App Dev Worksheet: UI vs UX
Developer's tip (Look and feel): UI (user interface) = the look: colours, fonts, icons, layout. UX (user experience) = how it feels: easy, fast, not confusing. Count taps: each arrow in a path is one tap; fewer taps for the same task = better UX.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
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1.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Cart → Shop → Search → Pens → Size → Pay
Design B: Home → Shop → Results → Item → Menu - 2.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the icon shapes? (a) UX (b) UI
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the theme colours (b) how many taps it takes (c) how fast a task is done (d) how easy sign-up is
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4.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Item → Offers
Design B: Home → Item → Size → Shop → Pens (a) Design B (b) Design A -
5.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Results → Cart → Confirm → Item
Design B: Home → Menu → Search (a) Design A (b) Design B - 6.True or false: the button colours is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
- 7.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the font size? (a) UX (b) UI
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) the theme colours (c) the font size (d) the icon shapes
- 9.True or false: whether users get lost is about UX (the experience). (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎨 Fewer taps to finish a task usually means ___. (a) worse UX (b) better UX (c) a bigger app (d) more colours
- 11.🎨 UI stands for user ___. (a) interface (b) input (c) internet (d) idea
- 12.True or false: how easy sign-up is is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
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13.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does the shorter design save?
Design A: Home → Cart → Confirm → Size
Design B: Home → Cart → Pay -
14.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Pens → Cart → Address → Offers → Shop → Pay
Design B: Home → Size → Offers → Search → Pens → Cart (a) Design A (b) Design B -
15.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Offers → Cart → Results → Address → Size
Design B: Home → Search → Cart → Size → Pay (a) Design B (b) Design A -
16.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Confirm → Size → Search
Design B: Home → Pens → Address → Size → Menu → Search → Pay (a) Design A (b) Design B -
17.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Menu → Cart → Confirm
Design B: Home → Pay → Address (a) Design B (b) Design A - 18.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the theme colours? (a) UX (b) UI
- 19.🎨 Who should you test the UX with? (a) the app icon (b) real users (c) nobody (d) only yourself
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how fast a task is done (b) the screen layout (c) the icon shapes (d) the button colours
- 21.🎨 Is this about UI or UX: the screen layout? (a) UX (b) UI
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22.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Item → Search → Cart
Design B: Home → Offers → Results (a) Design A (b) Design B - 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) how fast a task is done (c) whether users get lost (d) the font size
- 24.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how easy sign-up is (b) how fast a task is done (c) whether users get lost (d) the theme colours
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25.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Item → Confirm → Pens → Search
Design B: Home → Menu → Cart (a) Design A (b) Design B -
26.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). Which needs FEWER taps?
Design A: Home → Search → Shop → Cart
Design B: Home → Shop → Results (a) Design B (b) Design A - 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how fast a task is done (b) the button colours (c) how many taps it takes (d) how users feel after
- 28.True or false: the icon shapes is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) how many taps it takes (b) the screen layout (c) how users feel after (d) how easy sign-up is
- 30.True or false: the theme colours is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
- 31.🎨 A beautiful app that confuses everyone has ___. (a) perfect UX (b) no UI at all (c) good UI but poor UX (d) good UX but poor UI
- 32.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the theme colours (b) the screen layout (c) how users feel after (d) the font size
- 33.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the button colours (b) the icon shapes (c) how easy sign-up is (d) the screen layout
- 34.Which of these is about UI (the look)? (a) whether users get lost (b) the icon shapes (c) how many taps it takes (d) how users feel after
- 35.True or false: the font size is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: the theme colours is about UI (the look). (a) True (b) False
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37.👆 Two designs for the same task (each arrow is one tap). How many taps does Design A need?
Design A: Home → Pens → Menu → Shop
Design B: Home → Address → Shop → Search → Menu → Pens → Offers - 38.True or false: the button colours is about UI (the look). (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: how users feel after is about UX (the experience). (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is about UX (the experience)? (a) the icon shapes (b) the screen layout (c) how many taps it takes (d) the font size
Answer key
- 2
- UI
- the theme colours
- Design A
- Design B
- False
- UI
- how easy sign-up is
- True
- better UX
- interface
- True
- 1
- Design B
- Design B
- Design A
- Design B
- UI
- real users
- how fast a task is done
- UI
- Design B
- the font size
- the theme colours
- Design B
- Design B
- the button colours
- True
- the screen layout
- False
- good UI but poor UX
- how users feel after
- how easy sign-up is
- the icon shapes
- True
- True
- 3
- True
- True
- how many taps it takes
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