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Froont
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Browser-Based
Froont is a web app that runs in your browser - not a full desktop application. While the developer touts this as a 'feature', web apps cannot be as full-featured - nor as stable - as desktop apps (specially when dealing with projects that might be large, or complex).
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Free for public websites
Froont is free for anyone with a public website. This means you agree to your project being shared on the Froont website, where other Froont users may use the design.
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Buggy auto-save
Froont does not provide users with a way to save work, instead making you rely on the auto-save feature that saves every minute. However it's been known to be buggy and not save progress.
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Allows creating responsive pages
Froont allows you to set media queries for creating responsive websites. It provides other features for making responsive sites easily, such as an easily adjustable grid.
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Adobe XD
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Easy to use interface
It's easy to be productive immediately with XD but it also includes a demo so that you can learn about some of the more powerful features.
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No tools for animation
It is possible to create transitions, but this feature is very limited.
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Cross platform
It's available on both macOS and Windows.
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Only good for mockups
XD is not a multi-purpose tool like Sketch. It is not a good tool for logos, icons, or other design assets.
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Repeat grid is a timesaver
Creating a list of items is simple with "repeat grid." Just create one and use repeat grid to duplicate that item vertically or horizontally. Then drag and drop text or images to create unique entries for each repeated item.
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UI Kits are available for iOS, Material Design, and more
Includes: iOS Google Material Design Windows UWP Wireframes
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Share online and gather feedback
Allows mockups to be pushed to the web where collaborators can try the mockup and leave feedback.
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Interactive mockups
XD allows you to wire any object to any destination page so that clicking a button asset will take you to a page that you specify. Mockups can also simulate a scrolling page or window.
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Mockplus
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6
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No Linux version
Mockplus is available for Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS, but not Linux.
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Large ready-made component library
There's a large library of 200 pre-designed components that help you with building mockups as fast and easy as possible.
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Requires paid subscription to export design
If you want to export the HTML, you have to subscribe to a Pro account ($6.50/month).
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Easy to use
You can get started easily without learning or training. Beginners can master the tool in a short period of time.
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Rapid prototyping without a single line of code
Mockplus has a very intuitive interface that lets you quickly build your prototypes with no programming needed. You are able to create interactive components with the drag and drop feature.
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Newly added 3000+ SVG icons
There will be around 3000 icons for your free use, with around 2500+ vector icons integrated with the previous 400+ flat icons. Check for more here.
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Creating interactive wireframes/prototypes is fast
You can quickly build interactive prototypes using the drag and drop. A set of pre-designed components, including pop-up panel, stack panel, scroll box, sliding drawer and image carousel, helps you create the prototype faster.
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Free version is available
There is a free version available.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Web
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Figma
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Works in the browser
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Inefficient workflow
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Allows for real time collaboration
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Live previews for mobile
Mirrors your designs to your phone in realtime.
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Has all the core functionality you'd expect from something like Sketch
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Integrates with Slack
Provides integration with Slack.
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Provides a free version
Does not require a paid subscription for use. Can be used freely with a lot of features. The free use allows very limited collaboration.
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Affinity Designer
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One-time purchase
Rather than a monthly subscription based model, Affinity Designer instead has a one-time fee ($49.99).
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No plug-in architecture, so can't be tailored to specific purposes
Some applications (e.g. Sketch) have an open plug-in framework, by which the software can be extended by independent/third-party developers according to popular trends.
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Intuitive user interface
The user interface of many graphic editing software programs can often be discouraging for beginners. Affinity Designer, however, has a very well laid out and intuitive user interface with a small learning curve.
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Treats all objects as filled
You can't select objects on the canvas by clicking on them, if they're surrounded by another object (like a rectangle or a frame). Designer treats all objects as filled, so if you've drawn a frame or outline or an object with a hole in it, you can't select objects within that hole directly. You have to laboriously iterate through all objects in a list until you get to the one you want. This is an extremely common situation, which cripples the entire product. Very surprising and unfortunate defect.
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Powerful artistic tools
Extensively tweakable brush types, color options...
