Rethinking the

BALLOON APP

Balloon meditation app on two smartphones with courses, exercises and mindfulness impulses.

mindful
structure

INTRO

The MissionMe team asked me to provide UX support to restructure the existing "Discover" section in the Balloon meditation app and make the many different content formats clearer and more accessible for users.

MY ROLE

UX design

UI Design

Prototype

User testing

In collaboration with MissionMe.
Meditations-App Balloon auf drei Smartphones mit Podcasts, Slidern und Inspirationen.
Wireframes from the concept for the balloon app.
THE CHALLENGE

find your way

The balloon app grew quickly, new offerings such as courses, prevention programs, podcasts, exercises and ideas continuously enriched the offering. The original structure could not represent this.

  • users lost the overview
  • New content was only randomly via newsletter discovers
  • Lots of good content was not heard

I analyzed documented pain points and user tests and developed a Wireframe concept and refined it in collaboration with designers, product owners, and developers.

THE APPROACH

MINDFUL

The new concept was gradually rolled out in several releases in order to slowly pick up existing customers.

  • Restructuring the "Discover" tab for intuitive navigation
  • Unify - transfer the new content structure and grids to the rest of the app
  • Integration of a filter function, for spontaneous inspiration
  • Integration of a full text search to find targeted content and spoken phrases

The new concepts received highly positive feedback in user testings.

USER INTERFACE

Details matter

I completely reimagined the existing, rather monotonous content presentation without changing the brand identity.

The new, partially two-column layout makes content easier to scan and was very positively received in user testing.

Visually distinctive details allow users to immediately recognize previously listened content and favorites.

Detail Screens einzelner Assets der Balloon Meditations App, zeigt ein und zweispaltige Medien, sowie slider
From a fairly monotonous layout (left) to more diverse formats.
LET'S GO

More structure

more peace

After the launch, there were additional projects, such as the redesigned “My Balloon” tab, an offline mode, further refinements in the app, and adjustments to the product website.

As well as migratimg all layouts from Sketch to Figma, including setting up new design systems.

All new features received positive feedback in the frequently conducted user tests, and through the gradual rollout of updates, the app remained familiar and intuitive for existing users.

Meditations-App Balloon auf drei Smartphones mit Mein Balloon, Kursdetail Ansicht und der Suchfunktion.
CUSTOMER
MissionMe

DURATION
2 years
LOCATION
Remote
TEAM
Small design team, close collaboration with product owner & developer
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PLATFORM
mobile app (iOS/Android), website
SOFTWARE
Figma, Sketch, Miro

LET'S GET

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