Your Pace
Turning listening to yourself into a daily gesture
A self-tracking wellness app that makes a care journey — mental or physical — real and accountable, without judgment. Five minutes a day to catch the silent signals of body and mind before they fade.
- Year
- 2025
- Role
- Product & UX/UI Designer
- Platform
- Mobile-first PWA
- Status
- MVP live, in daily use
01 — The mission
Caring for yourself, for the long run
We live in the century of chronic illness and mental distress. It's no longer sudden epidemics that make us feel worse, but something slower and quieter: the way we live, day after day. What if the greatest cure available to us was right there — in our ability to intentionally tune in to the signals our body and mind send us?
Your Pace is built on that conviction. Longevity and well-being aren't a finish line to race toward, but a rhythm to recognise and respect. The name says it: pace — rhythm, cadence, in English; and pace — calm, serenity, in Italian. Your pace. Your peace.
“Listen to the silent signals. Don't leave them unheard — they're precious information, and they're yours.”
02 — The challenge
Tracking that feels like listening
Most tracking apps fall into the same traps: gamification, guilt, pressure to “score points,” parameter overload. The result is that we stop using them — or worse, they make us feel we've fallen short.
The challenge for Your Pace was to design a tool where tracking feels like listening, not scoring. Reports aren't grades. They're photographs: useful, honest, free of judgment.
03 — The approach
A philosophy, before it's an app
I took the project end-to-end, starting from values before screens: a system of principles that guided every decision, from copy to colour, from data structure to a single piece of microcopy.
Progress over perfection
Human journeys are organic and non-linear. Perfection is an illusion; progress is real.
No judgment
The instinct is to judge whatever happens. Here, something will always remind you that you don't have to.
Observation
Observing, in the scientific sense, is how we gather data and make choices that truly fit who we are.
No performance
The goal isn't to tick as many boxes as possible, but to build a routine that follows your curves.
Less is more
A few essential parameters, to avoid overload and care for yourself for real.
04 — The product
Five minutes a day
“How are you feeling today?” is the question at the heart of it all. Four connected spaces make that question easy to answer, and worth answering. Tap any screen to see it full size.
The interview
A daily moment of intentional listening. Scales answer in words, never in numbers — a number invites you to grade yourself, a word invites you to describe yourself.
The calendar
Continuity and a gentle sense of accountability. It is the body's own 'big data' — the pattern, not the single day — that reveals the bigger picture.
The library
Hundreds of symptoms and parameters organised by category — plus the option to craft your own. Activate only what is relevant to the moment of life you are in.
Adding a parameter
Mind and body are distinct but connected. Symptom packages are curated from recognised health sources — support for observation, not medical advice.
The panorama
Where the threads come together. Charts, trends and correlations returned in a clear, readable form — with reports valuable to take to your doctor or therapist.
A day, kept as it was
What you wrote that day, kept as it was. A past day can't be filled in later — remembering it would only blur what the panorama reads.
05 — Key design decisions
Every detail defends the same choice
Designing a wellness product is, above all, a matter of tone and respect: every detail can make a person feel observed — or judged. Designing “without judgment” means defending that choice in every micro-interaction.
Words, not numbers
Scale responses never show a 1-to-5 grade, only text labels. A number invites you to judge yourself; a word invites you to describe yourself. The data stays measurable underneath.
Mind and body — distinct but connected
Two separate areas to make observation and logging easier, built on the belief that one doesn't exist without the other.
Less is more
A few essential parameters, chosen with intent, to reduce cognitive load and raise the completion rate.
Personalisation with purpose
The library lets you activate only what's relevant to the moment of life you're in — the right priorities, at the right time.
Tone of voice as a feature
The UX writing for buttons, tooltips and captions is designed to be gentle and anti-performance — part of the experience, not a finishing touch.
Grounded in trusted sources
Symptom packages are curated from recognised health sources — presented as support for observation, not medical advice.
“A number invites you to grade yourself; a word invites you to describe yourself.”
06 — In short
Your pace. Your peace.
Your Pace is a daily space to listen to yourself without judgment. Five minutes a day to avoid losing the silent signals of body and mind, and to turn them, over time, into a clear map of how you're really doing.
Not the single day, but the pattern — returned to you, honestly and free of judgment.