Case studyPoetCamMobile apps

From camera roll to animated post, without the blank canvas.

PoetCam
App redesigniOS interfaceOnboarding

Overview

PoetCam turns photos into animated posts. The redesign focused on the first minute: show what the app makes, then get people to their first creation before they lose interest.

ClientPoetCam
PlatformiOS
Year2026
4
Screens redesigned, from welcome to home
0
Blank canvases. Every start begins from a template
1
Primary action on every screen

The challenge

A creative app that started with nothing on screen.

Creative tools lose people at the empty canvas. New users had to imagine what PoetCam could make before they had made anything. The redesign had to answer that on the first screen.

Welcome. Real examples first, then one button: Start creating.
Welcome. Real examples first, then one button: Start creating.

The approach

Show the output, then let people borrow it.

The welcome screen leads with finished posts. Tap one and it becomes a template you can steal, so the first creation starts from something good. Home keeps the same idea: a big drop zone for photos, then trending templates and ones to steal.

Home before and after the first creation. Unfinished work comes back first.
Home before and after the first creation. Unfinished work comes back first.

The outcome

Less to decide. Faster to make.

Every screen has one job and one orange action. The app feels playful because the content is, while the interface stays out of the way.

The full flow: welcome, steal a template, home, and home with a draft.
The full flow: welcome, steal a template, home, and home with a draft.
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