What I Needed It For
I’m currently working on a client project that involved designing several wireframe mockups, receiving feedback on them and then rapidly reiterating soon after. The mockup application should:
Thankfully, all of the mockup applications I used took care of requirements 2 and 3 – they allow you to export in either PNG or PDF format and are very reasonably priced. The rest, however, is where they start to differ.
Balsamiq
I’ve been following Balsamiq for the past couple of years, ever since reading about Peldi quitting his job and diving into this venture on HackerNews. I remember being glued to his blog and getting giddy as I read about his rapid success (and being thankful that he was sharing this). So naturally, I have a slight lean towards his product, and it was the first of the applications I tried.
Read more: dev/Grow
I’m currently working on a client project that involved designing several wireframe mockups, receiving feedback on them and then rapidly reiterating soon after. The mockup application should:
- Be versatile – have many elements that let me create a mockup that truly reflects what I envision
- Let me export in PNG form (or something else that’s high quality)
- Allow me to share the work with my client, get direct feedback on it if possible
- Let others work on the mockups if needed (team editing)
- Be affordable
Thankfully, all of the mockup applications I used took care of requirements 2 and 3 – they allow you to export in either PNG or PDF format and are very reasonably priced. The rest, however, is where they start to differ.
Balsamiq
I’ve been following Balsamiq for the past couple of years, ever since reading about Peldi quitting his job and diving into this venture on HackerNews. I remember being glued to his blog and getting giddy as I read about his rapid success (and being thankful that he was sharing this). So naturally, I have a slight lean towards his product, and it was the first of the applications I tried.
Read more: dev/Grow