they do not rank mobile better, but they prefer it because it is:

“easier to maintain, it’s future-friendly and we see less configuration errors with RWD (faulty redirects or bad user-agent detection for instance)”

By creating a website that is responsive, you make both your users happy but also Google, and this is rule number 1 to keep in mind.

Don’t worry about your PageRank. A website that is responsive is better than a website which redirects the users to a m dot version (something like m.1stwebdesigner.com – a practice that was very popular in the beginning of the 2000s). Although the video is one year and a half old, Matt Cutts from Google explains below why.

How fast is your website?

Make Your Website Load Faster

Google loves quick websites, it is as simple as that. Google itself loads incredibly quick and has the same expectations from you. It has been four already years since the search engine started to rank quick websites better and today there is even more emphasis on it than ever before, with more and more people browsing from mobile. I believe this will continue to be an important factor.

Start by testing your website and see how fast it loads. Minimize the number of images and clunky code, don’t use lots of plugins and only embed necessary video. You can quickly minimize the weight of your website by following these tips, but if you want even more help, hire a professional and make use of Google Webmaster Tools.

This is how a simple CDN network looks like, with the origin server in South America.

Not only does your page speed improves the user experience because it minimizes loading times and leads to higher engagement, retention, conversions and lower bounce rates, but it is so important that Google actually developed a tool for it.

PageSpeed Insights is a set of tools that can help you identify performance best practices for your website and can help you automate the optimization process.

One of the easiest things to do for page speed improvement is paying for a better hosting plan. Poor hosting is often the main reason behind websites loading slowly. However, it is also the lack of Content Delivery Network (CDN). CDN is easy to explain. Instead of having a server in the US which everybody in the world has to access, this network makes sure the content of a website is delivered quicker to people who are located in other parts of the world via edge servers, so their requests don’t have to “travel” such a long distance.

Create a good content for your visitors.

Content Is (still) King

It is already a cliché, I know, but good content is still the best way to rank high in Google. You want to write really good content with the readers in mind and not for the sake of keywords.

There is nothing wrong with having keywords every once in a while, but don’t overdo it and, again, think of the reader. Does the article offer value? Is it long enough? Does it get shared a lot on social media? All these are important if you want to rank better in Google.

“How long should an article be?”

– is a question that I get a lot. It depends but articles that are shorter than 1.000 words don’t have much value to Google unless they are a hit on social media or you are The New York Times. Moreover, if you are The New York Times, you probably don’t care about ranking anymore. However, if you still need to work on that, keep in mind: Google likes long, informational and useful articles.

I also think it is a good idea to keep a balance. I can write an article or 4k+ words at any time, but how many people will read the whole piece? Not many. The consequence will be that not many people will share it on social media. For informational articles on blogs I personally believe between 1.500 and 2.500 words is the sweet spot, so a bit shorter than this article. If you can stay in between these two, you are where you should be and are doing well.

The bottom line of this is that you need to write content that is worth sharing. Offer value, not articles filled with keywords. The guidelines I wrote for you above are good to keep in mind, but quality is still the most important of them. You can write a hit article that is 800 words long and still do better than a 3.000 words article that is written just for the sake of Google. Write for your audience; and do it well!

Learn To Love FeedTheBot: Optimize Your Website For Google

If you want to get a quick overview of your website in Google’s eyes, FeedTheBot is one of the best tools out there. You only have to fill in your website and let the software check it up. After a few seconds it will return with a string of errors that your website needs to straighten up.

Start with the most critical ones, but don’t overlook the other ones. The better you do here, the more Google will appreciate your website.

It is important to remember that Google is not a person, but a robot. Google doesn’t get a feel of the user experience you offer to your visitors, so the best it can do is to rank your website after a complex set of parametres.

It can be anything from the number of broken links, usage of robots.txt, JavaScript and CSS usage, sneaky redirects, keyowrd stuffing and so on. If you have dynamic content on your website, it is always a good idea to pay FeedTheBot a visit every once in a while and make sure things are still in check.

Mobile SEO Action Cheatsheet

Reading an article like this one and learning what you have to do is the easy part of improving the UX of a web solution – implementing it is the tough part. Now that you know the reasoning behind every and each action to take, we have a cheatsheet for you below, so you can start working on this right away. So, what do you have to do?