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Extended slicing and export possibilities
An object can easily be transformed into a slice that can then be exported in various sizes end formats in 1 go. E.g. Export slice A as PNG 1x, 2x and 3x AND GIF 1x AND SVG.
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Powerful symbol managemment
Symbols can get individual property changes (color, shape, layer effects, fonts text...) while the other properties stay linked with the base symbol.
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Sketch Alternative (Great for Mixed OS Teams)
For those working in mixed environments that aren't 100% MacOS, you'll find devoting yourself to Sketch.app brings with it...pain. If this fits the bill for what you need feature-wise and you're in a mixed OS environment, it's a very capable replacement for Sketch.app. Note that it doesn't have all the same features, but then again it doesn't need all the same features. Short of organization differences inside the document you're working on, there shouldn't be anything you can't do with Affinity Designer that you could have with Sketch.
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Cross platform
Available on both Windows and MacOS
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SVG Support
In the era of "retina" displays, 4k UHD, 5k, and even 8k, Scalar Vector Graphics - independent vector images that can scale to any resolution without any display quality loss - are more important now than ever. And this tool is quite capable of rendering true SVG output suitable for consumption at any display resolution (not a big bunch of rasterized bits in the document, actual paths, points, etc.).
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Focused vector graphics tool
Unlike some design tools, Affinity Designer isn't trying to be all things to all people. It's focused on its main area of expertise: vector graphics. That's not to say you can't use a raster image (think a photo in *.jpeg format for example), but it's not built to do much with that other than using it somewhere amidst the layers and that's about it.
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Integrates well with Affinity Photo
These are companion apps & switching between them is built in - Photo is a very powerful raster tool with a feature set close/better to Photoshop, it will also use some Photoshop plugins. This allows you to add-on powerful raster capabilities if you want them - put doesn't force you to.
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Excellent Photoshop/Illustrator import & export
Best I have seen in a non Adobe app, you can use most of the Photoshop mock-ups and templates easily. Opens most Adobe files to a level to be able to effectively use the content. Allows cross team collaboration across tool-chains.
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Powerful
The new version 1.5 has a very powerful feature set such as support for symbols and asset windows, as well as constraints controls and improved export options. This all adds up to an interesting alternative to Adobe Illustrator.
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Platforms:
Windows, MacOS, IOS
Export image formats:
PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PSD, PDF, SVG, EPS, EPS, EXR, HDR
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Pidoco
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Easy to use
Pidoco has a simple, intuitive drag&drop interface. Context menus and context-sensitive toolbars make editing super quick.
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Web-based
Not a local application, so you can't use it without being online.
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Lots of dynamic UI elements and icons
Pidoco offers a large library of 400+ interactive interface elements as well as an extensive set of icons as building blocks.
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Easily share and collect reviews
So simple to invite reviewers and collaborators and to collect feedback!
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Includes custom templates that speed up prototyping
Can use a variety of options to save time and avoid duplicate work, e.g. layers, custom elements, scroll frame references. Global layers and reusable custom templates speed up prototyping.
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Screem transitions/animations
Offers an easy way to simulate common types of screen transition effects including for swipe interactions or adding delays. Also allows for sequential reactions.
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Live preview 
Direct simulation of prototypes possible by switching from editing to preview mode.
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Screen map
A screenmap lets you easily link individual prototype pages. This is also great for uploading screenshots and linking them via action hotspots.
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Mobile prototypes
It's possible to simulate the prototypes directly on mobile devices - in the browser or with an handy app.
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Entire project can be easily updated with layers
Assets can be placed in layers and displayed on several pages. Provides for easy updating of entire project in case of changes.
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GRAVIT
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Free
Gravit has a free version, but there is paid version with more features.
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Paid version
Expensive paid version that has many features you can find in free or cheaper applications.
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Multi platform
Works on Windows, Mac and Linux.
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This does not appear to be a Web-design tool
Gravit appears to be a vector-art tool, and nothing more. Their homepage doesn't even mention Web design as far as I can see.
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Actively developed
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Changing rapidly
The fast rate of growth/change for Gravit can be a pro in that in means plenty of new features. However, it also makes the product fairly unpredictable. For example: In the past year, Gravit was open sourced, then closed sourced again.
