The free version also could help Adobe catch up to rivals. Adobe released the first XD prototype, called Project Comet, in 2015. "I wish we'd started a couple years earlier," Belsky said.

XD is Adobe's tool for helping user experience and user interface designers prototype and wireframe new mobile and web applications. The company started testing this application back in 2016 ...

Existing Adobe XD plans will continue to be available, with the $9.99 Adobe XD Single App plan offering Creative cloud members unlimited shared prototypes and design specs.

That v0.5 name, coupled with the fact that Adobe XD is free to download and use at the moment, seems like a tacit admission that Adobe’s new product is far from finished.

There is no time limit on this fund. Adobe isn’t just launching these new plans and the new fund today. It’s also launching one of its regular updates to XD itself.

Adobe on Tuesday debuted a new Starter plan for Adobe XD, offering free access to the UI/UX design platform on Mac and Windows, mobile iOS and Android apps and backend services powered by Adobe ...