Comparison

Mockuply vs Mono Lab

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

Head to head
About

Mockuply

Quickly transform your ideas into visual mockups with intuitive drawing tools and AI-powered generation. Effortlessly create, edit, and share designs for apps, websites, or features. Your work automatically syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Intuitive scribble and shape tools
  • AI-powered idea generation
  • Text insertion and styling
  • Element selection, drag, and resize
  • Add notes to designs
  • Export and share as images
  • Automatic iCloud synchronization
Features
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Mockuply - Simple Mockups, Anywhere Turn your ideas into visual mockups in seconds. Whether you're designing an app, planning a website, or sketching a new feature, Mockuply makes it effortless to create and share your vision. Create with Ease - Draw freely with our intuitive scribble tool - Add rectangles, circles, and lines with a tap - Insert and style text anywhere on your canvas - Select, drag, and resize any element perfectly - Add notes to capture important details AI-Powered Enhancement - Transform rough ideas into mockups with our Generate feature. One tap turns your notes into quick wireframe. Share Instantly - Export your mockups as images and share them anywhere using iOS's built-in share sheet. Send to colleagues, save to photos, or drop into your favorite apps. Always in Sync - Your mockups automatically save to iCloud - work on your iPhone, continue on your iPad. No account creation, no sign-ups, no passwords. Just open and create. Perfect For: - Product managers sketching new features - Designers exploring quick concepts - Developers planning interfaces - Anyone who thinks visually Start creating mockups the moment inspiration strikes. With Mockuply, your ideas are always just a few taps away from becoming shareable designs.

About

Mono Lab

Explore creative image manipulation with a focus on black and white effects. This app offers a wide range of tools for distortion, texture, and structural changes, allowing for unique artistic experimentation.

Highlights
  • 129 black and white filters
  • Sensor-based filters controlled by device movement
  • 12 dimensional surfaces and 13 lenses for 3D distortion
  • Interactive filters responding to touch
  • Raster and vector output options
  • Save directly to Files
Features
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Mono Lab is designed for exploring the unexpected. Experiment with images in black and white. From subtle relief to structural collapse, topology drift, mesh warps, fracture effects, misregistration, and controlled instability, every tool is built for focused experimentation. Responsive. Direct. Tactile. // Interactive Filters (X) Distortion that responds to you. Shift the image through movement and contact. Tilt to bend structure. Rotate to redirect tension. Touch to anchor, drag to stretch, hold to resist. Each gesture leaves a trace. Each motion reshapes the result. // 3D Surface Mode A dimensional approach to distortion. Map images across 12 surfaces and interpret them through 13 lenses. Adjust depth. Refine spatial tension. Each surface behaves differently. Each lens reshapes the outcome. Monochromatic. Structure, tone, dimension, possibility. What You Can Do • 158 filters for black and white distortion • Touch and motion control transformations • 12 surfaces. 13 lenses • Press, drag, and hold to reshape the image like a surface • Refine light, contrast, and structure • Warp topology and form • Collapse, fracture, and distort • Create raster and vector outputs • Build layered misregistrations • Adjust pressure, grain, and tone • Stack transformations • Save your favorite filters to the Index • Save directly to Files Mono Lab is for designers, artists, photographers, illustrators, and visual experimenters working in black and white.

Screenshots

Mockuply4 screens
Mono Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Mono Lab at #5 against Mockuply's unranked. Mono Lab also leads on ratings volume (21 vs 7) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

Mockuply costs $4.99 and Mono Lab $4.99 up front. Mockuply sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mono Lab sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mockuply against 5.0 for Mono Lab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 21 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Mockuply's written reviews are positive against 94% of Mono Lab's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mockuply ships an update every 3 days, Mono Lab every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Mockuply versus Mono Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMockuplyMono Lab
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better94.4% of reviews
Number of ratings721 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#5 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElliot NashInner Circle

Customer experience

Mockuply

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mono Lab

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mockuply

One-time1
  • 100 Credits$3.99
4 purchases

Mono Lab

One-time4
  • Pheno Set$1.99
  • Print Set$1.99
  • ASCII Set$1.99
Show 1 more
  • Dither Set$1.99

Questions

Is Mockuply free?
Mockuply costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Mono Lab free?
Mono Lab costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mockuply or Mono Lab?
Mockuply and Mono Lab are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 21 ratings respectively.
Do Mockuply or Mono Lab have ads?
Neither Mockuply nor Mono Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mockuply or Mono Lab?
Mockuply ships an update every 3 days, and Mono Lab every 5 days. Most recently, Mockuply was updated on October 9, 2026 and Mono Lab on October 18, 2026.

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