How to Make an Educational App Addictive?

Wondering How to Make an Educational App Addictive? If your answer is yes, then I am here to help you out.

12:26 19 November 2020

Making an educational app addictive is something really challenging. Since education needs to be taken seriously, many students find educational content quite dull.

 

Hence, it is always a challenging task for any app to hold its audience. But of course, if you make your educational application a bit fun, keeping the audience becomes much easier.

 

And that's why to help you out, I will share some of the tips to make your educational App addictive. If you don't have an education app yet and are looking for a quick heads-up, this piece on how to create an educational app is here to help.

 

Give rewards

 

Video games are addictive because they give the user a sense of winning and achieving something. Maybe some points, rewards, or anything.

 

And the same principle can be used on your education app. You need to give your user a sense of accomplishment. So they would try everything to achieve the reward.

 

You need to make your educational App pretty engaging that it takes the user's brain to really focus on the App. So the user can get a thrill and concentrate on achieving more and more.

 

To do so, you can introduce a reward point. Let me share an example. Suppose a user gets X amount of points by completing a different course. In that case, the student will get to unlock one premium course free or a discount to that premium course.

 

This way, your user will try to learn things fast and in a better way. However, you should also conduct tests. So the user is really learning and not fooling around.

 

Add games

 

Apart from making your App engaging, you must also try creating mini-games based on what you are teaching. So the user can really learn and use the same knowledge to play games and have fun. This will make the App more addictive for users. 

 

However, creating games can be a really challenging task. You will need to think of what game you are going to develop, what should be the goal, and how you will implement it into your App. But if you can take up the challenge, it would be fantastic for your audience.

 

Apart from tests and games, it is a good idea to show the user's progress. And give the ability to share this progress with others, for example, on Facebook or Twitter. 

 

Create shorter content

 

Apart from focusing on making the App engaging and addictive, you should also create shorter content. If you are explaining a concept, don't make a long video or content about it. Instead, make the concept break into different parts.

 

This will help your students to learn one smaller concept at a time. And at the end of each small concept, give them a test. This way, you can understand that the user is really learning from the App.

 

Once you complete the whole concept, you should take up another test that will include all the topics covered in your concept. Along with that, don't forget to implement the reward system. So your user will try to answer questions with a focus to earn rewards.

 

Provide competition

 

Humans tend to do better than their competitors. Be it school, business, or any area, our goal is always to do better than our opponents. And the same principle should be applied in your educational App.

 

You need to create a structure where your students can compete with other students. For example, if you are implementing games, then do show the scores of everyone. So the user can know how good he or she has performed and how others performed.

 

This way, they will get a sense of where they are lacking and focus on improving.

 

Final Words

 

So those were a couple of ideas that will help you to make your educational App addictive. So go ahead and try to implement the same on your App and see how things work for you. Also, do feel free to drop a comment below for any questions, and I will help you out.