UI / UX Design
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Muny
A ground-up redesign of Muny, a goal-based personal finance app, rebuilding the client’s existing product into a cleaner, more motivating experience for saving toward goals, tracking spending and staying on top of money.
Year :
2026
Industry :
Fintech · Personal Finance
Client :
Muny (Fintech)
Project Duration :
2 Weeks
Role :
Product Designer (Redesign)
Team :
Tools :
Figma
Platform :
iOS · Android
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Snapshot
Product: Muny, a goal-based personal finance app for saving toward targets, tracking spending and staying on top of money.
Type: End-to-end redesign of the client’s existing product.
Client: Confidential (Fintech).
My role: Product designer, audit, redesign, UI system, high-fidelity screens.
Scope: Home, Goals, Insights, Transactions and Profile rebuilt into one coherent system.
Project Health
Overview
Muny helps people save with intent: set a goal, fund it, and watch it grow, while keeping income and spending legible in one place. The client arrived with a working product and a clear ask, keep what works, but rebuild the experience so it feels modern, motivating and trustworthy enough to hold someone’s money.
This was a redesign, not a reskin. I treated the client’s existing screens as the source of truth for scope and functionality, then rebuilt the interface, hierarchy and visual system from the ground up.
Before The Redesign
The starting point was the client’s existing app: functional, but visually dated and inconsistent. Screens leaned on heavy containers and uneven spacing, goal progress was hard to read at a glance, and empty states left new users staring at blank screens with no next step.
Those originals set the brief. Every redesign decision that follows is a direct response to something the old product made harder than it needed to be, which is why they’re shown here as the before, not hidden.
5
Core sections rebuilt
100%
Screens reworked from the ground up
1
UI system established
The Problem
The existing Muny worked but didn’t motivate. Saving is emotional, and the interface treated it like data entry: goals read as list rows rather than progress, the home screen buried the one number users open the app to see, and the visual language didn’t earn the trust a finance app needs.
How might we rebuild Muny so saving feels motivating and legible, without changing the underlying product the client had already validated?
Constraints
Preserve the existing feature set and flows, a redesign, not a re-scope.
Mobile-first, across iOS and Android.
Finance-grade clarity: money, goals and transactions had to stay precise and scannable.
Strong empty states: a savings app is mostly empty screens on day one.
Research & Insights
Grounded in an audit of the client’s existing app and a competitive review of goal-based finance and budgeting apps. Three reads shaped the work:
Goal progress is the product’s emotional core; if it isn’t glanceable, engagement drops.
The home screen should answer ‘how am I doing’ before anything else.
Empty states are onboarding: the day-one experience is almost entirely blank screens.
Goals & Objectives
Make goal progress the visual centre of the app.
Lead the home screen with the numbers users open the app for.
Design empty states that guide the first action instead of dead-ending.
Establish a clean, trustworthy visual system the client can extend.
Process
I started from the client’s screens to lock scope, mapped the core flows, Home, Goals, Insights, Transactions and Profile, then moved through wireframes into a high-fidelity system with a defined type scale, consistent spacing and a purple-led palette.
Key Design Decisions
1. Redesign, not reskin
I worked from the old product as the functional contract and rebuilt everything above it, so the client kept validated functionality while getting a genuinely new experience.
2. Progress as the hero
Goals were rebuilt around clear progress visualisation rather than list rows, putting the emotional payoff of saving front and centre.
3. Insight-first home
The home screen leads with income, spending and active goals, answering ‘how am I doing’ the moment the app opens.
4. Empty states as onboarding
Every blank screen earns a prompt and a next step, turning the day-one emptiness of a savings app into guided momentum.
5. One calm system
Consistent spacing, shared radii and a restrained purple accent give the product the composed, trustworthy feel a finance app depends on.
The Solution
Home: income, expenses and active goals at a glance.
Goals: create, fund and track goals with legible progress.
Insights: spending broken down by category with a clear overview.
Transactions: a scannable history with filtering.
Profile: account, payment and system settings in one place.
