These are the first run screens of Any.DO, a free to-do list app for iOS.
The good bits:
The app allows users to skip sign in/sign-up. People can try out some of the list making and reminder capabilities before setting up an account.
Very similar to Clear App, Any.DO presents a few list items that say how to interact with them. They serve a dual purpose; they create a default list so that users don’t begin with a blank slate, and they teach core interactions in context.
To be improved:
The app begins with a series of alert dialogs, asking to give the app permission to access the phone’s calendar and contacts. Because the “Sign In with Facebook” button is visible below the alerts, this may lead to concerns about how the calendar and contacts might be shared. These certainly seem to come earlier than expected, when there hasn’t been any expectation set about how this data would be used.
The app has a slow animated intro, where an image of a hand holding an iPhone pushes into view. This animation also requires the user to wait as it dissolves through a few sample screens.
While the app allows one to skip a sign-in process, it throws up a lengthy alert message that says, by skipping registration/sign-in, “you’re missing out!” These double confirmation alerts for non-destructive actions like “Skip” are friction points, since the user has already indicated that they want to get started without the fuss of signing up.
Finally, the intro portion ends with another alert dialog; this one is the standard iOS notification prompt.