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What are the easiest prototyping tools?
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What are the easiest prototyping tools
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ProtoPie
129
macOS, Windows, iOS & Android
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Mockplus
Free / paid
Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Web
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Sketch
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Mac
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Moqups
$12-39/mo
Web
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Balsamiq
$12-249/m
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ProtoPie
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ProtoPie
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ProtoPie
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7
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Specs
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Intuitive UI
Even your 2-year old baby could make hi-fi prototypes faster than your own UX designers using ProtoPie.
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Platforms:
macOS, Windows, iOS & Android
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Sensor-aid Interaction
Easily control the sensors of smart devices in your prototype, such as tilt, sound, compass and 3D Touch sensors.
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Supports Win & Mac
The best feature for Windows' users.
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Share file via links
Share your prototypes via links or the Dashboard and customize the playback experience for your prototypes.
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Interaction between more than two devices
Create interactions that involve two or more smart devices and test a variety of use-case scenarios through prototypes.
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Design oriented
ProtoPie uses a code-free methodology and instead opt for a visual-centric, design oriented approach making it accessible to a wider audience.
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Mockplus
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Mockplus
My Recommendation for
Mockplus
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5
Experiences
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Cons
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Multiple preview functions are convenient
Mockplus has very comprehensive ways of previewing a prototype. There are basic functions of exporting into picture in two formats. Mockplus also has two ways for preview on cellphone app: scanning QR code and entering view code after uploading project to cloud. QR code scanning for preview is really rare in this kind of software. You don’t need to connect to the computer, or upload the project to cloud, just open your app and scan the code. Exporting into demo package is also a rare but useful function which Mockplus has. Reportedly, Mockplus: 2.2 beta version will have the function exporting into HTML, and the launch of 2.2 version should come soon. The HTML exporting of Mockplus has two ways: first one is to export offline package. You could send this package to your colleagues directly or put it on the local sever for downloading and preview. The second way is online HTML previews. After publishing the HTML online, you could send a link to people who want to have a preview of your prototype.
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Can't export to .pdf or .docx
Mockplus can't export prototypes to .pdf or .docx files, which may cause issues if you want to view a prototype locally.
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Grace-120's Experience
I have used it for more than 2 years, just helped a lot on fast prototyping,
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Web
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Easy to use
As a prototyping tool, it uses the way of dragging and dropping as the basis of operation.
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Sketch
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Sketch
My Recommendation for
Sketch
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14
Pros
10
Cons
3
Specs
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Pro
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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/Linux versions
Sketch is currently Mac only, which can make it hard to collaborate if you have teammates using another OS.
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Platforms:
Mac
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Pro
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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"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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Moqups
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Moqups
My Recommendation for
Moqups
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5
Pros
4
Specs
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Pro
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Modern Material elements
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Platforms:
Web
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Clean design and very intuitive
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Free tier
The Free Plan offers 2 active projects with at most 300 stencils each and 5 MB of storage. This plan does not include: Master Pages, Real Time Collaboration, Privacy Settings, Unlimited Revisions, Unlimited Project Archiving and Teams.
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Fast and doesn't require any plugins
Moqups is built in HTML5 and standard Javascript, so it doesn't require any plugins to use. The application is very fast to use.
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$12-39/mo
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Balsamiq
My Rec
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Balsamiq
My Recommendation for
Balsamiq
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10
Pros
7
Cons
3
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Con
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Adobe Air
Balsamiq has been powered by Adobe Air since day 1 and the team are resistant to change that despite it being a dead technology for several years.
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Usability testing features
You can link together pages to create shareable user demos
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Stifling innovation
Doing anything that is not directly supported by Balsamiq's conservative component library is next to impossible. User is forced to think within the corset of yesterday's standards.
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30-day trial available
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No easy way to quickly play with the product
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Keyboard shortcuts
You can use common keyboard shortcuts like Shift to select multiple elements or to resize while maintaing proportions, F2 for renaming labels etc.
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Large & extensible UI element library
Balsamiq has a built in library of over 75 built-in user interface components and 187 icons, as well as community generated plug-ins.
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Clean and easy to use interface
Balsamiq has a very easy to use drag and drop interface that lets you quickly build and adjust your mockups. The UI is centered around low-fidelity wireframes that help focus the reviews on the core layout and functionality instead of getting hung-up on visual design.
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Awesome team collaboration features
myBalsamiq has been built with teams in mind and has a variety of featured to support collaborating on the mockups: Notifications - Real-time notifications to enable you to keep track of team member actions Revision Control - All mockups have a revision history to enable reverting to previous versions and keeping track of design decisions. Skype Integration - Easy to use Skype integration to host design reviews. Access Control - Access controls allow sharing projects with team members as well as allowing external reviewers to leave comments on the designs.
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Low-fidelity UI elements
All the Balsamiq UI elements are drawn by hand and have a really nice low-fidelity design.
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$12-249/m
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Antetype
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Antetype
My Recommendation for
Antetype
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1
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Platforms:
Mac, iOS (Creating prototypes) + Web/Offline (Exported prototypes)
Pricing:
Free or 5$/month if you want hosting from them
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Wikifactory
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Wikifactory
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Wikifactory
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2
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It is possible to manufacture prototypes and final parts, directly from the platform
Users can get quotes in 24 hours for 3D printing, CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication and/or injection molding.
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ProfessionalShalim's Experience
For product development and hardware prototypes!
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$0-45/MONTH
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Mokup
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Mokup
My Recommendation for
Mokup
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4
Experiences
1
Pros
2
Specs
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Free
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RickZeeland's Experience
Allows to design interactive prototypes with animation.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac
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Export to MP4
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Free
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quickMockup
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quickMockup
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quickMockup
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Free
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UXPin
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UXPin
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UXPin
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2
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Actively developed
UXPin is constantly being updated with new features.
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Extensive library of elements and patterns
UXPin offers elements from a wide range libraries. This includes responsive frameworks such as Bootstrap and Foundation, and libraries specific to mobile prototyping.
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HotGloo
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HotGloo
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$13
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