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SAVE: website and app design for launch

The launch design for an investment news platform, with a September 2026 update: 100K+ Google Play downloads, a 4.8 rating and #77 in Finance on the Korean App Store.

SAVE launch-era mobile design showing the news feed, investment calendar and profile

The engagement

SAVE brings U.S. market news, company reports and economic events to Korean investors. We were commissioned to design its website and app for the initial launch in 2025. The work covered the launch website, desktop and mobile reading, onboarding and notifications.

SAVE launch website with the product introduction and desktop and mobile interface previews
The launch website introduced SAVE and connected visitors to its web and mobile experiences. Original project screen from imjunejk.com.

Make news easy to scan

The design needed to help people judge a headline quickly: where it came from, how urgent it was and which company it concerned. On desktop, the feed and market context sit together. Source, headline and related ticker stay visible before a reader opens a story.

SAVE desktop news workspace with sources, headlines and market context arranged for scanning
The desktop reading layout from the original design case study.

A connected mobile experience

The app carries that same information structure into a smaller screen. Feed cards support a quick read, the calendar organizes upcoming events, and personal settings keep alerts within reach. The website and app were designed as parts of the same launch experience.

Performance update

Product today · Google Play + App Store KR, Checked Sep 25, 2026

Google Play downloads
100K+
App Store KR rating
4.8 / 5
App Store KR Finance rank
#77

Current product figures, following our launch design engagement. Rank is the Korean App Store top free Finance chart.

These figures describe SAVE as a product on September 25, 2026, after our launch design engagement. Google Play shows a cumulative download threshold. The rating and the rank come from the Korean App Store, where SAVE placed #77 on the top free Finance chart that day. They measure different things and do not establish the effect of design alone.

The launch milestone

The original case study on imjunejk.com reports 100K daily active users within four weeks of launch. That is a launch-period milestone reported in June Kim's portfolio, separate from the dated store snapshot above.

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