Results & Impact
The redesign delivered a complete, consistent product: the client’s existing Muny rebuilt across its five core sections into one modern system, with a defined UI foundation to grow on, and a clear before-and-after that shows the distance travelled.
Reflections
What worked: anchoring on progress. Making goals the visual centre reframed the whole app.
What I’d do differently: pair the redesign with a quick usability pass comparing the old and new goal screens to quantify the lift.
What I’d validate next: whether the stronger empty states improve day-one goal creation.
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CLIENT PROOF
Nick Simmons
founder of JAH creative design agency
Having Lawrence work under my agency made me money as an efficient designer he is, helped me retain my status as a Top 4% upwork agency and I can't be any less proud of him. Under me he learnt framer just so we could get more jobs and he delivered.
Loong Pancoast
CEO of DriveOn
Lawrence is a professional through and through. He has been an absolute pleasure to work with, taking in account all of our needs while meeting expectations. I would 100 percent recommend Lawrence for any developmental design needs. If you are hesitating, don't, you won't regret it.
Drew Levin
Co-founder of SideShift
Lawrence worked hand in hand with me and Nick Lawton to get the first version of our site out the door, staying flexible through every change we needed. His cooperation is a big reason we could launch on time and begin major operations. A designer who listens closely and delivers.
14:14
UI / UX Design
View design file →
Muny
A ground-up redesign of Muny, a goal-based personal finance app, rebuilding the client’s existing product into a cleaner, more motivating experience for saving toward goals, tracking spending and staying on top of money.
Year :
2026
Industry :
Fintech · Personal Finance
Client :
Muny (Fintech)
Project Duration :
2 Weeks
Role :
Product Designer (Redesign)
Team :
Tools :
Figma
Platform :
iOS · Android
View more shots in the gallery →
Snapshot
Product: Muny, a goal-based personal finance app for saving toward targets, tracking spending and staying on top of money.
Type: End-to-end redesign of the client’s existing product.
Client: Confidential (Fintech).
My role: Product designer, audit, redesign, UI system, high-fidelity screens.
Scope: Home, Goals, Insights, Transactions and Profile rebuilt into one coherent system.
Project Health
Overview
Muny helps people save with intent: set a goal, fund it, and watch it grow, while keeping income and spending legible in one place. The client arrived with a working product and a clear ask, keep what works, but rebuild the experience so it feels modern, motivating and trustworthy enough to hold someone’s money.
This was a redesign, not a reskin. I treated the client’s existing screens as the source of truth for scope and functionality, then rebuilt the interface, hierarchy and visual system from the ground up.
Before The Redesign
The starting point was the client’s existing app: functional, but visually dated and inconsistent. Screens leaned on heavy containers and uneven spacing, goal progress was hard to read at a glance, and empty states left new users staring at blank screens with no next step.
Those originals set the brief. Every redesign decision that follows is a direct response to something the old product made harder than it needed to be, which is why they’re shown here as the before, not hidden.
5
Core sections rebuilt
100%
Screens reworked from the ground up
1
UI system established
The Problem
The existing Muny worked but didn’t motivate. Saving is emotional, and the interface treated it like data entry: goals read as list rows rather than progress, the home screen buried the one number users open the app to see, and the visual language didn’t earn the trust a finance app needs.
How might we rebuild Muny so saving feels motivating and legible, without changing the underlying product the client had already validated?
Constraints
Preserve the existing feature set and flows, a redesign, not a re-scope.
Mobile-first, across iOS and Android.
Finance-grade clarity: money, goals and transactions had to stay precise and scannable.
Strong empty states: a savings app is mostly empty screens on day one.
Research & Insights
Grounded in an audit of the client’s existing app and a competitive review of goal-based finance and budgeting apps. Three reads shaped the work:
Goal progress is the product’s emotional core; if it isn’t glanceable, engagement drops.
The home screen should answer ‘how am I doing’ before anything else.
Empty states are onboarding: the day-one experience is almost entirely blank screens.
