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Mobile app design challenges

Use these intermediate exercises to practice mobile hierarchy and interaction states without taking on an entire product. Most can become three to five polished screens or a compact prototype.

Designers building app fluency or a mobile-focused portfolio.

What you will practice

Mobile DesignInteraction DesignVisual Design

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Intermediate
Messaging

Live Voice Translation for a Service Counter

Design a spoken translation flow that helps two people complete a practical conversation while keeping original speech and uncertainty accessible.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Interaction DesignAccessibility
Intermediate
Productivity

Accessible Paper to Text Capture

Design a document capture app that turns printed text into editable, readable content while preserving uncertainty and page structure.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
AccessibilityMobile Design
Intermediate
Fintech

Personal Finance Dashboard

Design a calm financial overview that connects spending, upcoming obligations, savings progress, and account health to useful next steps.

Responsive web2 to 4 hours
Dashboard DesignData Visualization
Intermediate
Travel

Local Travel Discovery App

Design a place discovery experience that balances limited time, local context, mobility needs, and changing conditions.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Mobile DesignSearch and Filtering
Intermediate
Healthcare

Everyday Health Tracker

Design a calm daily tracker that helps someone notice patterns in symptoms, sleep, activity, and context without suggesting a diagnosis.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Mobile DesignData Visualization
Intermediate
Fintech

Subscription Renewal Control

Design a subscription dashboard that reveals upcoming charges, price changes, and cancellation steps before money leaves an account.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Data VisualizationInformation Hierarchy
Intermediate
E-commerce

Visual Search for an Unknown Product

Design a mobile shopping flow that identifies a photographed item and helps someone compare credible purchase options.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Mobile DesignSearch and Filtering
Intermediate
Messaging

Message Customer Support Without Losing Context

Design an asynchronous support chat that moves between automated intake and a human agent while preserving identity, attachments, and status.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Interaction DesignContent Design
Intermediate
E-commerce

Hair Color Try On and Salon Brief

Design a camera preview that compares hair color options and turns a chosen look into a realistic salon consultation brief.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Mobile DesignTrust and Safety
Intermediate
Travel

Prepare an Offline Hiking Trip Guide

Design a hiking guide that turns a personal trip report into a route plan with offline access, safety context, and current conditions.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Mobile DesignInformation Hierarchy
Intermediate
Creator tools

Distraction Free Writing Session

Design a focused writing mode that protects a chosen draft, blocks selected distractions, and recovers safely after interruption.

Desktop web2 to 4 hours
Interaction DesignError Handling
Intermediate
Fintech

Track Money Owed Between Friends

Design a private lending record that helps friends remember terms, acknowledge repayments, and resolve mismatched expectations.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Information HierarchyTrust and Safety
Intermediate
E-commerce

Scan a Product Brand and Origin

Design a product label scanner that explains brand ownership, verified origin details, and credible customer guidance.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Information HierarchyTrust and Safety
Intermediate
Social

Private Group Photo Challenge

Design a playful selfie challenge for friends that celebrates creative prompts without public appearance rankings or hostile comparison.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Trust and SafetyMobile Design
Intermediate
Social

Plan a Last Minute Gathering

Design a rapid group planning flow that finds an available place, confirms attendance, and divides urgent tasks.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Interaction DesignInformation Hierarchy
Intermediate
Social

Choose a Meetup Plan as a Group

Design a group decision flow that turns different schedules, budgets, locations, and interests into one workable meetup plan.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Product ThinkingInformation Architecture
Intermediate
Fintech

Send Money From a Digital Wallet

Design a wallet transfer that helps users choose the right recipient, understand fees, and recover from delayed payment status.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Mobile DesignTrust and Safety
Intermediate
Education

Build a Private Reflection Practice

Design a spiritual learning journal that supports chosen readings and reflection without guilt-driven streaks or claims of guaranteed outcomes.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Content DesignTrust and Safety
Intermediate
E-commerce

Schedule a Recurring Gift Delivery

Design a gift subscription that helps someone choose occasions, recipients, budget rules, and approval before each delivery.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Service DesignForms
Intermediate
SaaS

Honest Subscription Cancellation

Design a cancellation journey that explains service, data, billing, and team consequences without obstructing a customer's choice.

