In this digital era, anything that can make us more productive is more than welcome. 

Last week I gave a try to the .air app “Balsamiq “ and though it’s a paid app, I thought I should post my review about it.

Balsamiq is a mockup and prototyping tool. For those of you working with this type of applications, you know how hard it is to find a good working one or a good priced one.

At first, the app doesn’t look as fancy as we all expect, compared to other .air apps we’ve experienced, but here’s the catch:

Focus on functionality

Balsamiq Mockups intentionally uses hand-drawn UI elements, so that people don’t get attached to “that pretty color gradient”.

As you skip the “looks” and move over to the technical part, you would be surprised to see how good and well made it is .

Equipped with more than 50 controls, Balsamiq gives you the option to start a simple design and end up with some really rich web sites and applications.

Of course, my description about it is not as good as the author’s description, so if you need to see what this app can do,so head over at Balsamiq to get the full description of this app and the download.

Note that:

You can download Mockups for Desktop for FREE. Some of the features of the app, like saving and loading multiple mockups, can only get unlocked using a license key.

To get a license key, you can do one of the following:

• If your company bought Mockups for Confluence, JIRA or Twiki, ask your IT admin for your company’s license information and use it FREE of charge.
• If you are a do-gooder of any sort (non-profit, charity, open-source contributor, you get the idea), email me with a short blurb and I’ll send you a license, FREE of charge
• If you are a blogger / journalist / maven willing to write me up email me a short blurb and I’ll send you a license, FREE of charge
• If you don’t fit in any of the 3 buckets above, you can buy a single-user license of Mockups for Confluence for $79.