Heartbeat music player

Overview

Syncbeat is a heart monitoring app designed for fitness enthusiasts, providing the perfect music for any kind of activity.

The app is connected to a wearable device to read the users heartbeat. Then Syncbeat selects tracks based on tempo and personalised music genres to match the user’s heart rate. It provides a nice ambience during a relaxing walk and that extra boost for intense workouts.

How did I get started?

This app was a personal project. The challenge was to complete the full design process within a month.

These are the steps I followed to completion:

App idea and definition
App functionality and goals
Target audience
Wireframes
Moodboard
Interface designs
Prototype

Let’s have a closer look

Functionalities

Synchronising music BPM to the user's heart rate
Providing the perfect music for workouts and other activities
Creating & saving customised workout programs

Goals

App for fitness enthusiasts to improve performance
Customer engagement
Making exercising fun to encourage a healthier lifestyle

Potential users

Fitness enthusiasts who want to improve their physical performance
People who want to be more active
People who want to try something different
Music lovers

Wireframes

Wireframes and basic user flow

The moodboard

The first step to put together the overall look and feel of the app.

The prototype

This was a great testing tool that helped me finding some workflow issues and identifying the user pain points.

Findings

One of the issues identified through the testing phase with the prototype, was getting back to the music player after selecting the music.

In the original design, the only way to go back was by tapping on the Heart button on the navigation bar.

Now I have also included a mini player card. This tells the users that the selected music is playing and they can also tap on the mini card to go back to the music player screen.

Latest designs

The user interface for this project is not fully developed.

Other projects

Brand finder