Lytefi - Smart Financial App

Lytefi is a conceptual financial app designed as an academic UX/UI project. The goal was to explore user-centered design solutions for simplifying personal finance through clear interfaces and intuitive interactions.
The project focuses on key features such as expense tracking, budgeting, goal-setting, and AI-assisted insights.
This project highlights my ability to translate complex problems into accessible digital experiences using UX principles and UI design best practices.

Client

(Academic Project)

Date

April 2025

Tools

Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop

Service

UX/UI Design
Hand holding a smartphone displaying the Lytefi app icon among other apps, with Lytefi logo and text 'SMART FINANCIAL APP' on the right.

The Challenge

The objective of this academic project was to conceptualize, design, and prototype a mobile app that addresses a real user need, focusing exclusively on UX/UI design rather than development. The challenge was to identify usability and visual gaps, then translate them into a functional, user-centered solution through thoughtful interface design, navigation, and component systems. The project required designing a cohesive app experience, from branding and app icon to key screens, interactions, and store presentation, demonstrating problem-solving skills, design process, and the ability to improve usability, clarity, and visual consistency within a digital product.

Hand holding a smartphone displaying a personal finance app .

Lytefi Goals

Business Goals:

Provide an intuitive and AI-powered financial tool that helps users track spending, set goals, and develop better money habits.

Create a product with high engagement and retention to encourage financial discipline.

Establish the app as an accessible financial education resource, and empowering users to make informed money decisions.

User Goals:

A simple, automated way to track expenses and analyze financial habits.

A personalized assistant that helps them understand their financial situation with real-time feedback.

A less overwhelming financial planning tool compared to spreadsheet-based tracking.

The ability to plan and reach savings goals without complex manual calculations.

Branding

Lytefi is a smart and user-friendly financial app designed to help people take control of their money with confidence. The name blends “Lyte”— a take on “light”— with “Fi” from “finance”, reflecting a mission to bring clarity, simplicity, and innovation to personal finance.

Lytefi — Smarter Finance. Brighter Future.

Graphic showing a light bulb icon plus a dollar coin icon with text 'LYTE (Light)' and 'FI (Finance)', combined into a single logo with a light bulb and dollar sign above the word 'LYTEFI'.

High-Fidelity Screens & Prototype

This visual showcases the main screens developed for the Lytefi app, including the loading screen, home dashboard, budget overview, transactions, and AI assistant. The designs focus on clear information hierarchy, intuitive navigation, and consistent visual language. Each screen was created to support key user goals such as tracking expenses, managing budgets, and gaining quick financial insights through simple interactions and data visualization.

Mobile app screens for Lytefi finance app including Loading, Home, Budget, Transaction, Quick Action menu, and AI Chat screens showing user financial details and navigation.
Hand holding smartphone showing Lytefi smart financial app with four app screens including loading, budget, transaction, and AI chat interfaces on dark background.

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