Tools for UX & UI design

A collection of recommended tools for every aspiring designer: from user research and usability testing to accessibility and prototyping user interfaces.

Lean Canvas tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Lean Canvas

Documenting hypothesis
Google Surveys tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Google Surveys

Market & user research
Optimal Sort tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

OptimalSort

Cart sorting, IA
OBS Studio tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

OBS Studio

Screen recording
Draw.io tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Draw.io

User journey mapping
UserTesting tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

UserTesting

Remote usability testing
UsabilityHub tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

UsabilityHub

Remote usability and A/B testing
Google Optimize tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Google Optimize

Live A/B testing
BrowserStack tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

BrowserStack

App and website testing
UI Stencils tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

UI Stencils

Pen & paper wireframing templates
Balsamiq tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Balsamiq

Rapid UI wireframes
Sketch tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Sketch

High-fidelity UI wireframes
Figma tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Figma

High-fidelity UI wireframes with live collaboration
InVision tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

InVision

Rapid UI prototyping
Framer tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Framer

Prototyping UI with live collaboration
Axure tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Axure

Advanced UI prototyping
Flaticon tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Flaticon

Icons library
InVision tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

The Noun Project

Icons library
IcoMoon tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

IcoMoon

Icon font creation
SkyFonts tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

SkyFonts

Fonts management
TinyPNG tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

TinyPNG

Image optimiser
Frontify tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Frontify

Style guide creation
Frontify tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Colour Contrast Analyzer

Accessibility validator by Paciello Group
Abstract tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Abstract

Versioning design files
Zeplin tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Zeplin

Design handoff
Hotjar tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

Hotjar

Heat maps
FullStory tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

FullStory

Session replay
UXtools tool at The School of UX recommended tools collection

UXtools

Library of design tools