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UI Playground

UI Playground

Play with native iOS user interface components on iPhone.

Website uiplayground.app
Overview

What it is

Explore and customise native iOS UI components to unlock endless possibilities for your app. The key? You’re working with real native UI — not abstractions. What you test is exactly what users experience.

Intent

I need it when

Explore and understand native iOS UI components before implementing them in code

UI Playground lets designers and developers interact with 26 native iOS components on an actual iPhone, customize their behavior, and see exactly how they work in real apps. This eliminates guesswork and ensures designs follow Apple's Human Interface Guidelines.

Preview components in the context of a real app design before handoff

The preview mode lets users add a screenshot of their app and see how a customized component looks within that context, ensuring the design decision works in the actual app layout before developer implementation.

Communicate design ideas to developers without building a full prototype

Product owners can quickly design small interactions within the context of their app using screenshots, test copywriting on native components, and export clean SwiftUI code to share with developers—reducing implementation time and ensuring design intent is preserved.

Learn SwiftUI by experimenting with components interactively

Developers can interact with components on iPhone first, then read or apply the generated SwiftUI code in their projects. This hands-on approach teaches how specific components work and produces well-organized, production-ready code.

Save and iterate on multiple design variations of the same component

UI Playground's auto-save and multiple drafts feature lets users experiment with different customizations of the same component without losing work, and sync across devices via iCloud for seamless multi-device workflow.

Drop

Not a fit when

  • User needs to design for Android or non-Apple platforms; app is iOS-only
  • User requires desktop or web-based design tool; app is iPhone-only (not iPad verified)
  • User needs collaborative team features; app is single-user focused
  • User wants to export designs to Figma or other design tools; exports only SwiftUI code
  • User needs support for older iOS versions; requires iOS 17.0 or later
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Pricing

Freemium with subscription tiers: Weekly ($4.99/week), Monthly ($9.99/month), Yearly ($44.99/year, save 60%), and Lifetime ($149.00 one-time) View pricing