Soultime · User-contributed screenshot · resized, content unchanged
Friends notified automatically “when we think you might need a call”
“Soultime with Friends Settings”: “For many of us reaching out is one of the hardest parts. Soultime with Friends discreetly nudges your friends automatically when we think you might need a call.” “Automatic notifications” is switched on; switching it off means the app asks first.
Design takeaway
The intention is care, and the mechanism is an inference about someone’s state sent to others by default. Ask every time, and let the person write the words.
What this example establishes
“Soultime with Friends Settings”: “For many of us reaching out is one of the hardest parts. Soultime with Friends discreetly nudges your friends automatically when we think you might need a call.” “Automatic notifications” is switched on; switching it off means the app asks first.
Limits and further verification
A still image shows one interface state. Gestures, timing, accessibility, persistence and what happens next were not tested. App version not recorded.
Provenance
- Platform
- iOS app · device model not recorded
- Image origin
- User-contributed screenshot · resized, content unchanged
- Source or capture date
- Captured 28 August 2025 · from embedded image metadata
- Reviewed
- 6 October 2026
- Version
- Not recorded
Screenshot captured by Tobias Treppmann for his app-pattern research and supplied for this design reference. Resized for the web; content unchanged. Interface, imagery and Scripture text remain the property of their respective rights holders.
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