Comparison

Refbox Mobile vs FrankenMermaid

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

FrankenMermaid

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Refbox Mobile4 screens
FrankenMermaid4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Refbox Mobile versus FrankenMermaid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRefbox MobileFrankenMermaid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrett ShepherdJeffrey Emanuel

In-app purchases

None

Refbox Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

FrankenMermaid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Refbox Mobile free?
Refbox Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FrankenMermaid free?
FrankenMermaid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Refbox Mobile or FrankenMermaid have ads?
Neither Refbox Mobile nor FrankenMermaid shows ads.

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