Enter your key actions and their click counts
For up to three important actions, enter how many clicks or taps it takes to reach each one from your home or start screen, plus your acceptable threshold.
CLICK-DEPTH SCORE
Click Depth
Enter the taps/clicks needed to reach up to three important actions from your home screen and get a depth score flagging any that go too deep.
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YOUR INPUTS
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Complete every field. The result updates only when you choose Calculate.
How it works
We calculate a depth score
Each action's click count is compared to your threshold. The score degrades based on how far over threshold your deepest actions are, averaged across all actions.
Get the actions to shorten first
Every action exceeding your threshold is listed with exactly how many clicks over it is, ranked deepest first.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Click Depth crawl my real app to count clicks?
No. Click Depth computes a score entirely from the click counts you enter for each action — it does not crawl, click through, or analyze a live app, and does not run any AI/LLM step.
What is a reasonable click-depth threshold?
Most MVP teams target 3 clicks or fewer for any action a user needs regularly. A one-off, rarely-used action can tolerate more depth than a core, frequent one — set your threshold to match how often the action gets used.
How is Click Depth different from Task Path?
Click Depth measures the raw number of clicks to reach any one of several important actions from your home screen, checked against a single threshold. Task Path instead compares the ideal minimum number of steps against the actual current number of steps for one specific task, to measure how much excess exists in that one flow. Use Click Depth to audit reachability across several actions; use Task Path to diagnose inefficiency within one task.
What should I do if an action is too deep?
Look for menu items that can be promoted higher in the navigation, redundant confirmation screens that can be removed, or an alternate shortcut (a search bar, a quick-action button) that bypasses the deep path entirely.
Does a low click-depth score mean my navigation is broken?
Not necessarily — it means at least one important action is buried deeper than your own stated threshold. Use it as a prioritized punch list, not a verdict on the whole app.
How We Compare
| Feature | MVPHub | Maze | UXPressia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instant depth score from your own click counts | Included | Not included | Not included |
| No test users or recruiting required | Included | Not included | Included |
| Real click-tracking and heatmap data from live users | Not included | Included | Not included |
| Full journey mapping across personas | Not included | Not included | Included |
Maze captures real click-tracking data from actual test sessions, and UXPressia maps full customer journeys across personas. Click Depth is a much faster, structural check you can run yourself before either — no live users needed to flag an obviously over-deep action.
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