Apple Grabs Play After Crowning It a Design Winner

Apple quietly bought Play, a SwiftUI prototyping app it recently honored, pulling a key developer tool closer to its ecosystem.

Key takeaways

• Apple is buying assets from Rabbit 3 Times, the company behind Play, a SwiftUI prototyping app Apple named a 2025 Apple Design Award winner. The deal matters becau...
• The acquisition was disclosed through a European Commission listing tied to the EU’s Digital Markets Act, according to 9to5Mac . The filing says Apple “will acquir...
• Apple Buys the SwiftUI Prototyping App It Recently Honored
• Play was built for app prototyping, not general note-taking or media saving. It let designers create interactive prototypes using Apple’s SwiftUI frameworks, c...

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