Lifebook — Memories App
UX design project for “Human-Computer Interaction” course with IxDF
OverviewWhen we die, our memories die with us. Our kids can't ask us any more questions — and they probably never wrote down the answers to the ones they've already asked. We carry stories, details, and hard-won knowledge that the people we love most will never think to ask about until it's too late.
Some of us keep running notes on our phones. But fragments aren't a legacy.
A dedicated app (Lifebook) could change that — a private, personal space where you capture memories in whatever form feels natural: a typed story, a voice note, a labeled photo, a family recipe with the instructions only you know by heart. Not a social platform. Not a scrapbook tool. Something quieter than that, and more intentional — built for the day your daughter asks a question and you want the answer to already be waiting for her.
Prototype
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Home dashboard
What Anna sees when she opens the app. Anna is greeted by a prompt of the day which she can tap to answer right away. She sees scrolling memories that she’s already created. In the upper right corner, she choose to share her Lifebook or add a new memory — bypassing the prompt of the day.
The navigation bar at the bottom gives Anna ready access to the home dashboard, all of her memories in the library, adding a new memory, searching memories, and accessing settings and her profile.
Prompt screen
The heart of the app, displaying prompts to make it easier for Anna to create a memory.
When Anna taps the plus button on the home dashboard or in the navigation bar, she sees the prompt of the day, as well as other suggested prompts. She has the option to scroll through other prompts if none of these inspires her in the moment. The intention behind the prompts is to make it easier for Anna to create a memory without struggling to come up with something. We don’t want creating a memory to feel like a chore.
But, if Anna has thought of something on her own, she can select to add her own.
Memory entry screen
The actual capture screen, giving Anna options to write text, add a photo, record audio or video, and upload a file.
At the top of the screen is a reminder that this is today’s prompt and what the prompt is.
She can add text, upload a photo, create a voice note, record video (option given after clicking on “record”), or upload a file (audio, video, PDF, almost whatever).
Memory detail screen
What a completed entry looks like when Anna or Polly looks at it.
In Anna’s view, she has the options to edit the text or anything else on the screen. She can download the memory to her device, share right from the memory, or add more to the memory.
On Polly’s screen, she does not have editing, adding, or deleting access.
Recipe entry screen
Where Anna can share family-favorite recipes — secret ingredients and all.
This is a simple screen for the basics of a recipe. Unlike dedicated recipe apps, Lifebook does not scale ingredients or convert measurements. That’s not needed here. This is like scratching down a recipe on a notecard to keep in a recipes box. But Lifebook makes it better by allowing Anna to add photos, video, or voice notes.
Share screen
Where Anna generates an alphanumeric code or a QR code to share with Polly and Maggie.
It is essential that Anna be reminded on this screen that people cannot search for her account like they would be able to do on a social-media platform. Anna owns everything in her Lifebook. When she shares it, no one else can add, edit, or delete.