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Onboarding flow question: land on home vs open camera immediately?
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Onboarding flow question: land on home vs open camera immediately?

Working on the first-run flow for a PDF scanner app and debating between two approaches.

Current:

onboarding → home → tap “scan” → permission → scan

Alternative:

onboarding → camera opens → permission → scan

(then next sessions land on home)

Goal is to get to the first scan as fast as possible.

Tradeoff:

- immediate action / faster “aha”

vs

- giving context and a stable entry point

Curious how you’d approach this:

👉 drop users straight into the camera

👉 or keep the home screen first

If you’ve tested something similar, would love to hear what actually worked.

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