Soireé App
Overview: An application that allows people to easily come to a consensus of a meal
Problem
My friends and I often feel frustrated when trying to make plans together because we all live in different cities and have different preferences. It's difficult to find a location that is equally convenient for everyone and that meets all our dietary needs and tastes. We usually end up scrolling through Google or Yelp for a while before getting fed up and either giving up or defaulting to a place we've been to before. After talking to others, I realized this is a common struggle—one that I set out to solve.
Solution
I designed an app that allows people to fill out a form to indicate their preferences. The app collects everyone’s responses and generates suggestions for places that meet all group members' needs and preferences. It takes the hard work out of making plans—no more struggling to find a restaurant that suits everyone and is centrally located, or dealing with the hassle of making reservations.
Home Page
The home page is a map which allows users to visualize where their friends are. The user can click on their friends to invite them, invite them to groups, or join a group.
Results Page
As users fill out the preference form, the results page will populate accordingly with restaurant suggestions that meet everyone’s criteria. Each card has information about the restaurant and allows users to ‘favorite’ the restaurant. The user can also click on the restaurant to see more information about it.
Invite Page
The user can individually invite friends to fill out a form or create a group and select several people.
Form Page
Users fill out the form with their preferences and then the algorithm will populate suggestions based on the group’s forms. Users will fill out their name and location in the text fields, slide the bar over for miles willing to travel, use checkboxes to indicate dietary restrictions and food preferences, and a selection for price preferences.
Restaurant Description page
When a user clicks on a restaurant within the results page, the app will open up a brand new page with more information about the restaurant including: hours of operation, address, website, contact information and social media.
Invite via Link page
When users choose to invite, they are brought to this page to send to their friends.