Ask Piper

The product

Ask Piper helps people decide what to buy and where to go, across fashion, beauty, home, gifts, restaurants and experiences, with a short, direct answer instead of endless scrolling. Clever helped shape the idea, designed the product and built the iOS and Android apps.

askpiper.ai ↗ · App Store ↗ · Google Play ↗

What we built

Product shaping and concept
UX and visual design
iOS app
Android app
Conversational chat experience
Recommendation cards with photos & links
Places that open straight in Maps
Launch on App Store & Google Play

The hard parts

Making AI feel like a friend’s recommendation

Most AI chat feels long-winded. Piper’s promise is a decision, not a list of options.

How we tackled itWe designed the experience around brevity: short answers, a handful of picks, and a layout that gets people to a choice in seconds.

Conversation that feels natural

People don’t ask perfect questions; they refine as they go (“something cheaper”, “under $120”).

How we tackled itWe designed the chat so refining a request feels effortless and new answers are easy to read from the top.

Products and places in one interface

A lipstick and a café need very different information, but the app has to feel like one product.

How we tackled itA single, consistent card system with photos and clear actions, where places open at the right spot in Maps.

Two stores, one experience

Launching on iOS and Android at once without doubling time or letting quality slip on either.

How we tackled itOne team and one design system across both platforms, so improvements ship to iOS and Android together.

Technical approach is described at a product level. Client data and internal metrics stay private.

Outcome

Ask Piper is live on both the App Store and Google Play and continues to ship updates. We don’t publish client metrics.