# AppSprint vs FigJam for design sprints

FigJam is the online whiteboard inside Figma: an open canvas with templates, voting sessions, a timer, and audio and live chat. AppSprint is a guided sprint room. It moves a team through fixed, timed steps, keeps ideas and votes anonymous, builds working prototypes with AI and collects tester feedback. Choose FigJam when your team lives in Figma and wants a flexible board, and AppSprint when the session needs to end in a decision and a clickable prototype.

## The short version

|  | AppSprint | FigJam |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | A guided room for product sprints | An online whiteboard inside the Figma platform |
| Sprint structure | Fixed, timed steps from a template; the host advances the room | An open board with 300+ templates; whoever facilitates runs the process |
| Voting | Private ballots built into the steps; counts appear after the reveal | Voting sessions where each participant's choices are hidden while they vote |
| Timer | Controlled by the host and co-hosts | Available on any plan; anyone in the file can control it |
| What the AI does | Builds working single-file HTML prototypes and writes the build brief (PRD) | Generates templates and diagrams, and sorts and summarises stickies. Prompt-to-prototype is a separate Figma product, Figma Make |
| Talking while you work | Video calls built in; best with about four cameras | Audio and live chat in the file |
| Pricing model | Free with unlimited teammates; the host pays for AI credits | Free Starter plan; paid plans priced per seat |

## Where FigJam is the better choice

- Your designers already work in Figma. FigJam sits in the same platform as the design files, so the workshop lives next to the work that follows it
- You want a light, open board for a brainstorm, a retro or a diagram. AppSprint only runs its own sprint templates
- You want a wide choice of starting points. FigJam lists 300+ templates, while AppSprint offers five
- You have someone comfortable facilitating who wants to change the plan as the session goes. AppSprint's agenda is fixed by the template
- You need the workshop to connect to your design tool. AppSprint has no integrations today, including none with Figma

## Where AppSprint is the better choice

- Nobody wants to facilitate. The room sets the order and the timing, and the optional [Sprint Coach](https://appsprint.team/features/sprint-coach) explains each step
- The goal is a working prototype, not a board. Each person describes an idea and the [AI builder](https://appsprint.team/features/build-prototypes-with-ai) returns something the team can click through in the same session
- You want written ideas to be anonymous by default. Notes show no author in anyone's view, including the host's. See [anonymous ideas and private voting](https://appsprint.team/features/anonymous-ideas-and-voting)
- You want to judge options without knowing who made them. The [prototype review](https://appsprint.team/features/prototype-review-heat-map) hides the builder and collects anonymous dots
- You want tester feedback right after the session. The Full and Focused sprints include a [feedback form](https://appsprint.team/features/user-testing-feedback-forms) for each prototype

## Using both

They do different jobs, so a team can keep FigJam for everyday whiteboarding and use AppSprint for the session where a decision has to be made and a prototype has to exist by the end. AppSprint's outputs are plain files and links: a runnable HTML prototype, a [session summary](https://appsprint.team/features/session-summary-and-handoff) and, in the Full and Focused sprints, a Markdown build brief and a handoff package with PNG screenshots. A designer can use those as the reference for design work in Figma. There is no direct export to Figma, so this is a manual step.

## Questions and answers

**Is AppSprint a FigJam alternative?**

Only for running a product or design sprint that ends in a prototype. AppSprint is not a whiteboard. For open brainstorming, diagrams and everyday team boards, FigJam is the right kind of tool and AppSprint is not.

**Can you run a design sprint in FigJam?**

Yes, with a facilitator. FigJam has the building blocks: a large template library, voting sessions with hidden choices, and a timer. Someone sets up the board, keeps time and moves people between exercises. In AppSprint the room handles those jobs. See [how to run a remote design sprint](https://appsprint.team/guides/how-to-run-a-remote-design-sprint).

**Does FigJam have video calls?**

Figma describes audio and live chat in FigJam files. AppSprint has video calls built into the sprint room, with screen sharing and an optional text transcript that a host can start.

**Can FigJam build a prototype with AI?**

FigJam's AI generates templates and diagrams and sorts and summarises stickies. Figma's prompt-to-prototype tool is Figma Make, a separate product. AppSprint's builder is part of the sprint itself: each person builds an option, the team votes, and the chosen prototype is refined together.

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## Related

- [AppSprint vs Miro for design sprints](https://appsprint.team/compare/appsprint-vs-miro)
- [AppSprint vs Mural for design sprints](https://appsprint.team/compare/appsprint-vs-mural)
- [A Miro alternative for design sprints](https://appsprint.team/alternatives/miro-alternative-for-design-sprints)
- [Build working prototypes with AI](https://appsprint.team/features/build-prototypes-with-ai)

Source: https://appsprint.team/compare/appsprint-vs-figjam (last updated 2026-09-17)