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RelationshipHealth Dashboard

My Role: Head of Design

Ours is a relationship wellness app that helps couples build better habits and deepen their connection.

 

While working with Ours, I focused on improving user retention by designing a feature that encourages regular in-app engagement. The challenge was to create a lightweight, emotionally meaningful experience that couples would want to return to weekly—without feeling like a chore. The solution also needed to align with our new brand direction and work within the constraints of a small dev team.

THE OVERVIEW

Research

Wireframing

Visual Design

Prototyping

User Insights

Production Design

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01

Discovery

Our first step was to review the requirements of the project and go 'blue-sky' to ideate around all the different ways couples could spent time on our Dashboard, reflecting on their relationship.

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Tools used: Figma

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Concept 1: Notion for Relationship Health
 

A collaborative relationship dashboard inspired by productivity tools like Notion and Jira, designed to help couples reflect on their connection through structured cards, shared reflections, and progress tracking across key categories like Communication, Finances, and Intimacy.

Pros:​

  • Encourages repeatable, thoughtful habits around communication and connection

  • Built-in categories make progress trackable over time

  • Modular system could scale to support future feature sets

     

Cons:​

  • May feel too structured or “work-like” for some users

  • Drag-and-drop card layout would require more complex engineering

  • Risk of feeling stale over time without personalization or recommendations

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Concept 2: Centralized Dashboard
 

A centralized dashboard giving couples a clear view of satisfaction, events, and key relationship details—designed to bring clarity, structure, and a sense of progress.

Pros:​

  • Provides a high-level snapshot of the relationship in one place

  • Encourages shared planning and reflection around life logistics

  • Scales easily with new modules or categories over time
     

Cons:​

  • Risk of feeling too data-heavy or clinical for an emotional experience

  • May require manual inputs or syncing, reducing stickiness

  • Some couples may not feel comfortable quantifying their relationship

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Concept 3: The Couple's Story
 

A personalized view that highlights the unique story of a couple—when they met, how long they’ve been together, where it all began, and key milestones along the way.

Pros:​

  • Builds emotional connection through personalization

  • Celebrates the couple’s unique story and longevity

  • Easy to implement and low-effort for the user
     

Cons:​

  • Limited utility—more symbolic than functional

  • Doesn’t encourage regular engagement on its own

  • Could feel static over time without added features

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Concept 4: An Interactive Card Game
 

A lightweight, gamified check-in experience that prompts couples to reflect on their week through simple, conversational questions. Over time, it creates a visual record of relationship patterns—helping users build awareness around what’s working and what needs attention.

Pros:​

  • Emotionally approachable—feels casual even with serious topics

  • Reuses existing UI logic from onboarding (engineering-friendly)

  • Quick to complete and easy for users to adopt

     

Cons:​

  • More reflective than action-oriented

  • May not drive ongoing engagement without added rituals

  • Could become repetitive or stale over time

02

User Testing

After aligning with stakeholders, we narrowed our focus to two directions: the structured Notion-esque board and the more lightweight Interactive Card Game.

We shared static mockups of both concepts with users and gathered feedback on tone, clarity, and perceived effort. This helped us evaluate which experience felt more approachable and likely to drive regular use.

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       What worked well:
 

  • Card Game felt easy to engage with and emotionally approachable

  • Users liked the guided nature of prompts—less overwhelming than open-ended tools

  • Notion board was seen as structured and thoughtful

  • Both concepts reinforced the idea of intentional weekly reflection

       What didn't work well:
 

  • Notion board felt too effortful for some users—“like work”

  • Card Game lacked a clear sense of progress or outcome

  • Some users weren’t sure how reflections would be saved or revisited

  • Visual hierarchy in Notion board needed refinement for quicker comprehension

       Indifferent:
 

  • No strong preference on visual style—users prioritized emotional tone over UI polish

  • Neither concept prompted users to want to invite their partner immediately

  • Mixed feelings on whether relationship categories (e.g., Intimacy, Finances) were helpful or too clinical

03

Production

We implemented changes to our designs and consolidated a final production-ready file to hand off to the engineers.  

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Tools used: Figma

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04

Continued User Testing + Feedback

The work didn’t stop after our initial launch. We continued gathering user feedback and iterated on key parts of the experience to reduce drop-off and increase weekly engagement.​

Added a Calendar Integration

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We introduced a calendar scheduling screen post-RBT to reinforce habit-building, which led to a 3% increase in repeat use.

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Removed extranneous screens​

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We removed an emoji-based reflection screen after users found it too ambiguous and a blocker to completion.

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Option to share results with their therapist​

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We added an option for users to share RBT results with their therapist—based on frequent requests for deeper integration with existing mental health routines.

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