Rufus

Every screen, in order.

Flow mockups · storyboard
Coastal Carolina Tech
Video-frame ready

Six user journeys, screen by screen — every state the user actually passes through. Scrub each strip, or hit Play to step through a flow full-size with transitions: screen-record that and you have your video.

FLOW 01 · 4 SCREENS

First run

Thirty seconds from install to armed and dangerous.

Rufus
Your pocket wingman.
fetching fresh gags…
1.1

Splash

Rufus boots up, stretches, and fetches tonight's gags before you've even sat down.

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Welcome to the pack

In the doghouse?

Fake screens, staged calls, alibi receipts — you share, everyone laughs.

Fake Call
Broken Phone
Alibi Receipt
Show me
1.2

Pick your out

The whole pitch in one look — three fanned-out gag cards and a gold button begging to be tapped.

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The rescue squad

Call in the boys.

One tap sends your real location + a funny line to friends who opted in.

CLClifford
KJKujo
Add
Live location · 15 min
Almost done
1.3

The boys

Meet the rescue squad — Clifford and Kujo are already in, and there's a leash waiting for one more.

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One last thing

Rufus barks only when it matters.

Scheduled fake calls need notifications. That’s it, promise.

1
Turn on barks
“Rufus” Would Like to Send You Notifications
Notifications may include alerts, sounds, and icon badges.
Don’t Allow
Allow
1.4

Permission ask

iOS pops the question over a dimmed screen, and the gold Allow makes the right answer obvious.

FLOW 02 · 5 SCREENS

Build a broken-phone gag

Pick the breakdown, tune the details, share the evidence.

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Broken Phone
7
Pick your breakdown

Six flavors of “babe, my phone died.”

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Cracked
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Incoming…
Frozen call
Popular
9:41No Service
No Service
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Overheating
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Water damage
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47%
Update 47%
2.1

Template picker

Six ways to break a phone without breaking a phone — No Service is the fan favorite.

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No Service
7
Live preview
Wednesday, February 12
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No Service
Contact shownBest Wife Ever
Battery shown27%+
TimeMatch real time
CracksNoneSubtleYikes
Preview it
2.2

Customize

Dial in the fib: who couldn't reach you, how dead the battery looks, and just enough cracks.

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No Service
Wednesday, February 12
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No Service
Couldn’t connect to “Best Wife Ever.” Swear it wasn’t me.
Share this out
Save to Photos
2.3

Preview

The finished gag, full screen and honestly too convincing.

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No Service
Wednesday, February 12
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No Service
Couldn’t connect to “Best Wife Ever.” Swear it wasn’t me.
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No Service.pngImage · 1.2 MB
Messages
Photos
Mail
More
Copy
Save to Photos
2.4

Share sheet

An Apple-shaped share sheet in Rufus colors — Messages first, because the group chat is waiting.

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Sent. Good luck out there. 🫢

The group chat is about to lose it.

8 day streakNew personal best. Good boy. 🐾
Back home
2.5

Sent

Confirmation, a streak bump to day 8, and a clean exit back home.

FLOW 03 · 5 SCREENS

Schedule a fake call

Arm it, act natural, take the call, exit clean.

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Fake Call
7
Scheduled escape

Set the trap.

Rufus rings. You act surprised.

CallerTBThe Boss
VoiceGruff · 30s loop
Rings in
Now30 sec1 min5 min
RingtoneDefault (Reflection)
Arm the call
3.1

Set the trap

Pick the caller, the voice, and the fuse — one minute till freedom.

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Armed
0:42
Phone face up. Act natural.
Cancel
3.2

Armed

The trap is set — 42 seconds of acting natural to go.

The Boss
mobile
TB
Remind Me
Message
Decline
Accept
3.3

Incoming

Right on cue, The Boss comes ringing — decline is for cowards.

The Boss
00:23
mute
keypad
speaker
add call
FaceTime
contacts
3.4

On the call

You nod gravely while a loop of gruff boss noises does the heavy lifting.

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Fake Call
7
Clean exit. 👏

Duty called. You dipped. Good boy.

CallerTBThe Boss
Call lasted0:47
PerformanceOscar-worthy
Schedule another
Home
3.5

Clean exit

Rufus grades the getaway: 47 seconds, zero suspicion, full Oscar.

FLOW 04 · 4 SCREENS

Make an alibi receipt

Generic brands, believable paper, saved to Photos.

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Alibi Receipt
Pick your paper
RideHomeRide confirmed
BoxDropDelivery 9:00 AM
BloomTownFlorist order
Generic brands only — that’s the bit.
Customize
4.1

Template picker

Pick which innocent little cream paper tells tonight's story — RideHome is already wagging its tail.

