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Mobbin vs UX Archive: Paid Reference Library or Pattern Archive?

A practical comparison of Mobbin vs UX Archive for product teams choosing a design reference or research workflow.

Updated June 2026

Quick Verdict

Mobbin · mobbin.com

A large, curated library of real shipped iOS, Android, and web app screens and step-by-step user flows for benchmarking UI patterns.

Price: Freemium — limited free tier; Pro from ~$10/mo and Team ~$12/seat/mo (both billed yearly, prices localized by region); Enterprise custom. 50% student discount. [1]
Library: Very deep: 621,500+ real shipped screens and 142,200+ user flows across 1,000+ apps (first-party, May 2026), with flows organized as complete journeys, not loose screenshots.
Agent access: Official MCP server (OAuth, Streamable HTTP, currently in beta) plus an official REST API. MCP needs any paid plan; REST API is Team/Enterprise only. Neither works on the free tier.

UX Archive · uxarchive.app

A web workspace (uxarchive.app) that lets designers collect app screenshots into Git-style repositories you can nest, version, and fork.

Price: Freemium — Free $0/mo; Plus $7/mo (unlimited private patterns, original-quality downloads, fork-to-workspace); a $12/mo Pro team tier is listed "Coming soon." No annual option shown. [24]
Library: Small and early-stage. The flagship in-house profile shows 8 public repos totaling ~3,750 screens (ZARA and App Splash alone are ~76%); the shared gallery adds ~18 community repos. No official total is published.
Agent access: No MCP or public API. The site exposes no developers/API/docs page and gates access behind Google sign-in; an MCP registry search returned nothing. The only access path is brittle HTML scraping of public pages.

Side-by-side Table

CriterionMobbinUX Archive
Best for Use Mobbin when you need a deep, curated catalog of real iOS/Android/web screens and full multi-step flows, and you (or your agent) have a paid plan for its MCP or API. [1]Use UX Archive when you are an individual designer who wants a lightweight, Git-style workspace to personally collect, version, and fork app-screenshot inspiration — and you don't need a large pre-built corpus or any agent/API access. [24]
Pricing Freemium — limited free tier; Pro from ~$10/mo and Team ~$12/seat/mo (both billed yearly, prices localized by region); Enterprise custom. 50% student discount. [1]Freemium — Free $0/mo; Plus $7/mo (unlimited private patterns, original-quality downloads, fork-to-workspace); a $12/mo Pro team tier is listed "Coming soon." No annual option shown. [24]
Library depth Very deep: 621,500+ real shipped screens and 142,200+ user flows across 1,000+ apps (first-party, May 2026), with flows organized as complete journeys, not loose screenshots. [1]Small and early-stage. The flagship in-house profile shows 8 public repos totaling ~3,750 screens (ZARA and App Splash alone are ~76%); the shared gallery adds ~18 community repos. No official total is published. [24]
Platform coverage iOS, Android, and web apps, with version toggles per product and ~18 categories. "Web" means web-app UI; there is no dedicated marketing-website or email-design gallery. [1]Mobile-first, with some web. Visible repos are mostly iOS app screenshots skewed heavily toward Korean apps (Danggeun, Toss, Upbit) plus ZARA, with one clear web product (Perplexity). No native app of its own. [24]
MCP / API Official MCP server (OAuth, Streamable HTTP, currently in beta) plus an official REST API. MCP needs any paid plan; REST API is Team/Enterprise only. Neither works on the free tier. [1]No MCP or public API. The site exposes no developers/API/docs page and gates access behind Google sign-in; an MCP registry search returned nothing. The only access path is brittle HTML scraping of public pages. [24]
Agent readiness Genuinely agent-ready: the official MCP returns screen images, annotations, and metadata with natural-language search inside Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and v0 — but only with a paid, authenticated account. [1]Effectively not agent-usable. With no MCP, no public API, and a Google-auth web workspace, an AI agent has no structured way to query it — scraping still hits an auth wall for forking and full-quality downloads. [24]

