Adrian
@uiadrian.bsky.social
Just finished creating checklists for our business ops.
→ Daily tasks auto-populate every morning
→ Mon/Wed/Fri extras drop in automatically
→ Monthly tasks once a month
No deciding what to do, just execute. That's how we want to scale without me being the bottleneck.
→ Daily tasks auto-populate every morning
→ Mon/Wed/Fri extras drop in automatically
→ Monthly tasks once a month
No deciding what to do, just execute. That's how we want to scale without me being the bottleneck.
February 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Just finished creating checklists for our business ops.
→ Daily tasks auto-populate every morning
→ Mon/Wed/Fri extras drop in automatically
→ Monthly tasks once a month
No deciding what to do, just execute. That's how we want to scale without me being the bottleneck.
→ Daily tasks auto-populate every morning
→ Mon/Wed/Fri extras drop in automatically
→ Monthly tasks once a month
No deciding what to do, just execute. That's how we want to scale without me being the bottleneck.
Social workflows bento for Quotient ✨
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Social workflows bento for Quotient ✨
Leaderboard screens for Ballogy 🏀
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Leaderboard screens for Ballogy 🏀
Connect screens from our Timezones app 🌐
January 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Connect screens from our Timezones app 🌐
Workflows features bento for Quotient ✨
January 29, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Workflows features bento for Quotient ✨
Notifications screens ✨
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Notifications screens ✨
Our internal Remote Team + Timezone app work in progress 🚧
Starting to shape up really nicely.
Starting to shape up really nicely.
January 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Our internal Remote Team + Timezone app work in progress 🚧
Starting to shape up really nicely.
Starting to shape up really nicely.
As always, I hope this was helpful.
Let me know if you'd like to see me breakdown more mobile apps like this!
Appreciate all the likes and comments.
Enjoy your day 👋
Let me know if you'd like to see me breakdown more mobile apps like this!
Appreciate all the likes and comments.
Enjoy your day 👋
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
As always, I hope this was helpful.
Let me know if you'd like to see me breakdown more mobile apps like this!
Appreciate all the likes and comments.
Enjoy your day 👋
Let me know if you'd like to see me breakdown more mobile apps like this!
Appreciate all the likes and comments.
Enjoy your day 👋
Duolingo doesn't just teach languages - it teaches app addiction.
Every design choice serves user retention first, education second.
When psychology and design align, users can't put their phones down.
These techniques work for any app trying to build lasting user habits.
Every design choice serves user retention first, education second.
When psychology and design align, users can't put their phones down.
These techniques work for any app trying to build lasting user habits.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Duolingo doesn't just teach languages - it teaches app addiction.
Every design choice serves user retention first, education second.
When psychology and design align, users can't put their phones down.
These techniques work for any app trying to build lasting user habits.
Every design choice serves user retention first, education second.
When psychology and design align, users can't put their phones down.
These techniques work for any app trying to build lasting user habits.
10/ Strategic friction
Easy actions (starting lessons) have zero friction. Hard actions (quitting streaks) have maximum friction.
Stopping requires multiple confirmation screens. Starting requires just one tap.
The app makes good habits effortless and bad habits difficult.
Easy actions (starting lessons) have zero friction. Hard actions (quitting streaks) have maximum friction.
Stopping requires multiple confirmation screens. Starting requires just one tap.
The app makes good habits effortless and bad habits difficult.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
10/ Strategic friction
Easy actions (starting lessons) have zero friction. Hard actions (quitting streaks) have maximum friction.
Stopping requires multiple confirmation screens. Starting requires just one tap.
The app makes good habits effortless and bad habits difficult.
Easy actions (starting lessons) have zero friction. Hard actions (quitting streaks) have maximum friction.
Stopping requires multiple confirmation screens. Starting requires just one tap.
The app makes good habits effortless and bad habits difficult.
9/ Personalized difficulty adjustment
The app secretly adjusts difficulty based on your performance.
Struggling users get easier questions to maintain confidence. Advanced users get harder challenges to prevent boredom.
This keeps everyone in their optimal learning zone.
The app secretly adjusts difficulty based on your performance.
Struggling users get easier questions to maintain confidence. Advanced users get harder challenges to prevent boredom.
This keeps everyone in their optimal learning zone.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
9/ Personalized difficulty adjustment
The app secretly adjusts difficulty based on your performance.
Struggling users get easier questions to maintain confidence. Advanced users get harder challenges to prevent boredom.
