Mobile app prototyping tools: Create version 1.0 of your app in just minutes

Prototyping is one of the first steps of mobile app development. The difficulty for a lot of people is getting from that idea to something more tangible, and it can seem impossible if you don't have any technical or design skills. But in fact, it's a lot easier than you might think. Using one, or a combination of the prototyping tools below will allow you to create a tangible mobile app prototype, and build something you can use to show a potential co-founder, colleague, customer or investor what your idea is and how it works.


POP (Prototyping ON Paper)- Free for 2 projects and up to 1 members. Have an app idea? Draw it on paper and use POP to make it come to life on your Android device!
1. Draw your app screens on paper.
2. Take pictures and link them together.
3. Play and get feedback!

Proto.io - Create fully-interactive high-fidelity prototypes that look and work exactly like your app should. No coding required.

Sketch - Sketch was created for designing interfaces, websites, icons… whatever is in your head.

Flinto.com - Flinto supports iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad and Android devices. You can create prototypes for Nexus 7, Nexus 5, Nexus 4, they are viewable on any Android device capable of running the latest version of Chrome.

Balsamiq - Balsamiq Mockups is a rapid wireframing tool that helps you Work Faster & Smarter. It reproduces the experience of sketching on a whiteboard, but using a computer.

Demonstrate -  The free version of Demonstrate for iOS allows up to six screens and one project with all it’s features.

Fuidui.com -  Free project with up to 10 screens. Create interactive prototypes and wireframes for iOS, Android, and Windows. Send to your programmer to make sure you are on the same page.

Marvelapp.com -Turn your sketches, images and mockups into realistic mobile and web prototypes.

Invisionapp.com - Free for one project. Prototyping Collaboration & Workflow for Designers

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