Pixate
AcquiredPixate offered a visual, code-free platform for designing interactive, high-fidelity mobile app prototypes, enabling designers to build realistic touch interactions, animations, and transitions. The service included a desktop Studio application and a cloud platform for sharing and collaborating on prototypes. Pixate was shut down on October 31, 2016, after its team joined Google in 2015.
- Creator / Creative Economy
- Software Only
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
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Product
Problem
Mobile app designers traditionally struggle to create interactive, high-fidelity prototypes without writing code. Static mockups fail to convey motion, transitions, and user flows, making it difficult to communicate design intent and test user experience before development begins.
Solution
Pixate provided a platform for prototyping mobile apps, enabling designers to create interactive, high-fidelity prototypes without writing code. The platform allowed users to build realistic touch interactions, animations, and transitions directly within a visual environment. After joining Google in 2015, the Pixate team continued developing design tools, but ultimately wound down the service on October 31, 2016, to focus on a broader vision for changing how products are designed and built within Google.
Target Audience
Primary users were mobile app designers and UX professionals who needed to create interactive prototypes to communicate design intent and test user flows without relying on engineering resources.
Features
- Visual, code-free prototyping environment for designing mobile app interactions
- Support for touch gestures, animations, and transitions to simulate realistic app behavior
- Desktop Studio application for building prototypes locally
- Cloud service for storing, sharing, and collaborating on prototype projects
- Ability to upload prototypes from Studio to Cloud for testing and distribution