Adobe XD Reviews: 4.3/5 — Solid Choice

Adobe XD has the familiar interface that users of the Adobe suite will quickly learn to navigate. It is a simple program that has the ability to produce some very advanced UI design. The animation capabilities that are built in far surpass those found in the main competitor, Sketch.

Whilst Sketch benefits from having an abundance of plug-ins, XD hasn't yet benefited from developer add-ons. As such, XD is still a young program with limited use-cases. Even with these limitations however, it is possible to produce excellent work without needing to buy an additional program like Sketch, as XD is included in the price of the Creative Cloud.

We design all sorts of interfaces with XD, including apps, websites, machine HMIs and more.

Is like using illustrator for wireframes with some prototype functionalities. Can't be easier to use.

i think that needs to be more powerful like sketch or zeplin.

We're using It to work in wireframes for our marketing department.

Quick abililty to rapidly prototype and test products.

Little control over animations, low control over SVG tools

Ability to share prototypes and test with remote teams with a low learning curve

Agiliza el diseño de las aplicaciones web y aplicaciones móviles dando unos resultados buenos

Te encasilla mucho y no es lo suficientemente versátil para el uso q necesito darle

ofrece todas las herramientas para el prototipeado de páginas web y aplicaciones, permitiendo crear fácilmente prototipos animados, previsualizarlos y compartirlos con otros miembros del equipo. Finalizados o en proceso, los diseños se pueden compartir de manera sencilla a través de enlaces públicos.

It has build in templates for every device that it is used nowadays. Excellent for jump-starting any kind of project.

The pen tool is not that easy to start using. It takes a time to get used to.

Designed my photography website from scratch from different platforms. The program is easy to use and intuitive.

I loved the interface and the content recognition. Also the parameters of the prototype mode are great

There are not so many options or tools to create different graphics. There are not symbols either for example.

It’s very easy to share your work once you upload things to the server, and this is quite useful:

It is such a powerful application for UX/UI designers building front-end prototypes for user interfaces without the need to code anything. I really like the fact that it is integrated really well with other Adobe applications such as Adobe Photoshop, which makes the work flow really smooth.

Even though it is packed with many powerful tools making the job of a UX/UI designer easier but you can feel that it is a work in progress and there's still room for improvement.

I've used Adobe XD to create front-end prototypes for an application's interactive user interface.

I really like using Adobe xd because I think it’s very intuitive and easy to learn. This tool was my first interactive prototyping tool I learnt and I’ve not seen back since then

I think it should add more features to allow collaborative work/projects to take place

Developing an interactive prototypes/ mid and high fidelity mock-up. This enables the viewer to get the look and feel of real application

Adobe XD has quickly developed into a program that matches its rivals, like Sketch. It's coming up to par with industry standards, and defining necessities for UX designers.

XD is still lacking necessary features, granted they would be the first to really achieve them when released, the fact that there is no live collaboration is difficult, but adobe would be the first to have a local software where I and my teammates can design together in one document, local on all of our machines, in the cloud.

We do all wireframes in my workplace with XD and it has saved our butts multiple times; it's easy enough to pickup in an hour, and super simple for assembling elements.

empowers designers with the speed, precision, and quality to seamlessly iterate and share interactive prototypes with team members and reviewers across devices and platforms, including Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.

There are still various technical glitches that need to be given priority over user interface like file format when one is switching from Windows to Mac. Also, the plans buy the software needs to be customer-centric. I'll advise them to customize the plans as per client/ customer requirements

1. Export to adobe after effects 2. Prototype drag gestures 3. Linked symbols 4. Redesigned home screen

XD is very simple to use and the user interface uses elements from other Adobe software/programs. Unified experience. Also, the ability to prototype directly in XD is huge! My team can use this product on both PC and Mac without any headache.

MANY key/basic elements are missing and software's like Sketch and Invision Studio are updating features at a much quicker rate. XD seems a bit behind to the game. Some basic features don't seem to be in the pipeline anytime soon. XD crashes very often; quite buggy at times.

UI/UX for a mobile apps on iOS and Android.

XD provides an easy to use platform for design mockups for ads, webpages, emails, etc.

I wish you could copy and paste images or elements from other applications.

Mockups from coordinator to designer.

It's very user friendly with the most simple and intuitive interface I've seen for UX design. It's also cross-platform, which is great for designers using windows.

A lot of major features that other products already have are still in development and not yet available, but the team is pretty good about listening to user feedback on their request forum.

It's cross platform with frequent updates and is included in the CC suite, which my team was already using. We use it for software interface design.

One of the best part of using an Adobe software is that they have a lot of common features among the Adobe family and even the UI looks very simple and easy. Another great thing about XD is that you can open a PS or AI file smoothly, which is not there in some of its competitor like Figma. Also you can also work offline and save your file which is a good thing to have sometimes.

The first thing that I dislike is that its not online like Figma and hence collaboration among the team becomes difficult. Another thing that I dislike that its not good for designing assets and animation.

We already have a CC license and we are using Photoshop and Illustrator and hence it is easier for our designer to work and open these files on XD. Also since XD is a part of CC it will be more economical for us to buy it now.

Designing anything using templates and make quick interactive prototype

Unable to update multiple flows at the same time. Share tab fluctuate sometime when we work on multiple frames. After editing images on Adobe Photoshop it does not retain the orginal layer anymore.

Conceptualising ideas and quickly generating prototypes for validation.

