10 Best Wireframe Tools For Websites & Mobile Apps In 2023

Used by BP, L’Oréal and BMW, Lucidchart simplifies app wireframe making software with a large library of wireframe templates, drag-and-drop functionality across an infinite canvas, real-time collaboration, in-app chat, automatic sync and save, and more. Being a web-based app, there are no downloads or installations needed and it works on any device, browser or operating system.

When diving into our specific evaluation criteria, usability and value for cost are definitely strengths of Lucidchart. The low per-month cost combined with intelligent features and an intuitive interface make it one of the easiest wireframing tools to get started with. Features like comments, tasks, sharing, revision history and embedding make collaboration simpler and easier for remote and hybrid teams.

Lucidchart integrates with Microsoft Office apps; has free add-ons for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides; and integrates with the likes of Atlassian, Salesforce, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Slack, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Jive, GitHub, BambooHR, Quip and more—including many through Zapier. Lucidchart also integrates well with Lucid's virtual whiteboarding product Lucidspark, so you can easily take your messy brainstorming sessions and formalize them into diagrams and processes in Lucidchart.

Lucidchart starts at $7.95/month and has a freemium version of the software.

FigJam is a digital whiteboard tool that's part of the Figma suite. It's designed to help teams brainstorm, ideate, and collaborate on projects in real time. But that's not all - you can also use it to create interactive mockups and wireframes too. The software comes with over 300+ templates that are ready to use right away, including wireframing kits to save you time.

Overall, I'd say FigJam is a great tool for anyone who needs to wireframe websites or mobile apps, whether you're a designer, a product manager, or just someone with a great idea for an app. It's got a pretty intuitive user interface too, so you can jump right in and start sketching out your ideas even if you're not a design pro.

FigJam actually functions as more than just a wireframing tool: it can also function as a collaboration platform for your entire project team. You can invite your team to join your board, and everyone can work together in real-time to increase your team's productivity. And let's not forget the cursor chat – it's a small thing, but being able to chat directly on the board makes collaboration so much smoother.

Using FigJam, you can create wireframes and clickable prototypes without needing to write code. Instead, you can take advantage of their pre-built wireframe components like headers, buttons, feature widgets, and navigation bars to bring your digital product designs to life. You can also capture feedback within your wireframes too, making review meetings more effective.

FigJam also includes numerous drawing tools, which are handy for sketching out rough ideas, plus, a sticky notes feature, which are great for jotting down ideas or sharing feedback with your team. In addition, all the elements on your whiteboard are drag-and-drop, making it easy to adapt and iterate on your product design as you go along.

Integrations are available with Asana, Dropbox, Figma, Google Drive, Microsoft Teams, Notion, Slack, Trello, and numerous tools for prototyping, user testing, and developer handoff.

Whimsical is a wireframe tool that enables anyone (even non-designers) to take part in UX design and create low-fidelity yet comprehensive wireframes.

Whimsical's wireframe mode includes a library of configurable elements like buttons, inputs, and checkboxes. The tool comes with thousands of consistent, categorized, and searchable icons that you can use inside buttons, form fields, or by themselves.

Whimsical wireframes are intentionally built to be expressive, yet simple enough to keep the focus on the content. You don't have to download any additional apps or browser extensions to use Whimsical wireframes as all of these functions are available within your browser.

Whimsical wireframes can be integrated with every type of Whimsical file so you can switch between mind maps, flowcharts, projects, and docs. Wireframes can also be used to share feedback, as it comes with customizable permissions for editing, commenting, or viewing.

Whimsical has a direct integration with Github and can be embedded in Notion docs. It also supports two-factor authentication with any authenticator app.

Whimsical costs from $10/user/month and offers a free plan with limited features.

Mockplus comes with nearly 200 components and more than 3,000 icons to save you much time and effort on design. Drag-and-drop elements in order to build interactive prototypes on an intuitive working canvas with a clean, spacious interface. Simply scanning a QR code lets you test your prototypes on actual devices or you can publish the project to cloud and receive a shareable weblink.

Our evaluation criteria has a sharp focus on collaboration, which Mockplus does well in a variety of ways. It supports multi-users working on the same project, easy markup/reviewing, and sophisticated page editing organization.

There was no third party software integration available that we saw during our foray into the offerings of Mockplus, which is always a disappointment for an otherwise promising application.

Other than the above con, we also noticed that multiple people cannot work on the same project simultaneously, which would be a huge asset to a program that already offers a host of collaborative and social capabilities.

