"$300 for a redesign — what does that actually include?"

Fair question. Let me walk you through exactly what a Visual Overhaul engagement looks like from start to finish, so there's zero ambiguity about the value.

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Phase 1: The Audit

Before I touch a single pixel, I go through your existing app screen by screen. I'm looking at:

• Visual hierarchy — Is it clear what's most important on each screen?

• Spacing & rhythm — Does the layout feel intentional or accidental?

• Color & contrast — Are you guiding the eye or creating noise?

• Typography — Is your type system reinforcing your brand or fighting it?

• Motion & transitions — Do interactions feel responsive and satisfying?

• Emotional tone — Does the app feel like what it's supposed to be?

You get a written audit summary highlighting what's working, what's broken, and what has the highest ROI to fix. This alone is worth the price for most founders — it's the kind of honest, specific feedback you can't get from your dev team or your users.

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Phase 2: The Moodboard & Direction

Based on the audit, I build a custom moodboard that establishes the visual direction for your overhaul. This isn't a Pinterest board of random inspiration — it's a curated design brief that includes:

• Color palette recommendations with accessibility notes

• Typography pairings that match your brand's personality

• Reference UI patterns from best-in-class apps

• Motion/animation style references

• Overall aesthetic direction (e.g., "minimal brutalist" vs. "warm editorial" vs. "dark cinematic")

We align on direction before any screen redesign begins. No surprises.

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Phase 3: Key Screen Redesigns

This is the core of the overhaul. I redesign your most critical screens — typically 3-5 screens depending on complexity — with full cinematic treatment:

• Pixel-perfect layouts with intentional spacing systems

• Custom component styling (buttons, cards, inputs, navigation)

• Light/dark mode considerations where applicable

• Responsive annotations if needed

• Design files delivered in Figma, ready for your developer

These aren't mockups. These are production-grade designs your team can implement directly.

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Phase 4: Motion & Animation Specs

Static designs only tell half the story. I provide detailed motion specifications for:

• Screen transitions and navigation animations

• Micro-interactions (button presses, toggles, loading states)

• Scroll-based animations where they add value

• Timing curves and duration recommendations

Your developer gets everything they need to bring the designs to life — not just what it looks like, but how it moves.

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Phase 5: Deliverables & Handoff

At the end of the engagement, you walk away with:

✅ Written UI audit with prioritized recommendations

✅ Custom moodboard & approved design direction

✅ 3-5 redesigned key screens (Figma)

✅ Component style guide for consistency

✅ Motion & animation specification document

✅ 30-minute walkthrough call to review everything

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Who This Is For

The Visual Overhaul is built for:

• Founders who shipped an MVP that works but looks amateur

• Dev teams that need design direction they can trust

• Startups preparing for a fundraise or public launch and need to look the part

• Anyone whose app works fine but doesn't feel premium

It's not for people who need a full app built from scratch (that's our MVP service). It's for people who have something real and need it to look real too.

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The Bottom Line

$300 gets you a complete visual transformation of your app's most important screens — audited, directed, redesigned, and specced for motion. Most design agencies charge $3,000+ for less.

If your app deserves better than what it currently looks like, this is the most efficient path to getting there.

Interested? Check out the Visual Overhaul plan on our page, or drop a comment with any questions.

You have about 8 seconds before a new user decides if your app is worth their time. That decision happens across exactly three screens.

Most founders obsess over features. The best founders obsess over how those features feel the first time someone touches them.

Here are the three screens that determine whether users stay or bounce — and what most apps get catastrophically wrong on each one.

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1. The Onboarding Screen

Why it matters: This is your handshake. It sets the emotional tone for the entire product experience. Users aren't reading your onboarding — they're feeling it.

What most apps get wrong:

• Walls of text explaining features nobody asked about

• Generic illustrations that could belong to any app

• Too many steps before the user reaches value

• No sense of progression or momentum

The cinematic fix: Treat onboarding like a movie trailer, not an instruction manual. Every frame should build anticipation. Use purposeful motion to guide the eye. Reduce copy to one sharp sentence per step. Make the user want to tap "Next" — not just tolerate it.

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2. The Home / Dashboard Screen

Why it matters: This is where users land every single session. If it feels cluttered, overwhelming, or lifeless, they'll start dreading opening your app. If it feels clear, intentional, and alive — they'll come back daily.

What most apps get wrong:

• Cramming every feature into one view

• No visual hierarchy — everything screams for attention equally

• Static layouts that feel like spreadsheets with rounded corners

• Ignoring the emotional state of the user when they arrive

The cinematic fix: Design for the moment the user opens the app. What do they need right now? Lead with that. Use whitespace as a weapon. Create depth with subtle shadows and layering. Add micro-animations that make the interface feel responsive and alive — not decorative, functional. The best dashboards feel like a cockpit, not a cluttered desk.

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3. The Core Action Screen

Why it matters: This is the screen where users do the one thing your app exists for — send a message, place a trade, start a workout, book a session. If this screen has friction, your retention is dead.

What most apps get wrong:

• Burying the primary action below secondary options

• No feedback on completion — the user taps and nothing feels like it happened

• Inconsistent spacing and alignment that creates subconscious unease

• Treating this screen the same as every other screen

The cinematic fix: The core action screen deserves its own design language. The primary CTA should be unmissable. Every tap should produce satisfying feedback — haptic, visual, or both. The transition into and out of this screen should feel intentional. Think of it as the climax of a film: everything builds to this moment.

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The Takeaway

Design isn't about making things pretty. It's about engineering how someone feels while using your product. These three screens are where that feeling is won or lost.

If you look at your app and these screens don't hit — that's not a design problem you can fix with a new color palette. That's a structural issue that requires someone who thinks in systems, motion, and emotion.

That's what we do at Shatzkamer Studio.

Have questions about your app's first impression? Drop a comment below — happy to give quick feedback.

We're officially open for business.

Shatzkamer Studio builds cinematic MVPs, visual overhauls, and strategic prototypes for founders and teams who refuse to ship ugly software.

This isn't a template shop. Every project gets the same treatment: obsessive attention to motion, hierarchy, and the emotional experience of using your product. We design apps that feel like something.

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🎁 Launch Promo: 20% off Visual Overhauls

To celebrate going live, we're offering 20% off our Visual Overhaul service — down from $300 → $240 — with code LAUNCH at checkout.

What you get:

• Full UI audit of your existing app

• Custom moodboard & design direction

• Redesign of your key screens with cinematic polish

• Motion & animation specifications

• Production-ready deliverables

This is the fastest way to take your app from "functional" to "memorable."

👉 Claim your 20% off — checkout here

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The promo won't last forever. If your app looks like it was designed in 2019, now's the time to fix that.

Welcome to the studio. Let's build something worth looking at.

Most app founders obsess over features and completely neglect design. I get it — shipping fast matters. But here's the thing: users decide if your app is trustworthy within 50 milliseconds of opening it.

That's not a typo. Fifty milliseconds.

If your UI looks like a Bootstrap template from 2019, you're losing users before they ever see your brilliant feature set. I've redesigned dozens of apps and the pattern is always the same:

• Outdated typography — System fonts with no hierarchy. Users can't scan.

• No visual rhythm — Every element screams for attention. Nothing stands out.

• Generic color palette — The default blue that says "I didn't think about this."

• Zero micro-interactions — The app feels dead. No haptics, no transitions, no life.

The fix isn't a full rebuild. It's a focused visual overhaul — new type system, intentional spacing, a cinematic color palette, and purposeful motion design.

I've been doing this at Shatzkamer Studio and the results speak for themselves. If your app works but doesn't feel premium, that's exactly the gap I fill.