Refbox Mobile vs FrankenMermaid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Refbox Mobile
Organize your creative inspiration with a visual reference board. Collect and arrange images from your device or the web into project-specific "Boxes." Browse your collection fluidly and access images fullscreen for detailed review.
- Create project-specific "Boxes"
- Add images from device or web
- Fluid masonry canvas browsing
- Fullscreen image view
- Select multiple images for actions
- Organize without clutter
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Refbox is a fast, easy-to-use visual reference board for collecting and organizing images to inspire your creative work. Create Boxes for projects, moods, subjects, or styles. Add images from your device or drag and drop from the web. Browse everything on a fluid masonry canvas, open any image fullscreen for a closer look, and select multiple images to move, share, or delete them at once. Keep your references organized without getting buried in folders or clutter. Refbox is built for artists, designers, photographers, and other visual thinkers who want their reference library by their side as they work.
FrankenMermaid
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FrankenMermaid is a private native Mermaid diagram workbench for iPhone and iPad. Write Mermaid source beside a live diagram, start from a searchable gallery covering 24 diagram families, or import an existing .mmd, .mermaid, or plain-text file. CREATE AND REFINE DIAGRAMS Edit source with syntax-aware presentation and watch the bundled Rust and WebAssembly renderer update the graph on device. Tune the diagram theme, rendered text size, shadows, gradients, corner radius, and canvas spacing. INSPECT THE ACTUAL GRAPH Open the native inspector to read the engine-authored semantic description, parser diagnostics, node and edge counts, and exact source bindings. Select a rendered node, edge, or cluster to inspect its source range and apply a bounded exact edit through the engine source lens. EXPORT REAL FILES Share Mermaid source, scalable SVG, 2x PNG, PDF, or a self-contained animated HTML page. The share flow creates a file representation suitable for Files and other document destinations. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The renderer, samples, and working data are bundled. Diagram source and output stay on the device unless you explicitly choose to share a file. No account, remote rendering service, analytics, or network connection is required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FrankenMermaid at 17.0 against Refbox Mobile's 26.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Refbox Mobile | FrankenMermaid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brett Shepherd | Jeffrey Emanuel |
In-app purchases
Refbox Mobile
No in-app purchases
FrankenMermaid
No in-app purchases
Questions
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