Your Sofia
Mobile app for tourists and visitors exploring new city in interactive and fun way
April - May 2017
Overview
Your Sofia is a mobile app designed as a tourist guide for visitors to Sofia. It offers information on popular sightseeing spots, guided tours, and events. Users can create personalized routes by selecting multiple places of interest, and choose their preferred mode of transportation. The app provides navigation and notifies users of interesting places along the way.
Requirements and my role
The client wanted an easy-to-use and friendly user interface for the Android platform. My role was to design the interface, and I also took the opportunity to create custom icons to enhance the user experience.
User flow
To present the app’s features clearly and keep my work organised, I developed a user flow chart that includes all the required functionalities.
Custom icons
Designing icons was not part of the requirements but I found an opportunity to practice my skills.
Key features
Before starting, users are prompted to choose their country of origin, which saves their information for emergencies and provides access to their embassy’s location and contact details. Additionally, the app offers information about the nearest police station and a quick call button for emergencies (112).Here is a LINK to the prototype.
The app’s main feature is creating a personalized “route” for sightseeing. Users can select places based on their interests, and the app presents them as cards with additional details like average visit duration and taxes (if applicable).
Once the route begins, users view a map with all the selected places, along with the distance and estimated time to each location, based on their chosen mode of transportation. Users have the flexibility to pause and resume the route, as it is automatically saved within the app for future use.
Takeaways
This project provided me with valuable experience in improving my UI skills while sparking ideas to enhance the user experience through innovative features and personalized “route” creation. Given more time for research, the app could have reached its full potential, but unfortunately, it was not part of the scope for this work.