This keeps everyone in their optimal learning zone.
The app secretly adjusts difficulty based on your performance.
Struggling users get easier questions to maintain confidence. Advanced users get harder challenges to prevent boredom.
This keeps everyone in their optimal learning zone.
8/ Visual progress maps
The learning path looks like a game level progression. Each completed lesson unlocks the next node.
Users see exactly how far they've come and what's ahead.
The visual journey makes abstract learning progress feel concrete and gamified.
The learning path looks like a game level progression. Each completed lesson unlocks the next node.
Users see exactly how far they've come and what's ahead.
The visual journey makes abstract learning progress feel concrete and gamified.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
8/ Visual progress maps
The learning path looks like a game level progression. Each completed lesson unlocks the next node.
Users see exactly how far they've come and what's ahead.
The visual journey makes abstract learning progress feel concrete and gamified.
The learning path looks like a game level progression. Each completed lesson unlocks the next node.
Users see exactly how far they've come and what's ahead.
The visual journey makes abstract learning progress feel concrete and gamified.
7/ Lives system
Users get 5 hearts that disappear with wrong answers. Losing all hearts locks you out temporarily.
This adds real consequences to what would otherwise be consequence-free learning.
The fear of being locked out makes users more engaged and careful.
Users get 5 hearts that disappear with wrong answers. Losing all hearts locks you out temporarily.
This adds real consequences to what would otherwise be consequence-free learning.
The fear of being locked out makes users more engaged and careful.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
7/ Lives system
Users get 5 hearts that disappear with wrong answers. Losing all hearts locks you out temporarily.
This adds real consequences to what would otherwise be consequence-free learning.
The fear of being locked out makes users more engaged and careful.
Users get 5 hearts that disappear with wrong answers. Losing all hearts locks you out temporarily.
This adds real consequences to what would otherwise be consequence-free learning.
The fear of being locked out makes users more engaged and careful.
6/ Microlearning with clear endpoints
Lessons are bite-sized - 5-10 minutes maximum. Each lesson has a clear finish line with celebration.
This makes starting feel easy and completing feel achievable.
Short sessions reduce friction while building daily habits.
Lessons are bite-sized - 5-10 minutes maximum. Each lesson has a clear finish line with celebration.
This makes starting feel easy and completing feel achievable.
Short sessions reduce friction while building daily habits.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
6/ Microlearning with clear endpoints
Lessons are bite-sized - 5-10 minutes maximum. Each lesson has a clear finish line with celebration.
This makes starting feel easy and completing feel achievable.
Short sessions reduce friction while building daily habits.
Lessons are bite-sized - 5-10 minutes maximum. Each lesson has a clear finish line with celebration.
This makes starting feel easy and completing feel achievable.
Short sessions reduce friction while building daily habits.
5/ Fear-based notifications
Duolingo's owl sends increasingly aggressive reminders:
"Time for your Spanish lesson!"
"You've upset the Duolingo owl"
"These notifications will keep coming until you practice"
The playful threat creates urgency without feeling hostile.
Duolingo's owl sends increasingly aggressive reminders:
"Time for your Spanish lesson!"
"You've upset the Duolingo owl"
"These notifications will keep coming until you practice"
The playful threat creates urgency without feeling hostile.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
5/ Fear-based notifications
Duolingo's owl sends increasingly aggressive reminders:
"Time for your Spanish lesson!"
"You've upset the Duolingo owl"
"These notifications will keep coming until you practice"
The playful threat creates urgency without feeling hostile.
Duolingo's owl sends increasingly aggressive reminders:
"Time for your Spanish lesson!"
"You've upset the Duolingo owl"
"These notifications will keep coming until you practice"
The playful threat creates urgency without feeling hostile.
4/ Immediate positive reinforcement
Correct answers trigger instant celebration:
→ Bright green checkmarks
→ Cheerful sound effects
→ Encouraging phrases like "Great job!"
Dopamine hits come immediately. This creates positive association with learning activities.
Correct answers trigger instant celebration:
→ Bright green checkmarks
→ Cheerful sound effects
→ Encouraging phrases like "Great job!"
Dopamine hits come immediately. This creates positive association with learning activities.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
4/ Immediate positive reinforcement
Correct answers trigger instant celebration:
→ Bright green checkmarks
→ Cheerful sound effects
→ Encouraging phrases like "Great job!"
