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Lead UI/UX Designer · 8 weeks · iOS · Android
Ledgerly
A calmer wallet experience for everyday money decisions
Redesigned a personal finance app around glanceable balances, trustworthy transactions, and a clearer path from spend anxiety to control.
Client
Fintech (placeholder)
Year
2025
Role
Lead UI/UX Designer
Platform
iOS · Android
Problem
Users opened the app often but abandoned it quickly: dense charts, weak hierarchy, and no clear next action made money feel stressful.
Research
- Interviewed six weekly-budget users about first-open anxiety.
- Benchmarking showed competitors bury balance under decorative charts.
- Usability tests timed “find last spend” as a primary task.
Process
- Mapped weekly money moments: check balance, scan spend, confirm income.
- Rebuilt home around one primary number and a scannable recent stream.
- Designed empty, loading, and error states for trust under delay.
- Prototyped subtle amount reveals without noisy motion.
Solution
- Home that answers “can I spend?” in under five seconds.
- Transaction language with clear credit/debit cues.
- Compact mobile UI kit for engineering handoff.
Final UI
Results & impact
+34%
Task success
4.8s
Time to balance
18
Screens redesigned
Learnings
- One primary number beats three equal metrics on financial homes.
- Trust states matter as much as happy-path polish.
Tools
FigmaFigJamPrototypingUsability testing
