ProtoPie

Avantages

ProtoPie is a remarkably user-friendly design tool that outshines other prototyping software, including Figma. Its extensive feature set makes it a versatile choice for designers. Notably, ProtoPie Connect allows seamless device-to-device connections for testing and refining interactions. Device preview ensures a consistent user experience, while features like cloud saving and design handoff simplify collaboration and sharing. ProtoPie is an all-encompassing tool suitable for both beginners and experienced designers.

Inconvénients

While ProtoPie is an excellent tool, there is room for improvement. It would be great to see features like 4K interaction recording and the ability to use custom code in specific prototyping cases in the future. Additionally, addressing and fixing some of the existing bugs would enhance the overall user experience.

Avantages

The idea of Triggers/Actions is something that solves all prototyping problems in my workflow, i have the ful control of all the elements and can orchestrate them to give a good UX

Inconvénients

The wire-framing options, Pre-made symbol/component assets. Many itegrations can be done here

Avantages

Programmatic animations IoT supportMulti device supportAPI support

Inconvénients

Zoom and Panning bug with a trackpadMulti device support API - don't know to use it

Avantages

The way Protopie works appeals to how I think and it means I can get ideas down quickly. It’s also great at mobile prototypes.

Inconvénients

It lacks autolayout and responsive design features.

Avantages

A pretty accurate example of the final product

Inconvénients

Expensive to share with collaborators and especially developers who are not editors but who need to read basic values from designs

Avantages

What I like most about Protopie is that it is easy to learn, works on native devices, makes use of native sensors on said devices, and can connect/interact with complimentary designs/prototypes on other platforms/hardware (using ProtoPie Connect). For example, imagine you are a firefighter requesting eyes over a particular area of the forest, so you can better plan an exit strategy for your team. This message is sent from the phone and notifies the system in the two planes that have been flying as eyes for the team. One of the pilots initiates a message back, saying that he/she will take a look. This message makes its way back to the firefighter on both his watch (using native haptics + visual) and phone (haptics + visual), so he can view the live video via his phone. All of this can be mocked up in ProtoPie on real devices. This can then be user tested to see where hangups might be. Also, when it comes to user testing, consider that some jobs might require the separate actions of two people on two different devices to accomplish a particular task. Only when they work together (or do so within a range of time) does a message get sent and the task is complete. Protopie allows one to test at these higher levels (something impossible in a design/prototyping tool like Figma, since seaprate designs are not communicating with each other in real time).

Inconvénients

Certain features, particularly the use of the watch, is limited to Enterprise (big boo!) and Enterprise requires a minimum of three licenses. Licenses currently range from $2000 to $2500 each. This is a huge investment. So, unless you have an extra $6000-$7000 dollars available to you, you will never get to test and prototype with the watch. Since watches are commonly used, I think it should be made available to those on lesser plans, or at least the company should get rid of the minimum number of Enterprise licenses to be purchased. On the whole, when compared to offerings like Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office 365, it can be hard to see the value. It is double the price of Adobe CC, but with Adobe CC one gets over 20 other pieces of industry-leading creative software. With this said, this is a niche area and ProtoPie, in my view, is at the top in terms of providing a tool that gives one the ability to present high-end demos and more robust testing (outside of actual coding).

Avantages

ProtoTyping features, variables, functions, components, intuitive tools. I just love it!

Inconvénients

Only thing are design tools. If design could be more similar to Figma, I'd be using only ProtoPie.

Avantages

Interaction recipes with specs that help development craft the design as needed.

Inconvénients

no live interaction cloud support like figma

Avantages

ProtoPie is awesome. You can make cool stuff with it, even if you don’t know much about prototyping. It’s super easy to use, and it has everything you need to make your ideas come to life. You can make your prototypes do all kinds of things, like respond to touch, motion, and sound. You can also make them look amazing with smooth transitions and realistic animations. ProtoPie lets you create prototypes that feel like the real thing.

Inconvénients

ProtoPie is hard to master. You need to spend a lot of time to figure out how everything works. It doesn’t have the best tools for making animations, like Principle. Some other prototyping tools can do more. ProtoPie is not cheap. You have to pay every month to use it. It can be too much for some people and businesses.

