Web Design: Four More Wireframing Tools

By Marisa Peacock (@marisacp51) Aug 2, 2011

Every few years or so we like to revisit our growing lists of tools and recommendations to offer an updated perspective. It’s been two years since we updated our wireframing tools, but thanks to your comments and suggestions, we give you four more tools to help you with your wireframing, information architecture and interaction design needs.

Back to Basics

App Sketcher

App Sketcher is built on the idea that prototyping is such a small piece of the development cycle that it must be fast and easy to use. Because of this, App Sketcher strives to make the working process simpler and easier, without sacrificing functionality. App Sketcher is also about getting back to basics. The purpose of prototype or mockup is not just for managing customers’ expectations, but also for showcasing designs, creativity and ideas.

From these ideas, a prototyping tool that enables users to create interactive designs with no coding needed was born. App Sketcher can be used by various users, from analysts, UX designers or developers in an effort to create concepts and wireframes, share ideas, develop clickable prototypes and demonstrate application workflows.

App Sketcher is an easy-to-use rapid prototyping tool for your application or website

Features of App Sketcher include:

Drag 'n’ drop creation
CSS styles and themes
Dynamic prototype designed for all browsers
Browser-based design surface
Ability to add dynamic content, actions, links and widgets
Easy to host and share HTML/CSS/JavaScript files

Price: US$ 79 per license. Free trials and downloads available.

For Options, Functionality

Lovely Charts

Available as both an online and desktop application, Lovely Charts is a diagramming application that makes it easier to create professional-looking diagrams of all kinds, such as flowcharts, sitemaps, business processes, organization charts and wireframes, while making it simpler to share, collaborate and engage with others.

Lovely Charts boasts its sexiness and efficiency above all else, and with two versions, it provides users with a plethora of features designed to meet their needs. For those looking for a streamlined, affordable and accessible tool, the Web app provides both the means and method to get the job done without getting weighed down with unnecessary or clunky functionality. For those looking for a little more control and customization, the desktop version offers a wider functionality, including ways to share and collaborate, be it on your hard drive, on a shared file server, in a version-controlled folder, or in a DropBox folder.