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iOS Apple Health Re-design

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Re-design

Apple Health

DES 371 · Ruby Wu

Re-design

Apple Health

DES 371 · Ruby Wu

Role

Role

Role

UX | UI Design, Research, Prototyping

UX | UI Design, Research, Prototyping

UX | UI Design, Research, Prototyping

Category

Category

Category

App Re-design

App Re-design

App Re-design

Year

Year

Year

2026

2025

2025

Tool Credits

Tool Credits

Tool Credits

Figma, After Effects

Figma, After Effects

Figma, After Effects

Services

Services

Services

Brand Identity

Brand Identity

Development

Brand Identity

Development

Info

Info

Info

While Apple Health is a staple in the wellness space, users often encounter hurdles in data clarity and navigation. This redesign explores the core of what makes a health app effective, identifying gaps through competitive analysis, user research, and friction mapping. By pivoting toward a "clarity-first" model, the new experience delivers digestible content, visualized data, and actionable insights through a more seamless, intuitive interface.

While Apple Health is a staple in the wellness space, users often encounter hurdles in data clarity and navigation. This redesign explores the core of what makes a health app effective, identifying gaps through competitive analysis, user research, and friction mapping. By pivoting toward a "clarity-first" model, the new experience delivers digestible content, visualized data, and actionable insights through a more seamless, intuitive interface.

While Apple Health is a staple in the wellness space, users often encounter hurdles in data clarity and navigation. This redesign explores the core of what makes a health app effective, identifying gaps through competitive analysis, user research, and friction mapping. By pivoting toward a "clarity-first" model, the new experience delivers digestible content, visualized data, and actionable insights through a more seamless, intuitive interface.

The Current iOS Apple Health

The Current iOS Apple Health

1

Home page is a centralized Hub

Home page is a centralized Hub

Summary, Pinned, Trends, Highlights

Summary, Pinned, Trends, Highlights

2

All Health Data

All Health Data

Today, Past 7 Days, Past 12 Months, Older

Today, Past 7 Days, Past 12 Months, Older

3

In text description with recommendation articles

In text description with recommendation articles

Competitive Analysis

Competitive Analysis

Garmin

Competitor 1

Competitor 1

Oura

Competitor 2

Competitor 2

Strength

Strength

Great storytelling / insights

Great storytelling / insights

Vs

Vs

Weakness

Weakness

Limited user flexibility

Limited user flexibility

Strength

Strength

Quick digestible stats

Quick digestible stats

Vs

Vs

Weakness

Weakness

Performance Focused

Performance Focused

Severity Level 1
Cluttered Layout
Information in iOS Apple Health is currently consolidated into a single view without intuitive filtering or clear spatial categorization. This lack of segmentation makes it difficult for users to isolate and navigate specific health metrics.
Severity Level 2
Lacks Engagement
While the platform successfully delivers informational content, the engagement remains shallow. Incorporating interactive touchpoints would transform the current passive consumption into a more immersive experience.
Severity Level 3
Text-Based Heavy
The current Apple Health interface prioritizes reading over visuals. By replacing static text blocks with interactive visualizations, the data would feel easier to digest.
Severity Level 4
Unclear Navigation
iOS Apple Health’s ambiguous navigation structure complicates the user experience. Failing to provide a logical starting point, the app risks paralyzing users with too much data at once, leading to a frustrating and disorganized discovery process.

Role

UX | UI Design, Research, Prototyping

Category

App Re-design

Year

2025

Tool Credits

Figma, After Effects

Info

While Apple Health is a staple in the wellness space, users often encounter hurdles in data clarity and navigation. This redesign explores the core of what makes a health app effective, identifying gaps through competitive analysis, user research, and friction mapping. By pivoting toward a "clarity-first" model, the new experience delivers digestible content, visualized data, and actionable insights through a more seamless, intuitive interface.

The Current iOS Apple Health

1

Home page is a centralized Hub

Summary, Pinned, Trends, Highlights

2

All Health Data

Today, Past 7 Days, Past 12 Months, Older

3

In text description with recommendation articles

Competitive Analysis

Strength

Quick digestible stats

Vs

Weakness

Performance Focused

Garmin

Competitor 1

Strength

Great storytelling / insights

Vs

Weakness

Limited user flexibility

Oura

Competitor 2

Severity Level 1
Cluttered Layout
Information in iOS Apple Health is currently consolidated into a single view without intuitive filtering or clear spatial categorization. This lack of segmentation makes it difficult for users to isolate and navigate specific health metrics.
Severity Level 2
Lacks Engagement
While the platform successfully delivers informational content, the engagement remains shallow. Incorporating interactive touchpoints would transform the current passive consumption into a more immersive experience.
Severity Level 3
Text-Based Heavy
The current Apple Health interface prioritizes reading over visuals. By replacing static text blocks with interactive visualizations, the data would feel easier to digest.
Severity Level 4
Unclear Navigation
iOS Apple Health’s ambiguous navigation structure complicates the user experience. Failing to provide a logical starting point, the app risks paralyzing users with too much data at once, leading to a frustrating and disorganized discovery process.
Severity Level 1
Cluttered Layout
Information in iOS Apple Health is consolidated into a single view without intuitive filtering or clear spatial categorization. Making it difficult for users to isolate and navigate specific health metrics.
Severity Level 2
Lacks Engagement
While the platform successfully delivers informational content, the engagement remains shallow. Incorporating interactive touchpoints would transform the current passive consumption into a more immersive experience.
Severity Level 3
Text-Based Heavy
The interface prioritizes reading over visuals. By replacing static text blocks with interactive visualizations, the data would feel easier to digest.
Severity Level 4
Unclear Navigation
The ambiguous navigation structure complicates the user experience. Failing to provide a starting point, the app risks paralyzing users with too much data at once, leading to a frustrating and disorganized discovery process.

So ... how can we fix this issue?

So ... how can we fix this issue?

So ... how can we fix this issue?

Lets Explore

Lets Explore

01

01

Home Page Interaction

Home Page Interaction

Pop ups, Badges

Pop ups, Badges

Gamified Experience

Gamified Experience

Celebrating Progress

Celebrating Progress

Rewarding System

01

Home Page Interaction

Pop ups, Badges

Gamified Experience

Celebrating progress

Rewarding System

02

02

Humanized Engagement

Humanized Engagement

02

Humanized Engagement

Motivation

Supportive Structure

Daily Insights

Streamlined Overview

Motivation

Motivation

Supportive structure

Supportive structure

Daily Insights

Daily Insights

Streamlined overview

Streamlined overview

03

Clarity&Storytelling

03

Clarity&Storytelling

Correlation

Correlation

Shows how activities improve health

Shows how activities improve health

Activity Summary

Activity Summary

Provides a daily scope of performances

Provides a daily scope of performances

Clarity & Storytelling

03

Correlation

Shows how activities improve your health

Activity Summary

Provides a daily scope of activities & performance

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