Debate: Should Figma be the only tool for wireframes or is Sketch still worth it?

I started using Figma 3 years ago when I worked at a small agency in Austin, and it felt like the obvious upgrade from Sketch. But last week, a designer friend swore their workflow in Sketch 90 is still faster for rapid prototyping because of the symbol system. I get that Figma wins on collaboration, but for solo work, does Sketch still have a place? Anyone else flip-flopped between these two?

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sandra1463d ago

Actually need to correct something about Sketch 90 - their symbol system hasn't changed much in years, and Figma actually has a much better component system now with variants and properties built right in. I switched back to Sketch for a month last year thinking the same thing, but realized their symbols are actually more limited once you need to change multiple states. What really won me back to Figma was the auto layout feature, which Sketch still can't do nearly as well for responsive wireframing.

gavinwood3d ago

That's a solid point about the auto layout thing, it's honestly the main reason I stuck with Figma after trying to go back too. I spent about six months last year jumping between them and the one thing that kept pulling me back was how Figma handles resizing containers with text inside them. Sketch's version of that always felt clunky, like you'd have to set it up a certain way and then hope it didn't break when you changed the text length. Plus the way Figma lets you stack nested auto layouts inside each other is a game changer for building anything with buttons or cards that have to flex on different screens.