![]() The app’s simplicity pushes individuals to not only use it with ease but to have the desire to use it. They later compiled them into the eight words now used in the app to describe moods. For the process of mood selection, each team member took time to create a list of words describing how they felt throughout the week. As they gathered feedback, the team also developed the iconic “mood ring” - the main screen where users selects their mood. Most of the research process consisted of user, beta and focus group testing, along with looking into the psychology of mood-tracking. “Our app is just a very simple way to prioritize your mental well-being.” “The more data people can have and accumulate and interpret on their own is really empowering, especially when it comes to mental health,” Reid said. Reid, a journalism and public relations alumna, explained that allowing users to review insights of their past moods encourages them to focus on their mental wellness. ![]() They managed to create the app to allow users to input their moods and a description linked to it. ![]() Once their pitch was approved by journalism professor Robert Quigley, the team began working in February, with Reid and Leech focusing on research and outreach, and Duna and Griffin on design and coding. “I thought that if this is as well received and it’s just this kind of ugly paper - because it wasn’t anything particularly pretty - I figured that would be a worthwhile product to build as a technical product,” Leech said. They decided on a color-based, mood-tracking app after Leech, a journalism senior, saw a Reddit post featuring a girl who created a calendar and color-coded each day with the corresponding mood. Originally, the team pitched other ideas, including a grocery app and fitness app. Despite three of the four creators graduating, the team remains focused on improving the app as a resource for mental wellness. Last spring, four UT students - Kaitlin Reid, Connor Leech, Andrew Duna and Alec Griffin - released Vibrant, a mood-tracking application to help users maintain mental wellness. The Mobile App News Design course proved them wrong. None of the students ever thought their class project would end up in the App Store.
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