Comparison

Hive vs Gummble

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

Head to head
About

Hive

This app helps designers, creators, and innovators organize and manage all their creative assets in one place. It offers smart photo organization, an integrated video player, and multiple ways to save inspirations, streamlining your creative process. Effortlessly sort, categorize, and find your ideas with advanced filtering and search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Organize creative assets
  • Smart photo organizer
  • Integrated video player
  • Multiple save methods
  • Web capture
  • Multi-level folder system
  • Advanced search and filter
Features
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Hive is a private visual reference library for designers, illustrators, photographers, and creative teams. Save references the moment you find them—Share Sheet, clipboard, Safari, and links—then keep images, video, and files in one library you actually control. No feed. No tracking theater. Just a calm place to store and reopen what you need. Organize for real work • Folders, tags, filters, and search built for reference retrieval • Smart Folders to surface the set you need for a project • Mixed media in one place: images, video, links, and files Built for mobile creative workflows • Fast capture on iPhone and iPad • Browse and reuse references on the go • Works with an Eagle-compatible library workflow on mobile Privacy by default • Your library stays yours Hive is for people who already collect inspiration in Pinterest, moodboards, or Eagle on the desktop—and need a private, organized library on iOS. Download Hive and turn scattered references into a library you can find again. Privacy Policy: https://hive.ink/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Gummble

Features
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Find the UI pattern you need in real products - not in another folder of disconnected pretty pictures. Gummble lets you search real app screens and complete UX flows from shipped products. Explore how teams design onboarding, search, checkout, paywalls, settings, empty states, dashboards, and more. SEARCH REAL PRODUCT UI Search by pattern, app, platform, industry, or product task. Filter the catalog and get to a credible reference quickly. SEE THE COMPLETE FLOW Open the full user journey, move through each step, and keep the app and version context attached. SAVE YOUR REFERENCES Save useful screens in one tap. Your Saved library stays available on this iPhone so you can return to strong references quickly. BUILT FOR PRODUCT WORK Gummble is made for product designers, founders, PMs, design engineers, growth teams, agencies, and anyone researching how real apps solve real UX problems. Free users can explore Gummble without creating an account. The Browse subscription unlocks expanded catalog access. Prices and availability vary by storefront. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account. Privacy Policy: https://gummble.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://gummble.com/terms

Screenshots

Hive4 screens
Gummble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hive at every 4 days against Gummble's every 9 days. Hive also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Hive sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Gummble sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hive ships an update every 4 days, Gummble every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hive versus Gummble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiveGummble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (39 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB16 MB
Age rating+174+
Developer易泓 刘Phi Truong Nguyen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hive

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annually7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$39.99
4 purchases

Gummble

Subscriptions4
  • Browse Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Browse Annual$99.991 Year
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  • Pro Annual$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Hive free?
Hive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gummble free?
Gummble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hive or Gummble have ads?
Neither Hive nor Gummble shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hive or Gummble?
Hive ships an update every 4 days, and Gummble every 9 days. Most recently, Hive was updated on November 8, 2026 and Gummble on October 31, 2026.

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