Top App Designs of 2017

2017 has been quite a ride for all of us. This past year has seen some very interesting tech developments — from the launch of smart home speakers like the Home-pod and Google Home, to the growth of augmented reality — we got it all covered. You know what else saw immense upgrade? App designs.

Cell phone applications have become the base of our lives nowadays-our lives revolve around apps. We use apps for gym exercises, for recipes of the food we eat and for $the simplest day-to-day activities. We have apps for everything that we do. What makes these apps so easy to use and dependable is their User-Experience Design i.e. UX design. A lot of effort is put in making the UX design meaningful making using the app a personally relevant experience. The best UX designs give the best user interface i.e. UI. The two most important things that every app UX design is that it should be simple and easy to use. Even after the app has been downloaded, its visual effect should be appealing enough to the user for long term usage. The functionality and simplicity should woo the user and give them reasons to stay with the app.

The number of apps available on the app store and play-store for the same experience is staggering. Every UX designer dreams of providing the best UI experience to win this huge market. The thing with so many options is that we usually get confused with regards to what app we should download. This got us thinking of the best app designs out there. We take our pick at a few really good app designs 2017 that you should try:

1. Calm

Meditation is a calming experience, and this app called Calm does exactly that. Calm is a meditation app that helps you by a step-by-step process taking you through all stages of meditation. It also gives you an automatically generated music playlist to go with your meditation exercises. It is an easy to use app with its simplicity embedded into its UI.

Highlight: Clean typography and use of gradients.

2. A-Muse-me

Intimate is a effortlessly beautiful music app. It removes all the complicated functions by using simple processes. It is highly interactive and the environment is user friendly. It gives a highly personalized music experience to all ages depending on location and preference. With about 15 different genres from you to chose from, you will never need another music application for different needs.

Highlight: Simplistic prototype design and UI.

3. Hipmunk

for all of you travel-junkies out there, this app is a dream come true. Hipmunks helps you to book all your travel arrangements at the least possible rates. Besides this basic functionality, you can do several travel-related activities on this app. You can explore places you would one day like to visit, bookmark destinations, check out hotels and lodging facilities in new cities. You can view trusted reviews on most of the options they provide. Probably the best design feature is its personalized approach to travel bookings like travelling on a budget. It will give generalized opinions about the best time to travel to a city, special festivals that you ought to enjoy and what hotels are the most convenient for your commute.

Highlight: Effortless personalization.

4. Todoist

Most of us aren’t gifted with a memory that holds all your to-do chores. Todoist comes to our rescue on busy days. As the name suggests, Todoist is a to-do list app. We also know that because of its nature, to-do apps are very commonplace. What makes this particular app outstanding is its UI design. The app’s background customisable colours include orange and magenta that capture the user’s attention and keep it. It’s simple layout contrasts the bright colours and gives you the ‘let’s make today count’ feeling. The app is a perfect combination of work and play.

Highlight: Friendly and eye-popping background.

5. Airbnb

With a large team, Airbnb remains the leading app in customer hospitality services. One of the reasons for growth in its online marketplace is consistency. Whether you use its iOS app, android app, or its online website-you will find it very difficult to find much difference in its UI design. They have incorporated uniformity in their UI experience that gives its customers a feeling of intimacy and in-turn keeps their business going. The have also increased the amounts of photos on their app.

Highlight: Effortless uniformity.

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