Goals & Objectives
Make goal progress the visual centre of the app.
Lead the home screen with the numbers users open the app for.
Design empty states that guide the first action instead of dead-ending.
Establish a clean, trustworthy visual system the client can extend.
Process
I started from the client’s screens to lock scope, mapped the core flows, Home, Goals, Insights, Transactions and Profile, then moved through wireframes into a high-fidelity system with a defined type scale, consistent spacing and a purple-led palette.
Key Design Decisions
1. Redesign, not reskin
I worked from the old product as the functional contract and rebuilt everything above it, so the client kept validated functionality while getting a genuinely new experience.
2. Progress as the hero
Goals were rebuilt around clear progress visualisation rather than list rows, putting the emotional payoff of saving front and centre.
3. Insight-first home
The home screen leads with income, spending and active goals, answering ‘how am I doing’ the moment the app opens.
4. Empty states as onboarding
Every blank screen earns a prompt and a next step, turning the day-one emptiness of a savings app into guided momentum.
5. One calm system
Consistent spacing, shared radii and a restrained purple accent give the product the composed, trustworthy feel a finance app depends on.
The Solution
Home: income, expenses and active goals at a glance.
Goals: create, fund and track goals with legible progress.
Insights: spending broken down by category with a clear overview.
Transactions: a scannable history with filtering.
Profile: account, payment and system settings in one place.
Results & Impact
The redesign delivered a complete, consistent product: the client’s existing Muny rebuilt across its five core sections into one modern system, with a defined UI foundation to grow on, and a clear before-and-after that shows the distance travelled.
Reflections
What worked: anchoring on progress. Making goals the visual centre reframed the whole app.
What I’d do differently: pair the redesign with a quick usability pass comparing the old and new goal screens to quantify the lift.
What I’d validate next: whether the stronger empty states improve day-one goal creation.
More Projects
CLIENT PROOF
Nick Simmons
founder of JAH creative design agency
Having Lawrence work under my agency made me money as an efficient designer he is, helped me retain my status as a Top 4% upwork agency and I can't be any less proud of him. Under me he learnt framer just so we could get more jobs and he delivered.
Loong Pancoast
CEO of DriveOn
Lawrence is a professional through and through. He has been an absolute pleasure to work with, taking in account all of our needs while meeting expectations. I would 100 percent recommend Lawrence for any developmental design needs. If you are hesitating, don't, you won't regret it.
Drew Levin
Co-founder of SideShift
Lawrence worked hand in hand with me and Nick Lawton to get the first version of our site out the door, staying flexible through every change we needed. His cooperation is a big reason we could launch on time and begin major operations. A designer who listens closely and delivers.
14:14
UI / UX Design
View design file →
Muny
A ground-up redesign of Muny, a goal-based personal finance app, rebuilding the client’s existing product into a cleaner, more motivating experience for saving toward goals, tracking spending and staying on top of money.
Year :
2026
Industry :
Fintech · Personal Finance
Client :
Muny (Fintech)
Project Duration :
2 Weeks
Role :
Product Designer (Redesign)
Team :
Tools :
Figma
Platform :
iOS · Android
View more shots in the gallery →
Snapshot
Product: Muny, a goal-based personal finance app for saving toward targets, tracking spending and staying on top of money.
Type: End-to-end redesign of the client’s existing product.
Client: Confidential (Fintech).
My role: Product designer, audit, redesign, UI system, high-fidelity screens.
Scope: Home, Goals, Insights, Transactions and Profile rebuilt into one coherent system.
Project Health
Overview
Muny helps people save with intent: set a goal, fund it, and watch it grow, while keeping income and spending legible in one place. The client arrived with a working product and a clear ask, keep what works, but rebuild the experience so it feels modern, motivating and trustworthy enough to hold someone’s money.
This was a redesign, not a reskin. I treated the client’s existing screens as the source of truth for scope and functionality, then rebuilt the interface, hierarchy and visual system from the ground up.
