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Heuristics for mobile applications

Making sure your mobile application or prototype covers all of the 10 heuristics is important when creating a successful application. Below is an evaluation of the heuristics in an application and how to incorporate them using Adobe XD.

1. Visibility of system status

Does your app keep users informed about what's happening? If something is uploading, loading, downloading, or stuck?

2. Match between system and the real world

Does your app communicate with a user utilizing language and design elements that are familiar to them?

Tips

• Avoid wording that's overly technical — stick to simple terms
• Explain acronyms and abbreviations — don't assume
• Communicate like a human not a machine

Using icons and symbols help communicate between the user and the system 

3. User control and freedom

Does your app have the ability to undo or redo an action?

Again, utilizing buttons makes this really easy by implementing back buttons or a cancel button

4. Consistency and standards

Does your app follow interface conventions that you need to abide by? Yet again, having buttons and icons makes this super smooth. By adding a shopping cart button is a standard in the real world which signifies adding an item to your cart. 

5. Error prevention

Does your app help prevent the user from making serious errors?

Adding an account verification process to prevent errors and make sure all fields are filled out is a great way to prevent errors. Another way to prevent errors is to provide users with an error message if they do something that is not allowed. 

6. Recognition rather than recall

Does your app present important options visibility? Are instructions or help materials easily found in the app?

Tips

• Have helpful tooltips ready for new users
• Have tutorials implemented in the application
• Have recommendations 

7. Flexibility and efficiency of use

Is your app flexible enough to cater to power users as well as novices? Can you personalize frequent actions so it's one less tap for the user?

8. Aesthetic and minamilist design

Does your app's interface show the user everything onscreen, or does it show only the most essential elements? Is every word in your UI necessary?

9. Help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from erros

Does your app explain an error when a user makes one? Is it clear what the user has to do next when an error happens?

10. Help and documentation

Does your app provide documentation so that users can find answers when they need it?