Play: Create Better Apps 4+

Design. Prototype. Ship‪.‬

Rabbittt

    • Free

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Description

Play has been awarded the 2025 Apple Design Award for Innovation! We're honored to be recognized with one of Apple's highest accolades.

If you’re designing a mobile app, we’re building Play for you. Play combines a familiar design canvas with the power of Apple's native iOS elements, access to device hardware, and interactions that use Core Animation. Play takes a new approach to app design by giving you access to the native materials of the medium, but design and prototype from both your Mac and iPhone.

Play’s Features

— Design with native iOS elements like Apple Maps, Swift Charts, SF Symbols, Materials, input text fields, date pickers, switches, steppers, modals, and more.

— Design interactions that are performant, interruptible, and use Apple's Core Animation to render your prototype with the same technology as a finished mobile app.

— Tap directly into the powerful capabilities of Apple hardware with features like the camera and haptics.

— Design collaboratively on your Mac and your iPhone, all synced in real-time.

— Already have designs in Figma? Easily copy and paste right into Play to continue working

— Designs and prototypes are responsive by default in Play. Easily view your work across every iPhone device with the tap of a button.

— Use SwiftUI code that’s generated in real-time based on your designs, letting engineers easily layout views in Xcode.

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What’s New

Version 3.4.1

Map Gesture Trigger
- We added a new trigger that fires when a specific gesture is performed on a map. Fire any actions when the pan starts, changes, ends, or is cancelled, or when the map’s region will or does change.

SwiftUI Button
- In addition to UIButton, we’ve added SwiftUI Button! There aren’t too many functional differences between these two elements, but SwiftUI Button exports more seamlessly to Xcode, so it’s a better choice if you’re copying SwiftUI code.

Event Trigger Updates
We renamed the lifecycle events:
- Page Event triggers now include On Load, On Appear, On Disappear, On Will Appear, On Will Disappear, On Sheet Dismiss, and On Sheet Will Dismiss.
- View Event triggers now include Initialized and On Layout.

Code Export Updated
- We’ve made several updates to our code panel. We now support:
- Pinning, both relative and to the page
- Z Depth
- Position offset X & Y
- SwiftUI button export (UIButtons are not supported in Swift)
- Interaction events like page, sheet dismiss, view, variable, appearance, device, keyboard, and location
- We’ve also improved performance for the whole code panel and made overall improvements to the Hierarchy view of the code panel.

Other Improvements
- When designing on mobile, you can now reorder objects using the Up and Down button options in the Layers Panel.
- In addition to applying native animations to an SF Symbol, the Set Symbol Effect action now allows you to change a SF Symbol’s tint color.
- We improved the logic for placing new uploaded images into the canvas.

Bugs
- The calculator for custom values like sizing, padding, and corner radius was not showing up
- The size of tab bar icons in the mobile editor were reset after searching for a symbol
- When a page was opened in Full Screen, the page used auto UI Appearance instead of the set UI Appearance
- Tint adjustment mode for SF Symbols was not working on the Simulator
- Maps did not animate to their initial location, even when animate was turned on
- Map Location actions didn’t respond to variable coordinates
- The invalid password alert did not appear on mobile
- On Keyboard Show/Hide device events weren’t triggered when placed on a page
- App Clips always opened with dark mode status bar
- Progressive blur did not render correctly in Play Mode
- Keyboard shortcuts stopped working after switching from Play to another window
- Context menu previews didn’t update after reloading the menu
- Text indicator didn’t move to the next line on first return in editable text fields
- The mobile editor didn’t update layers when editing on macOS
- Material slider didn’t update in the mobile editor
- Outline offset was broken when the Add Panel was opened while dragging root page
- The default easing value was missing in Set Status Bar actions
- Plain buttons’ corner style slider appeared empty
- The border color was missing in Tab Bar Editor when editing tabs’ text
- Activity Indicator colors were incorrect
- Set Property label was changed from "Hidden" to "Is Hidden"
- The Undo shortcut did not disable/enable interactions when disabled/enabled using the D keyboard shortcut
- The asset panel refreshed when changing asset selection
- Changing the design of a text element reset other properties
- When the main component was summoned, it was placed on the canvas behind the device
- Duplicating buttons reset the image scale and size
- Undo was not working after pasting text
- Menu Actions and sub-menu actions weren’t in the Quick Add search within scope
- The SF Symbol panel was empty when adding first symbol in project
- Date Picker colors weren’t consistent
- There were overlapping issues in the asset panel, SF Symbols, and image previews
- Default colors weren’t updated across the interface

Ratings and Reviews

Gfaustin ,

Room for improvement !

I had the opportunity to discuss with a team member the potential of implementing this software on an iPad as an alternative to a MacBook for those who already own an iPad and an iPhone. The idea was to improve workflow efficiency and accessibility, particularly for users who don’t have access to a MacBook but still require a seamless design and development experience. However, at this time, they are not interested in exploring this option.

That said, I believe that broadening the scope of implementation could significantly enhance both workflow and market share. By optimizing the software for iPadOS and ensuring it works seamlessly across Apple’s ecosystem—including iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks—developers and designers would gain more flexibility in their work. Many professionals, particularly those in creative and technical fields, are adopting iPads with accessories like the Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil, making them a viable workstation alternative.

Additionally, integrating cloud-based development environments or leveraging platforms like Swift Playgrounds for iPad could provide a gateway for designers and developers to work remotely and efficiently. This would not only improve collaboration between design and development teams but also expand the software’s reach to a broader user base, including students, freelancers, and professionals looking for a mobile-first workflow.

By taking a more forward-thinking approach to implementation, the company could tap into an underserved segment of users who need robust design and development tools but prefer or rely on iPads. Investing in cross-platform optimization would ultimately drive adoption, enhance productivity, and position the company as an innovator in the industry.

Mastarolls ,

A lot of potential

MacOS app looks solid. iOS app needs to be responsive. I hate when I open up an app on my iPad Pro and it’s fixed to a portrait aspect ratio - as a user I immediately feel that this app is then not for me on this device.

NJM NNN ,

This is a very good software with great potential. I hope it will not be provided to China.

This is a very good software with great potential. I hope it will not be provided to China.

App Privacy

The developer, Rabbittt, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Contact Info
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • User Content

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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