SomethingNew — Mental Health
Chat-based application to provide mental health support
Overview
SomethingNew V2 is a chat-based application that provides mental health support to individuals. This app is rated 4.5 and 4.9 stars on the App and Google Play stores, respectively. Hipster built four platforms for this project – one for practitioners, end-users, an admin backend, and a website.
Client
SomethingNew
Period
2022
Geography
Singapore
Work Done
UI/UX
AWS server infrastructure
Wordpress blog
Hybrid iOS and Android app
Multi-user Dashboard & CMS
Services
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Web DevelopmentMobile App Development
Greater efficiency & personalization
The new SomethingNew app takes mental health support to the next level by:
- Avatar selection for personalization.
- Notification settings allowing Practitioners to choose Do Not Disturb mode at specific days and hours of the week
- Mental Health Directory with list and web view
- Appointment and scheduling of calls
- A dashboard that allows insights into commonly reported counselling topics
A usability study was conducted to ensure that participants could complete tasks successfully and efficiently.
Promoting mental health awareness to businesses and consumers
A website is important for a business allowing one to showcase and generate awareness about one’s website. SomethingNew’s website is custom designed with the following goals:
- Improved customer experience: with dedicated informational pages and contact forms for the business/consumer users
- Use of website animation techniques and bright colours to create a perfect reading pace and a warmer, friendlier design.
