To have a successful mobile app, your design has to be practically perfect. With the amount of competition there is out there for downloads, if your app isn’t designed to be both breathtaking and easy to use, there’s little chance that you’ll get the number of downloads that you were hoping for.
So to help you accomplish both of these objectives, here are three tips for designing a five-star mobile app.
Stand Out From Your Competition
Before you start designing your own mobile app, it’s a good idea to learn about other apps that are occupying the same space in the market that your app will be so that you can know how to stand out from your competition.
To learn as much as you can from your research, Hicham Moutahir, a contributor to Medium.com, that you find the best apps to study by first looking at apps that get the most downloads, which apps get the best ratings from their users, and what details are included in any reviews to help you learn more about what the app does right or does wrong. With this information, you should be able to know what you should or shouldn’t do as you’re designing your app in order to go above and beyond what your competitors have done.
Cut Out The Clutter
With the basic knowledge that you’ve gained from your study of other mobile apps, you should then try to lay out how you want your app to look.
In your excitement to build your own mobile app, it’s not uncommon for people to over-design things. To keep you from making this mistake, Nick Babich, a contributor to SmashingMagazine.com, advises that you try to keep your app clear out as much clutter as possible. During your design, try to only include things that have an actual purpose. If there’s a button or a design element that doesn’t absolutely have to be there, it’s probably best to just leave it out.
Make Things As Easy As Possible
Along the same vein as keeping the look of your app as uncluttered as you can, you should also try to make your app easy enough that any person can use.
To help you with this, Ayush of MobileAppDaily.com suggests that you streamline the tasks within your mobile app so that your users have a low cognitive load. What this means is that you don’t want to give your users too much to think about or process on each screen of your app. So if you can lengthen out a process so you’re not requiring too much from your users at one time, it’s best to do so.
If you have an idea for a mobile app, consider using the tips mentioned above as you design it.
