Play Design AlternativesUI Design & Prototyping Tools like Play Design

Play Design is described as 'Play empowers you to design, build and launch better mobile products, in less time, with fewer barriers - all on your mobile device' and is a UI Design tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Play Design for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Web-based, Windows, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Play Design alternative is Penpot, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Play Design are Figma, Pencil Project, Open Pencil and Sketch.

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  1. Penpot icon
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    Open-source design platform offering web-based and self-hosted workflows, code inspection in HTML and CSS, adaptive layouts with CSS Grid and Flex, real-time collaboration, auto layout features, reusable components, design tokens, layer support, plugins, and no tracking.

    Cost / License

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Figma icon
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    Figma is a web-based platform offering a robust set of tools for vector graphics editing and prototyping, along with offline desktop apps for seamless workflows. Designed specifically for UI and UX design, it emphasizes real-time collaboration, visual versioning, and vector networks to streamline the designer's work.

    132 Figma alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. Pencil Project icon
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    Pencil is a standalone app that lets you create diagrams or UI mockups. It doesn't have collaboration/multi-user features.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
  4. Open Pencil icon
     24 likes

    Open-source design editor for vector and interface projects featuring AI-powered generation, .fig and .pen file support, design-to-code export, real-time P2P collaboration, linting, tokens, advanced programmability, Vue SDK, and privacy-friendly operation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Homebrew
     
  5. Sketch icon
     255 likes

    Vector-based Mac design app focused on UI, UX, web, and mobile with responsive artboards, prototyping, plugin support, real-time collaboration, reusable libraries, non-destructive editing, cloud feedback, and device preview via companion mobile app.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. Lunacy icon
     167 likes

    Cross-platform vector editor for UI, UX, and web projects with native .sketch file editing, real-time multi-user collaboration, an AI-backed asset library, code and asset export, Figma integration, offline use, seamless cloud management, and auto layout tools.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
     
  7. Pencil.dev icon
     18 likes

    Vector UI canvas inside IDEs and desktop apps for creating layouts, using infinite canvas, layers, design system components, Git-compatible .pen files, synced design tokens, and AI-driven UI generation from prompts, aligning code and design efficiently.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Cursor
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  8. Paper Design icon
     17 likes

    Full-featured design workspace merges visuals, agents, and code, enabling live sync of tokens, components, and styles, connects with IDEs, imports databases and content, automates responsive layouts, and streamlines design-to-code with real-time data integration.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. Claude Design icon
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    Claude Design lets you create designs, interactive prototypes, presentations, and more by having a conversation with Claude.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Mockup redefines the entire process of sketching UI & UX projects for iOS. With the extensive collection of tools and features that Mockup provides, it's the ideal app for brainstorming and planning your next app and web design.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. AI-powered prototyping tool enabling product teams to quickly generate UI aligned to existing styles, import design systems, collaborate live, gather user feedback, test new features, support data-driven decisions, and ensure enterprise-level security and compliance.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. Muzli icon
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    Muzli is a browser extension that provides quick access to all that’s hot, new and simply awesome stuff in the design & tech web scene.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
     
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