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Which UI design tool should I use in 2020?

A look at the state of UI design tools mid-2020

Poyi Chen
UX Collective
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9 min readJun 1, 2020

An illustration of Sketch, Figma, and Adobe XD logo inside of a browser window.

It’s 2020, the market today is saturated with UI design tools. Ever since Sketch app came out with its sleek, simple, and efficient tool to craft user interface design, many companies have followed suit to take a piece of the design tools market share. Based on the 2019 Design tools survey conducted by UXtools.co, Sketch was leading the way last year but quite a few tools are catching up if you compared to the previous year.

Graph showing a breakdown of design tools based on usage. The result is based on a 2019 survey.
UI design tools survey graph 2019

Graph showing a breakdown of design tools based on usage. The result is based on a 2018 survey.
UI design tools survey graph 2018

Based on my observed growth of these tools, my own experiences using these tools, as well as hearing about other designers' experience with these tools, I project the spotlight will likely shine on Sketch, Figma, and Adobe XD in the next year or two.

This year, one of the most common questions I got from speaking with aspiring designers is…

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Written by Poyi Chen

Designer. Career Coach. Productivity Nerd. Creator of UX Playbook.

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Figma is killing it. No doubt about that. Sketch will be Dreamweaver in couple of years. 😂

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It’s weird you can see so many “Why our team switched to Figma”, or “It’s time to leave Sketch” articles and Youtube videos in the whole 2019. They even say Sketch is lack of auto layout feature… 😂
For me the only difference is the Multi-Player. They are all good screen design tool and keep learning from each other.

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