Team Members

- Social Background -

[Smart Alarm and Schedule Management: Personalized Routine Support]    [OUR TEAM selection]

From the repetitive alarm issue to complex shift work schedules, regular medication, and procrastination habits, we face many challenges in time management and adhering to routines. Most of the current alarm apps in the market are either paid or skewed toward fixed patterns by day of the week, which creates significant inconvenience for users with irregular patterns, such as shift workers. Additionally, missing medication schedules or important deadlines frequently occurs. 

[Adapting and Connecting Abroad: Overcoming Loneliness in a Foreign Land]

Long-term residents abroad (students, exchange students, working holidaymakers, etc.) often experience loneliness, homesickness, and depression in unfamiliar environments. The barriers to understanding local culture and communication make it difficult to gather information, and interaction with locals is often limited. There are also problems finding help for everyday life issues or in times of crisis. 

[Self-Improvement Motivation and Integrated Management: Personal Character Growth]

While we handle various tasks and responsibilities in daily life, it is difficult to visually perceive the efforts and achievements we have made. Existing task management apps often only offer list management or statistics, limiting motivation. It’s also challenging to get a quick overview of the progress of ongoing projects or assignments. Additionally, task management, schedule management, and reminder management are often separated into different apps, creating inconvenience. 

[Decision-Making Support Assistant: Helping with Rational Choices]

We make numerous decisions daily, such as choosing food, picking clothes, and buying electronics. Sometimes, even small decisions cause us to deliberate for long periods, or we experience "decision fatigue." This difficulty is even more pronounced with items like perfumes or cosmetics, where personal preferences are strongly involved. There is a need for a solution that assists in these irrational decision-making processes and helps users make more rational choices. 

- App Concept -

- App Planning -

Persona

Final Feature

• Problem

  • Waking up due to the alarm makes the user feel unpleasant. 

  • Users have become accustomed to existing alarms and find it hard to wake up easily. 

• Core Features (Implementation Direction)

  • Gamification: The alarm types randomly appear, and alarms inspired by games will be introduced.

    • Game-based Approach: Instead of simply using a sound alarm, users will engage with a game to solve the alarm, alleviating the unpleasantness of waking up. 

    • Randomness: Preventing monotony by introducing variety. 

  • User-Adaptable System: Difficulty level settings, selection of alarm types, and whether to prevent snooze. 

    • Difficulty Adjustment: Users will have a harder time turning off the alarm if they don’t engage with it. 

    • Snooze Prevention System: Ensures complete awakening by confirming that the user is fully awake, emphasizing the role of the alarm. 

• Third Layer Key

  • Improvement of existing alarm functions. 

  • Alleviating the unpleasantness of waking up due to alarms. 

  • Providing user-adaptive functionality. 

• Changes Before and After the Interview

  • The use of alarm methods that force waking up in an unpleasant way was limited. 

    • Users did not respond positively to alarms that emphasized forcefulness. 

  • Added the snooze prevention system. 

    • Users preferred a system that ensures they are completely awake. 

- App Development -

- App Result -

App Source Code

https://github.com/YumeAster/cau-2025-mc-irona

• Research The Competition

• User Interview

• Wireframe User Flow

• Wireframe Prototype

• Wireframe Prototype (Video)

• App

• App (Video)

• App Source Code