Vol. 01 — A new tool for design critique

Walk into critique armored.

AI design critique that predicts the questions your design lead will ask — and arms you with the answers. Built by a 12-year UX vet, powered by Claude.

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The output you'll share
⚠ Real Issue 02

Hierarchy is competing with itself.

Three elements are fighting for primary attention. The "Get started" CTA, the testimonial card, and the product visual are all weighted equally. Pick one.

Hierarchy / Visual via Crit
🎯 Critique Q 01

"Why is the empty state more prominent than the success state?"

Suggested answer: Onboarding analytics show 73% of users hit the empty state first. Optimizing for the dominant moment, not the aspirational one.

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The problem

Every design tool tells you what's wrong. None of them tell you what your lead will ask.

You don't lose critiques because your design is bad. You lose them because you couldn't defend it.

A design lead, somewhere, last Tuesday
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How it works

Four steps. Thirty seconds. Walk in armored.

STEP 01

Drop your frame

Paste a Figma frame URL or upload an image. PNG, JPG, screenshot — whatever you have.

STEP 02

Add the brief

One sentence is fine. Two if you're feeling generous. Crit considers intent, not just pixels.

STEP 03

Read your prep

Predicted questions. Real issues. Defensible decisions. One reframe that makes you reconsider the screen.

STEP 04

Walk in armored

Optional: export the Critique Card. Post it on LinkedIn. Watch your network ask what tool you used.

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The output

A critique report that actually critiques the way a senior would.

★ The headline feature
🎯

The 3 questions a senior designer will ask you.

This is the one nobody else does. Crit predicts the actual questions your design lead, PM, or VP will ask in the meeting — and gives you the talking points to defend your decisions before you walk in.

Section 02
🔴

Real issues — surgical, not generic.

Hierarchy breaks. Accessibility gaps. Design system violations. No vague "consider improving spacing" — concrete, specific, fixable.

Section 03
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Defensible decisions you can stand by.

Some things look wrong but are right. Crit flags them and gives you the talking points so you don't capitulate in the meeting on a decision that was actually correct.

Section 04
🧠

One reframe that makes you rethink the screen.

The provocation that turns a good critique into a great one. The thing your most senior mentor would ask if they had 60 seconds with your design.

Section 05
🎴

A Critique Card built to be shared.

Beautiful, branded, anonymized. Designers post these to LinkedIn and Twitter. Every share is social proof — and a small ad for sharper thinking.

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Why not [other tool]?

Most AI design tools critique pixels. Crit interrogates your reasoning.

There are good AI design tools. Most evaluate the artifact. Crit prepares the designer.

  • 01Critiques pixels & accessibilityCRIT & OTHERS
  • 02Considers your design briefCRIT & SOME
  • 03Predicts critique questionsCRIT ONLY
  • 04Defends your decisionsCRIT ONLY
  • 05Shareable critique artifactCRIT ONLY
  • 06Lifetime deal at launchCRIT ONLY
— A note from the maker

I've sat through twelve years of design critiques. The good ones sharpened me. The bad ones were the ones I walked into unprepared. I built Crit because I wanted the tool I needed at year three — a senior designer in my pocket who could pressure-test my work before the meeting started.

This isn't another AI design wrapper. It's a tool with taste — calibrated against what good critique actually sounds like, not what GPT thinks design criticism should be.

— Sahil Mathew
Staff UX Designer · 12+ years · Hyderabad
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Lifetime deal — launch day only

Pay once. Use forever. Locked in for early access.

Solo
$39
One-time · Lifetime
  • 100 critiques per month
  • 1 user, 1 workspace
  • All output formats
  • Critique Card export
Studio
$149
One-time · Lifetime
  • Everything in Pro
  • 3 seats included
  • Team rubric library
  • Founder support

Walk in armored.

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