FinIQ – Smart personal finance tracker

FinIQ – Smart personal finance tracker

FinIQ – Smart personal finance tracker

FinIQ is a mobile app designed to empower users with a smart, unified platform to manage and optimize their personal finances.

Tools

Tools

Tools

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

UX Pilot

UX Pilot

UX Pilot

MagicPath

MagicPath

MagicPath

Cursor

Cursor

Cursor

Figma

Figma

Figma

Every feature, from multi-source income tracking to AI-powered financial suggestions, was designed with user goals, pain points, and emotional states in mind.

Strategic UX thinking

Balanced aesthetic minimalism with functional richness, enabling intuitive navigation and action-oriented decision-making while maintaining a clean, modern interface.

Clarity over complexity

Simplified the experience of managing personal finances by transforming complex data into digestible insights and guided actions, improving user confidence and engagement.

Validated journey & flow

Mapped and designed around real user journeys and motivations, enabling a smooth progression from onboarding to financial optimization, increasing retention potential.

Future-ready foundations

Positioned FinIQ to grow with users, whether that means expanding to investments, taxes, or collaborative family budgeting.

Case study

Project Brief

Project Brief

Project Brief

The app enables users to track income from diverse sources such as salaries, investments, rental income, and side gigs, while automatically categorizing spending via synced bank and credit card accounts. Users gain real-time insights into their net worth by aggregating assets, liabilities, and cash flow.

Leveraging integrated AI, FinIQ provides personalized suggestions to improve savings, reduce debt, and identify investment opportunities. Additional features include budgeting tools, bill tracking, subscription management, tax estimation, and goal-based planning and all aimed at promoting financial literacy and long-term wealth management.

Objective

Objective

Objective

To create a mobile application that provides adults with an all-in-one platform to track income, spending, assets, and financial goals. FinIQ aims to increase financial literacy, support wealth growth, and enable real-time, AI-powered insights that drive smarter money decisions.

Scope

Scope

Scope

  • Income tracking from multiple sources (salary, investments, rent, freelance).

  • Expense categorization via bank/credit card integration

  • Real-time asset and liability aggregation

  • AI-based financial suggestions (savings, investments, debt reduction)

  • Budget management and tracking

  • Subscription and bill monitoring

  • Goal-based financial planning

  • Tax estimation tools

  • Data visualization (charts, reports, dashboards)

User stories

User stories

User stories

  • Income Tracking: As a user, I want to add income from multiple sources so I can track how much I earn monthly…

  • Expense Management: As a user, I want my expenses to be categorized automatically from linked accounts…

  • AI Financial Advisor: As a user, I want personalized financial suggestions so I can save more or reduce expenses…

  • Budgeting & Planning: As a user, I want to set monthly budgets for categories like food, travel, rent, and track how well I stay within them…

  • Assets & Liabilities: As a user, I want to see my net worth based on my assets and debts…

  • Notifications: As a user, I want reminders for bills or subscriptions so I avoid late payments or unnecessary costs.

  • Security & Privacy: As a user, I want biometric or PIN access to protect my financial data.

Process

1

Planning with AI

  • Defined project goals, user needs, and technical constraints.

  • Used ChatGPT + UX Pilot to map out user flows, sitemap, brand tone, and structure for the design system.

1

Planning with AI

  • Defined project goals, user needs, and technical constraints.

  • Used ChatGPT + UX Pilot to map out user flows, sitemap, brand tone, and structure for the design system.

1

Planning with AI

  • Defined project goals, user needs, and technical constraints.

  • Used ChatGPT + UX Pilot to map out user flows, sitemap, brand tone, and structure for the design system.

2

Generate core Design System

  • Leverage AI to create reusable design tokens: Color palettes, Typography styles, Icons, Spacing and layout tokens, etc.

  • UX Pilot AI scans prompts and brand assets, automatically building a complete design system.

2

Generate core Design System

  • Leverage AI to create reusable design tokens: Color palettes, Typography styles, Icons, Spacing and layout tokens, etc.

  • UX Pilot AI scans prompts and brand assets, automatically building a complete design system.

2

Generate core Design System

  • Leverage AI to create reusable design tokens: Color palettes, Typography styles, Icons, Spacing and layout tokens, etc.

  • UX Pilot AI scans prompts and brand assets, automatically building a complete design system.

3

Rapid prototyping

  • Auto-generating initial wireframe layouts.

  • Flow alternatives and layout suggestions.

  • Visual refinements and consistency audits.

  • Fine-tune with visual polish and brand consistency.

3

Rapid prototyping

  • Auto-generating initial wireframe layouts.

  • Flow alternatives and layout suggestions.

  • Visual refinements and consistency audits.

  • Fine-tune with visual polish and brand consistency.

3

Rapid prototyping

  • Auto-generating initial wireframe layouts.

  • Flow alternatives and layout suggestions.

  • Visual refinements and consistency audits.

  • Fine-tune with visual polish and brand consistency.

4

High-fidelity UI assembly

  • Combined AI-generated components into functional interfaces: Form elements, buttons, cards, navigation, tooltips, graphs, nav patterns etc.

  • Ensured pixel-perfect alignment with the design system.

4

High-fidelity UI assembly

  • Combined AI-generated components into functional interfaces: Form elements, buttons, cards, navigation, tooltips, graphs, nav patterns etc.

  • Ensured pixel-perfect alignment with the design system.

4

High-fidelity UI assembly

  • Combined AI-generated components into functional interfaces: Form elements, buttons, cards, navigation, tooltips, graphs, nav patterns etc.

  • Ensured pixel-perfect alignment with the design system.

5

Feedback loop & optimization

  • Gathered feedback from users and stakeholders.

  • Let AI compile notes and prioritize design updates.

  • Auto-synced updates across the full UI via the shared design system.

5

Feedback loop & optimization

  • Gathered feedback from users and stakeholders.

  • Let AI compile notes and prioritize design updates.

  • Auto-synced updates across the full UI via the shared design system.

5

Feedback loop & optimization

  • Gathered feedback from users and stakeholders.

  • Let AI compile notes and prioritize design updates.

  • Auto-synced updates across the full UI via the shared design system.

6

Dev handoff & scaling

  • Delivered clean, structured design tokens.

  • Enabled a seamless handoff with ready-to-code components and initial code built using AI tools such as Cursor.

  • Developed desktop version by building and deploying the code using Cursor and Github.

6

Dev handoff & scaling

  • Delivered clean, structured design tokens.

  • Enabled a seamless handoff with ready-to-code components and initial code built using AI tools such as Cursor.

  • Developed desktop version by building and deploying the code using Cursor and Github.

6

Dev handoff & scaling

  • Delivered clean, structured design tokens.

  • Enabled a seamless handoff with ready-to-code components and initial code built using AI tools such as Cursor.

  • Developed desktop version by building and deploying the code using Cursor and Github.

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