Mockplus starts at $12.95/user/month. A free plan with limited features is also available.

Balsamiq is a dedicated wireframe tool that allows you to create wireframes just as you would do on a notepad. This tool does not care about fancy visuals because they want you and your team to focus on the structure of what you are building and leave the design for later.

Your UX designer will love Balsamiq wireframes because of how intuitive it is. All elements are properly categorized and come with editing options so they can properly express their ideas. Although there are ways to get some color into your wireframes, the only elements that are not gray by default are comment sticky notes and callouts.

Balsamiq integrates with Atlassian’s Jira and confluence, plus Google Drive.

Their cloud pricing starts at $9/month with a 2 project limit and offers a 30-day free trial. Desktop and Google Drive pricing plans are also available.

Design the style, size and layout distribution of any UI element to fit the look and feel of any screen. Justinmind lets you create lifelike iOS and Android prototypes, integrate with apps like Sketch and JIRA, access UI kits with over 4000 elements, and more. They also offer free UI kits and free wireframing tools so that you can try before you buy.

In our evaluation criteria we always consider usability in so much as we want to know that there is a wealth of tutorials and “How Tos” available for the average user to self-teach. Justinmind has plenty of interactive walkthroughs complete with text and video instruction, Q&A forums available to the public, as well as further support options for paid plan customers.

Justinmind integrates with Sketch, Adobe Suite, and JIRA.

The integrations work best when you make changes and import into external software rather than vice versa. For example, if you make changes to a design in Sketch and reupload it into Justinmind, you might have to make some adjustments after-the-fact. This isn’t ideal but is pretty easy to work around, however may still be a deterrent for some.

Justinmind starts at $19/user/month and has a 30-day return policy. A 15-day free trial, as well as a freemium version of the software, are available.

Visily is a design software for non-designers that is using AI to transform the way we wireframe, bringing your notepad drawings to the computer in just a few clicks. This software’s collaboration tools allow you to share your work with others and work on the same project in real-time.

Similar to project management tools, Visily lets you have multiple mockups for a project and saves them in a folder structure. This will help you stay organized in the midst of chaos. Another feature that I like is the navigator. This view is located on the right side of the screen and you can use it to navigate to a specific screen once your canvas grows too much and gets you confused.

Visily’s AI is still in early stages, which is why you will need to follow their sketching guide if you want to make the most out of the sketch-to-design feature.

Born in the midst of the 2020 pandemic, Visily is currently free but paid plans are coming soon.

At the center of the Axure RP interface is the canvas, where you create your diagrams by arranging widgets. Used by companies like Amazon, BBC, Target, and Microsoft, Axure provides tools to create diagrams, customer journeys, and wireframes.

Additional features include conditional logic, adaptive product views, animation effects, code export functionality, easy cloud storage and sharing, and more.

Axure is a favorite contender in the features and function evaluation criteria column, most notably because it has so much to offer that users often report a steep or deterring learning curve. For experienced UX designers, though, this will be a blessing. Although it may cost you, Axure doesn’t pull punches when it comes to feature availability.

Axure lacks integrations with third-party apps in the traditional sense. The best they have to offer is their “widget library”, which at least provides you with assets and icons from popular software (Apple products, Google products) so that you can design accurate wireframes with those platforms in mind. These all have an additional cost.

Other than the lack of integration options, some cons include the fact that team and cloud functionality is rather bare-bones compared to other software on the market. Additionally, the way they handle, design, and format images could be smoother—it was often a challenge to implement our vision.

Axure starts at $29/user/month and has a free 30-day trial. They also offer discounts for accredited grad schools, post-secondary facilities, government organizations, and not-for-profit groups.

Piece interactions together to create realistic prototypes for any digital product in the most familiar way to you.

Freehand is a whiteboard-based wireframe builder that is part of the Invision product collection. This builder lets you drag a UI element into the canvas and easily filter through different UI elements for increased productivity.

With invision freehand I was able to easily start creating a wireframe thanks to the simplicity of its user interface. The bottom bar has useful tools like adding post-its, reactions that you can post anywhere on the canvas, and even a Kanban board if you want to layout some tasks.

Invision Freehand has add-ons developed for Adobe XD, Figma, Azure DevOps, Zoom, and more.

The tool is free for a single user. Paid plans start at $4.95/user/month. They also offer a free plan with limited features too.