1. Get down and design a great website. Make use of negative space, beautiful colors, and good design practices.
2. Make sure the navigation is clear, easy to use and doesn’t confuse the user.
3. Make sure your website is responsive. This helps both the user experience and Google to rank you higher.
4. Wherever you make use of images or UI elements, try to make use of SVG instead of JPG or PNG
5. Check how your typography responds to a screen change and ensure your type looks great on all devices.
6. If you have any forms, check them a couple of times (both the code, but also the experience they give in the form of errors and validation).
7. Find a good hosting plan. If you can find a CDN server, go for it, although it is a bit more expensive.
8. After creating the website, use Google Webmaster Tools and PageSpeed Insights to make the website even quicker. Aim for a loading time of under 1 second.
9. Start creating good content that is useful to your users. Keep doing this all the time.
10. Use FeedTheBot to check on other errors and solve the most critical ones first, but don’t forget about the other ones.

Conclusion

There are two factors you have to please today if you want to have an online presence: the user and Google. I feel we’ve already established that. The good part is that by only following a limited set of tips, you can please both in a short amount of time. If you are about to create a new online presence or think of how to improve your current one, this article should be the starting point for you.

A market came into existence and everyone was looking for “iPad compatible” design. Guess what, the keyword iPad compatible is already being searched over 50,000 times on Google every month if Google’s Keyword Tool is to be believed. And then there are multiple related keywords. It simply shows how important the iPad market has become for app designers.

(The usual) NOTE – This discussion will not teach you how to create a riveting iPad app. And, trust me when I say that “I am NOT covering the usual tips that have been covered a zillion times already on other blogs!”

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How Many Instructions are Too Many?

Personally, I hate apps that have a lot of instructions. What is the use of designing an app when you cannot keep it simple? If your app requires the end-user to read a thick user manual over and over then, my friends, you have just designed a flop app.

Remember that you give out instructions for your app users so that they get the feel and move on to the real app. Your list of instructions should never be a turn-off for app users.

So, avoid the usage of a “question mark” icon on every possible screen of your iPad app. Let the app be the instruction booklet in itself. Seriously, I hate apps with too many instructions!

Now, Don’t Confuse “Hints” with “Instructions”

You know what? Sometimes I feel bad when I get the feeling that my reader may have misunderstood me. Above, I asked you to avoid using too many instructions for people to be able to use your app. “Hints” are a different ball game altogether. Hints are a form of “positive poking” that helps the users move on when they are struggling. So, its good to give away hints to keep the app users interested.

WARNING – Never overdo your take-my-hint-and-move-on style in your app. The end-user might just lose interest.

Layout Must Change Comfortably With Orientation

The image above says it all. In the case of orientation sensitive devices like iPad the layout of an app must not be broken with the change of orientation of the device. Though the broken layout might not hamper the productivity of the app, it is surely a turn-off for the end-user.

Who would want to use an app that does not understand the orientation of their iPad? It is like using an app which was never designed for iPad (or any other orientation sensitive gadget for that matter) in the first place. Consider checking out the Holy Grail of Mobile Layout.

Always Display the Username On Screen

This might sound weird, but with devices like iPad this is a must. iPad is the sort of gadget which will be used by multiple members of a family. I am not saying that iPad is always a family gadget, but in many cases it is. One family member uses the iPad and then another picks it up.

Who would want to use an app or an interface while someone else is logged into it? Worst case would be that you would never know if someone else is logged in until you figure out the data is not yours. Like the eBay app for iPad which won’t display the logged in user’s ID:

So, it is suggested that you clearly show the logged in user’s ID on every page of your app. It will help clear any sort of confusion and unwanted situations.

Never Overdo the Gestures

Users of iPad know that the device understands tapping and sliding. You don’t have to write it in bold and make it overly obvious. A slight mention of “Tap me for more” is all that is needed to keep the users looking for more.

You don’t have to explain to the end user what tapping means, how it can be done and what its advantages are. Don’t make it look silly.

The White Space..Pleeeease!

Don’t tell me that this is one of the obvious tips that has been discussed already. I have to discuss this over and over til you guys understand the importance of it especially in the context of iPad like devices. See, devices like iPad can stretch your design or make it look cluttered.

If you are creating an app especially for iPad then you can minimize the clutter, but what about the times when the app has to be updated every now and then?

Dynamically updated apps can sometimes break because of the different sizes of images that are pushed on a daily basis. So, design your app in a fashion that there is lot of free space available. It helps the user’s mind relax. Also, it automatically de-clutters the result.

iPad Hails Minimalism. So Should Your App!

Steve Job’s speech below has nothing much to do with the minimalist looks of iPad (and all other Apple devices) but somehow or other they all connect. I’ll be shocked if you tell me that you haven’t seen this video before. Which bunker do you live in?

