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almost 8 years ago from Justin Belcher, Senior Designer at Google
Form and Pixate address the same needs - interactive motion prototyping - but do so in very nicely complementary ways. - Pixate is great if you want an editor that's similar to your graphic design tools. - Form is great if you're comfortable doing visual programing and want access to your device's sensors or want to integrate with live data.
This article gives a high level summary: http://www.google.com/design/articles/introducing-pixate-and-form-1-3/
This is also a useful comparison: http://cptv8.com/post/121276126300/5-app-prototyping-tools-compared-form-framer
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Hey Justin, congrats on joining Matias & team. I see that Relative Wave's Form has just been updated as well. It seems to me that Pixate & Form are really two approaches to the same problem. Did you discuss this overlap with Google and wonder at the confusion this might cause? For example, why would I choose Form over Pixate if I'm designed for iOS?