Dewit is a plant care tracking & sharing app focused on watering routines, simple care, and sharing responsibility with others.
Test Project PrototypeDewit is a plant care tracking & sharing app.
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Role: UX Designer & Researcher
Tools: Figma, FigJam, Adobe CC, Pencil & Paper (and Coffee)
To explore how younger plant owners balance watering routines, especially when traveling or sharing plant care, and to uncover how a minimal, watering-focused tool can support consistency and reduce stress in plant maintenance.
Four users were identified, all current/past users of plant watering apps. All interviews were conducted remotely using Google Meet.
I reviewed three plant care apps to compare their feature sets, strengths, and weaknesses. The summary below pulls the key patterns from all competitors.
Fewer features and clear UI/onboarding could be a powerful offering.
Most plant care apps are subscription-based, unintrusive ads and a simpler feature offering could be attractive.
Many users travel and need a way to share their schedule in real time without sharing credentials.
Bio
Omar
27 y/o - Software Engineer
Omar recently started collecting houseplants and loves his home to feel a bit more alive, but his plants often look like they are dying and he's not sure why. He's tried plant care apps but just gets frustrated with the overcomplicated features and paywalls.
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Frequently used apps
Bio
Kaitlin
36 y/o - Marketing Manager
Kaitlin is always travelling for work, but she loves having a house full of plants when she's home. She struggles to find someone to reliably take care of her plants while away and hates leaving loads of instructions & notes.
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Frustrations
Frequently used apps
| Priority | Features |
|---|---|
| P1: Must have | Sign Up & Onboarding · Plant Identification via Photo (AI Recognition) · Add & Organize Plants by Space/Home · Smart Watering Reminders / Schedule · Ad-Based Monetization · Dashboard / Home Screen · Shared Care / Collaborative Schedules |
| P2: Should have | Custom Notification Timing · One tap notification mark as completed · Offline Mode · User photos, nicknames, and quick notes |
| P3: Nice to have | Gamified Rewards · Integration with Weather Data |
| P4: Can come later | Fertilizing / Repotting Scheduling · Automatic AI health diagnosis on adding plant · Customisable interface |
I've built a sitemap considering primary, secondary and tertiary navigation. Firstly, I've developed the primary navigation by defining which main actions users might have taken: Water, Schedule, Spaces and Share. Secondly, I've explored and expanded each one of those sections.
I've immediately identified my key user flows:
The idea here was that for my identified users to be able to actively use the application, they needed to be able to water their plants and share those schedules with friends, family, or house sitters.
After designing key user flows, I turned my focus to task flows. In particular, sign-up and onboarding. I decided it would be appropriate to allow users to skip or follow a guided setup with more explanation on how the app worked. This gave good clarity on the number of stages that would be required for a sufficiently useful onboarding tutorial.
The focus of the app was on watering, simplicity and encapsulating all of our users plant care needs. Because of this I wanted the logo to be a water droplet with a plant growing within. I began by sketching out some rough ideas.
Once I had an idea I liked I used AI to generate a few versions based on that sketch, through 3 prompts I was able to get some good inspiration (like the additional smaller water droplet) for the design which I then hand illustrated.
Early Sketch
AI Exploration
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
I’ve created a colour palette with 1 primary, 2 secondary and 2 neutral colours. For typography I went with a combination of Tilt Warp and Roboto. Tilt Warp for stylised headings and Roboto for good legibility on smaller text.
As I've mainly worked with components and variants throughout the entire project it was quite straightforward to build up the prototype. In order to keep the flow nice and neat, I’ve mainly used the same mild transition effect for every screen except for the end of sign up transitions and when first reaching the end of the guided setup, where I went for a slower fade effect to give the idea that something new is about to start. Additionally, I built a water droplet loading animation to make the prototype experience more realistic.
Some users were confused by the lack of detail they could add about the plant, like pot size, plant size etc. So I added a tooltip to give a bit more information on how the plant watering needs are calculated and where further details can be added.
Some users commented on the upload not giving feedback, it's assumed it's worked rather than confirmed. To clarify this I added 'upload successful' after image upload.
This Figma prototype demonstrates the Dewit onboarding and watering flow.