Designing a crisis screen people don’t have to relearn
Same layout, different job
When a student’s money is running out, they are stressed. The worst thing an app can do then is look unfamiliar. So Emergency Mode keeps the same hero number, the same navigation and the same card shapes. Only the header colour (blue to amber) and the content change.
Normal: safe to spend today Emergency: how many days this lasts
What changes
The one number
From “what can I spend today” to “how many days this will last”.
The shortcuts
Activity, Learn, Goals and Social give way to Lock cards, Smart alerts and Get advice.
The list
Logging new purchases is replaced by a protected list of what’s left for essentials.
Nobody has to find it
Students don’t open a menu to enter Emergency Mode. Filis offers it the moment the forecast turns critical, so protection never depends on remembering where it lives, and it never blocks or shames the student for needing it.
