Turning daily routines into an engaging digital journey with Routine Hero
About the project
Routine Hero is a habit-tracking app created by Artgrafii, a Korean company that specializes in digital innovation, marketing, and design. They develop user-focused solutions that blend functionality with creativity to help people meet various lifestyle needs.
The app encourages users to build meaningful routines through custom time tracking, insightful analytics, and a soothing interface. It turns routine management into an inspiring and personal experience, providing tools to measure time, review progress, and share achievements in a self-expressive way.
Challenge
In a crowded wellness app market, Artgrafii sought to differentiate Routine Hero through a calm, clutter-free experience, reducing cognitive overload. The challenge was to avoid pressure-driven mechanics and create a product that balances usability, motivation, and emotional engagement.
Our process
We approached Routine Hero as a differentiation problem, shaping clarity, emotional balance, and everyday usability from the start.
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Results
Routine Hero now has a cohesive design system and streamlined user experience that sets a strong foundation for growth. While long-term product metrics are not yet publicly available, early signs suggest that the simplified flows and supportive visual identity position the app well for higher engagement, stronger differentiation, and easier marketing communication. The project outcomes create clear opportunities for the client to test adoption strategies, refine user retention, and build brand recognition in the competitive wellness app market.
Our approach
We treated emotional comfort as a first-class product requirement, designing Routine Hero for calm, repeatable use rather than rigid habit mechanics.
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01 · Product research & positioning
By analyzing habit apps, we defined an emotion-first product direction built to reduce cognitive overload and support long-term engagement.
Deliverables
- 3 competitors analyzed
- Core product positioning
- Feature gaps identified
02 · User flow optimization
To remove unnecessary steps and reduce decision fatigue, our team redesigned onboarding and daily tracking flows to simplify starting routines.
Deliverables
- 8 landing page sections
- Branded UI components
03 · UX & interaction design
We designed adaptable routine cards, navigation, and progress views that balance structure with self-expression for different behavior patterns.
Deliverables
- 10+ UX/UI screens designed
- Rewards system
04 · Design system & scalability
We created a cohesive UI system with soft colors, readable typography, and reusable components to ensure a consistent experience and scalability.
Deliverables
- Dev-ready design assets
- UI kit
Team
A cross-functional team worked in close sync, continuously adapting to new insights from classroom trials and robot behavior.
- 1 Project Manager
- 2 Brand Designers
- 2 UI/UX Designers
- 2 Web Designers
- 1 Front-end Developer
- 1 Back-end Developer
- 1 QA Engineer
Technologies
Our stack supported offline interaction, hardware communication, scalable content management, and smooth cross-platform UI.
Team
A focused design team worked closely with the client to translate product vision into clear user flows, adaptable interactions, and a cohesive visual system.
- 1 Project Manager
- 2 UI/UX Designers
Technologies
We relied on design tools that allowed us to explore interaction nuances, validate flows early, and build a reusable UI system that could evolve as the product grows.
