In February, Apple informed the European Commission that it would acquire certain assets from Rabbit 3 Times — the company behind the award-winning app design tool Play — and gain the right to hire some of its employees. The notification was published on the European Commission’s website this week, after a four-month waiting period. Play was a Mac and iPhone app that let designers prototype iPhone interfaces using Apple’s SwiftUI framework before exporting them directly to Xcode.
Joe Rossignol for MacRumors:
In 2025, the app won an Apple Design Award for innovation.
“Play is a sophisticated yet accessible tool that lets users build interactive prototypes with SwiftUI frameworks,” said Apple. “Its thoughtfully crafted user interface is both powerful and easy to navigate, helping designers create interactive prototypes and collaborate across Mac and iPhone, all synced in real time for seamless creativity.”
Play is no longer available in the App Store, presumably due to Apple’s acqui-hire.
MacDailyNews Take: We’d expect the elements of Play to be subsumed into Xcode.
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