Top 10 Prototyping Software

When you are deciding on the best prototyping tool to use, you can consider the following factors:

• Fidelity – Find out how powerful the tool is for visual and interaction design.
• Collaboration – Make sure you can co-design with your teammates/other designers or collaborate with stakeholders.
• Consistency – The tool must have features that ensure design consistency in your projects.
• Developer handoff – Discover how the tool builds assets and specifications for developers.

To help you out, here is a list of top 10 prototyping software:

1. Principle

Principle has a specialized timeline editor that is similar to Adobe Flash or Adobe After Effects. With this editor, you have better control over animations, which enables you to adjust and test details more easily compared to other prototyping tools. You can animate numerous objects at the same time through a dual timeline.

2. UXPin

While UXPin is a prototyping tool, it is not just used for prototyping. It is accurately defined as end-to-end design software. Some of the prototyping features of this tool include responsive breakpoints, built-in UI libraries, advanced interactions and animations, and CSS styling.

3. Flinto

Flinto focuses mainly on customizing animations — although not animations in general, but page transitions. The editor of this tool, Transition Designer, is specifically formatted for transitions. You can change the aspects of your transitions and the tool has a specialized viewer to make it go a bit faster compared to other tools.

4. Adobe XD

Adobe XD recreates the pixel-perfect design options and vector-based visuals of Sketch, but adds the functionality of developer handoff, prototyping, and interactions. This tool has a feature called Repeat Grid, which is popular among users to speed up their work.

5. Origami Studio

Facebook originally developed Origami to help design and build products, but it is now available for free. Compared to other prototyping tools, Origami requires more work to install, but once installed, you can start developing design concepts that simulate swipes, taps, scrolling, and page links.

6. Axure RP

Axure RP provides additional features, such as conditional prototyping, but at the expense of a rigid learning curve. While this tool is quite complicated and aimed at those who have a lot of patience, most designers use Axure RP because it is powerful.

7. Proto.io

Proto.io features templates for apps and websites to allow you to quick-start your project. The app is completely web-based, so you can run it on any platform. Proto.io has plugins that allow you to merge Photoshop and Sketch designs through a drag-and-drop function.

8. Webflow

Webflow is like a mixture of a site management CMS and a prototyping software tool. Apart from the prototyping features of this tool, it enables you to control your hosting as well as other site management areas at the same place where you work on the design.

9. Marvel

Marvel is a great prototyping tool aimed for those who have little or no experience in prototyping. It has a simple interface that almost does not have a learning curve, which makes it suitable for different levels of tech skill.

10. Framer

Framer is based on the principle that with code, you can prototype anything, which results in innovative designs. The documentation of its coding language is well-structured and has lots of examples to show how the language works.