RECIPE APP

Duration: 1 week GV Design Sprint

Tools: Figma

My Role

Overview

Savr, a recipe app, used a modified GV sprint to improve recipe instructions. While users liked the recipes, many found the steps unclear. The sprint focused on making cooking guidance easier and more confident.

Problem

Users struggled with unclear instructions and switching between devices while cooking. This caused frustration, mistakes, and wasted time. Savr needed a clearer, more seamless cooking experience.

Solution

Add step-by-step images, videos, and optional audio to help users better understand and follow recipes with confidence.

Day 1: Understand & Map

I mapped the user journey to spot issues like unclear steps and tool-switching, and found clarity gaps through competitive analysis.

Competitive Analysis

  • Tasty makes recipes fun and easy to follow with videos, but lacks organization and step-by-step visuals in some cases.

  • Paprika offers strong planning tools but lacks visual guides like photos or videos.

Day 2: Sketch & Ideate

I used sketching and Crazy 8s to explore how visual, audio, and text instructions could work together in the app.

Day 3: Decide & Storyboard

I translated key ideas into quick sketches to visualize the user flow and core interactions for recipe browsing and step-by-step guidance.

  • Smart Cook: Voice-guided, hands-free mode for cooking.

  • Voice Assistance: Ask questions during cooking.

  • Instruction Formats: Choose between image, video, or Smart Cook.

Day 4: Prototype

Mid-to-high fidelity prototype in Figma to represent the recipe screen with Smart Cook, voice assistance, and visual instruction formats.

Day 5: Test

Five participants tested the prototype. While they liked the Smart Cook feature, they were confused about how it differed from Voice Assistance.

  • 80% found Smart Cook and voice assistance helpful.

  • 80% were confused about the difference between Smart Cook and Voice Assistance.

  • 60% preferred having access to traditional text instructions.

  • 40% requested an ingredient checklist feature to track their progress.

Revision

Based on usability testing and user feedback, several key areas of the app were revised to improve clarity and usability.

Ingredients Section

Users said the static ingredient list made it hard to keep track of what they had. One user mentioned,

“It’d be nice to have a checkbox next to the ingredients so I can check which ones I have and which ones I need.”

Final Prototype

Reflection

This project taught me to test early, iterate often, and design for different learning styles. User feedback helped me make the app more accessible and intuitive—insights I’ll carry into future work.