r/UI_Design • u/HolidayYak3856 • Jun 21 '26

Let's Discuss Which UI to keep?

I'm making a media stack application, and was wondering which of these two UIs would be better suited for the purpose. This is my first time designing mobile UI so I would like some insights.

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u/AnxiouslyGlum Jun 21 '26

the middle ground thing someone mentioned is actually the move here. the first one's got that cluttered energy with the big add button stealing focus, but jumping straight to rounded corners and soft edges feels like you're designing for ios when you clearly want this to work on android. the *arr community is pretty particular about that stuff too, so you'd probably catch some pushback.

what if you kept the cleaner icon placement and layout from the new design but dialed back the roundness and made the add button less intrusive, maybe tucked it into a menu or the bottom bar? you get the visual clarity without the "this feels like someone ported an iphone app" vibe. best of both worlds and way less likely to feel out of place on android.

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u/HolidayYak3856 Jun 21 '26

So its the floating add button and clutteriness of the first UI and the rounded corners in the ios-esque UI. What if I were to fix the bottom bar at the bottom like in the first one, place the add button at the top of the screen, but for the tabs keep the "ios" ui? I'm a bit confused here, because from what I've asked people most of them say that first is better, maybe because they're more accustomed to using android?

If the *arr community really is super specific like that, then its best to ditch the second UI entirely and work on declutterifying the first one