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About Polypane

Polypane is a stand-alone browser with built-in tools for responsive design, accessibility, performance, meta info.

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Pros:

Multi-viewport support, Live reloading, Developer tools integration, and Side-by-side layout are much help us when working with web-based software development project.

Cons:

Integration with Visual Studio Code. I may complain too much as Polypane remembers URLs in its tabs.

Polypane ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.7
Features
4.8
Value for Money
4.6

Likelihood to recommend

8.9/ 10

Polypane has an overall rating of <span class="">4.8</span> out 5 stars based on <span class="">88</span> user reviews on Capterra.

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Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Broadcast Media, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Polypane is nice for advanced users

4.0 last year

Comments: Overall experience is really good, I just checked it out and it's good but advanced for me.

Pros:

I liked the multiple panes, enables me to see all screens easily and at the same time. I also like that Polypane is generous, they run a student sponsorship that made me try their app

Cons:

It has a bit of learning curve that I think takes some getting used to

Eniola
creative director in Nigeria
Writing & Editing, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Great tool for developers to test websites

4.0 last year

Pros:

Polypane is a great tool for developers testing websites responsiveness, accuracy and overall look across different devices and interfaces. It also has tools for debugging code, it shows grids, multitab scroll and also lets you test light and dark modes. Polypane helps developers stay on top of productivity.

Cons:

The development feautures were a bit technical and took some getting used to, but once i got the hang of it polypane became my new best friend.

Abdulsamad
Senior Product Designer in Nigeria
Financial Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

The Browser for Designers & Developers

4.0 last year

Comments: Amazing and very clever tool for development and design.

Pros:

A use of Polypane as a developer or web designer will show you the numerous things that is achievable, making your work easy, efficient and excellent to. it is packed with features, and the browser extension that are huge time-saver. my favorite of all is the student free and the price is worth it to.

Cons:

I have no issues, but I'm hoping to see more advance and translation abilities especially for programs or code suggestions to.

Ameen
Design Team Lead in Nigeria
Arts & Crafts, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Personal opinion on polppane

4.0 last year

Comments: overall polypane is good for visualizing and prototyping my designs across different screens at the same time.

Pros:

Polypane has multiple panes and customizable user interface.

Cons:

The multiple pane have a bit of learning curves and getting used to.

Aishat
UIUX designer in Nigeria
Design, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Polypane review by UI/UX Designer

4.0 last year

Pros:

I liked that i could check the website across different screens at once without issues. This sped up my developer review tasks significantly

Cons:

Other browsers are usually free, while i can't find extension for the feature i like yet, it may be available eventually. For that i think $9/month is a bit too high

Habeeb
Frontend development in Nigeria
Design, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Review of the polypane app

4.0 last year

Pros:

The way it ease my task and saves time.

Cons:

For as long as i have used the app i have not seen anything i dont like

Parth
Web Developer in India
Information Technology & Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Excellent tool for UI and UX testing specialists to assess your website

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Polypane enables me to rapidly discover size and alignment concerns at up to many breakpoints on a single screen. It saves a significant amount of manual testing time. It is quite beneficial for testing resources in my web development projects. I've also made it easy to work on numerous projects at once, even when I'm only using one screen.

Pros:

The capacity to handle numerous browsers in a single move and swiftly switch between layouts is enormous. The nice part about this tool is that we can test our websites on several viewports at the same time, such as desktop, mobile, and mini mobiles, all in the same app. It enables you to display grids, multitab scroll, debug code rapidly, and examine dark and light modes, among other media features that would be difficult to test in other conventional browsers.

Cons:

There should also be a specific page for performance testing on various devices; this would be more useful and developers will not have to locate additional tools for this purpose. It is a RAM-intensive programme, thus it can operate with many browser instances that are synchronised and simultaneously open. It's also a little pricey. There are various add-ons available that accomplish something similar but are less expensive.

Dean
Senior Web Developer in UK
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

The tool I've been looking for

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: I love this product. It has saved me hours of resizing in chrome devtools and allows me to see all the important screen sizes at once. Has tonnes of other handy built in tools that I would normally need Chrome extensions for.

Pros:

It's fast and responsive compared to other offerings. It's highly customisable abd teh support is amazing.

Cons:

Some areas of the UI could use some polish

rami
ui desinger in Tunisia
Computer Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

polyopane

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: verry good

Pros:

easy to use and it makes the life a Ui designer easy and more prodactive

Cons:

maybe the lag that i face some times but it's not a big deal

Jimmy
Jimmy
Lead, Design and Development in Kenya
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Polypane - What we were waiting for

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: Eye-opening. There are things I never did because of deadlines. Now I get to them in time.

Pros:

The application does what it says. Period.

Cons:

The speed initially was not that good and I have a top-of-the-line Mac.

Carlos
Support Engineer in Costa Rica
Computer Software, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Polypane for web development

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: Costs and time spent testing the user interface are reduced due to the tools provided by Polypane. The reporting tools are very useful to share the achievements with the team.

Pros:

Polypane saves me a lot of time in terms of testing the visual quality of my application (User Experience) as it allows me to see my app running on different devices at the same time. it is also fairly easy to use.

Cons:

It does not integrate well with testing tools like Selenium or Cypress, so you have to resort to another browser for that kind of work.

Gaurav
Gaurav
freelancer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Polypone The Saviour

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

There are many features which help save alot of time, most of them help you deal with little things that annoys you like 1. you can see responsiveness of your website like the fonts are setting perfectly or the animation is working perfectly fine.2. you can go to different websites and check the component responsiveness whcih you like to buit in your page.3. can easily improve your css.4. every panel have all features of devloper tool.5. simple to use .

Cons:

to be honest till now i have not faced any dificulties.

Ris
Ris
Principal Developer in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Easy to use, and works well

4.0 3 years ago

Pros:

I love being able to see multiple linked panes that help track down UI issues without juggling multple devices or constant browser resizing

Cons:

Authenticating can be a bit of a headache while multiple panes are open, once authenticated it works fine.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, Self Employed
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

PolyPane

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

This software make your earn a lot of time

Cons:

I think that there is no feature missing i like it as it is

Brian
Web Developer in US
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Save Time, Ship Better Sites

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Being able to see all of my breakpoints at once in one browser is a game-changer. No more futzing with multiple tabs to make sure the site is responsive. No more surprises when you think a feature is "done done" only for someone using a different screen size to report a bug.

Cons:

The performance in general is great, but, of course, it CAN get a LITTLE sluggish if I'm viewing MANY breakpoints and am also using the inspector.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Great tool for quick visualization

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: Good, I'm waiting on the product to improve it's performances

Pros:

Really good to show all different screen sizes at once

Cons:

Sometimes has some annoying bugs, like it wouldn't go to a URL pasted in the URL bar. And it can be pretty consuming in resources (RAM)

Liam
VFX Artist / TD in France
Motion Pictures & Film, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Useful even for simple web-development !

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: I'm a very basic user of Polypane and used it to manage the creation of my personal blog (using Pelican). It was the only browser that allowed me to live-preview my css/plugins change thanks to reloading features.
I have also been surprised by the "accessibility checking" features that are very useful.

Pros:

- "accessibility checking" features - Responsive workspaces features And all the small features here and there that are just pleasant to have.

Cons:

The latest update "Polypane 8" fixed most of the issues I had ! I still think performances can be improved but nothing important for me.