Comparison

Maxwell SwiftUI SDK vs UI Explorer Light

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Maxwell SwiftUI SDK

This app provides a universal design system for SwiftUI development, enabling designers to code and developers to design. It speeds up UI creation with a natural language extension and offers a demo app with accessible source code for learning and building.

Highlights
  • Universal Design System for SwiftUI
  • Natural language UI extension (LUX)
  • Real-time UI skin and layout changes
  • Accessible source code for learning
  • Integration examples (Login, Firebase, IAP)
  • Real-time design streaming over WiFi/Bluetooth
  • QR code design sharing
Features
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Maxwell is like Material Design or Bootstrap for the SwiftUI revolution. Software Makers waste more than half of development time due to design hand-off iteration. Recreating apps from images and mockups is not accurate, hard to refactor, and scale. Designers can Code!⁠ —LUX is a compositional, natural language extension that makes it easy to learn SwiftUI by removing the need to deal with numbers, allowing to define visually rich, deep, and flexible interfaces with just 5 keywords: lux, trait, tweak, style, feature. Developers can Design! ⁠—All this power is unleashed through Maxwell, a first of its kind "meta app" enabled to change skin and layout in realtime. This is the perfect demo for the framework and also the best learning resource as the source code is accessible within the app. Maxwell LUX is the first Universal Design System for iOS and macOS. Speed your workflow for SwiftUI 10x juts like Material Design or Bootstrap do for the web! • Install for free and Learn to create UI Design systems in minutes with MAXWELL • Purchase the codebase within the APP and learn how to create a Universal iOS + macOS app • Create your own apps, import the LUX framework from Github, and configure your launch code to use any of your MAXWELL LUX (Looks) ! The best way to learn and teach SwiftUI while creating original UI Design Systems! ⁠—You can purchase the source code and learn how to implement using the new Apple Reactive architecture from dozens of great features like: - Login With Apple - Firebase Integration - In-App Purchases - Push Notifications - Light/ Dark Mode Switching - Data Storage and more! USE MAXWELL FOR INSPIRATION • Experiment with thousands of combinations per minute • Create dozens of perfectly branded looks • Store unlimited Looks through the Files app. • From the Wizard, sign with Adobe to access all of your Kuler Color Palettes! USE MAXWELL FOR SWIFTUI • Purchase the Source code and learn from a production app • 100% SwiftUI+Combine for all components: Scene, Home, Editor, Store, Browsers, All! • iOS 13 architecture featuring Sign In with Apple, Push Notifications, and Universal Deeplink. • High-End code designed by former inVision engineers and Developers featured at WWDC. STREAM LUX • Enable realtime Tuning to stream your look from your Development Mac to one or many iPhone, iPads and Macs running your LUX powered app—All locally over WiFi/Bluetooth META DESIGN + QRLux Easily share your designs as unique QR codes! INSTALL NOW! Our apps are available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac starting from iOS 13.1 and macOS 10.15 and with Xcode Canvas any web designer can easily learn to build UI interfaces with SwiftUI + Maxwell LUX **Note: in-app purchases on the App Store are only available to use on the Maxwell app for iOS. --- Follow @maxwell.app IG for exclusive design tips, updates on features, and news. Get in touch at Discord, install and tap on the Chat Icon!

About

UI Explorer Light

Features
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When you are developing your app using SwiftUI, it is really time consuming to compare all possible styles of buttons, list etc to choose one fits best. This app help you check all possible options for SwiftUI's views without recompiling. Compare how they look like on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS and MacOS. This version of the app is for checking how iPad's apps look like on ARM Macs.

Screenshots

Maxwell SwiftUI SDK4 screens
UI Explorer Light3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Maxwell SwiftUI SDK at none against UI Explorer Light's 2. Maxwell SwiftUI SDK also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (13.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. UI Explorer Light sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Maxwell SwiftUI SDK asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Maxwell SwiftUI SDK ships an update every 2 days, UI Explorer Light every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Maxwell SwiftUI SDK versus UI Explorer Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaxwell SwiftUI SDKUI Explorer Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBen SabbahLeonid Liadveikin

In-app purchases

None

Maxwell SwiftUI SDK

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

UI Explorer Light

One-time2
  • Tip$0.99
  • Donation$4.99

Questions

Is Maxwell SwiftUI SDK free?
Maxwell SwiftUI SDK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UI Explorer Light free?
UI Explorer Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Maxwell SwiftUI SDK or UI Explorer Light have ads?
Neither Maxwell SwiftUI SDK nor UI Explorer Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Maxwell SwiftUI SDK or UI Explorer Light?
Maxwell SwiftUI SDK ships an update every 2 days, and UI Explorer Light every 11 months. Most recently, Maxwell SwiftUI SDK was updated on October 12, 2026 and UI Explorer Light on October 6, 2026.

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