Axure Cloud vs ProtoPie Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Axure Cloud
View and demo interactive prototypes on your mobile device. Download projects for offline presentations and access them through your default browser or within the app. Requires an Axure Cloud account.
- View interactive prototypes
- Demo on-the-go
- Download for offline presentation
- Access via browser or app
- Supports iOS 9+
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View and demo your Axure projects, optimized for on-the-go presentations on mobile devices. With the Axure Cloud app, you can easily: - Access your Axure Cloud projects on any mobile device running iOS 9 or higher - Demo fully interactive prototypes on the go - Download Axure RP prototypes to your device for offline presentation - View prototypes on your default device browser, as well as within the app **Please note: To use the app, you'll need to have an Axure Cloud account. If you don't have one yet, you can set up an account for free at app.axure.cloud. The Axure Cloud mobile app is designed for presentation purposes. Use the app to view Axure RP files you've uploaded to your Axure Cloud account. To create workspaces, invite or remove team members, or change your Axure Share security settings, access your Axure Share account via the full web interface at app.axure.cloud.
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 Axure Cloud's 3.4. ProtoPie Player also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (58% vs 38%). Axure Cloud's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ProtoPie Player holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Axure Cloud's written reviews are positive against 58% of ProtoPie Player's.
Axure Cloud ships an update every 6 months, ProtoPie Player every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Axure Cloud | ProtoPie Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) | 4.0 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.1% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Axure Software Solutions, Inc. | Studio XID |
Customer experience
Axure Cloud
ProtoPie Player
In-app purchases
Axure Cloud
No in-app purchases
ProtoPie Player
No in-app purchases
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