What are the best prototyping tools?
- Stefan Theofilos8Product Designer, Entrepreneur · WrittenInvision is a fantastic prototyping tool that I'd recommend to anyone.Veronica BelmontDestroyer of Worlds (and PM at Disco) · WrittenOne of my favorite tools, and a huge plus is getting emails from Clark (obviously)!
- Dennis WeinhardtDigital Designer (UI/UX/Web)
I love everything about InVision.
Since I started using it 3-4 years ago they improved so many things and added really useful features. They collaborate with so many top designers of the industry that they always know what we want. I really appreciate the effort, time and love they put into their products and it's always fun to use them.
The tools I use on a weekly basis are:
InVision (Webapp); Freehand; Craft; Designbetter.co
- Elena AvramenkoCo-Founder at PopAppFactory
All my designers loves the service, but I am struggling to use it, I find its UI/UX uncomfortable and not obvious. The most terrible is a mobile version of the web-site, extremely slow.
- Fredo Tan made this productIn our opinion, a prototype without hi-fi interactions is rather useless. For anyone. Hence, we built ProtoPie, the hi-fi prototyping tool that enables designers to create superior prototypes containing the most sophisticated interactions you could imagine as easy as pie without having to get your hands dirty with code. The gradual learning curve of ProtoPie is due to its intuitive UI which is based on the concept model and philosophy behind the product. This concept model entails that an interaction consists of an object, a trigger and a response, simplifying the whole process of prototyping. Other strong suits: - Fully utilize sensors in your smart devices for your prototypes easily. - Share and deploy your prototypes anywhere and anytime using the ProtoPie Player app or simply any web browser. - Seamless integration with Sketch and Adobe XD CC allowing you to go back and forth between design and prototyping hassle-free. More features (e.g. collaboration) and other cool stuff are on the way at this moment ;) If you have any questions, fire away :)Byungwoo Yoonart director, graphic designer · WrittenI use Protopie and this application is excellent. Easy to use and make a interaction. I can share the project's prototype to our client, and they easily image the interaction. Really helpful
- Oh and take a look at Framer - design and development combined.
playing it with currently to see what can i build with it .
- Amazing Sketch (and now Photoshop?) Plugin which brings your designs into InVision
- Julie DelanoyDesign at Product Hunt
I mostly use Craft for syncing with Invision and the library to always have the last update for the colors and text styles of our style guide. It's really useful, and I can't complain except when it makes Sketch suddenly crash. At first, I thought this was a Sketch problem, but after looking into it, I learned that Craft could be sometimes instable. Still, it's worth the risk 😉
- André Bose do AmaralFounder/CCO/CEO, Mecenato.co
Am a recent convert to Sketch + Craft, and the connection to InVision raises productivity dramatically. Large files with lots of artboards/hotspots still face issues synching up, though, which is a bit annoying.
- Great for animating your designs - early or later in the processI use Invision and Principle, but it will depend on the platform and how complex your prototype will be. Principle allows you to do custom animation without code. Here is a good list of prototype tools depending on learning curve, platforms and complexity. https://www.cooper.com/prototypi...
- Julie DelanoyDesign at Product Hunt
I use Principle mostly for quick demos when I try to communicate interaction ideas with my teammates. Principle is very good for this if you're not trying to create something too fancy but really want to share your ideas. Word to the makers: Keep the good work!
- Karthik MahadevanFounder and Designer at Envision · WrittenI used to mostly rely on Sketch, Marvel and Keynote for prototyping, but very recently I tried Figma and found it to be a breeze. I especially loved how easy it was for me to handover to the programmer. It's all online so sharing and collaborating was pretty easy as well.
- Andrei TelteuFreelancer WebDev.
They also have a integration with Zeplin and you can export all your layers into Zeplin.
Works very well. You can export every layer or group/object as JPG/PNG/SVG.
You can copy every text layer by just selecting it and Ctrl+C (copy as text), you can see the fonts and colors for text layers as well.
You can also share your projects with your team by email invite and public link.
- Arena RDesigner
I've been using Figma as my main tool lately and I'm loving it. I still need Sketch for a few things here are there (like getting things done offline, but that's rare). I just really love prototyping now that I can see changes immediately (no waiting for exports or a server to sync). I also love it when I can collaborate with a writer as I design screens. We used Figma to design the App Store screenshots for Tonight! New York (also on Product Hunt) and it was so fun and productive.
- Rajat PatelFront End Developer · WrittenSuper simple Prototyping tool. I use it and have no issues with it so far. Must try for all the designers.
- Davide PetrilloLead Product Manager at Goodpatch · WrittenRapid tool to create interactive prototypes starting from your hand sketches, visuals from Sketch (there's a direct integration) and others, or wireframes created with the Prott editor. Ready to then be shared with the team or user tested on web or on the Prott mobile apps. Disclaimer: I'm the Prott PM:)
- Fast and easy animations based on Sketch designs. Frequent updates.
- Brandon ElwoodOwner, AppJester · WrittenFeels like the real thing. Before we build an app, we build it from the ground up using proto.io.
- Laurent LATHIEYREentrepreneur
I have been using it for 2 months
- Kunal Bhatia50Co-founder & Design Lead @SlidesUp · WrittenI'm in love with Atomic and the team. They are very forward-thinking and build some great features that will help you communicate your intent with your team. Especially since you are new to UX Design, Atomic has both the tools and a newsletter (Product Design Weekly) to help you get better. You can read my Medium articles about prototyping tools to see Atomic in action compared to a few others.
- Kunal BhatiaCo-founder & Design Lead @SlidesUp
Atomic is my go-to solution for ideating, creating something to test with customers, and communicating with developers. You can get an idea of how I use prototyping tools in general here. It includes an overview of many tools in this space.
- Yutaka IshiiCEO@STUDIO · WrittenYutaka Ishii made this productSTUDIO has whole new way of designing and prototyping with using real code.
- Kyle W. LudwigCo-founder, Looma 🍐 · WrittenWait! There's more. Use Sketch to make the prototypes, then put them into Craft by Invision to make clickable prototypes you can share on the web to get localized comments from collaborators on your design. You can also use Inspect by Invision to hand off the fonts, color palettes, and assets from designers to the developers. I've tried Adobe XD for over a year but for over $20/mo, the features haven't caught up to the value this Sketch stack gets me for a single $100 payment plus freemium Invision subscription - and Adobe still has a long way to go.
- Maurice KoksCEO and Founder of http://ARCADECRM.com · WrittenI use this almost every day, This is absolutely a must have tool for and not only Mock Up's but real Prototyping and much, much more
- Jenil GogariDesigner. Explorer. Geek. · WrittenI started using Origami recently and it's pretty neat!
