Data as of
State of Design apps: October 2026
20 Design apps on AppFinder, 85% have a free plan, the median listed paid plan starts at $10 a month.
Every figure counts the published Design listings on AppFinder at the time above: what each listing says about its pricing, platforms, features and integrations. Nothing is estimated or sampled, and nothing here is paid for.
- Published apps
- 20
- With a free plan
- 85%
- Median listed starting price (10 apps)
- $10/mo
- Launches in Oct so far
- 0
Pricing models
Free plan + paid plans
55% of apps
11 of 20 apps
Open source
30% of apps
6 of 20 apps
Paid
15% of apps
3 of 20 apps
Platforms
An app can list several platforms.
Web
80% of apps
16 of 20 apps
macOS
60% of apps
12 of 20 apps
Windows
55% of apps
11 of 20 apps
iOS
25% of apps
5 of 20 apps
Android
20% of apps
4 of 20 apps
Linux
20% of apps
4 of 20 apps
Most listed features
The 10 most common of 31 distinct features listed in this category.
Templates
70% of apps
14 of 20 apps
Real-time collaboration
65% of apps
13 of 20 apps
AI assistant
50% of apps
10 of 20 apps
Extensions & plugins
40% of apps
8 of 20 apps
Offline mode
30% of apps
6 of 20 apps
Prototyping
30% of apps
6 of 20 apps
Whiteboards
30% of apps
6 of 20 apps
Image generation
25% of apps
5 of 20 apps
Vector editing
25% of apps
5 of 20 apps
Photo editing
20% of apps
4 of 20 apps
Most listed integrations
Slack
25% of apps
5 of 20 apps
Figma
20% of apps
4 of 20 apps
Jira
20% of apps
4 of 20 apps
Google Drive
15% of apps
3 of 20 apps
HubSpot
15% of apps
3 of 20 apps
Microsoft Teams
15% of apps
3 of 20 apps
Notion
15% of apps
3 of 20 apps
Zoom
15% of apps
3 of 20 apps
Launches per month
Apps in this category whose launch date fell in each month (UTC).
0
May
0
Jun
0
Jul
0
Aug
0
Sep
0
Oct
Prices: 10 of 20 apps list a starting price for a paid plan. The lowest is $8 a month; the median shown is a real listed price (the lower middle value). Apps without a listed price, or with contact-sales pricing, are not counted.
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AppFinder, "State of Design apps: October 2026", data as of 2026-10-26. https://appfinder.tech/state-of/design