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So why exactly is app design even important?
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Why are we dedicating this time to learning about it?
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So currently in 2016, there's around 2 million apps on the iOS App Store and around 2.4 million on the
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Android Google PlayStore.
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That's a lot of apps.
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When you release your own app into either platform, it's like a drop in the ocean. And 
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in order for your app to stand out and to be downloaded, we need to care about design.
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But also if you think about it despite all of your hard work, all of your blood sweat and tears that
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you've poured into this amazing app, it only takes three taps for a user to completely wipe it from their
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device and that's usually due to user experience problems,
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they get frustrated with using the app or that it doesn't create an emotional response from the user.
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Because at the end of the day how much a user likes your app is not related to how feature rich it is
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or how good the code is, although those are important.
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But the most important thing that actually makes people fall in love with your app is the design.
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How easy is it to use,
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how beautiful is the interface.
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These are emotional responses that are not related to the features in your app or the code.
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And that's why we need to focus on the fundamentals of app design in order to make your app as beautiful,
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as delightful as it can be so that users will fall in love with it and hopefully you'll get those 5
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star reviews that's going to propel you to the top of the App Store.