15 Best Flat Design In Mobile User Interfaces

July 5, 2014
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Some of the best web and mobile app designs have a very limited colour range. Two or three colours can be more than enough, and I find that a restrained approach to colour works especially well on de-cluttered interfaces. 

National Geographic Re-design

National Geographic Re-design looks sophisticated and stylish. Dark and yellow color palette never gets old; it is beautifully accompanied by white font and spectacular nature shots.

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Taasky by Jakub Antalík

Taasky by Jakub Antalík has a refined appearance. Grey background is nicely brightened by muted color palette and rainbow-like panel on the right side.

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New Music App by Amit Rai

New Music App by Amit Rai  delivers overwhelming first impression, fascinating users by vibrant warm background and exquisite almost transparent circular navigation panel.

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PicLab by Roberto Nickson

PicLab by Roberto Nickson utilizes bright colors in order to make interface inviting, and also provides colorfully executed footer with settings.

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Samsung Smart Home App Concept by Ali Rahmoun

Samsung Smart Home App Concept by Ali Rahmoun  has indiscrete lively tile-based outward. It also depicts colorful grid along with white flat regular icons.

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Alarm Clock App by Samuel Bednár

Alarm Clock App by Samuel Bednár has a truly minimalist vibe, leveraging grey color scheme, plane graphics and several vibrant elements.

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Time Zone App Concept by GraphicBurger 

Time Zone App Concept by GraphicBurger has a brisk color-driven interface that capable of representing data both in lines and as a grid. Both approaches are spiced up with glaring and alluring shades.

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Snapseed Redesign by Shiping Toohey

Snapseed Redesign by Shiping Toohey features full-screen showy photo background that is supported by vivid flat-style footer with settings.

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Anhanguera

Anhanguera’s brand colours are reflected throughout its mobile site. It regularly inverts these three core colours, to mix things up for the user.

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Fashion Adviser

This Fashion Adviser app designer also knows that various shades of grey work a treat alongside hot pink.

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Guide 

This app uses its third colour as a kind of navigational anchor for the eye.

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SnelTrein

One of the nicer travel apps that I’ve seen.

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PrivatBank

Icons are proving increasingly popular. Ultra-obvious icons don’t require any labels, and are better still.

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Bitcoin app

An interface design for a Bitcoin app, by Karol Ortyl. Clean, strident typography, and a good example of reversing out colours.

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Pawwholla

Very clean and very flat, though the colours aren’t to my taste.

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Peek Calendar

“The calendar, humanized” is the strapline. This certainly appears to be a rather elegant way of expanding content on a mobile device, and isn’t something I’ve seen before.

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DNB

This mobile app design from DNB uses three main colours to establish a compelling visual experience for users. This makes good use of limited screen estate, with clear navigation prompting the user into action.

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Swing

Swing is a concept for a music app that has embraced flat design. No visual clutter. Lots of black, white and red, with images once again used to add colour.

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