Bookluv
Bookluv is a reading tracker app for avid readers. Its main goal is to be simple and intuitive, combining organizing features with social ones. It lets users rate books, write reviews, and organize their virtual bookshelves.
Problem
Readers have grown frustrated with the current popular apps and websites for organizing and tracking their reading. While platforms like Goodreads and Skoob remain widely used, they lack key features for a good user experience — with outdated, sales-focused designs and inconsistent performance between desktop and mobile.
Solution
Bookluv’s main goal is to be a user-friendly, modern, and intuitive app for readers who want to track their reading and discover new books. Users have full control over their virtual bookshelves, with customizable tags like Favorite, Read, and Want to Read. They can also browse synopses, read user reviews in a comment-style format, and create personalized lists. One of its key inspirations is Letterboxd.
Discovery
Research
To validate my initial assumptions and uncover additional pain points and emerging user needs, I did in-depth research and conducted qualitative interviews with three participants to identify their frustrations, needs, and desires regarding existing market options.
Pain Points
- Discomfort
- Buggy
- Outdated design
- Slow
- Limited features
- Old-fashioned
Asumptions
- Modern
- Reviews
- Ratings
- Simple
- Not necessarily a social platform
- Categories
- Smart search
Competitor Analysis
- Goodreads
- Skoob
- Bookly
- Storygraph
- Basmo
- Libib
Personas & Empathy Map
User Flows
The onboarding user flow and app map below illustrate the structure and key interactions within the experience.
Wireframes
To validate my initial assumptions and uncover additional pain points and emerging user needs, I did in-depth research and conducted qualitative interviews with three participants to identify their frustrations, needs, and desires regarding existing market options.
User Interface
To validate my initial assumptions and uncover additional pain points and emerging user needs, I did in-depth research and conducted qualitative interviews with three participants to identify their frustrations, needs, and desires regarding existing market options.
