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Habikey

Product Case Study

Role : Product Designer

(User Research, Wireframes, Prototype & Animations)

Team : 3 Members

Timeline : 6 Weeks

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Habikey It is an app that links the watch with the phone. Parents can create goals through the phone app, while the watch can remind and monitor children's formation. This project aims to promote good habits in children and enhance parent-child communication.

Habikey It is an app that links the watch with the phone. Parents can create goals through the phone app, while the watch can remind and monitor children's formation. This project aims to promote good habits in children and enhance parent-child communication.

Problem Statement

Many young learners struggle to stay engaged with traditional education methods, and parents or educators lack effective tools to track and encourage both academic progress and healthy habits. Existing platforms often fail to balance fun, engagement, and educational value, leading to low adoption and inconsistent outcomes.

Our challenge is to design an engaging, playful platform that combines habit formation, gamification, and progress tracking to foster learning and personal growth for children, while providing actionable insights for parents and educators.

Many young learners struggle to stay engaged with traditional education methods, and parents or educators lack effective tools to track and encourage both academic progress and healthy habits. Existing platforms often fail to balance fun, engagement, and educational value, leading to low adoption and inconsistent outcomes.

Our challenge is to design an engaging, playful platform that combines habit formation, gamification, and progress tracking to foster learning and personal growth for children, while providing actionable insights for parents and educators.

Goal

To create a platform that helps children build positive, lasting habits through engaging and balanced experiences, while minimizing screen time. Simultaneously, it aims to simplify parents’ role by providing easy-to-use tools for setting tasks, tracking progress, and fostering real-world growth.

To create a platform that helps children build positive, lasting habits through engaging and balanced experiences, while minimizing screen time. Simultaneously, it aims to simplify parents’ role by providing easy-to-use tools for setting tasks, tracking progress, and fostering real-world growth.

Primary Research

As we focus on children's health, we find more and more studies showing health problems such as childhood obesity, consuming too much junk food, and having too much screen time. Behind these phenomena are various social and family factors. Unfortunately, children's formative years are also the time when they are most susceptible to external influences and bad habits. These habits will most likely grow with them and cause more serious health problems.

As we focus on children's health, we find more and more studies showing health problems such as childhood obesity, consuming too much junk food, and having too much screen time. Behind these phenomena are various social and family factors. Unfortunately, children's formative years are also the time when they are most susceptible to external influences and bad habits. These habits will most likely grow with them and cause more serious health problems.

“The rapid rise in childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century…”

“Children who spend too much time in front of screens are at a higher risk of developing obesity, poor posture, and eye strain.”

“Lack of parental supervision and involvement is linked to poor adult health, decreased self-esteem and academic success, as well as increased risk for mental illness and drug use…”

Competitive analysis

We investigated several habit formation and tracking apps for children or families that currently exist and compared their strengths and weaknesses. As a result, we can better identify the innovations and strengths of the project.

We investigated several habit formation and tracking apps for children or families that currently exist and compared their strengths and weaknesses. As a result, we can better identify the innovations and strengths of the project.

Target Group

6-12 Years Old Children Parents

Many studies have shown that 6-12 years old is the critical period for children to use smartwatches, and it is also the age when children are most likely to develop habits.
In the future, the smartwatch market for children in this age group has huge growth potential.

Many studies have shown that 6-12 years old is the critical period for children to use smartwatches, and it is also the age when children are most likely to develop habits.

Opportunity Priority Map

The Opportunity Map visualizes insights from user research and empathy mapping, highlighting areas with the highest user need and implementation potential. By plotting opportunities against priority and feasibility, we identified focus areas strongly supported by evidence — guiding Habikey’s design direction toward meaningful, achievable impact.

The Opportunity Map visualizes insights from user research and empathy mapping, highlighting areas with the highest user need and implementation potential. By plotting opportunities against priority and feasibility, we identified focus areas strongly supported by evidence — guiding Habikey’s design direction toward meaningful, achievable impact.

The Habikey System

Habikey connects a parent’s app with a child’s smartwatch, forming a seamless loop between goal-setting, reminders, and habit tracking. Parents set and monitor goals through the app, while the smartwatch gently guides children with a friendly interface and playful mascots designed to make routines feel engaging and fun. This dynamic promotes consistent habit formation while also deepening parent-child communication.

Habikey connects a parent’s app with a child’s smartwatch, forming a seamless loop between goal-setting, reminders, and habit tracking. Parents set and monitor goals through the app, while the smartwatch gently guides children with a friendly interface and playful mascots designed to make routines feel engaging and fun. This dynamic promotes consistent habit formation while also deepening parent-child communication.

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Information Architecture

Based on the user journey map, we built the basic functional framework of the app with the corresponding user flow.

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Login & First Time Experience

This section walks through how users first enter the app, covering the initial screens, login options, and the overall flow that sets the tone for the experience. The goal is to make the entry process quick, intuitive, and welcoming, so users feel confident and ready to move into onboarding without friction.

This section walks through how users first enter the app, covering the initial screens, login options, and the overall flow that sets the tone for the experience. The goal is to make the entry process quick, intuitive, and welcoming, so users feel confident and ready to move into onboarding without friction.

Onboarding & Personalized Recommendations

During onboarding, parents are guided through a simple flow to share key details about their child . The goal is to make parents feel supported and understood while ensuring the content and features they see are genuinely relevant to their Child.

During onboarding, parents are guided through a simple flow to share key details about their child . The goal is to make parents feel supported and understood while ensuring the content and features they see are genuinely relevant to their Child.

Stay connected and informed — all in one place.

The Habikey dashboard gives you a real-time view of your child’s day. From their current location and overall health status to a quick summary of their past three days and what’s ahead, everything is designed to keep you in the loop.

The Habikey dashboard gives you a real-time view of your child’s day. From their current location and overall health status to a quick summary of their past three days and what’s ahead, everything is designed to keep you in the loop.

Track Progress

Habikey makes it easy to follow your child’s journey. View a detailed daily summary for today or any past date, and track weekly or monthly progress to spot patterns and improvements

Tasks & Goals

you can assign daily routines and tasks tailored to your child’s age and lifestyle. Set weekly or monthly goals, attach point values to each task, and keep your child motivated by unlocking rewards as points add up. It’s a simple and fun way to build structure, responsibility, and excitement.

you can assign daily routines and tasks tailored to your child’s age and lifestyle. Set weekly or monthly goals, attach point values to each task, and keep your child motivated by unlocking rewards as points add up. It’s a simple and fun way to build structure, responsibility, and excitement.

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