Easily create web, desktop, and mobile app designs with Adobe XD. Build wireframes and mockups, craft interactions, share prototypes for feedback, and hand-off to development — all in one design tool.
BENEFITS
Create user-friendly app designs.
Build interactive web and mobile app designs that look and feel real. Share and collaborate with teammates, clients, and stakeholders. Deliver impactful user experiences in seconds.
Wonderfully fast and easy to use.
Move quickly with an intuitive interface, lightning-fast performance, and built-in collaboration tools. XD gets out of your way so you can get into your creative zone, no matter your skill level.
Build prototypes and test ideas.
Interactive prototypes make your vision a reality. Remove the guesswork, align stakeholders, and blow your clients away — no more static PDFs and email attachments.
Move app projects forward.
Share prototypes for feedback. Design together in real-time. Handoff assets and specs to developers. XD is your one-stop platform in design collaboration.
FEATURES
An app designed for app design.
XD is built from the ground up for experience design. Discover tools for wireframing, UI design, prototyping, and more — all in one mobile app design software.
Content-Aware Layout
Effortlessly adapt components for different screen sizes. Make buttons scale as you change labels. Cut back on the tedious, manual work and automatically adjust as you design. Learn more
Repeat Grid
Duplicate elements with a simple click-and-drag. Edit once and watch elements in the grid update automatically. Drag images and text into your grid to populate with real content. Learn more
Overlays
Pop-up keyboards. Slide-out menus. Modal windows and interstitials. Create UI design elements that display over your app screens and make interactive, dynamic prototypes.
Device preview
Test app designs on real devices. Download the Adobe XD app for iOS or Android and interact with your prototypes. Make design changes and update your mobile prototypes, instantly.
Ready to get started with XD?
PLUGINS
Level up with plugins.
Unlock new features and app design tools with XD plugins. Choose from 300+ plugins to take your web and mobile app designs to the next level. Build user flow diagrams, discover icons and stock images, visualize data, and more — find the perfect plugin for every experience.
XD to Flutter
Generate Flutter code for building apps based on your app designs in XD.
Jira Cloud
Export artboards, assets, and prototypes to Jira issues without leaving XD.
FAQ
Adobe XD is built from the ground up for app design. XD offers pre-set templates for common device types, like iPhone and Google Pixel. Adobe XD offers app design tools like grids, guides, Content-Aware Layout, Repeat Grid, Tap and Drag triggers for prototyping, and Overlays. You can also test Adobe XD app designs on iOS or Android devices. Once a prototype is ready for review, Adobe XD offers built-in collaboration tools in Share mode for gathering feedback, user testing, and collaboration with development teams.
Yes. Adobe XD offers artboard preset templates for common device sizes including desktop and mobile apps. Adobe XD can be used as a web, desktop, and mobile app design software as well as prototyping tools for crafting interactions on mobile devices and desktop experiences.
Most app design software programs offer app design tools for creating wireframes and designing layouts. Some app design software programs offer prototyping tools, which help designers design interactions and animations to determine how an experience should “feel.” Some app design tools also offer built-in collaboration tools for sharing app designs, working together in real-time, and handoff to development teams.
Adobe XD is an intuitive and easy to use all-in-one website design software for designers of any skill level. If you’re just starting out, Adobe offers free learning tools to help beginners take on website design with XD. You may also want to check out XD's learn hub for inspiration and to see how the pros are using XD to create professional-grade, interactive website designs.
Designing your own app gives you complete control over every aspect of the experience. You can determine what tasks the app will seek to accomplish, design the visual appearance of the app, prototype interactivity, add animations and motion, and so much more. Designing your own app lets you get the exact experience you’re looking for.
Depending on the use case of your app, app designs typically include components like navigation bars, cards, buttons, modal windows and dialogs, menus, text fields, and sliders. The exact set of components in use depends on your app’s use case.