Creating an app is more than just punching in code, a lot of brainstorming must go into making a popular and easy to use app.

Apps like JibJab, reedit, LinkedIn, etc.  are a perfect example of what your application’s UI should be like. Forging an app from scratch is something anyone can do today.

However, coming up with an application that is both responsive and extremely appealing to the users is a feat in itself.

If you are planning about getting an application for your business then check out these tips to effectively use UI for your mobile apps.

With these tips and trick in your arsenal, you will definitely end up with the perfect user interface for your application. So, check them out and take note. 

Keep The Interface Simple And Responsive

Simple is the new way to the top and it important as it can be hard for a user to know what to do if they are immediately overwhelmed with content. You make sure that your streamlined each screen to only show the user the essentials.

It is also important the app display scales consistently across a wide variety of mobile devices that is your app must be responsive and functions smoothly over all the devices (cross-platform development).

So make sure to keep your interface simple and responsive and test it with the most unwitting people around. This way you can make sure that people who don’t understand how apps works are also able to use your application with ease.

Spacing Between Elements

Now this a matter of presentation for your application. So follow a format for aligning the elements of your application. How? Here is how. Related items should be close together without obscuring one another this prevents your app from appearing cluttered. And the same goes for the text elements, provide enough spaces between your text content and sentences that they are easily readable and understandable within a glance.

Stay Consistent

Make use of color palette limited to a few complementary colors or analogous shades. If you have a solid brand design and color scheme then stick with those colors. Not just the color its also a good practice to use single or two complementary font style for your content.

Also, there is another way of looking at it. You can be consistent in developing and improving your MVP(minimal viable product) to a fully developed and functional application. Consistency is something that can take you from zero to world number one.

Navigation

The navigation system is important as users must be able to access every part of the application with ease and effortlessly. One way to achieve this is with buttons at the bottom of your mobile device.

These buttons are present thorough out the app allowing the users to easily access commonly used functions of the app with thumb action. However, if you prefer a cleaner look you can opt for a hamburger style menu. These are like the three slide bars in the left or right corner of the application.

When a users tab or however over these bars a menu slides out showing links to the different location of the application. This is similar to apps like JibJab, step go, etc.  

Clutter-Free Interaction

Just imagine what you can achieve if you know what features are welcomeD clutter-free from your app users and which features are not.

No worries as this can be made possible by using strong data analyst to monitor the activities on your application. How? Well, this is an easy task as your application is an extension of your website.

Now websites popularity is calculated based on the number and stats that is the number of times the website is visited by the users. This is an 80-20 ratio and can also be applied to the application.

Well, stats never lie and this is something to be kept in mind. So if any feature of your application is being disliked then accept it, as all these stats are collected from the users’ experience on your app.

Relatable Icons

For decades the way to present application icons have changed a lot. Today you have such a wide variety of options to choose from that it gets a little complicated and confusing to choose the right one.

Well, we would recommend you to go for something that suits and compliment your brand and central idea of your app. Although you can experiment with different designs and styles of icons while your application is in the development phase.

However the same is not recommended for the time you are officially available for the public. There is a simple reason and that is the users tends to get comfortable with the existing website design. So if you frequently keep changing the website design them some of your users might leave you. And that is not a risk worth taking.

This article is contributed by Code Wilson, Marketing Manager at AIS Technolabs which is Web design and Development Company, helping global businesses to grow by Apps Like Jibjab Services.

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