Pillpal
A hormone tracking birth control manager designed in Figma and coded in Android Studio.
Platform
Android
Role
Product Design
Year
2016
Focus
Medical
Overview
Pillpal explores the potential impact of digital technology and wearable devices on women's reproductive health. In particular, this product involves exploring the capabilities of wearable tech to provide and translate hormonal data.
Objectives & Goals
My team and I found that many women taking hormonal contraceptives did not have full confidence that their birth control was working, so we set out to design a solution to this problem by providing hormonal data and analysis directly to users.
Project Goals
Data
Provide users with data-driven insights about birth control efficacy in commonly understandable terms.
Privacy
Address privacy concerns by reducing the information that would be potentially available to people who are not the user.
Refills
Provide the ability to request and track birth control refills.
Research
Our research consisted of market research and contextual inquiries with our target demographic. Our team confirmed that many of our potential users did not trust that their birth control was working as intended.
Users
From the information gathered in our research, we were able to identify two major archetypes of users.
Technology
Code
As a part of the dev team, my job was to help code a working prototype of our product in Android Studio. Screenshots of our code and our prototype can be found below. Our Github repo is available upon request.
Features
Outcomes
Finally, my team concluded this stage of our product development process with user testing, resulting in the feedback we received below.
