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SleepSync

A personalized sleep coach that analyzes your patterns to give you actionable advice for better sleep.

Overview

SleepSync – Personalized Sleep Coach

Sleep Sync is a wellness app designed to help users improve their sleep patterns by combining personalized recommendations, sleep tracking, and gentle habit-building tools. The goal was to create an experience that doesn’t just track sleep but actively guides users toward healthier routines.

Role

UX/UI Designer

Team Size

Time line

4 Months

Problem

Many busy working students struggle to balance work, studies, and sleep. Lack of personalized solutions leads to sleep deprivation, fatigue, poor focus, and declining performance. Existing apps often fail to provide tailored guidance for sustainable routines.

Goals

Empower users, especially busy students, to balance work–study–sleep.

Provide personalized analysis and actionable guidance.
Improve sleep quality → boost energy, focus, and academic/professional success.

Design Process

SleepSync followed a user-centered design approach to tackle real sleep challenges.

Target Audience

While SleepSync focuses on working students, it also supports professionals with demanding schedules and health-conscious users seeking better sleep.

User Research

Conducted interviews and surveys to uncover challenges.

Key findings: fragmented routines, stress-driven insomnia, poor sleep quality.

Competitive Analysis

Existing apps track sleep but lack personalized coaching.

SleepSync bridges the gap with data-driven insights, tailored guidance, and habit-building tools.

Existing apps track sleep but lack personalized coaching.

SleepSync bridges the gap with data-driven insights, tailored guidance, and habit-building tools.

Empathy Map & Pain Points

By mapping what users say, think, do, and feel, I uncovered critical challenges affecting their sleep. The insights highlighted three key pain points:

Time management struggles leading to irregular routines.
Poor sleep quality despite consistent efforts.
Physical & mental health issues such as fatigue, focus loss, and stress-induced conditions.

These findings shaped the foundation for defining user needs and guiding the design direction.

By mapping what users say, think, do, and feel, I uncovered critical challenges affecting their sleep. The insights highlighted three key pain points:

Time management struggles leading to irregular routines.
Poor sleep quality despite consistent efforts.
Physical & mental health issues such as fatigue, focus loss, and stress-induced conditions.

These findings shaped the foundation for defining user needs and guiding the design direction.

User Persona

User Journey Map

The user journey maps the emotional highs and lows of balancing work with irregular sleep, showing how fatigue, failed remedies, and declining health affect both wellbeing and productivity.

Finding the Gaps -> Uncovering Opportunities

The journey highlights unmet needs where existing remedies fall short, leaving space for a solution that supports healthier routines and long-term wellbeing.

Information Architecture/User Flow

Start → Login/Signup → Dashboard

Features: Sleep Analysis, Reminders, Progress, Relaxation, Alarms, Educational Content
Extras: Gamification, Milestones, Badges

Wireframes: Tested layout & flow

High-fi: Designed with dark/night mode aesthetic for a soothing experience.

Onboarding
Personal profile setup for tailored sleep tracking. Smart setup combines demographics and lifestyle habits to personalize sleep recommendations.

Dashboard & Insights
Smart insights and personalized recommendations for healthier sleep cycles. Actionable sleep insights powered by user data and patterns.

Gamification & Reminders

A gamified dashboard that motivates users while providing instant access to tools for setting up custom reminders help users build healthier bedtime routines.

Key Takeaways

SleepSync integrates lifestyle, sleep, nutrition, and stress data.

Provides tailored insights & coaching to reduce stress and improve well-being.
Helps students & professionals build sustainable, restorative routines.

Future Roadmap

The roadmap outlines a phased evolution of the product — from a student-tested MVP to an AI-driven wellness ecosystem.

Conclusion

SleepSync isn’t just another sleep tracker — it’s a personal sleep coach. By merging data, insights, and behavior design, it helps people reclaim rest, energy, and balance in their lives.