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The best app on your smartphone nobody is talking about

Adolfo Ramírez Corona
UX Collective
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4 min readFeb 1, 2020

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There is a phone app nobody talks about anymore.

It’s so good, it’s almost never updated.

It’s the app with one of the best UX and UI designs of all time.

The user experience is great:

  • Very useful: everybody requires this app.
  • Highly usable: no manual needed, grandma and her grandchildren can use it.
  • Super findable: the UI has it all at the tip of your fingers.
  • Extremely credible: when similar apps fail, you open it.
  • Somewhat desirable: it’s the reason you bought the smartphone in the first place.
  • Remarkably accessible: no one was left behind.
  • Deeply valuable: you can never delete this app.

And the user interface is every designer’s dream:

  • Clear: it’s so clear, you don’t notice it.
  • Concise: every element is where it should be, no extras, no fancy adornments.
  • Familiar: the only app my dad knew how to use on his first smartphone.
  • Responsive: no loading spinners, fast, you feel every interaction.
  • Consistent: You can…

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Written by Adolfo Ramírez Corona

Author, psychotherapist, coach—Human behavior, UX, media & audiences—Father, husband, meditator—Courses & coaching: antifragilewriting.com—More adolforismos.com