Apple’s Freeform App Is Dangerously Good
Watch out Gliffy, Figma, Whimsical and all ye others, Apple is coming for ya…
The week before going on my very well-deserved three week time off from work, one of the very last things I worked on were some software architecture diagrams. In terms of tools, I had three fairly obvious choices: Gliffy Diagrams, Figma and Whimsical. Of course there are plenty more others out there, but these are the ones I have used the most in the past. Gliffy, because it was free and easy to use, Figma, because the company had a license, and Whimsical, because the company had a license and it is also straightforward to use, while offering a somewhat more polished result than Gliffy. I’m sure most of ye know at least one or two of these tools and have used them at some point or another, so when claiming that Apple’s new Freeform app is dangerously good, you’re either intrigued or defensive. Either reaction is valid.
Apple’s Freeform came a bit out of nowhere when it was first announced earlier in 2022. If you think of it, in a very limited form, we already…