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Easy to export all assets
Gravit has a built in exporter to PDF, JPG, PNG and SVG.
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Clean and helpful UI
The panels in Gravit adjust to contain the information needed based on the type of element selected, preventing the clutter that Photoshop often experiences.
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Easy to design multiple pages
The ability to assign layers to specific pages, and view single or multiple pages at once makes it easy to design an entire website without getting lost in thousands of layers. Easy to view multiple pages at one time.
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Symbols and libraries
With Gravit you can re-use the same design for buttons, inputs, etc, in multiple places, with changes synced every where the element is used. It's also possible to set text to a shared style to sync text changes throughout the app.
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Able to open Sketch files
The ability to open Sketch files makes it easier for Linux/Windows users to collaborate with people who use Sketch, which is macOS specific.
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Platforms:
Linux, Windows, macOS, Web
License:
GPLv3+ or Commercial license
Unoffical download location:
https://github.com/OliBridgman/gravit
Available as:
Snap, AppImage, WebApp
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Webflow
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Based on Bootstrap
Bootstrap is rather old technology
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Best in it's class
Speed & Quality webdesign done in your browser.
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Design tool is web-based, not a proper application.
The site doesn't state this explicitly.
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Semi-collaborative development support
Webflow allows workload to be shared among multiple users. However, you can't leave comments for them.
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Can't export your site for deployment unless you pay.
Not unreasonable, but something users should know before investing their time.
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W3C-compliant HTML5/CSS3
Webflow generates W3C-compliant markup and stylesheets.
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Uses JavaScript
Webflow uses JavaScript on its websites. Website visitors can have JavaScript disabled and be unwilling to enable it for the website they want to view, which would put a website created with Webflow out of their reach.
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Responsive web design with Bootstrap
Because it's based on Bootstrap, it works across all modern browsers & devices.
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No way to collaborate on designs with comments
Forum post here.
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No version control
Forum post here.
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Fixed media queries
Webflow has four fixed breakpoints (desktop, laptop, mobile landscape & mobile portrait). The inability to set your own media queries can be limiting. If your layout breaks outside of these four options, you have to export the code and write them yourself.
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Vectr
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Intuitive
Vectr is simpler than other web design or vector graphics design tools, and has all the features needed to make designs beautiful.
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Requires an Internet connection to work
Must be tethered to an Internet connection at all times, so forget working on planes or other places where you're not online.
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WordPress plugin
Embedded editor in WordPress is perfect for editing / creating: annotated images, watermarks, banners, image-collages, infographics, logotypes.
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Grid and snapping
The grid and snap lines in your workspace serve as a visual aid and guideline for the composition and alignment of your designs.
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Supports importing various image formats
You may import your previous designs or downloaded graphics and edit them in Vectr as you like.
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Supports collaboration
You can send the unique URL to your Vectr project to friends and colleagues for collaboration.
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Low learning curve
Vectr has a very low learning curve and would be perfect for beginners. However, it’s absolutely easy to use no matter what your background is. Professional designers will also find a great number of useful tools which may change their designs completely.
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Designing offline
Vectr's desktop app works offline for up to 100 edits, and then once you get online it automatically synchronizes all of the projects with your online account. So you can work whenever you want without fearing for your projects.
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Free
The app is going to remain free forever.
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Cross-platform
You may download Vectr for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chromebook.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, Web
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FluidUI
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User friendly
The learning curve is relatively low compared to other software that supports animations/transitions. Both building the wireframes and designing the interactions is all drop and drag.
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Tools for team collaboration
Work with your team on a design. Connect on live video calls and chat or add comments.
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Supports realistic gestures & transitions
You can simulate all the typical iOS gestures such as tap, double tap, swipe & long hold. These gestures then can trigger animated transitions such as sliding, fading, pop in, & flip. This enables you to create very realistic interactable demos of your app. Checkout the demo page for some examples.
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Awesome version control
Every action you or your team takes automatically creates a revision you can easily revert to.
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Provides UI assets from all the versions of iOS
The UI library is huge and very high quality. All the UI required to design iO7 apps is included as well as iOS 6 and basic wireframing elements. For example in iOS7 it provides: Backgrounds Navigation & status bars Layouts (list pickers, maps, keyboards, scroll etc) Controls Typography Icons
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Fast
Using the app is feels very snappy.