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RideHome
Live preview
CONFIRMED

Your ride is on the way

The Rusty Anchor → Home
Arrives 10:14 PM · Total $18.50
PickupThe Rusty Anchor
Drop-offHome
Arrives10:14 PM+
Total$18.50+
DriverMarcus · 4.9 ★
Make the paper
4.2

Customize

Nudge the arrival time and total with steppers while the little cream preview keeps up in real time.

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Alibi receipt

Ride home, confirmed.

CONFIRMED

Your ride is on the way

Marcus · 4.9 ★ · Silver sedan · KLT-2049
The Rusty AnchorPickup · 9:52 PM
HomeDrop-off · 10:14 PM
Trip fare$14.20
Good-decision fee$2.80
Tip (he earned it)$1.50
Total$18.50
Share this out
4.3

The paper

The finished RideHome receipt — pickup and drop-off legs, totals with the Good-decision fee, and a printed barcode.

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Alibi receipt

Ride home, confirmed.

CONFIRMED

Your ride is on the way

Marcus · 4.9 ★ · Silver sedan · KLT-2049
The Rusty AnchorPickup · 9:52 PM
HomeDrop-off · 10:14 PM
Trip fare$14.20
Good-decision fee$2.80
Tip (he earned it)$1.50
Total$18.50
Share this out
Saved to Photos
4.4

Saved

The receipt dims, an iOS-style toast confirms it landed in Photos — go share it yourself. Good boy. 🐾

FLOW 05 · 4 SCREENS

SOS to the boys

Hold to send. The cavalry answers in minutes.

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SOS · the boys

Send the flare.

They ride at dawn. Or 2 a.m. Whatever.

CLClifford
KJKujo
BTBig T
Add
Bail-out line Shuffle
“Come scoop me from the catfish pond. 🎣”
Share live locationFor 15 minutes
Send SOS to the boys
5.1

Send the flare

One tap from wired: riders picked, bail-out line loaded, location primed.

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SOS · the boys

Send the flare.

They ride at dawn. Or 2 a.m. Whatever.

CLClifford
KJKujo
BTBig T
Add
Bail-out line Shuffle
“Come scoop me from the catfish pond. 🎣”
Share live locationFor 15 minutes
Keep holding… 🐾release to cancel
5.2

Hold to send

Press and hold — the ring fills so nobody butt-dials the cavalry.

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Rescue Squad
LIVE
Flare sent · 9:43 PMSharing live location · 15 min
KJ
omw 🛻
CL
say less. 12 min.
quietly. side door.
BT
Kujo · 6 min out
5.3

The cavalry

The squad mobilizes in chat — ETAs roll in while Kujo closes the distance.

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Rescue Squad
Safe
SOS · rescue recap

The boys came through. 🤝

Wednesday, February 12 · all clear.

Response time6 min
Flares this month3
Squad reliability100%
Good boy of the night
Buy Kujo a month of Rufus
$5.99 · he earned it
Gift it 🎁
Home
5.4

Rescued

A perfect-record recap, plus one tap to gift Kujo the month he earned.

FLOW 06 · 4 SCREENS

Guides & going Premium

Free wisdom, a velvet rope, and a warm welcome.

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Rufus
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Rufus’s Guides

Required reading.

Wisdom from a very good boy.

No Doghouse TonightFree · 4 min read
The Apology EconomyFree · 3 min read
Surviving Feb 14 IndoorsPremium · 6 min read
Advanced Couch DiplomacyPremium · 5 min read

New guides every week. Good boys read first. 🐾

6.1

Rufus's Guides

The wisdom library: two guides free to sniff, two behind the gold lock.

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No Doghouse Tonight
Guide · 4 min

No Doghouse Tonight

Rufus’s field-tested route back to the couch.

1
Come home with dessert. Always dessert.
2
Say sorry once. Mean it. Then hush.
“Flowers say sorry. Tacos say I understand.”
— Rufus
3 more tips + the checklist
Unlock with Premium
6.2

Guide reader

Two tips deep, the article politely fades out — the rest costs one Premium.

Rufus Premium

$5.99 / month · 7-day free trial
Every gag & screen, unlocked
Fresh packs every week, over-the-air
Fake calls, alibi receipts & guides
SOS Rescue Squad + live location
Seasonal drops — Valentine’s, game day
Start 7-day free trial
🎁 Gift a buddy a month
$5.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.
6.3

Paywall

The ask: $5.99 a month, every gag unlocked, and seven free days to sniff around.

Welcome to the pack. 🐶

Trial ends Feb 19 · $5.99/mo after · cancel anytime
Rufus Premium7-day free trial
ACTIVE
Start exploring
🎁 Gift a buddy a month
6.4

Welcome to the pack

Confirmation with scattered confetti paws — trial active, Rufus welcomes the newest member of the pack.

Flow mockups — illustrative UI, not final. Companion to app mockup v2 & Rufus HQ. Coastal Carolina Tech LLC · Winterville, NC