When comparing Precursor vs Keynote, the Slant community recommends Precursor for most people. In the question“What are the best mockup and wireframing tools for websites?” Precursor is ranked 9th while Keynote is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose Precursor is:
A free tier with all mockup functionality is available. Free tier is limited by lacking ability to save mockups privately and additional services provided by Precursor like voice chat and registered subdomains.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free tier
A free tier with all mockup functionality is available. Free tier is limited by lacking ability to save mockups privately and additional services provided by Precursor like voice chat and registered subdomains.
Pro Collaborate in real time
Share a link with teammates and they can jump right into your doc. You'll see their changes as they happen, and the built-in voice chat makes design meetings effortless.
Pro Highly polished UX
Pro Imports nearly every type of asset
Can import all kinds of assets (images, videos, PDFs, sounds) into mockup without hassle.
Pro Animations and transitions
Keynote currently is one of the very few tools that supports animation of elements and transition of views without programming.
Pro Text Styles makes it easy to create typography systems
Pro Smart Snaps
Keynote has alignment grids (aka snap to grid feature) that snaps to end, midpoints, baselines etc of objects and grids. They are super useful when you want to follow a structured layout for your wireframe.
Cons
Con Really simplistic
Basic tools (line, square, circle) wich do no stick together: if you move a circle the attached line won't move making reengineering the model simply impossible