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Source Notes

  1. 1. Mobbin MCP page
    Official MCP/API docs · mobbin.com · First-party confirmation of the official MCP server: endpoint api.mobbin.com/mcp, 621,500+ screens, supported tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, v0), and 'available on Pro & Team plans / included in all paid plans.'
  2. 2. Mobbin API Quickstart
    Official MCP/API docs · docs.mobbin.com · Confirms official REST API: base https://api.mobbin.com, POST /v1/screens/search, Bearer token from Settings > API Keys, Team/Enterprise only.
  3. 3. Mobbin Launches MCP Server (BusinessWire press release)
    Official product page · businesswire.com · Authoritative launch announcement dated 2026-05-11 with the 621,500 screens figure and supported AI tools.
  4. 4. Official Mobbin MCP server repo
    Official docs · github.com · First-party GitHub repo confirming endpoint api.mobbin.com/mcp and Streamable HTTP transport.
  5. 5. Mobbin reviews (Product Hunt)
    Product Hunt · producthunt.com · Designer sentiment: time-saver for benchmarking, flow organization praised; discovery/search and pricing complaints.
  6. 6. Mobbin Review 2026 (CoolCuration)
    Third-party review · coolcuration.com · Detailed pricing breakdown (free tier limits, Pro ~GBP 8/mo yearly, Team ~GBP 10/seat/mo, 50% student discount), 4/5 rating, strengths/weaknesses incl. 'mobile app lags web' and 'free tier intentionally restrictive.'
  7. 7. Mobbin reviews on Trustpilot
    Review site · trustpilot.com · Thin, about 3.2 of 5 from 4 reviews, dark-pattern billing; Cloudflare-blocked, confirmed via search.
  8. 8. 10 Mobbin alternatives 2026 (toolworthy)
    Blog · toolworthy.ai · Surfaces the 4x legacy price-hike backlash from Reddit r/UXDesign mid-2025, secondhand, pushes free rivals.
  9. 9. Mobbin Docs - MCP & API
    Official MCP/API docs · docs.mobbin.com · Confirms two official access methods: MCP (OAuth) on Pro/Team/Enterprise, and REST API (API key / Bearer) on Team and Enterprise only.
  10. 10. Mobbin pricing page
    Official pricing page · mobbin.com · Official pricing source (blocked to automated fetch but confirmed via search snippet and corroborating reviews): free, Pro, Team, Enterprise tiers.
  11. 11. Mobbin homepage
    Official product page · mobbin.com · Establishes positioning ('largest mobile & web app design reference library') and iOS/Android/web coverage with searchable screens, elements, and flows.
  12. 12. Mobbin Launches MCP Server (Yahoo Finance syndication of BusinessWire)
    Press release (syndicated) · finance.yahoo.com · Bot-fetchable mirror of the BusinessWire release (which 403s/times out to automated fetch). Confirms first-party 621,500+ screens, 142,200+ flows, 'available now on all paid plans,' and 'Currently in beta. Feature access and availability may change.' Use this to anchor the flow count at 142,200+ (not 130,200+).
  13. 13. Mobbin Launches MCP Server (Morningstar syndication)
    Press release (syndicated) · morningstar.com · Second reputable syndication of the same BusinessWire release; useful redundancy given the primary BusinessWire URL is unreliable to automated fetch.
  14. 14. Mobbin pricing (Vendr marketplace)
    Directory listing · vendr.com · Secondary, USD contract-based estimates (~$20/$40 per-seat tiers, ~$4,000 ACV) that differ from official self-serve list prices; treated as negotiated/SMB benchmark.
  15. 15. Mobbin MCP entry (a2a-mcp.org)
    Directory listing · a2a-mcp.org · Secondary confirmation of 621,500+ screens, 130,200+ flows, 1,651+ apps and MCP capabilities.
  16. 16. Build Great Products - Mobbin
    Directory listing · buildgreatproducts.com · Confirms iOS, Android & Web platform coverage.
  17. 17. Mobbin Reviews, Pricing & Alternatives (Toolradar 2026)
    Third-party directory/review · toolradar.com · Independent corroboration of self-serve list prices: Pro $10/mo, Team $12/member/month, Enterprise contact sales; and free-tier limits (latest ~4 apps/4 sites). Helps confirm pricing while the official pricing page is 403 to bots.
  18. 18. Mobbin promo/pricing (Secret)
    Third-party review · joinsecret.com · Secondary confirmation of Pro pricing and yearly discount.
  19. 19. Unofficial Mobbin MCP (pdcolandrea, archived)
    Third-party review · github.com · Documents the pre-official community MCP and its tool names; now archived with an explicit pointer to the official server and the note that 'Mobbin has no public API' (true only before official launch).
  20. 20. Hacker News, Mobbin as benchmark
    Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com · Passing references only, mildly positive, no pricing or quality debate.
  21. 21. X, designer switches to Refero
    X · x.com · Concrete defection signal, via search snippet since X fetch is blocked.
  22. 22. Lazyweb
    Lazyweb product page · lazyweb.com · Free design research library for agents, screenshots, app trees, and research workflows.
  23. 23. Lazyweb MCP install
    Lazyweb setup page · lazyweb.com · Agentic setup path for Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity, and other MCP clients.
  24. 24. UX Archive — official homepage (uxarchive.app)
    Official product page · uxarchive.app · Primary source for positioning ("The GitHub for UX Patterns"), feature list, and the full pricing section (Free $0, Plus $7/mo, Pro $12/mo Coming soon). Footer shows © 2025 Gaepo Hitchhikers and contact okeydokekim@gmail.com.
  25. 25. UX Archive — Plus checkout / sign-in (uxarchive.app/price/plus)