Avantages

The best features of ProtoPie are interactive tools. It makes your prototype almost complete product to showcase. features like camera, voice, 3d motion are feathers to the cap.

Inconvénients

There are some technical bugs I felt while using the ProtoPie.1. The Numpad Enter Key does not work in the Left and Center Panels.2. Space constraints in the Left Panel. It should be free-flow.3. Figma has the feature to update the preview instantly while in ProtoPie we have to save the file to have an updated version of the Prototype in the Browser/Player. Means Figma has an auto-save feature.

Avantages

I like the most seamless of the prototype. E2E prototype can give you close to actual product results so you can cheaply test nearly ready products, not wonky pretend-to-be products. Eliminating this wonky layer, I can test the experience.

Inconvénients

It's still buggy, and you must use features / prototype a lot to understand that sometimes it's not the issue with the approach but the software itself.

Avantages

It's Trigger and Response system. Really nice to understand and power control

Inconvénients

The cost is very expensive in my country, I will not allow anyone to use it and try. I think we need more plans like Pro without Connect functionNo support for 3D interaction like Spline, Dora...Even now Spline collaborates with Webflow and makes 3D interactionNo support Design tool like Auto LayoutNo free Drawing is very limitedNo function responsive easily

Avantages

Protopie facilitates setting up software interaction/demonstrations relatively quickly. Getting prototypes onto mobile devices is relatively easy. Support for variables (and thus states) as well as the nicely designed editor make it one of the more worthwhile prototyping tools.

Inconvénients

Several basic aspects of functionality are missing or require goofy workarounds, such as being able to distinguish between single and double clicks or detecting the intersection/overlap of objects. The UI has gone years with very little improvement. Sequential interactions are too time-dependent and will fail unless small delays are added to triggers and responses. The subscription cost is excessive.

Avantages

Able to easily create dynamic effects Very convenient to use

Inconvénients

I think the current PIE needs to be able to be co produced by multiple people and require a web version. The second phase needs to be able to flexibly use other people's masters, because many dynamic effects are actually similar, and repeated production is a waste of time. For example, it can be copied from another file to this file and the dynamic effects can be directly replaced

Avantages

The tools it provides for you to play around

Inconvénients

The pricing tag, but i get the financial side of things.

Avantages

The number of triggers and events. That allows me to create a lot of interactions. The possibility of prototyping on a multitude of devices is also a very good point.

Inconvénients

When we create a lot of animations, it becomes difficult to organize the file due to all the layers of animations created. Even if you rename all the layers and animations, I find it tedious to find my way around our prototype. Too bad the interface doesn't have the same mechanics as software like Figma. The components don't work in the same way, and neither do the constraints… etc

Avantages

It's an Amazing real-time Prototyping tool for UI/UX Designers

Inconvénients

I think the using variables and condition

Avantages

The ease of use, and its support for a wide range of interactions, including taps, swipes, gestures and many more. You could pitch & test an entire app with no single development yet.

Inconvénients

The price, it's expensive. Literally about 6x Figma monthly plan

Avantages

Animations with programming IoT assistance support for multiple devices assistance with APIs

Inconvénients

Using a trackpad, zoom and pan the bugAPI that supports multiple devices; not sure how to use it

Avantages

I really like the conditional triggers which are not free anymore on figma. I also like the preview for phone to test out my prototype

Inconvénients

I don't like the fact how it does not allow us to collaborate with people to test so running back and forth with the saved file is hard to work with

Alternatives envisagées 

Avantages

The fact you can send your screens with the tap of a button from figma to protopie is classic. Every element can be prototyped with many trigger options

Inconvénients

Opening the product to login has to be done through a web browser

Avantages

The whole experience, the ability to customize and design freely

Inconvénients

The complexity of certain triggers with preforming what you truly want

Avantages

It supports so much platforms, gestures and flows.

Inconvénients

It's difficult to learn as a beginner. Interacitve learning.

Avantages

Triggers easily available to build prototype, components to reuse easily

Inconvénients

Copy and pasting certain components, behaviour/triggers does not get copied over. Would like to copy and past across different files as well.

Avantages

You can use real device sensors and inputs, such as gyroscope, accelerometer, touch, and sound, to create realistic interactions.

Inconvénients

Prototype voice-activated interactions, making it useful for voice UI and AI applications. Lags sometime.