Mocks is intended to create mockups of applications for iOS, iPad and iPhone. It is so easy to use that anyone with experience on using design tools will find it a breeze to create their first mockups. Regrettably, though, the help documentation available (as unnecessary as it may seem) is quite poor.
The tool has a well-structure interface that responds to its workflow. In this respect, it allows working on various pages of the future application simultaneously. Moreover, it has a working area, or canvas, in the center of the window, and there are panels at both sides. One of the panels on the left holds an extensive library of objects, including icons, controls and widgets, which you can easily drag and drop on the canvas. On the right, there is the Inspector, which lets you personalize the properties of the selected object, such as color, opacity level, stroke and text style. Likewise, there is another panel that allows you to lock or hide specific objects. Luckily, the tool allows working with layers and gridlines, which favors accuracy.
Although I understand Mocks is intended to be uncomplicated, such simplicity has a price. For instance, unlike other tools I have had the opportunity to review, Mocks does not allow previewing a simulation of the application you are designing.
Unluckily, the current version of this tool does not provide backward compatibility, as projects created with previous versions are no longer supported. However, this is compensated with a new project file format that handles embedded images with more efficiency.
All in all, Mocks is ideal to preview or share ideas of what an application would look like. As it does not involve writing any type of code, it helps designers and developers focus on the visual concept more freely. Fortunately, the product is shareware and its full license is available at a very reasonable price.
v1.7
New in 1.7.1
* Updated document icon.
New in 1.7
* NEW: Snazzy new icon.
* NEW: Text labels for Line, Arc, and Segmented Line objects. Double-click a Line object to invoke edit mode (you'll see a text cursor).
* NEW: Line object's text can be drawn on the path of the line by: Select a Line object > Inspector > Text > "Text follows line path". Begin typing to add text to the Line.
* NEW: Hold down the spacebar and drag the canvas for precise canvas scrolling.
* NEW: More precise, more beautiful rendering of lines and arrow heads.
* NEW: More arrow head types: Diamond, Circle, Square.
* NEW: Each line's two arrow heads are now specified separately. This allows mixing of any two arrow heads in the same line.
* FIX: Elipse objects correctly retain their rotation.
* FIX: Improved hit test behavior (selection via clicking) of Line objects with text.
* FIX: Shift dragging Line objects now produces straight lines.
