Most finance apps track numbers. Monai helps you understand the why.
THE PROBLEM
I kept hearing the same thing.
People felt anxious from their finance apps.
82% said money was their biggest stressor.
41% stopped checking their accounts entirely.
It wasn't a discipline problem. It was shame.
Every red alert or warning felt like being scolded.
So people looked away.
I wanted to design a safer way to look at money.
So I threw out the dashboard.
What if instead of charts, the app opened with a conversation?
I wanted something that felt like a friend checking in.
Monai notices your patterns, asks how you're feeling, and makes it totally okay to not answer.
This project taught me that emotional safety isn't a soft metric. It's the difference between an app people avoid and one they return to. Design for how people feel, and the numbers follow.
