5 Inherent Tips To Build An Easy-to-use App

by Rob Stephen getaprogrammer

Today, it’s more important to develop an easy-to-use app rather than a coherent app, enriched with lots of functions. This article will explain certain tips to achieve that.

The use of smartphones, iPhones or tablets has crossed all limits in the account of the increasing emergence of apps. The phenomenon of apps is advancing too fast, making businesses and services reachable at the fingertips of the people. So, what does makes the apps favourable and captivating to this modern age people? It is the convenience of getting anything and everything instantly by scrolling through their mobile screens.

However, the app development is meant to give rise to apps that can be easily used by the users when needed. With wide-range of mobile devices available in different versions and OS platforms, it is essential for every app to maintain parity with the devices and make the user experience easier. Here are the tips.

Sticking to the native component

The only reason to choose native components for the app irrespective of how advanced its purpose is that mobile users already know how to use it. When users are accustomed to the native UI element, they can know what steps to follow while moving from one page to another.

Keeping the app design uber-simple

Every user has certain specified goals to achieve in the app and any obstacles in the way annoy them, distracts them and result in higher app abandonment. You are likely to lose out visitors if your app takes too much time to push them to their desired destinations. The key is to make the app totally frictionless by optimising the features set. Minimalistic design with priority functionalities that will lead the users easily to their goals is the only way to raise the app’s users.

Keeping up consistency in the app UI

Having consistency in the flow of the app assures that users keep coming back to the app. Consistency in the UI of the app means flawless navigation, use of prominent CTAs or clickable links so that users do not have to go through any hassles to get what they want.

Planning for a simple layout

Simple layout draws the users, especially the first time users. Nowadays, content placing on card-based designs is the trend in mobile apps as users scroll more than jumping off to different. They help in displaying a large content in the app in a precise manner without cluttering it. Each card delimits the content into a single piece of content which keeps users focus on each piece.

Working on the search features

In-app search needs to be pretty simple so that users can get to their desired goal easily. Advanced search with autosuggestions, autocorrections, mega-menus, navigational links and information architecture are essential to improve the search of the app and makes users’ journey quick and smooth.

Well, getting an app developed is easy but making it more acceptable to the users is not a cakewalk. These are some proven tips for creating simple UI for the users which you should be not be forgetting to ask our hired app developers to adhere to while they undertake your project.

Rob Stephen is an app expert at GetAProgrammer, a visionary firm for mobile app development in Sydney which house an enthusiastic team of app developers who are involved in all forms of challenging applications development for iOS, Android and other devices.