Idea
The idea that lies behind the project is to let people take or give items for rent. In Finland, where the Lainappi team is from, the idea of reuse is super popular, which finds reflection in the company’s slogan: “Not everything needs to be owned”.
Client’s goal
The client needed to launch the project quickly while avoiding extra costs to test the idea on the market. Initially, they requested us to develop a mobile app using their ready-made design prototype.
Design problems
We had to develop an application using the design provided by the Lainappi team. But after a quick review, we realized that the provided design had a number of issues:
Our goals
What did we change?
UX-review
To receive payments from the app, users need to verify their account by filling in their personal data first, confirming their identity, waiting for the verification results, and adding bank account details for withdrawal. After a quick analysis, we were able to simplify everything to a single block on the profile screen.
Instead of different screens with status, actions, and interaction with the owner, we created a chat to show not only messages from the renter and the owner, but also system notifications and related actions in it. And it was there where we added the “Open box” feature to let renters receive an item.
Branding
Sharing is more sustainable and conserves natural resources. Therefore, both the branding and the clean, green style of the app were born from the idea of caring for the environment. For the UI design, we decided to choose a pleasant green and white palette.
UI-kit
The UI kit was based on the iOS guidelines. We use similar UI-kits in most of our designs, as it's compact but contains everything we need to quickly design almost any screen. From time to time — for example, when we came across a non-standard screen, which needed unique controls — we added new components to the UI-kit.
Development
Initially, we planned to develop an iOS app first and build an Android version later. But in order to reduce costs, Lainappi decided to create a hybrid application, which would also let them reach the audiences of both platforms at once.
to find the item
First release
These are the key features that we included in the first version of the app:
Killer features
Results
The Lainappi team’s decision to lower the budget actually had a good effect on the development — we needed to think through all the decisions and avoid going beyond core features. Thanks to it, we launched the project in a short time and now we implement only those features that users need.
We stayed with Lainappi as partners and continued developing the rental service: adding new features and making design improvements.