One quick glance to your iPad and you will know how simple it is. The device is packed with extremely amazing technology but it doesn’t show off. Now, will you consider designing an iPad app that pops out of your gadget especially when the gadget itself is placed comfortablly in your hands? Follow minimalism and see how your app merges itself with the amazing iPad interface.

Touch is Good but Don’t Over-Use it

Quickly, check the image below before I start explaining what I want:

The CNN app for iPad features a sleek-looking navigation bar at the very bottom. This bar makes it easy for readers to quickly go through various stories and read whichever stories interest them. See how CNN minimized the usage of browser buttons by pushing the important content on one screen itself. It is good that iPad features a feather touch experience but sometimes too much slide and touch kills the experience too.

Make it comfortable for the end-user and see how they fall in love with your app!

Which is your favorite mobile app by design and usability? Leave your feedback in the comments.

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1. Arles Festival App Design Concept

The interface need not be flashy, just the basics the user often looks for

Clarity is one of the essential elements of a good UI design.  It should not confuse your users nor give them a hard time figuring out how to use your interface.

And you can find that in this app designed especially for the Arles Festival, which has around a hundred thousand recorded visitors annually since its inception.

Images on top of artists’ name tell a lot about each item

Boxes and fonts are finger and eye-friendly

Angelique Calmon and Juliette Lima collaborated to create this mobile app design with a simple and straightforward interface which leads you only to the most important information about the festival.

Good user interface does not have information overload

Clicking each category leads you to more information. However, it does not give too much, just enough overview to let users know what they are. Even the information for each artist and exhibit doesn’t overload on they whys and whats, just a few sentences to help your users decide whether they want to see it or not.

The sitemap tells you when and where the event is

2. Eda.ua – Food Delivery iPhone App

This mobile design version for an existing website is designed by a group of designers from the Ukraine. The app has both an iOS and Android version with a very friendly UI designed especially for the food delivery business.

Edu.ua implements all the functionality of the food delivery service in Ukraine

In order to meet usability standards, the designers conducted intensive market research and took note of various offbeat ideas. Then, they created and tested an interactive prototype with over 100 wireframes to ensure that the app design meets the needs of the client’s business.

The app has flexible filters and smart searches

The mobile app contains hundreds of restaurants all over Ukraine, so the developers put flexible filters and smart searches to enable users to find what they want in restaurants.

Ordering food is done in 5 easy, uncomplicated steps. Great app design inspiration.

To make it much easier to order food, users are guided into 5 easy steps which include: searching restaurants around the city, checking their menu, looking more specifically into the dishes before placing the order, confirming their order and proceeding with payment and delivery options.

The app gives detailed information about each dish

The app also has a reward point, very good UI. Well done.

With these steps, the users are saved the hassle of worrying what type of dish they ordered and the ingredients that go into each dish. This is especially helpful for those who have some specific dietary requirements.

3. Workout Book Mobile Design

The Workout Book was designed by Yalantis Mobile and Vitaly Rubstov out of their desire to find a workout app with no frills. Unlike other workout apps, the Workout Book easily records your workouts and lets you see all the necessary information at a glance right on the home screen.

The Workout Book is a no-nonsense straight-to-the-point workout app

Each workout has a color tag to let you easily track your workout

Create your own workout with just a flick of your fingers and press save. Customize, set the day, and the targeted area you want to work on. Each workout has a color tag so you can easily look over them and monitor what you have missed.

After you have finished your workout, just do a few taps and you will be able to see the summary of your workout including the weight you’ve carried and the reps you’ve done for each targeted area.

The app uses common mobile patterns

Plot the type of workout you will focus on for the day or for the week.

What makes the Workout Book’s UI stand out is its use of common mobile patterns making even first-time users feel at home. Despite the commonness, the designers translated their own creativity into the app matching users’ expectations.

Review your workout between rests. That’s how simple, good app UI design should look like.

4. Fantasy Leagues App Design

Whether it’s soccer, basketball, hockey, or American football, you can be sure to find fans – from kids to adults – engaging in fantasy leagues and creating their own dream teams. In fact, fantasy leagues have generated billions of revenue all over the world.

The Fantasy League mobile app is banking on the popularity of this hobby

The rules are pretty simple, and all you have to do is an app which allows you to navigate and monitor your score and stats easily.

Team standings are easy to find and access

The Fantasy Leagues app shows a promising future in the world of sports app because of its simple and easy to understand interface. Swipe between pages to build a team, adjust your line-up, and view game stats.

