Concept Project — Academic work completed at Seneca College, 2023
Work / Personal Finance App MVP

My role

UX / Product Designer

Team

4-person, cross-disciplinary

Year

2023

Tools

Figma · XD · Illustrator

Personal Finance App MVP

A 4-person team, one semester, one constraint: make a finance app that doesn't make people anxious.

Mobile MVPUX ResearchFintechUser Testing
POKET — Financial Management App brand and hero

POKET · Financial Management App · brand identity, app icon, and product hero shot

The brief

Most finance apps make
people feel worse,
not better.

The research question: why do people abandon personal finance apps? The answers were consistent — too many features, too much jargon, and the implied judgment of every transaction.

POKET's thesis: show what matters without making you feel bad about the rest.

"We listed every way existing apps make you anxious. That list became our design checklist."

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Clarity over features

Show the three things that matter, not everything

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Progress, not judgment

Savings goals feel like wins, not failed budgets

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Trust before data

Show value before asking for bank account access

Final screens

POKET wireframes — full screen flow

Mid-fidelity wireframes · sign-up flow, monthly balance, transaction history, goals, calendar view, withdrawal — 12 screens across the full app journey

Final UI — onboarding, spending overview, savings goals, subscription tracker · View on Behance ↗

POKET final UI screens — goals and savings

Final UI · My Goal screen · Goal progress (55% complete — NIKE X OFF-WHITE, $900 goal) · New Goal creation with amount slider and savings projection

01

Spending overview

Weekly and monthly by category. No red danger states for normal spending — just information.

02

Savings goals

Progress rings that feel like achievement, not a running tally of what you haven't saved.

03

Subscription tracker

Auto-detects recurring charges — most-requested in every testing round.

04

Link-free onboarding

Manual entry first. See the value before you connect a single bank account.

What I learned

Next project

Dairy Delivery App

Dairy Delivery App →
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