01.
Goal
Personal project, a simple app for my workouts: I needed countdowns with certain amount of repetitions.
I wanted to keep everything as simple and easy to use as possible. At the same time, I challenged myself to find a unique and interesting UI solution rather than a commonly used approach.
02.
Features
Repeat is a minimalistic timer – it does exactly what you expect. Select the number of repetitions for your exercise and the duration in seconds for each. That’s it – you’re ready to go!
The UI is based on two horizontal pickers for workout settings and the control buttons. It was important to me that a workout can be started with a single tap, without the need for a lengthy setup. Once the workout begins, the flow can be easily controlled.
03.
Visual design
The app’s design revolves around two horizontal pickers, a concept I have used in multiple personal and commercial projects, such as Manual Exposure and Join. For this project, I embraced the color as a key part of the interface. Minimum and maximum values on the pickers are assigned unique colors, and as users scroll through values, the picker gradually shifts in hue.
Each combination of time and repetitions produces a unique color that is assigned to the "START" button.
04.
Outcome
Every time I develop an app idea, I challenge myself to go beyond established UI principles and best practices, seeking unique visual and technical solutions. Each app is an experiment.
Repeat is available on the App Store and free for everyone.