Swipe between pages to swap teams and players

The app has news feeds for both teams and specific players. The information on each page is short but concise, providing you with the latest news and updates.

View player statistics and compare them with each other on one page

Another feature allows you to see how your current game fares as well as team and player standings. In case you are not happy with your line-up, you can easily swipe and sort players. Placing them in categories according to their positions makes it easier for you to put “who” in “where.”

Get more in-depth information about your favorite player

There’s also a trash talk feature which works like a Facebook status. Write what you think or feel about a certain player and post it for others to see.

5. Change – Help Make It iPhone App Design

Change is a simple app designed by Linus Lang with an ambitious mission – to help bring change in your community, specifically the people who live in it.

To me it looks like one of the best designed apps from the collection. Read on.

Simple mobile UI navigation, ambitious goal

It tells you the exact location and distance of a person who needed help from your location. The choices are simple and easy – a pop-up will appear and you can choose to view or cancel.

Change wins in both UI and UX

The mobile app encourages “mindful” giving with enough information

If you choose “View,” you will be directed a more detailed profile of that person. If you want to help, you can click “Donate” and type the amount you want to give. Then you can share it on your Facebook profile to inform and encourage your friends to help as well.

Know a person’s exact location

Track how many you’ve helped and how much you’ve given

You can also track how many people you’ve helped, the amount you’ve given, and the money available in your virtual wallet which you can give as donations.

6. Public Transportation iPhone App

The Public Transportation iPhone user interface app is designed by Docagan Ese Altunsu to specifically help tourists and citizens of Izmir to easily navigate the public transportation of the city.

The colors, tiles, and font size all show a good UI design

It shows the shortest route where you want to go in Izmir as well as the approximate arrival time of a public transport – bus, ferry, or metro – near your area.

The app shows you the type of transport passes by your location

It also shows you the shortest route possible

Type of transport is color coded so that you easily know where to look for.

It is even friendly for those who have poor eyesight

7. Squiryl Social Loyalty App Design

The icons are as cute as the name of the app

Designed by DHHN Creative Agency, this is a social loyalty mobile app design which allows you to accumulate points every time you shop and dine at participating stores and restaurants.

Flow is simple and easy – done in three easy steps

View and swap your rewards easily

With this app, you can redeem vouchers and freebies as well as swap them with your friends. It is a good tool for businesses that wants to connect more with their customers to establish loyalty.

The integrated QR code scanner makes things much easier

The app has undergone 3 revisions before finalizing everything

8. Swing iPhone Music App Design Concept

Swing is an iPhone music app designed by Enis Danis with a simple and easy to use interface with only four, big navigation keys – News, Listen, Artist, Video. The “News” section has bigger windows than the “Listen” category. The news is displayed with their headlines and arranged according to their dates.

The red and black color scheme characterizes the app – fun and funky

There are only four categories strategically placed at the top

Each page category is presented differently leaving no room for confusion

If you want to listen to music, your playlist appears and you can scroll down to search for more songs. Then, start listening by tapping the “Play” icon. Your “videos,” on the other hand, will display on a full screen.

The tiles are big enough to give a teaser to the more detailed information

Videos are played full screen by default

9. Lift – Self Improvement iPhone App Design

Lift is a self-improvement and coaching app of Lift.do, now Coach.me. Designed by Leigh Taylor, it is geared especially for people who are goal-driven or for anyone who wants to be more productive.

Don’t be fooled by the inbox zero icon

The app’s main page has an indicator to show how much of your goals for the day have been achieved.

The color and the mobile design already energizes you

Encourage and be encouraged

As you tick each finished task, the indicator shows it until you achieve Inbox Zero – goals accomplished. Aside from that, you can also check what your friends are doing and be encouraged if they are doing well, or you can encourage them if they need it.

Monitor your friends’ activities as well and spur each other on

It also gives you tips to help you reach your goals

You can also get tips how to achieve your goals. The app also flashes some encouragement to lift your spirits in order to keep going.

10. Weather Tile App

The Weather Tile is an iOS app which got its inspiration from Windows 8 apps so when you glance for the first time, you might think it is a Windows phone. Navigating the app is simple and interesting because of its pastel colors.

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The weather app got its inspiration from Windows.

On the main page, you can find your current location and the weather as well as the key cities in the country making it easier to navigate between locations.

Tablets have bigger tiles than phones

If you click a tile, you will get an overview of the weather for the whole week. You can favorite the location so it appears on your main screen.

You can favorite locations and they will appear on your homepage

The icons automatically change as the weather in that location changes. You can also share it immediately on your Facebook and Twitter accounts.