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EaseUp

A mental wellness app that helps students build healthy habits through mood tracking, breathing exercises, mindfulness activities, daily streaks, and a supportive community.

Role
UX Designer
Type
Mobile app
Tools
Figma
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Mobile app · Figma
EaseUp mood check-in screen with six mood options and a note-to-self field. EaseUp breathing exercise with a timer ring guiding inhale and exhale. EaseUp activity library listing breathing, walking and mood check-in exercises with durations. EaseUp home screen showing a five-day streak, current mood and a weekly activity chart.

Problem

Present students experience academic pressure, social anxiety, and emotional stress, especially those who study in high school.

Solution

EaseUp is a mental wellness app that helps students build healthy habits through mood tracking, breathing exercises, mindfulness activities, daily streaks, and a supportive community.

Prototype

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Screens

  • EaseUp welcome screen: the app name, the line “Your safe space for a better you”, an illustration of a seated figure, and a Get Started button. Welcome
  • Log in screen with email and password fields, Google, Apple and phone options, and a note that everything shared stays confidential. Log in
  • Community feed of anonymous posts about exam stress and small wins, each with likes, replies and a follow button. Community
  • Profile screen showing tasks completed, day streak and weekly progress, with account settings and saved items below. Profile

Role

UX designer, created personas, empathy map, site map and designed wireframes, lo-fi in Figma.

Expected outcome / impact

  • Users feel encouraged with mood tracking and mindful activities.
  • Reduce stress from academic pressure and emotional stress.
  • Creates a sense of community where they feel they belong and can share their emotions.

Design outcomes

  1. 01

    Daily Mood Tracking

    Users can quickly track their emotions every day, helping them recognize patterns in their mental well-being.

    Mood check-in screen: six mood tiles — calm, joyful, tired, stressed, focused and sad — above a note-to-self field.
    Six moods, one tap, with an optional note.
  2. 02

    Daily Streak Motivation

    A streak system encourages users to build long-term healthy habits instead of occasional usage.

    Home screen: a five-day streak row, the current mood, and a weekly activity chart with one missed day.
    The streak and weekly chart sit above the fold, so a missed day is visible.
  3. 03

    Calm & Accessible Interface

    The interface uses clean typography, generous spacing, accessible colors, and simple navigation to create a distraction-free experience.

    Box breathing screen: a 4-4-4 inhale, hold and exhale pattern with a timer and a single start button.
    One instruction on screen at a time during an exercise.

Key learnings & takeaways

  • Start with a real user problemPresent students stress and academic pressure became the foundation of the product direction.
  • Clear goals create focused featuresThe product stayed consistent by aiming to build healthy mental wellness habits.
  • Progress tracking motivates consistencyDaily statistics and streaks reinforce healthy wellness habits and bring them back to the app.