Responsive web1 to 2 hours
Content DesignInteraction Design
Intermediate
Fintech

Repayment Calendar for Pay-Later Purchases

Design a repayment calendar that combines installments across merchants and makes upcoming amounts, fees, and failed-payment recovery clear.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Information HierarchyData Visualization
Intermediate
Travel

Saved Hotel Property Comparison

Design a focused comparison of two saved hotels using equivalent rooms, total price, cancellation terms, location, and access needs.

Responsive web1 to 2 hours
Information HierarchyProduct Thinking
Intermediate
Travel

Group Trip Decision Board

Design a shared decision board that helps friends agree on dates, destinations, budgets, and access needs without public negotiation pressure.

Responsive web2 to 4 hours
Interaction DesignProduct Thinking
Intermediate
Transportation

Ride Pickup at a Crowded Venue

Design a pickup coordination flow that helps riders and drivers meet safely when roads, crowds, signals, and venue rules keep changing.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
NavigationMobile Design
Intermediate
Food and dining

Restaurant Group Order and Bill Split

Design a shared restaurant order that coordinates individual choices, dietary notes, deadlines, totals, and payment failures.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Mobile DesignInteraction Design
Intermediate
Food and dining

Time-Sensitive Grocery Substitution Approval

Design a shopper-to-customer approval flow for unavailable groceries with price, quantity, dietary, and response-window context.

Mobile1 to 2 hours
Mobile DesignInteraction Design
Intermediate
Food and dining

School Meal Account Payment

Design a family payment experience for meal balances, low-fund alerts, siblings, automatic reload, receipts, and payment support.

Responsive web2 to 4 hours
FormsTrust and Safety
Intermediate
Food and dining

Interruption-Friendly Cooking Mode

Design a hands-busy recipe mode that preserves progress across interruptions, parallel timers, substitutions, and device changes.

Mobile1 to 2 hours
Interaction DesignMobile Design
Intermediate
Fintech

Searchable Receipt Wallet

Design a receipt organizer that accepts store-issued and photographed receipts, then makes returns, warranties, and expenses easy to find.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Information ArchitectureSearch and Filtering
Intermediate
Transportation

Bus Departure and Delay Alerts

Design a transit alert experience that tells riders when to leave, what changed, and which alternative still gets them there.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Data VisualizationContent Design
Intermediate
Social

Private Peer Appreciation

Design a consent-based reflection tool for exchanging specific appreciation within a friend group without rankings or appearance judgments.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Trust and SafetyContent Design
Intermediate
Social

Low Pressure Dating Plans

Design a dating experience for people who prefer interest-led introductions, slower conversation, and clearly bounded first meetings.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Content DesignTrust and Safety
Intermediate
E-commerce

Product Release and Local Stock Alert

Design a brand-following experience that notifies shoppers about relevant releases and shows trustworthy nearby availability.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Information HierarchyMobile Design
Intermediate
Productivity

Personal Digital Wellbeing Plan

Design a nonjudgmental phone-use dashboard that helps someone set boundaries, understand patterns, and recover from an overuse day.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Data VisualizationContent Design
Intermediate
Marketplaces

Book an Emergency Home Repair

Design a local service flow that helps a homeowner find and book a qualified tradesperson when something breaks unexpectedly.

Mobile2 to 4 hours
Service DesignSearch and Filtering
Intermediate
Real estate

Plan Seasonal Property Maintenance

Design a service planner for scheduling lawn care, landscaping, and snow removal across changing seasons.

Responsive web2 to 4 hours
Service DesignInformation Architecture