Potty Patterns

UI/UX Designer

Date

December 15 2025-February 26 2026

Potty Patterns is a caregiver iOS app designed to help track and predict bathroom habits for neurodivergent children. This app was designed to create a simple, supportive tool that reduces stress while improving routine consistency.

Tools Used:

Figma, Xcode, SwiftUI, Procreate

Case Study

This project was inspired by personal experience, where I recognized a gap in tools that were both simple and supportive. Many existing solutions felt overwhelming or lacked meaningful insights.

I set out to design an app that reduces stress, improves consistency, and helps caregivers feel more confident in their daily routines.

Caregivers of neurodivergent children often struggle with inconsistent bathroom routines. Without clear patterns, accidents can be frequent, leading to stress for both the caregiver and child.

Existing solutions focus on basic tracking, but lack meaningful insights or predictive support.

Challenges

Goals

Design an intuitive, low effort tracking system that helps caregivers:

  • Log bathroom activity quickly

  • Identify patterns in behavior

  • Predict optimal times for bathroom use

  • Reduce cognitive load during already busy routines

User Persona

Ashley Johnson

32

Mother

Customer Service Representative

Cleveland, OH

Suburbs

Challenges

Ashley is a full-time working mom caring for her young child, who is currently in the process of potty training. Her child is neurodivergent, and non-verbal. This makes routines and transitions more challenging and less predictable. Ashley manages a busy schedule while trying to stay consistent with her child’s development and daily needs.

User Research

I conducted research using informal interviews and surveys based on caregiver’s experiences with potty training neurodivergent children.

I was able to identify common frustrations around consistency, tracking, and understanding patterns over time.

Goals

  • Understand how caregivers currently track potty training progress.

  • Identify common challenges in maintaining consistency and routines.

  • Explore how caregivers interpret patterns and behaviors.

  • Discover opportunities to simplify and support the tracking process.

Key Findings

  • Children respond best to predictable routines.

  • Tracking is often abandoned if it feels overwhelming.

  • Simplicity is critical. Caregivers don’t have time for complex flows.

  • Visual clarity reduces stress and improves consistency with tracking.

  • Offering progress summaries and reminders will help caregiver track more efficiently.

  • A supportive tone is just as important as functionality.

Wireframe

For the wireframe, I organized the app into four screens.

  • Activity Screen (Home): Entry point with clear actions

  • Food Log Screen: Tracks meals and drinks with timestamps

  • Potty Log Screen: Logs bathroom activity with simple selections

  • Summary Screen: Display daily activity in a structured timeline

High Fidelity

Onboarding Screen

  • Immediately communicate the app’s value by explaining what it does and how it support caregivers eliminating confusion.

  • Calm and supportive language and design.

  • Strong “call to action” with continue button and progress indicators guiding users in a clear linear flow.

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Food Log Screen

  • Organized sections (Food and Drink)

  • Add custom food and drink to drop down menu

  • Timestamp visibility

  • Built in calendar

  • Clear action buttons with icons

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Accessibility & Usability

  • Large tap targets

  • Clear icon + label pairing

  • High contrast between text and background

  • Simple, readable typography

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Potty Log Screen

  • Quick and efficient data entry.

  • Drop down date and time.

  • Large accessible touch targets with clear labeled full-width buttons.

  • Simple three button vertical layout

  • Clear action feedback and flow with large save button at the bottom of the screen.

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Summary Log Screen

  • Daily summary screen that provides caregivers with a brief snap shot of potty training data.

  • Organized information into simple card views with icons and and labels.

  • Clean interface with soft vibrant colors and white space for a minimal UI.

  • Bottom navigation bar allows users to easily switch between multiple screens.

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Personalized Profile:

  • Name, age, and preference

  • Individual tracking histories

  • Personalized routines and patterns

Personal profiles ensure that tracking and insights remain accurate, relevant, and tailored to the individual child.

Advanced Progress Tracker:

  • Real-time synching of logs.

  • Consistent tracking across caregivers.

  • Improved communication between support systems.

Many children are supported by a team. Enabling collaboration ensures consistency in routines and reduces gaps in tracking.

Future Features

Multiple Caregiver Access:

  • Real time synching of logs

  • Consistent tracking across caregivers

  • Improved communication between support systems

Enabling collaboration ensures consistency in routines and reduces gaps in tracking.

AI-Powered Insights

  • Pattern recognition (e.g., “Most accidents occur 30-60 minutes after juice intake.”)

  • Suggested routines (e.g., “Try a bathroom break after lunch.”)

  • Gentile, supportive language tailored to caregivers

Many parents may not have direct access to behavioral specialists. AI-powered insights can help bridge the gap by providing guidance that feels approachable, actionable, and personalized.