Dopamine hits come immediately. This creates positive association with learning activities.
Correct answers trigger instant celebration:
→ Bright green checkmarks
→ Cheerful sound effects
→ Encouraging phrases like "Great job!"
Dopamine hits come immediately. This creates positive association with learning activities.
3/ XP points with social comparison
Every lesson awards XP points that feed into weekly leaderboards. This adds competition to what's normally a solo activity.
Social pressure becomes a powerful motivator for consistency.
Every lesson awards XP points that feed into weekly leaderboards. This adds competition to what's normally a solo activity.
Social pressure becomes a powerful motivator for consistency.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
3/ XP points with social comparison
Every lesson awards XP points that feed into weekly leaderboards. This adds competition to what's normally a solo activity.
Social pressure becomes a powerful motivator for consistency.
Every lesson awards XP points that feed into weekly leaderboards. This adds competition to what's normally a solo activity.
Social pressure becomes a powerful motivator for consistency.
2/ Tricky progress bars
Progress shows as circular rings that fill up. They're designed to feel "almost done" at 70-80% completion.
This triggers the Zeigarnik effect - unfinished tasks stick in your memory.
Leaving your last 20% incomplete feels super uncomfortable.
Progress shows as circular rings that fill up. They're designed to feel "almost done" at 70-80% completion.
This triggers the Zeigarnik effect - unfinished tasks stick in your memory.
Leaving your last 20% incomplete feels super uncomfortable.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
2/ Tricky progress bars
Progress shows as circular rings that fill up. They're designed to feel "almost done" at 70-80% completion.
This triggers the Zeigarnik effect - unfinished tasks stick in your memory.
Leaving your last 20% incomplete feels super uncomfortable.
Progress shows as circular rings that fill up. They're designed to feel "almost done" at 70-80% completion.
This triggers the Zeigarnik effect - unfinished tasks stick in your memory.
Leaving your last 20% incomplete feels super uncomfortable.
1/ Streaks and daily habits
The flame icon with your consecutive days learned is everywhere in the app.
It creates loss aversion - users fear breaking their streak more than they enjoy building it.
Missing one day resets to 0, making the cost of skipping feel massive.
The flame icon with your consecutive days learned is everywhere in the app.
It creates loss aversion - users fear breaking their streak more than they enjoy building it.
Missing one day resets to 0, making the cost of skipping feel massive.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
1/ Streaks and daily habits
The flame icon with your consecutive days learned is everywhere in the app.
It creates loss aversion - users fear breaking their streak more than they enjoy building it.
Missing one day resets to 0, making the cost of skipping feel massive.
The flame icon with your consecutive days learned is everywhere in the app.
It creates loss aversion - users fear breaking their streak more than they enjoy building it.
Missing one day resets to 0, making the cost of skipping feel massive.
Duolingo made language learning more addictive than social media.
But why 500M+ users choose vocabulary over TikTok videos?
Here's 10 mobile psychology tricks that create irresistible user habits:
But why 500M+ users choose vocabulary over TikTok videos?
Here's 10 mobile psychology tricks that create irresistible user habits:
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Duolingo made language learning more addictive than social media.
But why 500M+ users choose vocabulary over TikTok videos?
Here's 10 mobile psychology tricks that create irresistible user habits:
But why 500M+ users choose vocabulary over TikTok videos?
Here's 10 mobile psychology tricks that create irresistible user habits:
Features bento for Quotient ✨
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Features bento for Quotient ✨
Product features section WIP ✨
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Product features section WIP ✨
Low-fi wireframes mapped - time to move into high fidelity next.
The deliverable here, apart from wireframes, should be alignment.
Everyone sees the product the same way before we commit to adding final visuals.
Go slow here, go fast later.
The deliverable here, apart from wireframes, should be alignment.
Everyone sees the product the same way before we commit to adding final visuals.
Go slow here, go fast later.
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Low-fi wireframes mapped - time to move into high fidelity next.
The deliverable here, apart from wireframes, should be alignment.
Everyone sees the product the same way before we commit to adding final visuals.
Go slow here, go fast later.
The deliverable here, apart from wireframes, should be alignment.
Everyone sees the product the same way before we commit to adding final visuals.
Go slow here, go fast later.
Working on a new platform design for Domo 🏡
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Working on a new platform design for Domo 🏡
Early explorations for RapidFort 💎
January 26, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Early explorations for RapidFort 💎