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Awaken180°

Awaken180° had an app that only covered the basics. I rebuilt it into a daily companion clients actually want to open.

Role
Lead UI/UX Designer
Timeline
12 weeks
Platform
Mobile app
Industry
Health & wellness
Awaken180°
Problem

The existing app was outdated and minimal. Clients couldn’t track progress, log meals or stay engaged between in-person coaching sessions.

My role

Led UX and UI end to end: journey mapping, information architecture, new features and the full visual system.

Outcome

A rebuilt app centred on a daily habit loop, with onboarding that gets clients to their first action in under 2 minutes.

01 — Context

The program worked in person. The app didn’t.

Awaken180° is a 12-week weight-loss program with a proven in-person method. Between sessions, though, clients were on their own: no real progress tracking, no meal logging, nothing that pulled them back day to day. That gap hurt consistency and motivation, which is exactly what the program depends on.

02 — Approach

Rebuild the app around one daily loop.

I mapped the full client journey to pinpoint where the old app was failing: clunky onboarding, no visible progress, no reason to come back. Then I rebuilt the information architecture around a simple daily loop and expanded the feature set well beyond the original.

  1. Check inDaily check-in and weigh-in
  2. LogFood, water, sleep and mood
  3. Learn & moveRecipes and guided workouts
  4. See progressResults and milestones
03 — Key decisions

Four decisions turned it into a habit.

Decision 01

First action in under 2 minutes

Login, location, booking a coaching session, then goal, before photo and profile. Short, focused steps that get clients doing something real right away.

Why: the first session sets the habit. A long setup is exactly where motivation drops.

Login, location, coaching session booking and onboarding: goal, before photo, profile.
Login, location, coaching session booking and onboarding: goal, before photo, profile.
Decision 02

A home screen with only today’s actions

The dashboard surfaces the core daily actions: check-in, food and water logging, weigh-in and coach notes. Everything else is one tap away.

Why: a focused home keeps the daily loop fast instead of overwhelming.

Dashboard, daily check-in, food and water log, weigh-in and visit notes.
Dashboard, daily check-in, food and water log, weigh-in and visit notes.
Decision 03

Everything inside the app

Food scanning, a recipe library, water, sleep and mood tracking, and guided workout videos. None of it existed before, and clients no longer get sent elsewhere.

Daily tasks, recipes, barcode scanner, media, milestone celebration and journey timeline.
Daily tasks, recipes, barcode scanner, media, milestone celebration and journey timeline.
Decision 04

Progress you can see

A results dashboard shows the whole journey at a glance, with milestone moments designed to keep motivation up once a goal is hit.

UI details: progress chart, calendar, food log, macros and daily tasks.
UI details: progress chart, calendar, food log, macros and daily tasks.
Colour palette: blue, navy, coral, yellow, sky and neutrals.
Colour palette: blue, navy, coral, yellow, sky and neutrals.
04 — Outcome

From bare minimum to daily companion.

< 2 minFrom download to first meaningful action
7New features: food scan, recipes, water, sleep, mood, workouts, results
12 wksFull redesign, research to final UI
  • Onboarding redesigned around getting to a first real action fast
  • Seven new capabilities the original app never had
  • A focused home screen that keeps the daily loop simple

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