Adobe XD vs Sketch: Which is a better fit?

Nicole D.: Hi, my name is Nicole, and I'm a business coach and consultant helping wellness practitioners build thriving brands online. I give Adobe XD a four out of five stars. Before Adobe XD, I was using a combination of Figma and Illustrator. Illustrator worked well enough, but I liked the flexibility of Adobe XD, and the specificity for building websites, and the prototyping abilities. With regards to Figma, I prefer XD over Figma simply because I teach it in a graphic and web design college, and it's so much easier to teach, and to learn as a new student. One of the biggest reasons I chose to continue with Adobe XD was mainly because of its learning curve. It's very easy to learn, it's very quick to pick up, especially if you're already used to the other Adobe products. It gives you all the functionalities that you'd need for basic prototyping, and even more than basic, up to high fidelity prototyping, without all the bells and whistles that other softwares offer which can be useful. But if you're small scale or you're teaching how to do prototyping to new to UX and UI designers, it's an easier tool to use. Especially if you already have a subscription for other Adobe products, Adobe XD is extremely easy to get started with. All you do is add it to your desktop or your mobile device, or your tablet, and it's ready to go. You're already paying for the membership, so there's no extra fees. And so I do appreciate that. If you're thinking about trying Adobe XD for your business purposes, and you're like a lot of people who are a little bit intimidated trying to learn a new software, don't be afraid. Adobe XD is so easy to pick up. Like I said, if you're already using other Adobe products, the interface is so familiar that the learning curve won't take you very long to pick up.

Matt: My name is Matt. I'm a co-founder at a real estate company, and I give Sketch four out of five stars. For more reviews like this, click below. Before Sketch, I was using Envision. I decided to switch to Sketch because Envision felt like it was lacking features, and the browser functionality wasn't as smooth as Sketch's native functionality on macOS. I chose Sketch because it was a more powerful platform, had a lot more tools, and had a really wide community adoption. Sketch was easy to get started with. It's just as easy as downloading an app. The only thing that was a little bit more challenging was that there's a bit of a learning curve, because Sketch is different from other tools, and so, just had to figure out how the tool itself worked. Sketch is a really powerful tool I recommend to a lot of people, especially if you're on only macOS, and you don't have to work with other teams. Sketch is great, and Sketch is also great if you've got legacy Sketch files that you're also working with, too.