BeWell App for Health & Community Support

Never Alone Recovery has its humble beginnings in a small community-led consulting service to provide free support to their friends and loved ones.

Having grown and expanded over the next seven years, the company had a vision for a mobile app that could elevate their support offerings, expand their reach, and, as a result, help more people.

I created the visual language for the app and conceptualized key features, including a recovery tracker and gamification elements, to support users in their mental health and recovery journeys.

Designing and prototyping interactive elements, building a guided onboarding process, and creating a clean, intuitive interface required a balance between aesthetic appeal and user functionality, ensuring seamless navigation and effective informational hierarchies. 

Special attention was given to incorporating motivational and supportive elements to enhance user engagement and experience.

Designing and prototyping interactive elements, building a guided onboarding process, and creating a clean, intuitive interface required a balance between aesthetic appeal and user functionality, ensuring seamless navigation and effective informational hierarchies. 

Special attention was given to incorporating motivational and supportive elements to enhance user engagement and experience.

A project roadmap was created to establish the scope, allocate resources, and schedule the various phases of development.

• Neutral colors over dark navy to evoke professionalism, experience, and reassurance.
• Soothing round, organic shapes instead of harsh corners and jagged lines.
• Minimal material design with a splash of glassmorphism to create a modern, sleek look.

• Application Dashboard: Featuring a persistent bottom navigation bar for easy access to core functionalities, this bottom dock remains fixed, overlaying all content within the app to ensure constant accessibility for the user.
• Slide-Out Navigation Drawer: A secondary menu accessible through a top-right icon, designed to overlay the main content and bottom dock, highlighting its importance when engaged.

• By the client’s request, Montserrat was the chosen as the display font for headings as well as most UI elements.
• Selected Fira Sans for body text.

Wireframes and mockups were created to visualize the app’s structure and flow. Interactive prototypes were developed to test and refine the user experience.

The team at Never Alone Recovery wanted the app to offer innovative tools capable of supporting individuals as they transition from addiction or mental health challenges to sustainable health and well-being.

For that reason, the app’s key features were designed to provide personalized support, track progress, and incentivize continued growth through gamification and data-driven insights.

These features ensure that users have the resources and motivation they need to achieve and maintain their recovery goals.

Designed to support users seeking a fresh start, the app features intuitive and accessible tools for tracking and rewarding progress, and providing on-demand support in times of crisis.

A pivotal feature conceptualized as an accountability tool with personalized overviews of users’ recovery journeys. A card-based dashboard layout provides dynamically-calculated figures like total days sober, money saved, and health improvements. 

Users can then share their milestones on social media, turning raw data into motivational achievements.

Incorporating elements of gamification to encourage not only continued use and engagement with the app but should also decrease risk of relapse. 

Rewards and incentives are provided for reaching milestones, fostering a sense of accomplishment and motivation.

The development of the BeWell app followed a structured timeline to ensure thorough planning, design, and execution. Each phase, from initial research and ideation to post-launch evaluation, was meticulously managed to create a seamless and effective user experience.

This timeline highlights the key stages and milestones that guided the project to its successful completion.

The app I designed for Never Alone Recovery will provide comprehensive support for individuals on their recovery journeys. Through careful planning, design, and development, the app will provide users with an intuitive, user-friendly experience with features that empowers them to track their progress and stay motivated.

This case study, though still a work-in-progress, breaks down some of my process and dedication involved in creating a tool that aims to make a meaningful impact on mental health and recovery.