A great software to introduce the experiences of the mobile and web applications. A classic quality of the Adobe house company, producing and the functions of the system bar is as always in a great range.

The newest Xd version has some changing regarding the older version - menu bar is first a change and needs some time to find them out. The responsive resize function has some problems on the second screen.

Helps in the intuitive sampling of the design and proto experience. The resize of the system from the screen switching is nice.

I like that it's a simple and easy to understand piece of software. I like that it can connect with Adobe Creative Cloud.

I don't like how dramatically different it feels from all other Adobe software. The UI is different, and the general framework for where to locate tools is different. Jarring almost.

Prototyping and mocking up website pages.

It is free and easy to use for creating quick mockups. Also it is fairly easy to connect the slides using the prototyping tool present

Customization features are somewhat limited, like pen tool and other free hand design tools etc

Created mockups for our new product in XD

Really like the compatibility with other adobe products. Easy to use, features limited to the most necessary ones. Prototyping in real time is great

i wish there were rules. its pretty hard to align the elements without them. it'd be great to be able to connect it to InVision app too. Also, cant zoom into the project I share with other people.

user experience and wireframing.

XD is easy to use, and will get the job done. I don't have any major issues with the product, and it has certainly become significantly more usable since the original release.

It just doesnt have the industry adoption that Figma has. That is very important when it comes to being employable. It also matters when looking for learning resources, since competing software has so much more to learn from.

I teach and practice web design. XD is good for that. It is great that it is included in the complete Adobe subscription. So for a while I was using it in classrooms. But Figma is free for students, which makes it at least as viable an option.

XD has a straightforward interface for those familiar with other Adobe products. The company has invested well in customer training. What I particularly liked about XD was the creation of smooth and automatic animations in prototypes. XD also has an integration with After Effects.

XD is inferior to Figma in many ways: first, Figma exists in both browser and desktop versions. XD is not suitable for collaboration and collaborative work on large projects. Besides, XD is very inconvenient for the development.

I use Adobe XD for creating wireframes, app design, and prototyping. I created many user experience and interface design projects with Adobe XD.

This was used for an intern project that included designing i was able to be very creative in that I was able to alter wireframes

i disliked the fact that sometimes the app would not work on my desktop for example it would freeze and then I would have to restart the app

i was redesigning wireframes

Adobe XD works across windows and mac and comes with adobe suite. That means that designers I outsource to can get and use XD affordably and I can still use it in my workflow. It is also a great looking design tool compared to Adobe's past product. Very user friendly, like they actually had modern designers working on it. Very much appreciate that!

I primarily use Sketch and while I love testing out and using new tools like XD and Studio the thing that keeps Sketch my primary design tool is the plugins. I can do just about everything I need in Sketch thanks to the plug in family, which is still lacking in tools like XD.

Getting design work from across the globe even from people without macs so that the design output is still high quality, quick turnaround, and affordable.

It is a nice design tool. you can get a lot done with it and you can also share your design and save your work as a file. and you can share prototypes with clients for comments and suggestions.

It is a Big bulky Desktop app, and it is a paid-only service, and it can't compete with Figma, it is not a web-based app and also it is missing a community, it is hard to get components and see what other peoples in the community do

Designing and sharing the design and prototype with clients and getting feedback from the client. And allow collaboration with in teams. To share resrces and design systems.

It's the adobe suite. A few of it's chosen decisions with their attributed pros/cons do pay off.

How it handles gridlines. How it handles guides. Slow. Clunky. No image cropping. Poor management of within an artboard vs out of it. It's just nowhere near as polished as Figma. And by now I really have spent much time in XD.

Coworking design.

I like the concept and the idea of being able to walk a person through your build before coding anything. I like the idea of reusing my library and assets developed in other Adobe products easily.

It's not really useable on the Windows platform but has gotten better. Overall it's not very intuitive. I am not sure why the interface is not in line with all the other Adobe creative suite products. Going from Photoshop and Illustrator to this is odd. Had the user interface was in the same style as the other products it would feel much more familiar. I use Dreamweaver and integration with that product would be a dream. Bringing in assets from other Adobe products isn't seamless without using the Creative Cloud.

I am looking for a tool that lets me easily demonstrate and step through web applications or mobile website interfaces/designs. A customer is able to see exactly how their application will look and more importantly function. Currently, I have been using mockup designs straight out of Photoshop but I am not able to really give the client the overall experience of what I am trying to achieve. Adobe XD promises to help me achieve that. While I can see the goal is there its not as easy or quick to use as would be beneficial.

Repeat grid is probably the only great feature in XD. Not much else is great about it. If you keep all you resources in separate files, XD makes it easy to integrate them into a prototype.

Essential features like inner shadow are missing. You can’t create pages like you do in Sketch. All the symbols and reusable resources, along with all the art boards are placed alongside each other in each document.

XD allows you to share the prototype you have built with both developers and designers. There is also the option to update files you’ve sent to them.

Easy to use & user-friendly. Recommended

It should be available in as many languages as possible.

Faster & multitasking

Compatible with other Adoe creative suites and get the support that understands the whole suites

Not as user-friendly in manipulating vectors and do not have much options for exports

Did the job of wireframing and animating them

i like that it comes with the adobe creative cloud license. very convenient. also that it allows for prototyping with videos

not very intuitive. sharing the link is awkward. it has to update each time.

before i joined this company, they were prototyping with XD because it came with the adobe creative cloud license so it was good because it was bundled with all the other programs that we needed.