A Learn button takes you to the Adobe Learn & Support website for the XD Step-by-Step Guide. When you launch the program, the first thing you see is your home dashboard. Once you’ve chosen a Creative Cloud subscription option, getting started with XD is a breeze. On macOS, you need version 10.15 (Catalina) or later with 4GB RAM, and it can run as a native Apple Silicon app.
XD natively supports Windows pen and touch input. On Windows, you need a 64-bit PC running Windows 10 version 1909 or later with 4GB RAM. On either OS you get XD from the Creative Cloud Desktop app, which eases installation and updating, even though it means installing yet another program on your system. Its main competitor, Sketch, is for macOS only. The paid version costs $7.95 per user per month.Īs mentioned, Adobe XD runs on both macOS and Microsoft Windows. One final-and interesting-competitor is InVision, which does cloud-based prototyping and interface design and a free account level that supports 10 users and three documents.
Since Figma is completely browser-based, desktop platform compatibility is not an issue. Figma is unique in this group for offering a forever-free account option that gets you plug-ins, templates, unlimited collaborators, and unlimited personal files, but only three Figma design project files. It’s packed with features, powerful, and intuitive, making it an Editors’ Choice program and a must-have for designers.Ī more-recent popular competitor is Figma, a cloud-based app with more than four million users, as of this writing. A key difference is that Sketch is Mac-only, whereas XD supports both macOS and Windows. Adobe XD also benefits from Creative Cloud integration, with in-app access to shared libraries of images, palettes, and design system assets. Both vector-based applications can be used for the front-end design of websites, apps, and games. Adobe developed XD in 2015 as a competitor to Sketch, which had debuted five years earlier. One such thrill is using and keeping current with the often-updated Adobe XD (Experience Design), the company’s design software for interactive interface design and prototyping. The savvy UX/UI designer’s duty to surf the sea-changing wave of technology, tools, and hacks is as daunting as it is thrilling.
Not as many plug-ins as there are for Sketch.Intuitive workspace and familiar key commands for Creative Cloud users.Excellent (4.5) Bottom Line Adobe XD wins the UI/UX design tool tussle not only because of the boost it gets from integration with Creative Cloud apps, but also because of its responsive design tools.
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