Affinity Designer is cross-platform (Mac and Windows) and is cheaper than Adobe (and not based on an online subscription) but it's not focused wholly on UI desi

Affinity Designer is cross-platform (Mac and Windows) and is cheaper than Adobe (and not based on an online subscription) but it's not focused wholly on UI design. It doesn't match XD feature-by-feature but it can be used for UI app design. It has no prototyping features and is unlikely to have such a feature in the future. It does have features like symbols that are essential for any UI design app (a symbol is a visual component that can be repeated throughout a design; editing one instance updates all instances). However, the Affinity Designer audience skews more towards illustration and my impression is it isn't used as much for UI design even though it has very capable tools to accomplish this. This means fewer tutorials and a small community using it solely for UI design. Here's an example tutorial on creating a mobile app UI using Affinity Design that shows what can be done in the app: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgaRAkohwMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgaRAkohwMU