Five UI/UX tools you need to learn in 2022
User interface (UI) and user experience (UX) are two distinct yet inseparable aspects of design. That is, while the UI focuses on visual and interactive design with the user, the UX aims to the experience of the user with the product.
. User interface design tools provide a platform for designers to include features such as wireframe, mockup, prototype design, and finally executable output.
. User experience design tools focus on the user and how they experience the content. These tools help shape the overall structure of your product. UX tools help designers provide a better picture of the impact the content and the layout have on the user.
In this article, I will introduce the most efficient UI/UX design tools that make your design process faster and easier.
The best tools for user interface and user experience design.
1. Figma
Initial Release: September 27, 2016
If you are a web or mobile application designer, you have probably heard the name of the online base tool, Figma. It has been able to gain a special place among designers around the world in the 5 years since its initial release.
Besides its simple and practical design environment, I chose Figma as the best tool for its additional unique parts. If you go to the Community section, you will encounter all plugins, widgets, ready-made templates, UI kits, icons, wireframe templates, etc. which will definitely increase the speed of your design. Figma will provide you with the opportunity of meeting the other designers alongside the inspirational platform. You can even share your designs in the Figma Community.
Also, you can visit mine:
Another part that sets this tool apart from the rest is FigJam, which acts as a whiteboard so that you can draw your drafts before you design in the FigJam section and share them with your team. You can even use it as a wireframe tool instead of drawing the first sketch that you want to draw on paper.
⭐️ Even there is a lot of free templates for this section that you can use in different categories.
From the Help Center, you can get acquainted with all parts of this tool from A to Z, it is certainly not possible to explain all the parts in detail here.
2. Adobe XD
Initial Release: March 14, 2016
No one can ever deny the role of Adobe as one of the most important design tools as when it comes to digital design, Adobe certainly has a tool for your specific need. In the field of UI/UX, Adobe has been able to provide interesting features for designers with Adobe XD tool.
This tool, like Figma, has many useful plugins. You can also use Adobe UI kits for your designs.
The part that differentiates this tool from the others is Creative Cloud, which in addition to giving you access to various tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, etc, you can use other Adobe features through your Creative Cloud. The most important of which, in my opinion, is that you can publish your designs directly on the Behance site.
Let’s Check out My Portfolio on Behance:
3. Sketch App
Initial Release: September 07, 2010
You can’t be a UI/UX designer and not know sketch.
This tool, which I call the father of advanced UI/UX design Tools, is 6 years older than the two tools I mentioned earlier. I bet you’re wondering why is Sketch not ranked first on this list?
I think the biggest problem is that this app is limited to the Mac OS and also does not have a community to share designs.
But I still use sketch as one of the main design tools, I will leave you the link to Bahram template that I published in 2018 on the ThemeForest site:
4. Invision Studio
Invision is one of the tools that may not attract you at first glance, but if you work with it, you will definitely realize the power of this famous and practical tool.
In the products section of Invision site, there are various tools, the most important of which I can mention are Freehand, Prototype, Craft and Studio.
You can also download and use the Invision Studio tool for free.
The most important plugin of this tool is Craft, which you can also install in Sketch or Photoshop.
5. Marvel
The last tool on this list, unlike the other tools introduced, focuses on UX design and wireframes.
In fact, the Marvel tool has been very popular with UX Designers due to its default elements for wireframe design and sitemap.
You can also use the features of this tool for free but only with one active project.
Nutshell
If you’d like to be an expert in UI/UX design, you need to work with these tools. Of course, the whole process of UI and UX design can be done with one of these tools, but it is always the case that each tool has a more practical part, which means you can be much more creatively with a collection of all these tools.
