UI/UX design and prototyping tool
Adobe XD offers vector-based UI design, prototyping, and voice interaction design integrated with Creative Cloud. It runs on both Mac and Windows unlike Sketch.
The original macOS interface design app
Sketch is a vector UI design tool for macOS used by product teams for interfaces, icons and design systems. It pioneered symbols and shared libraries long before browser-based design tools arrived.
Collaborative interface and vector design tool
Figma is a browser-based design platform combining vector editing with real-time collaboration. It has expanded illustration and asset libraries that overlap with Illustrator use cases.
Design and publish real websites with AI
Framer lets designers create high-fidelity interfaces and publish them as live, responsive websites, with Framer AI generating layouts from prompts. It merges design and production in one tool.
Open-source design and prototyping platform
Penpot is a free, open-source design tool built on web standards (SVG) supporting design and prototyping collaboratively. It's self-hostable for teams wanting full control.
Turn prompts and sketches into UI designs
Uizard generates editable app and web screens from a text prompt, screenshot or hand sketch. It is aimed at fast concepting rather than pixel-perfect final design.
AI-assisted interface design
Figma AI adds prompt-based layout generation, smart rename, content fill and visual search to the collaborative design tool designers already use.