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Free forever for a single project & 10 screens
They have a very reasonable free tier with the paid versions starting at $12/month.
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Lets you test on an iPhone as well as in the browser
You can preview your designs live in the browser as well as send them to a mobile device to better simulate the UX.
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Makes it easy to plan out the app workflow
Fluid isn't just about wireframing static screens. You can plan out all the user flows and then define the transitions between them. This is really handy for planning out the entire user workflow.
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Avocode
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Offers a 14-day free trial 
Allows users to be able to get comfortable and familiar with the service before signing up and paying the subscription fee.
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Subscription fee
After the free trial, users must set up your account with an option of their 3 subscription services - Garage, Business, and Enterprise [$8.99, $12.99, or TBD]. The cost is low, but monthly.
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Includes collaboration tools
Allows designers and developers to view revisions and interact on the fly by posting comments on the revisions instead of going through multiple e-mails back and forth.
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Cross-platform 
Usable on Mac, Windows and Linux.
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Sketch and Photoshop support 
Contains plugins that allow designers to share any designs with developers.
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Sketch
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Designed specifically for web and mobile UI design & workflows
Sketch is essentially a version of Photoshop built from the ground up to suit the workflow of web designers.
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No Windows support
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Active community with a lot of resources
Sketch is hugely popular among designers so there are a lot of well maintained community resources for everything from iPhone frames to iOS/Android UI elements & icons.
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No Linux version
Sketch is currently only available on Mac, which can make it hard to collaborate if you have teammates using Linux.
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Clean UI
Reactive panels keep the UI for Sketch clean from the sort of clutter the panel system in Photoshop suffers from. The panels in Sketch change based on the object in question, saving you from having to have a multiple separate panels.
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License based payment model
Sketch has recently decided to cease development of major version (2.0, 3.0, 4.0) with free updates in between, and has switched to a license based subscription model. A yearly license costs $99 and includes the latest version of the Sketch software, plus a year of free updates. After this license expires, you can renew for another year of updates - or continue to use the current software without updates.
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Symbols and shared styles
Sketch lets you re-use the same design in multiple places, with changes synced throughout the various places it is used. You can also create text styles to sync typography changes.
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Buggy releases and lack of quality assurance
The fast rate of change means new releases often break files and cause havoc. Duplicate symbols are really bad in the latest releases so you have to keep updating.
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"Artboards" are great for working on multiple views simultaneously
Artboards let you easily work on multiple views side by side. Great for having a separate artboard on each page for the various responsive sizes.
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Very feeble raster tools
You have to go elsewhere if you want something more complex than basic vector masking of raster images.
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Vector based yet pixel aware
You can rescale assets without quality loss, easily export x2 assets for retina designs and design high quality icons & artwork. Being pixel aware lets you set a grid and snap objects to it as well as round to the nearest pixel edge to clean up your layers.
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Limited compatibility with Photoshop and Illustrator
Although it is possible to export certain Adobe file types in Sketch, compatibility is mostly hit and miss. For example, some elements seem a little offset in Adobe products.
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Makes it easy to export assets
Sketch has a built in exporter that supports PDF, JPG and PNG.
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Built-in grid system
You can set the square grid to whatever dimensions you like as well as set thicker lines every x blocks. You can also configure the color of the lines to make them as obvious or subtle as you wish and toggle the grid with a keyboard shortcut (crtl+g).
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"Mirror" makes it really easy to test designs on multiple devices
Mirror lets you connect your iPhone to sketch and see how your current artboard looks on mobile. It's really useful as you can live check changes which lets you rapidly iterate mobile design.
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Easily align layers with smart guides
Holding down alt will show the smart guides that show the distances between any layer you hover over to nearby layers or the edges of the artboard. Very useful for checking your spacing or aligning layers.
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Google Web Designer
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It is not a tool for website design
It's only for animations, banners and so on.
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Multi platform
Google Web Designer supports Mac, Windows and Linux.
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Currently in Beta
Google Web Designer was launched in 2013, and still remains in beta.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, Linux
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