Freeletics Onboarding

Growth Hacks

Timeline 6 months

Team Growth Product Manager • Data Analysts • User Research • Engineering

The challenge

Freeletics uses AI to create personalized fitness programs, making onboarding one of the most critical moments in the product.

The Growth team had two goals:

  • Increase subscription conversion
  • Maintain the average purchase value

Improving one metric couldn't come at the expense of the other.

My role

I led the UX work for onboarding optimization.

My responsibilities included:

  • Analyzing funnel performance
  • Defining new product metrics
  • Running usability tests
  • Synthesizing research insights
  • Designing and validating new onboarding flows alongside product and engineering

Understanding the drop-offs

We combined analytics, new funnel metrics, usability testing, interviews and questionnaires to understand where users abandoned the onboarding experience.

One insight stood out:

Users didn't see onboarding questions as friction.

They saw them as proof that the app was creating a personalized training plan.

That completely changed our approach.

Instead of removing questions, we redesigned the experience so every question reinforced the value of personalization, while delaying information that was only needed for account setup.

Outcome

The redesigned onboarding reduced friction without reducing confidence in the product.

During experimentation we achieved:

  • 40% increase in conversion rate
  • No reduction in average purchase value
  • A simpler onboarding focused on user value rather than product configuration

Onboarding funnel data analysis

User journey

Wireframes and navigation flow

Prototype build

AI tech + sports scientists, with you in mind

A personalized training plan, built by your AI-Coach & a team of sport scientists.

I already have an account

Continue

Adapt your workout

to your day

Only have 15 minutes today?

Need to avoid pushups this week?

There's a workout for that.

I already have an account

Continue

Use a full gym, home equipment, or nothing

at all

Workouts built to accomdate any situation & still get you closer to your goals.

I already have an account

Get Started

App onboarding instructions

App onboarding customization questions

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How much money do you spend on fitness every month?

Consider personal trainers, Gym fees, commuting, etc.

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30

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How many times do you train per week?

Consider personal trainers, Gym fees, commuting, etc.

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3

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How much time you expend for training every day?

Consider the training sessions, commuting and preparation.

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40

Minutes

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How much do you spend on fitness every month?

30

€ per month

Consider all gym, personal trainer, subscription, equipment rental, and commute fees.

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Training

Nutrition

Blog

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Help & Support

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Terms

Privacy & Cookies

Imprint

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© 2021 Freeletics GmbH

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Personalized training sessions. Without the commute.

Training & Nutrition

Custom Training Journeys

Sports science + AI Coaching

Nutrition guidance

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Starting at €00,00 / month

Digital coaching for less than a fitness class per week

Training & Nutrition

Custom Training Journeys

Digital AI coaching

Nutrition guidance

Compare your costs

Starting at €00,00 / month

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