Many of the app-makers and developer I work with are engineers, and they tend to focus on the technological side of their product. Architecture, database, features, APIs, etc. In the end they are happy and proud to see their product working, but a bit ashamed of how it looks. As a UX/UI Designer with 20+ year experience and an app-maker myself, here is my ultimate checklist and a bit of advice to build an app that works AND looks cool.

In this article, we will start with the basics: finding the right name and designing the app logo. It can be done after the backend, but you want to have a pretty good idea of these early on in the process, to avoid too much interface refactoring.

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