12 min readJan 10, 2026
How to Do a UX Audit — Complete Step-by-Step Guide (2026)
Scope, method, scoring and presenting findings, step by step.
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What is a UX audit? The complete guide
What it covers, when to run one, the method, tools, and templates, in one place.
Guides
Start here. What a UX audit is, how to run one, and how the methods differ.
5 min readJun 3, 2026
What Does a User Experience Audit Actually Include?
What a user experience audit covers, how long it takes, and what you get at the end.
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How to Write a UX Audit Report That Clients Actually Read
Most audit reports are too long or too vague to act on. How to write one clients read and act on.
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10 min readAug 24, 2026
UX Audit for Startups: The 2-Hour Version
A two-hour review a founder can run alone before a launch or a raise, ending with a ranked fix list.
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10 min readJul 29, 2026
UX Writing Audit: How to Audit the Words in Your Product
Buttons, error messages and empty states quietly cost you users. How to review every string, with a rubric.
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10 min readAug 3, 2026
Financial and Fintech UX Audit: What to Check
Trust signals, fee clarity, money-flow errors, KYC friction and compliance copy in fintech products.
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11 min readSep 21, 2026
Ecommerce and Checkout UX Audit
Product pages, cart, guest checkout and payment trust, checked step by step, with the fixes.
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7 min readSep 28, 2026
SaaS Dashboard UX Audit: A Practical Guide (2026)
What to check on a SaaS dashboard: the empty state, data density, navigation, and the moments where users quietly stall.
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8 min readJul 16, 2026
Heuristic Evaluation vs Usability Testing (2026)
What each method finds, what each misses, and which to run first.
Read article 4 min readFeb 24, 2026
UX Audit vs Lighthouse Audit — What's the Difference?
Lighthouse measures technical performance, and a UX review measures the human experience. Here is what each one covers.
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7 min readJul 20, 2026
Cognitive Load in UX Design: What Research Says (2026)
What cognitive load theory, Hick's Law and Miller's Law actually tell you, and how to cut mental effort in your product.
Read articleChecklists and Templates
Ready-to-use checkpoints and report structures you can copy.
10 min readJan 24, 2026
UX Audit Checklist — 60-Point Framework for 2026
A free checklist with every check explained, section by section, and how to score it.
Read article 10 min readJan 22, 2026
Free UX Audit Template: 30-Point Scorecard
A free, printable scorecard: 30 checkpoints, each scored 0 to 2, with a report skeleton for your findings.
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How the audit tools compare on accuracy, speed, price, and output.
10 min readJan 15, 2026
Best UX Audit Tools in 2026: Compared and Ranked
Six tools, free and paid, run through the same real audit, and what each one is best for.
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UXAuditPro vs Hotjar vs UserTesting — Which One Should You Use?
Three tools, three different jobs, and which one fits your situation, with a pricing reality check.
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10 min readAug 12, 2026
AI UX Audit: What AI Catches and What It Misses
What AI reliably catches in a product review, what it misses, and where a human still has to look.
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10 min readSep 7, 2026
Automated UX Audit vs Hiring an Agency
Software or an agency? An honest comparison of cost, depth and speed, and how to tell which one your team needs.
Read article 6 min readOct 12, 2026
6 Figma Plugins for Faster UX Reviews (2026)
The plugins that turn a slow, manual UX review into a fast pass, from contrast checks to consistency linting. What each one is good at and where it stops.
Read articleVerticals
Mobile, SaaS, and real audits of products you already know.
5 min readMar 10, 2026
Mobile UX Audit: A Step-by-Step Guide for Product Teams
What to test on small screens, how to test it, and what the scores mean for mobile conversion.
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How to Find and Fix Conversion Leaks in Your SaaS Onboarding
High traffic but low signups? How to find the step where new users drop off, and fix it.
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We Audited 10 SaaS Landing Pages. Here's What Most Get Wrong.
Scores from 10 SaaS landing pages, and what most of them get wrong.
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UX Audit Case Study: We Audited Instagram and Here's What We Found
We audited Instagram across 5 dimensions and it scored 52/100. What worked, what didn't, and what to learn.
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7 min readJul 27, 2026
Notion UX Audit: A Case Study in Power vs Simplicity (2026)
We audited Notion across seven dimensions and it scored 54/100. Where a powerful product loses new users.
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Keyboard, screen readers, contrast, and WCAG compliance in practice.
7 min readJul 3, 2026
Keyboard Accessibility Testing: A 20-Minute Guide (2026)
How to test keyboard access yourself: what to check, how focus should move, and the common failures.
Read article 5 min readMar 17, 2026
Accessibility Audit for SaaS — What You Need to Know in 2026
WCAG, accessibility reviews and what changing regulations mean for SaaS products in 2026.
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