Overview
Do you use software for UI design?
Software to create, design, and specify the details of high-fidelity interfaces. This category is the most stable and predictable of all the categories we survey.
Do you use software for UI design?
No surprises here—the majority of respondents are working with UI design tools.
Which software do you primarily use for UI design?
We're observing another year of Figma's dominance in this.
Respondents seem to use Photoshop and Illustrator secondarily as backup tools for their UI design efforts.
Highests ratings for tools with a large number of responses.
| Figma | 
|
4.67 | (2205) |
| Adobe Photoshop |
|
4.54 | (133) |
These tools didn't gather enough responses to meet our ratings criteria but are still worth checking out.
| Uizard |
|
4.84 | (19) |
| Lunacy |
|
4.83 | (18) |
| Penpot |
|
4.62 | (13) |
| Adobe Illustrator |
|
4.58 | (57) |
| Framer |
|
4.53 | (15) |
Are you using AI within any of the tools you selected for UI design?
While there's not a lot of AI usage in this category yet, 80% of the 20 respondents who use Uizard as a primary tool are using its AI capabilities.
Some common themes include generating artwork, user photos, or UI copy.
Design ideation is also common in responses. Some responses mentioned using AI to generate wireframes, color palettes, or manipulate screenshots.
Are you currently paying for this software?
Respondents don't seem to have any trouble getting their organizations to pay for these tools. Very high adoption rate.
10% of respondents are paying for these tools out of their own pocket.
Segmented by payment status
Primary tools segmented by platform
The very few respondents who primarily use Photoshop for UI Design are primarily doing so on Windows.
Primary UI Design tools segmented by design team size
Though the sample sizes vary wildly between tools, each tools maintains roughly the same ratio across team sizes (likely as a result of the makeup of team sizes across the industry).
Using data from previous Design Tools Surveys
We don't think there's any reason to believe that Figma usage is actually falling, and is likely just a fluctuation in our respondent sampling this year.
The consistent usage of Photoshop and Illustrator is a testament to how firmmly rooted they are in the industry.