    Official pricing page · uxarchive.app · Plus plan page gated behind "Sign In With Google," confirming auth-gated purchase flow; consistent with the $7/mo Plus tier.
  26. 26. UX Archive — official profile (uxarchive.app/u/uxarchive)
    Official product page · uxarchive.app · Flagship profile, joined November 2025: 9 public repositories, ~3,750 total screens (ZARA ~1,829); shows mobile-first, Korean-app-heavy coverage. Evidence of small scale and recent launch.
  27. 27. UX Archive — Shared Repositories gallery (uxarchive.app/share/r)
    Official product page · uxarchive.app · Public discovery gallery (~20 repos) with view/like/fork metrics; several low-engagement entries. Confirms screenshot-collection model and no API/MCP surface.
  28. 28. UX Archive — 'Organize your UX Patterns' (Product Hunt launch overview)
    Product Hunt · hunted.space · The actual TARGET product's launch (Nov 2025): ~11 upvotes, 3 comments, #33 of day, not featured. Page shows only the makers' own framing — no authentic user sentiment. “We're launching a workspace made for your own UX screenshots — not another UI inspiration library.”
  29. 29. UXArchive — AlternativeTo listing
    Review site · alternativeto.net · Zero user reviews; low likes (~2) versus Mobbin (~7) and free picks like Layers (~14). Demonstrates weak mindshare and absence of rating-based reputation. “No comments or reviews, maybe you want to be first?”
  30. 30. SaaSHub — Mobbin vs UX Archive Animated comparison
    Review site · saashub.com · Editorial (not user) comparison framing the legacy UX Archive as narrower than Mobbin and lacking the 'why' behind decisions. “while the animations are visually informative, they often lack detailed explanations or context about why certain UX decisions were made”
  31. 31. Review: UX Archive — UX Magazine (Andrew Zusman, Jan 2013)
    Review site · uxmag.com · Only substantive long-form review, but about the ORIGINAL product. Praises its usability; warns that opening uploads could dilute quality — a critique that ironically maps onto the new .app's community-upload model. “the direction of that growth is unclear. If everyday users are allowed [to] upload their own apps, the beauty of the site could be compromised.”
  32. 32. uxarchive.com → waldo.com (301 redirect)
    Other · uxarchive.com · The older, separate "world's largest library of mobile user flows" by Waldo now 301-redirects to waldo.com — effectively defunct. Critical for disambiguating the two products.
  33. 33. UX Archive on Crunchbase
    Other · crunchbase.com · Attempted for funding/company signal but returned HTTP 403; could not confirm any funding or company structure.
  34. 34. UXArchive on AlternativeTo
    Directory listing · alternativeto.net · Describes uxarchive.com (Waldo), listed Free/Proprietary, last updated Jun 2023. Secondary signal about the older product, not the .app.
  35. 35. UXArchive on Fountn
    Directory listing · fountn.design · Links to uxarchive.com; describes mobile-app design-pattern library, freemium, mobile-only. Refers to the older product.
  36. 36. UXArchive on Prototypr Toolbox
    Directory listing · prototypr.io · "A library of mobile user flow examples" — describes the older uxarchive.com/Waldo flows product.
  37. 37. UXArchive on Product Hunt
    Product Hunt · producthunt.com · Describes the OLD uxarchive.com (powered by Waldo); links to uxarchive.com. Original listing 2014, last version 2020. Not the .app product.
  38. 38. UXArchive reviews on Product Hunt
    Product Hunt · producthunt.com · Single 5.0 review ("It helps me a lot. Thanks guys!", ~3 years old) for the Waldo .com product; no reviews of the .app product.
  39. 39. UXArchive on Product Hunt (uxarchive-2 post)
    Product Hunt · producthunt.com · The 2020 relaunch post for the OLD uxarchive.com ("world's largest library of mobile user flows," powered by Waldo). Strong primary evidence that Product Hunt listings/reviews describe the separate, now-defunct .com product, NOT uxarchive.app. Useful for the two-product disambiguation.
  40. 40. Show HN: UX Archive — UX patterns across iPhone apps (original product, 2012)
    Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com · The substantive legacy thread (116 pts / 35 comments) — but about the ORIGINAL uxarchive.com, the lineage predecessor, NOT today's uxarchive.app. Strong concept-praise balanced by concrete UX criticism (broken search, image/scroll bugs, poor mobile layout, no tags). “I really like how you can take a specific facet of a mobile application [and] see how it is implemented across various applications. Very nice design.”
  41. 41. Show HN follow-up: iOS 6 vs iOS 7 flow comparison (2013)
    Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com · Smaller positive reception (~15 pts) for the original product. Legacy lineage, not the .app workspace. “Very comprehensive actually, this is quite an impressive piece of work.”
  42. 42. HN comment mention as a go-to mobile resource (2020)
    Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com · Low-volume but durable word-of-mouth for the original library; illustrates that legacy goodwill belongs to uxarchive.com. “@uxarchive is one of the most useful mobile resources! Well done”
  43. 43. Designer recommendation tweet grouping UX Archive with Mobbin/builtformars
    X · x.com · Representative of the discoverability problem: the positive X word-of-mouth points to uxarchive.com (original library), not the .app product. “uxarchive.com - learn by watching the biggest library of mobile user flows ... mobbin.com - learn by replicating app design screens”