쉐도잉 연습: How To Solve The App Onboarding Paradox - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기
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On average, apps lose 77% of their users within three days.
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Not because they have bad features, not because their marketing is broken,
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because of one onboarding choice that's either buying you retention or killing it.
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And most founders don't even know this is the lever to pull.
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So in this video, I'm going to break down the one rule that flips the 77% number around, the app killing it right now with a two-screen onboarding,
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and a counter case that breaks the rule on purpose and still wins big time.
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By the way, I'm Tim.
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I've spent the last decade designing digital products from big tech to startups all over the world.
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And the difference between an app that hooks users in week one
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and an app that loses them in less than three days comes down to one rule that most founders get wrong.
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The thing is, most apps out there onboard like government forms, sign up screens, permission requests, walkthroughs.
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By the time the user gets to do anything, they click through screens that to them have seemingly little to do with the value of the product.
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And if your product isn't heavily dependent on personalization, the fix usually isn't more onboarding.
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It's onboarding that does the work for the user, not work for you.
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The clearest example of this is Granola.
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It's the AI Notes app that raised $125 million in March, 2026 at a $1.5 billion valuation,
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six times what it was worth 12 months earlier.
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Their onboarding is two screens.
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Screen one, signing with Google.
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Screen two, grant microphone access.
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That's it.
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The next thing you do is open Granola during your next meeting.
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The app records, transcribes, summarizes.
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The value lands in the very next thing you were already going to do.
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Many apps in the AI productivity space will onboard with sign up, then a feature tour, than maybe a Goals Wizard.
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Granola skipped all of that.
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Just two screens to value and they're growing like crazy.
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Quick note, onboarding is just one of many things we help founders think about during our free design strategy calls at ZipSat.
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Links down below if you want to grab a spot.
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Now, here's where it gets interesting and counterintuitive.
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Some of the fastest growing apps in 2026 have absurdly long onboardings.
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Cal AI is the calorie tracking app that did 35 million dollars in revenue in its first year.
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Their onboarding is a 20 plus step quiz.
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Think about that, you answer 20 plus questions before you ever see the product.
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Noom, the weight loss app worth billions, runs you through 113 onboarding screens.
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If short was always right, those apps wouldn't thrive.
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So what's going on here?
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These long onboardings do two things at once.
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And this is the key thing to understand.
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One, they earn a personalized first experience.
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CalAI asks a lot of questions because without that data, the moment you land on the home screen would feel too generic.
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Like every other calorie track, the long onboarding is the trade-off.
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You give up speed, but you get a first experience built specifically for you.
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Two, they filter for buyers.
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Users who bounce on a 20-step quiz were less likely to convert anyway.
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The ones who finish are showing you they have deep pain and willingness to pay.
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Long onboarding kind of self-selects in that way.
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That's why it works for Cal AI.
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Calorie tracking is a deep pain niche where personalization really matters.
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The quiz is both a buyer qualifier and an aha moment builder.
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So here's the actual rule to remember.
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By default, keep your onboarding as short as possible, or better yet, surface tangible value as fast as possible.
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That's the rule for most apps out there.
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The exception kicks in when long onboarding buys you something users actually really need in order to stick.
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Either a personalized first experience that wouldn't be possible without the data or a filter that gets you actual buyers.
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Apply this and I can assure you that your retention curve will start looking healthier.
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Now, if you found this short breakdown useful, again, design choices like these are just one of many things
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that we help founders think about during our free design strategy calls at ZipZap.
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Links down below if you're interested.
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Also, check out this video here somewhere where I break down the design moves the top 1% of apps use
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that most founders never even consider.
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Now, until the next one, have a great life.
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다음은 비디오에서 돋보이는 표현들입니다. shadowspeaks나 shadow speak와 같은 학습 용어 외에도 실용적인 구어체가 많습니다:
- onboarding: 앱이나 서비스를 처음 사용할 때 사용자를 안내하는 과정
- retention: 사용자가 제품을 계속 사용하게 하는 것
- lever to pull: 문제를 해결하기 위한 핵심적인 방법이나 수단
- aha moment: 갑자기 이해하거나 깨달음을 얻는 순간
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