Overall UXE Score
7.41
14 jurors · −0.9 vs season average
- Recognition
- Featured
- Recognized
- 10 Jun 2026
- Season
- Quarter 2, 2026
- Studio
- Hearth Studio, Melbourne
- Categories
- Mobile Experience · Consumer · UX Writing & Content Design
- Platforms
- iOS
01/Overview
Step-by-step recipes with hands-free timers and ingredient lists that scale as you cook.
Basilico is designed for messy hands. Cooking mode shows one step at a time in large type, with timers that start themselves and voice commands for “next” and “repeat”.
Ingredient lists scale with servings and double as a shopping checklist. Every recipe is tested by the team in a home kitchen before it is published.
- Client
- In-house product
- Audience
- Home cooks who want to cook more and scroll less
- Industry
- Lifestyle
- Platforms
- iOS
- Status
- Live since February 2026
- Markets
- Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom
- Languages
- 1 — English
02/Honors
Recognized by the editors.
Recognition
Featured
Meets the UXE standard. Earns a public profile, a badge and a place in the quarterly awards.
Conferred by the editors on 10 Jun 2026 · minimum UXE 7.0
Awards · Quarter 2, 2026
Season results- Mobile ExperienceNominee
02 / 12 · Consumer
- UX Writing & Content DesignNominee
08 / 12
Results announced 15 Jul 2026 by the category juries.
03/Jury verdict
In the jury’s words.
“Basilico understands the kitchen: big type, messy hands and a timer that remembers for you.”
Nina Petrova
Design Director, Graphit · Bulgaria
On behalf of 14 jurors
04/Score breakdown
How the jury scored it.
- Overall UXE Score−0.9 vs Q2 2026 average
- 7.41
- Strongest criterionUI & Consistency
- 7.9
- Jury agreementaverage spread ±0.37
- Moderate
- Jurorsof Q2 2026’s panel
- 14
- 7.8−0.7
Usability
Can people complete what they came to do — efficiently, confidently and without error?
Jury noteCooking mode is genuinely usable from across the counter.
- 7.3−0.9
Information Architecture
Is content organized, labeled and navigable in the way people actually think?
- 7.9−0.7
UI & Consistency
Is the visual language coherent and purposeful across every screen and state?
- 7.4−1.0
Interaction & Feedback
Does every action respond clearly, promptly and meaningfully?
- 7.1−1.2
Performance
Does it feel fast — perceived and measured — on real devices and networks?
Jury noteCold starts are slow for an app you open with flour on your hands.
- 6.8−1.0
Accessibility
Can everyone use it, including people relying on assistive technology?
Jury noteTimer progress and illustrations are silent to screen readers.
- 7.6−0.7
Learnability
How quickly does a first-time user become a confident one?
Scores are the mean of 14 jurors. Ticks mark the Q2 2026 average across 4 recognized projects.
05/The jury
14 ballotsEvery vote, on the record.
Each juror scored Basilico independently, from 1 to 10 on every criterion. Nothing is weighted by seniority and no score is discarded — the published result is simply their mean.
One juror Jury mean
| Juror | Usab | IA | UI | Inter | Perf | A11y | Learn | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas LindDesign Engineer, Fjordline Systems · SE | 8.6 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 7.91 |
| Diego FerreiraFrontend Architect, Rede Norte · BR | 8.2 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 7.77 |
| Lukas BrennerPrincipal Product Designer, Feldwerk · DE | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.70 |
| Ana CostaInclusive Design Researcher, Maré Digital · PT | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 7.53 |
| Tomasz WójcikMotion Design Lead, Kadr Studio · PL | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.50 |
| Camille RouxCreative Director, Atelier Nuit · FR | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.49 |
| Mei TanakaUX Research Lead, Hoshi Labs · JP | 8.1 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.40 |
| Sofía MarínAccessibility Lead, Clarosol · ES | 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.39 |
| Yusuf DemirProduct Design Manager, Kuzey Labs · TR | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 7.36 |
| Kwabena AsanteService Design Lead, Adinkra Digital · GH | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 7.34 |
| Zara HassanHead of UX, Sahel Pay · AE | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 7.31 |
| Nina PetrovaVerdictDesign Director, Graphit · BG | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.30 |
| Ravi MenonWeb Performance Engineer, Quickline · SG | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.14 |
| Lea FischerDesign Systems Lead, Kanton Group · CH | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.66 |
| Jury mean | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.41 |
| Spread (σ) | ±0.33 | ±0.29 | ±0.36 | ±0.37 | ±0.45 | ±0.42 | ±0.37 | ±0.29 |
marks each juror’s area of expertise. Deeper tint, higher score.
01
Submitted
18 May
Entry received, free of charge
02
Jury scoring
23 May – 9 Jun
14 independent ballots
03
Recognized
10 Jun 2026
Featured
04
Awards
15 Jul 2026
Nominee · Mobile Experience
06/Screens
3 screensThe product, screen by screen.
07/Case study
From problem to proof.
The challenge
Recipe sites bury instructions under stories and ads, and phones lock or scroll away mid-step.
The approach
Hearth Studio designed a hands-free cooking mode first and built the rest of the app around it.
Research
Kitchen observation
20 home cooks filmed while cooking
Voice-command tests
12 commands, 30 participants
Key insights
- 01
Cooks glance at the screen from a metre away.
- 02
Timers are the most-used feature — and the most often forgotten.
Outcomes
82%
Recipes cooked to the end
sessions reaching the last step
4.6
App Store rating
1,100 reviews
Outcomes are reported by the submitting team and reviewed by the jury.
08/Accessibility & performance
Built for everyone, on any device.
Accessibility
Partial WCAG 2.1 AA
Audited by In-house audit, February 2026
6.8
Jury
- Large-type cooking mode
- Voice commands for navigation
- Screen stays awake while cooking
Known gaps
- Illustrated dishes lack alt text
- Timer ring has no spoken progress
- Some serif text below 4.5:1 contrast
Performance
2 of 4 within budget
iPhone 11, median of 30 cold launches
7.1
Jury
| Metric | Measured | Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Cold start | 1.4 s (over budget) | ≤ 1.0 s |
| Recipe open | 600 ms (over budget) | ≤ 500 ms |
| Crash-free sessions | 99.8% (within budget) | ≥ 99.8% |
| Install size | 58 MB (within budget) | ≤ 60 MB |
Within budget Over budget
09/Design system
Mise, the system behind Basilico.
- System
- Mise
- Components
- 28
- Design tokens
- 72
Color
- #2F5D3A
Basil
- #F1EBDF
Cream
- #E8B04B
Pasta
- #D94A2B
Pomodoro
- #F2C14E
Timer
Typography
Fraunces
Recipe titles
Google Fonts
DM Sans
Interface & steps
Google Fonts
UX patterns
- Step-by-step
- Timers
- Voice control
- Checklists
- Scaling
10/Credits
The people who made it.
Studio
Hearth Studio
Melbourne, Australia
A small team making calm, useful software for the home and the kitchen.
- Founded
- 2018
- Team
- 1–10
- Recognized
- 1
Team
- Olivia BennettFounder & Designer
- Jack ThompsoniOS Engineer
- Mia RussoRecipe Editor
- Client
- In-house product
- Industry
- —
Built with
- SwiftUI
- SiriKit
- CloudKit
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