About

Shleepy is an application created to relax tensions and stress so that the user can have peaceful and rejuvenating rest. It combines sleep tracking, a curated sound library, a dream journal and meditation courses, to allow a calm space that allows the user to fall asleep quicker and have a better night’s rest.

Problem

Due to the daily challenges of modern living, stress and anxiety have made it especially dificult to get deep sleep and proper rest. How can we clear the mind and deliver a feeling of relaxation that allows the user to fall asleep easier and gain quality rest?

Challenges

The task was to design and develop a calm environment that allows the user to fall asleep faster by curating and organizing peaceful sounds and meditations.

Key Pain Points

There are many applications that offer sleep sounds but they also offer plenty of distractions which defeat the purpose of creating a calm environment. Unused features and cluttered interfaces prevent the user from gaining the benefits the applications intend.

Process

• Research

• Analysis

• Concept

• Design

Personas

Branding

User Interface

Home - Sounds

A variety of sounds were chosen based on sampling of user preferences, and top selections across similar applications. Allowing quick access to categories, subcategories and recommendations, provides the user with an easy experience for finding the right sound.

Home - Sound - Navigation

Categories with subcategories allow the user find the exact sound. Offering a favoriting option, allows the user to save their sounds for easier access.

Home - Meditation

Using the analysis of qualitative data, we found the needs of the user to be reducing stress and erasing negative emotions. Meditations help the user relax, and stories allow the user to be distracted from racing or intrusive thoughts, so they are able to fall asleep.

Features - Dream Journaling

Additional features such as dream journaling can help keep a record of the user’s dreams to help keep a track of quality of sleep. Voice recordings are preferable, because writing can be difficult after immediately waking up after sleep - and transcribing provides clarity for the sometimes difficult to understand audio.

Key Features - Mixes

User Research shows that users prefer the ability to create custom soundscapes that allows them to fall asleep faster based upon their preferences. The variety of sounds allows the user to tailor the mix to their exact preference.

Profile

Allowing the user to have access to data relating to their summary and sleep history allows them to see progress and gain insights into their sleep patterns. Health information is also taken into consideration.

Alarm

A built in alarm allows streamline access to a rating system that immediately takes a rating of the user’s sleep quality and a button with less importance on snooze, is designed to help the user wake up on time.