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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I’m so excited to finally share Aether with you all!
The story:
I used to work as a UX researcher at Google and love the iPad, but I got deeply frustrated that I couldn't do any real UI/UX work on it. Web apps on Safari are clunky, and I wanted something native. So I spent my nights building Aether.
It’s a full-featured design tool running on a 120fps canvas on the iPad that lets you control everything from the basics like fills, strokes, and text styles to heavy hitters like Auto Layout, boolean ops, and deep component nesting. It includes a native Figma import that keeps layers intact, an export pipeline (PNG/SVG/PDF), and touch-native paradigms like context menus and our "Magic Pill" hierarchy navigation built specifically for fingers and the Apple Pencil.
I’m looking for honest feedback to make it better. What feels clunky? What's missing that keeps you on your laptop? To make it easy to test, use the promo code in the app for 3 months free. Let me know what you think!
Best, Jonas
The 120fps canvas on iPad actually feels as smooth as promised, and importing my old Figma files just worked without me having to re-link anything. The long-press context menus with Pencil are a really nice touch for staying in flow away from the Mac.
Finally tried Aether on my iPad and the 120fps canvas actually feels as smooth as advertised. The Magic Pill layer navigation is a small touch that made jumping between nested groups way less painful than I expected.
About Aether on Product Hunt
“The native iPad alternative to Figma.”
Aether was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 9 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #65 on the daily leaderboard. Aether is a true native iPad UI design tool with a buttery 120fps canvas. Built for touch and Apple Pencil, it goes beyond basic features: 🚀 Figma Import: Native rendering of files, components & styles. ✨ Interactions: "Magic Pill" layer navigation, direct drag manipulation & long-press context menus. 🎨 Effects & Pro Tools: Glass/layer blurs, blend modes, boolean ops & Auto Layout. ✏️ Pencil: Hover previews & precise vector editing. Leave the Mac behind. Design anywhere!
Aether was featured in iPad (7.5k followers), Design Tools (261.2k followers) and UX Design (6.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 47k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Aether?
Aether was hunted by Jonas Gunklach. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Jonas Gunklach