Origami Live vs ProtoPie Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Origami Live
Design interactive UI prototypes on your mobile device. This app works with a desktop design tool, allowing you to test and showcase your creations directly on your iPhone or iPad. Seamlessly transfer and share your projects for on-the-go access.
- Interactive UI prototyping
- Companion app for Origami Studio
- Test prototypes on mobile
- Export and share designs
- On-the-go prototype access
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Origami Live is the companion app for Origami Studio for Mac, a free design tool for creating interactive UI prototypes. Create prototypes using Origami Studio for Mac, and connect an iPhone or iPad running Origami Live to use them on your device. Export prototypes to Origami Live to take them on the go. Open and share any file from Origami Studio sent over email or AirDrop.
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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ProtoPie Player at 4.0 against Origami Live's 3.5. ProtoPie Player also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 48%). Origami Live's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ProtoPie Player holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Origami Live's written reviews are positive against 58% of ProtoPie Player's.
Origami Live ships an update fortnightly, ProtoPie Player every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Origami Live | ProtoPie Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (60 ratings) | 4.0 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.7% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Studio XID |
Customer experience
Origami Live
ProtoPie Player
In-app purchases
Origami Live
No in-app purchases
ProtoPie Player
No in-app purchases
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