I've always wanted a fitness app that could serve to track both my exercise and my dog's exercise, hence the idea for a mobile app - Canine Stride.
"As a user I need a mobile app that tracks my dog and I's exercise and outings simultaneously".
That was the base user story I chose to run with when designing Canine Stride. From there the app idea blossomed into a central place for dog owners to easily find nearby dog parks, pet stores, pet-friendly stores, communities and clubs with fellow owners, and more.
The homescreen of Canine Stride functions similar to most social media apps in that it features a chronological activity feed of owners and their pets activities, followed by recommendations and a grounded UI of what I would perceive to be common actions taken inside the app with "recording an activity" taking precedence and always prominent.
Switching to the "Clubs" tab at the bottom serves up the primary networking and community feature I envisioned. As a Border Collie owner I'm a huge fan of the Border Collie subreddit on Reddit and it and discussions on Discord serve as primary inspiration here. Join clubs centered around dogs, exercising, geographical, or whatever you can think of. I imagine the "Club" aspect of Canine Stride to be a vibrant social hub full of events, discussion, networking, and maybe even someday exercise and dog product shopping and reviews.
No form of social media or exercising app would be complete without your own profile. Standard par for the course here which includes a little "dog" icon which you can click to expand and develop a mini-profile for your pup (not pictured). Further ideas here include aggregated data for you and your pet based on all activities, fitness goals, and more.
If you're interested in seeing more of the designs for this project let me know!