Before The Redesign
The starting point was the client’s existing app: functional, but visually dated and inconsistent. Screens leaned on heavy containers and uneven spacing, goal progress was hard to read at a glance, and empty states left new users staring at blank screens with no next step.
Those originals set the brief. Every redesign decision that follows is a direct response to something the old product made harder than it needed to be, which is why they’re shown here as the before, not hidden.
5
Core sections rebuilt
100%
Screens reworked from the ground up
1
UI system established
The Problem
The existing Muny worked but didn’t motivate. Saving is emotional, and the interface treated it like data entry: goals read as list rows rather than progress, the home screen buried the one number users open the app to see, and the visual language didn’t earn the trust a finance app needs.
How might we rebuild Muny so saving feels motivating and legible, without changing the underlying product the client had already validated?
Constraints
Preserve the existing feature set and flows, a redesign, not a re-scope.
Mobile-first, across iOS and Android.
Finance-grade clarity: money, goals and transactions had to stay precise and scannable.
Strong empty states: a savings app is mostly empty screens on day one.
Research & Insights
Grounded in an audit of the client’s existing app and a competitive review of goal-based finance and budgeting apps. Three reads shaped the work:
Goal progress is the product’s emotional core; if it isn’t glanceable, engagement drops.
The home screen should answer ‘how am I doing’ before anything else.
Empty states are onboarding: the day-one experience is almost entirely blank screens.
Goals & Objectives
Make goal progress the visual centre of the app.
Lead the home screen with the numbers users open the app for.
Design empty states that guide the first action instead of dead-ending.
Establish a clean, trustworthy visual system the client can extend.
Process
I started from the client’s screens to lock scope, mapped the core flows, Home, Goals, Insights, Transactions and Profile, then moved through wireframes into a high-fidelity system with a defined type scale, consistent spacing and a purple-led palette.
Key Design Decisions
1. Redesign, not reskin
I worked from the old product as the functional contract and rebuilt everything above it, so the client kept validated functionality while getting a genuinely new experience.
2. Progress as the hero
Goals were rebuilt around clear progress visualisation rather than list rows, putting the emotional payoff of saving front and centre.
3. Insight-first home
The home screen leads with income, spending and active goals, answering ‘how am I doing’ the moment the app opens.
4. Empty states as onboarding
Every blank screen earns a prompt and a next step, turning the day-one emptiness of a savings app into guided momentum.
5. One calm system
Consistent spacing, shared radii and a restrained purple accent give the product the composed, trustworthy feel a finance app depends on.
The Solution
Home: income, expenses and active goals at a glance.
Goals: create, fund and track goals with legible progress.
Insights: spending broken down by category with a clear overview.
Transactions: a scannable history with filtering.
Profile: account, payment and system settings in one place.
Results & Impact
The redesign delivered a complete, consistent product: the client’s existing Muny rebuilt across its five core sections into one modern system, with a defined UI foundation to grow on, and a clear before-and-after that shows the distance travelled.
Reflections
What worked: anchoring on progress. Making goals the visual centre reframed the whole app.
What I’d do differently: pair the redesign with a quick usability pass comparing the old and new goal screens to quantify the lift.
What I’d validate next: whether the stronger empty states improve day-one goal creation.
More Projects
CLIENT PROOF
Nick Simmons
founder of JAH creative design agency
Having Lawrence work under my agency made me money as an efficient designer he is, helped me retain my status as a Top 4% upwork agency and I can't be any less proud of him. Under me he learnt framer just so we could get more jobs and he delivered.
Loong Pancoast
CEO of DriveOn
Lawrence is a professional through and through. He has been an absolute pleasure to work with, taking in account all of our needs while meeting expectations. I would 100 percent recommend Lawrence for any developmental design needs. If you are hesitating, don't, you won't regret it.
Drew Levin
Co-founder of SideShift
Lawrence worked hand in hand with me and Nick Lawton to get the first version of our site out the door, staying flexible through every change we needed. His cooperation is a big reason we could launch on time and begin major operations. A designer who listens closely and delivers.
14:14