Here are some of the most helpful points that would quickly help you know if your iPhone app design is good or not.

1. Iphone App Design
iPhone app design checklist and how it helps
to improve user experience
Sumit Garg
- Technical Writer, MobilePhoneApps4u-
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2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Topic 1 : No broken links in the front or back-end
Topic 2 : No long load times
Topic 3 : Authorized by Apple
Topic 4 : Managing UI for optimum resource usage

3. Topic 5 : Word "beta" removed from the application
Topic 6 : Follow interface guidelines
Topic 7 : Make it look different
Topic 8 : Copyrights and Trademark

4. Introduction
Whenever you are designing an iPhone app, you are
mostly looking at how the functionality works. We are
always looking towards making things credible from
the point of view of development – adding features,
optimizing menus, integrating resources. In this
whole process of attending more on the functional
aspect of the app, we tend to miss the most
important part that is the UI. Even when we test the
application, we are mostly looking towards how the
things play on it rather than how it feels to see those
things playing.
Here are some of the most helpful points that would
quickly help you know if your iPhone app design is
good or not. No matter how big or small the app you
are working on is, this eight-point checklist would
help you get through quite positively:

5. Topic
1
No broken links in the front or back-end

6. No broken links in the front or
back-end
Make sure you don’t have any
broken links or it will cause a really
devastating experience for users
and make you app suffer a big
rejection. The links should be
properly maintained to serve your
user with a confident and smooth
interface.
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“Generally, 404 errors don’t impact
your site’s ranking in Google, and you
can safely ignore them. Typically, they
are caused by typos, misconfigurations
(for example, for links that are
automatically generated by a content
management system) or by Google’s
increased efforts to recognize and
crawl links in embedded content such
as JavaScript.
”-
Google

9. Topic
2
No long load times

10. No Long Load Times
The most basic and important one!
Consider doing everything with the
app design that reduces the load
time. Take some time to slice it
properly. Avoid heavy images and
sluggish transitions that could
affect the smoothness and
lightness of UI.
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“The PageSpeed Score indicates the
extent to which you can improve the
load time of a page. A high score
indicates less room for improvement.
A low score indicates more room for
improvement. The score isn't a
measurement of speed, but only the
extent to which the speed can be
improved.
”-
Google

13. Topic
3
Authorized by Apple

14. Authorized by Apple
In order to gain the user credibility
make sure your iPhone app design
is authorized by Apple. Also,
ensure that you are able to meet all
the requirements while you
accessorize and integrate your app
with different third party resources.
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“Every app requires some amount of
customization to ensure a good
experience for the user.
Customizations can range from
providing an icon for your app to
making architectural-level decisions
about how your app presents and uses
information.
”-
Apple

17. Topic
4
Managing UI for optimum resource usage

18. Managing UI for Optimum Resource
Usage
There are many services and
processes that run in the
background that affect the app’s
working across the interface.
Resource utilization in the UI will
have all the bearing on this and
affect the overall resource
accommodation and utilization.
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“The last years have seen dramatic
changes in the mobile platform
landscape. Designers should always try
to create a look and feel that is
cutting-edge, memorable and high-
performing. This is not just a matter of
reducing image sizes. Decisions made
at various levels of the design and the
design process will have a significant
impact.
”-
Smashing Magazine

21. Topic
5
Word "beta" removed from the application

22. Word “Beta" Removed from the
Application
If you really want to look attentive
and updated, make sure you don’t
have “beta” written anywhere.
Check it properly on the app
screens and the documents before
the final launch.
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“You have to decide which terms to
include and exclude before launching a
new iPhone application. For instance,
term “Beta” generally ignored because
it indicates more room for
improvements. So, it is a negative
word and should be avoided before
final app launch.
”-
MobilePhoneApps4u

25. Topic
6
Follow interface guidelines

26. Follow Interface Guidelines
Just be sure that your app interface
follows Apple Human Interface
Guidelines. This will directly allow
you to have a good control over the
functional properties and establish
a better responsive mechanism
with the system – even in the long
run.
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“Whether you’re redesigning an older app or
creating a new one, consider approaching the
job in this way:
•First, look past the UI to the app’s core
functionality and affirm its relevance.
•Next, use the themes of iOS to inform the
design of the UI and the user experience. Add
details and embellishments with care and
never gratuitously.
•Finally, be sure to design your UI to adapt to
various devices and modes so that users can
enjoy your app in as many contexts as possible.
”-
Apple

29. Topic
7
Make it look different

30. Make It Look Different
Think from the user’s point of view.
Never mess up with the
uniqueness of app as hundreds of
similar apps that are being
uploaded on the App store daily. It
has to have the personality of its
own and should be exclusive with
the way it offers value to its users.
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“People think that design is styling.
Design is not style. It's not about giving
shape to the shell and not giving a
damn about the guts. Good design is a
renaissance attitude that combines
technology, cognitive science, human
need, and beauty to produce
something that the world didn’t know
it was missing.
”-
Paola Antonelli

33. Topic
8
Copyrights and Trademark

34. Copyrights & Trademark
This has serious legal implications.
Only use purchased images for
which you get a license so that you
don’t breach a copyright. Also,
make sure you are not using any
trade name or business identity
used by any other company or
person in the design to avoid
possible trade complications.
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36. “Copyrights and Trademark are for Apple
licensees, authorized resellers,
developers, customers, and other
parties wishing to use Apple’s
trademarks, service marks or images in
promotional, advertising, instructional,
or reference materials, or on their web
sites, products, labels, or packaging. Use
of Apple trademarks may be prohibited,
unless expressly authorized.
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Apple
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