ProtoPie Player vs Raycast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ProtoPie Player
This app allows you to view, test, and experience interactive prototypes created with a companion desktop tool. Access prototypes from the cloud or save them locally for offline use on your mobile devices. It enables easy sharing and testing of designs with colleagues, clients, or users.
- View and test prototypes
- Access cloud prototypes
- Save prototypes locally
- Use native device capabilities
- Control playback speed
- Share prototypes easily
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ProtoPie Player is a free companion app to ProtoPie Studio, a code-free prototyping tool on macOS & Windows. View, experience, and test prototypes on iOS and iPadOS easily. Access prototypes in the Cloud, save prototypes locally, and more—all from your iPhone or iPad. Ideal for yourself, your colleagues, stakeholders, clients, or users. ProtoPie Player is perfect for quickly testing prototypes made with ProtoPie, getting prototypes in anyone’s hands, and (remote) usability testing. To open prototypes on your iPhone or iPad, connect ProtoPie Player to ProtoPie Studio via WiFi or USB. Or just log in with your ProtoPie account to access your prototypes in the cloud. Also, it’s possible to open any prototype on your iPhone or iPad with a shareable link or shared via any other third-party solution—without connecting to ProtoPie Studio. With ProtoPie Player, you can: - Open any prototypes—shared via ProtoPie Cloud, email, Google Drive, Slack, or any other messaging and storage solution. - Use the iPhone and iPad their native capabilities in prototypes, e.g., camera, gyroscope, microphone, and more. - Control the play speed: slow down the prototype to experience the interactions with more detail. - Access prototypes in ProtoPie Cloud. - Save prototypes locally for offline usage ProtoPie Player is part of the ProtoPie ecosystem. ProtoPie is a prototyping tool to easily turn your interaction design ideas into realistic prototypes. Create interactive prototypes for mobile, desktop, web, and IoT. Get started with ProtoPie today!
Raycast
This mobile app extends your desktop productivity workflow with AI chat, note-taking, quick links, and code snippets. Seamless cloud sync keeps your content updated across devices, making essential tools accessible anywhere.
- AI chat with multiple models
- Note capture and organization
- Quicklink access
- Code snippet storage
- Cloud sync across devices
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Introducing Raycast for iOS: Your all-in-one productivity toolkit with AI, notes, and more – now on mobile as the perfect companion to the macOS app. The app brings your favorite productivity tools from the Mac into your pocket. With Raycast for iOS, you can: • Chat with dozens of AI models from leading providers to get the perfect answers for any task • Capture, organize, and access your thoughts to never lose an important idea again • Save and open Quicklinks for instant access to your most important resources • Store and reuse code snippets and templates to save time on repetitive workflows • Enjoy seamless cloud sync to keep all your content updated across devices Whether you're a long-time Mac user or just discovering Raycast on iOS, you'll have your essential productivity tools always at hand. Raycast for iOS seamlessly extends your desktop workflow to mobile, ensuring you stay productive and organized wherever life takes you. Please note: Raycast for iOS requires a free Raycast account. Premium features available with a Raycast Pro subscription. Terms of Service: https://www.raycast.com/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ProtoPie Player at none against Raycast's 10. ProtoPie Player also leads on iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). Raycast's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Raycast sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. ProtoPie Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Raycast holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Raycast has 277 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of ProtoPie Player's written reviews are positive against 55% of Raycast's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ProtoPie Player ships an update every 5 weeks, Raycast every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ProtoPie Player | Raycast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (27 ratings) | 4.5 (277 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 277 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 238 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio XID | Raycast Technologies |
Customer experience
ProtoPie Player
Raycast
Bugs and requests
ProtoPie Player
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Raycast
Reported bugs
1 issue- Sync feature should be free at least for Raycast notes
Requested features
4 requests- Attach documents via the UI when starting a conversation
- Sync between desktop and iOS chat history
- Create notes quickly from the Share Sheet
- Extensions support
In-app purchases
ProtoPie Player
No in-app purchases
Raycast
- Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Advanced AI$19.991 Month
- Max Plan$49.991 Month
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- Pro14 Days trial$96.001 Year
- Advanced AI$191.991 Year
- 500 AI Credits$5.00
- 2,500 AI Credits$23.90
- 5,000 AI Credits$46.49
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- 5,000 Team AI Credits$60.00
- 10,000 Team AI Credits$116.99
