Balsamiq vs Pidoco

All the Balsamiq UI elements are drawn by hand and have a really nice low-fidelity design.

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.

Balsamiq has a built in library of over 75 built-in user interface components and 187 icons, as well as community generated plug-ins.

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.

You can link together pages to create shareable user demos

You can use common keyboard shortcuts like Shift to select multiple elements or to resize while maintaing proportions, F2 for renaming labels etc.

Pidoco has a simple, intuitive drag&drop interface. Context menus and context-sensitive toolbars make editing super quick.

Pidoco offers a large library of 400+ interactive interface elements as well as an extensive set of icons as building blocks.

So simple to invite reviewers and collaborators and to collect feedback!

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.

Offers an easy way to simulate common types of screen transition effects including for swipe interactions or adding delays. Also allows for sequential reactions.

Direct simulation of prototypes possible by switching from editing to preview mode.

A screenmap lets you easily link individual prototype pages. This is also great for uploading screenshots and linking them via action hotspots.

It's possible to simulate the prototypes directly on mobile devices - in the browser or with an handy app.

Assets can be placed in layers and displayed on several pages. Provides for easy updating of entire project in case of changes.