Comparison

Marvel vs Mural

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

Head to head
About

Marvel

Bring your app ideas to life quickly by turning sketches and mockups into interactive prototypes. Easily design, link screens, and share your app demos on various devices. Perfect for visualizing and testing new concepts.

Highlights
  • Design apps on iPhone/iPad
  • Turn sketches into interactive prototypes
  • Link screens with touch areas
  • Add mockups from cloud services
  • Share prototypes via email, SMS, Twitter
  • Syncs to web account
Features
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Just had the next billion-dollar app idea? Grab a pen and within minutes your idea will come to life. Marvel lets you design apps on your iPhone or iPad! Turn sketches, mockups and wireframes into interactive, tappable app prototypes that allow you to demo your ideas and share with others. Play with your app ideas on the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch! It’s super simple to get started, all you need is an idea and some pen and paper. How it works: - Draw your app screens on paper, then take photos or add mockups from Dropbox/Creative Cloud (including Photoshop files!). You can even draw directly on the screen! - Link each screen together using touch areas to form your app demo…then press play! - Ready to show the world? You can share prototypes using Email, SMS or Twitter and send to any phone or desktop. Everything is synced to your Marvel web account too, so you always have access to your prototypes no matter where you are.

About

Mural

This app provides a digital whiteboard for real-time and asynchronous team collaboration. It allows users to brainstorm, ideate, and align on projects from anywhere, fostering business-driving outcomes. Capture inspiration and share it with your team on the go.

Highlights
  • Real-time and asynchronous collaboration
  • Digital whiteboard for ideation
  • Freehand drawing and concept mapping
  • Sticky notes, shapes, and text boxes
  • Icon library for visual thinking
  • Voting sessions and reactions
  • Export murals as PDF, image, or zip
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Mural is a collaborative intelligence company powering effective ideation, innovation, alignment, and team building at 95% of the Fortune 100. Work together in real-time or asynchronously with a digital whiteboard and collaboration features designed to inspire better collaboration that leads to business-driving outcomes. The Mural app for iPhone and iPad keeps you connected to your team and enables you to capture and share inspiration on the go. Innovative teams at IBM, Intuit, Microsoft, GitLab, Steelcase, Thoughtworks, and Atlassian use Mural to collaborate from anywhere. Use the Mural iPhone and iPad apps to: * Bring your best ideas to life, wherever you work best * Invite your team to a collaboration session no matter where they are * Review content and provide feedback to keep work moving forward * Spark creative thinking with freehand drawing * Map concepts and ideas with your Apple Pencil Mural meets security standards for enterprise organizations with mobile device management and secure sign in supported by our Microsoft Intune Mobile Application Management integration. With the Mural app for mobile devices, you can: * Create a new mural * Add content in sticky notes, shapes, and text boxes with a variety of formatting options at your fingertips * Draw ideas and sketch notes with a number of colors and line sizes * Invite collaborators to your murals and easily change link permissions * Add, edit, delete, and mention other collaborators in comments * Enhance your visual thinking with a library of icons * Participate in a voting session * Share excitement and visual feedback with reactions * Export a mural as a PDF, image, or zip file * Add images from your photo library, take in the moment photos, or upload files * Send a mural to a touchscreen display for hybrid collaboration sessions * Organize content and ideas with frameworks * Change mural settings * Digitize physical sticky notes with Mural Scan or Post-it® App integration * Easily present with outline and presentation mode To use the Mural app, an account and sign-in is required. Learn more at www.mural.co.

Screenshots

Marvel4 screens
Mural4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Marvel at 86% against Mural's 16%. Marvel also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.4) and monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Marvel holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marvel has 2.6K ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Marvel's written reviews are positive against 16% of Mural's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Marvel ships an update monthly, Mural every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Marvel versus Mural: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarvelMural
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.6K ratings) — better2.4 (68 ratings)
Positive reviews85.8% of reviews — better16.2% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better68
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBallpark Labs LtdTactivos Inc.

Customer experience

Marvel

All ratings2,557 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews1,139 reviews
Positive85.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.7%

Mural

All ratings68 ratings
Positive26.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative63.2%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive16.2%
Neutral9.0%
Negative74.8%

User reviews

Marvel

From 2.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Quick prototyping
  • 💡 Intuitive interface
  • 🔍 Useful for testing ideas
  • 👌 Great for beginners

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔗 Syncing and linking issues
  • 🔍 Limited functionality
  • 🖼️ Trouble with image handling
  • 🤔 Unintuitive in some areas

Mural

From 68 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🎨 Great collaborative whiteboarding tool
  • ✏️ Apple Pencil support for drawing
  • 📱 Mobile app allows work on-the-go
  • 🔄 Real-time collaboration features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • ⚠️ App doesn't load or opens to blank screen
  • 🔌 Forced app redirect from browser on mobile
  • ❌ Missing key desktop features on mobile
  • 📉 Poor performance on iPad

Bugs and requests

Marvel

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Prototype playback not working
  • Disappearing links and hotspots
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices
  • Trouble uploading and editing images

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more transition options
  • Improve collaboration features
  • Implement scrolling and fixed elements
  • Allow more customization and branding
  • Integrate with more design tools

Mural

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • App crashes on launch or when opening boards
  • White/blank screen on startup
  • Stuck on logo screen indefinitely
  • Login failures and authentication errors
  • Microsoft authentication process hangs
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  • App won't open on iPad Pro
  • Forced logout during editing
  • Sticky notes disappear after creation
  • Text input hidden by UI elements
  • Pencil drawing lag and delayed rendering
  • Board resizing during pencil use
  • Images appear blurry or pixelated on mobile
  • Fonts not rendering correctly
  • Paste function not working in text fields
  • Objects snap unexpectedly to grid
  • Shapes change color inexplicably
  • Connector handles not functioning
  • Zoom and pan gestures not responsive
  • App freezes when scrolling dense boards
  • Connection timeouts and reconnection loops
  • Content not loading on boards
  • Synchronization issues between devices
  • Automatic zoom on sticky edit causes frustration
  • Camera permission dialog creates unescapable state
  • Placeholder text not clearing on input

Requested features

20 requests
  • Google and Apple login options
  • Full desktop feature parity on mobile
  • Proper keyboard and trackpad support
  • Folder visibility and management on iOS
  • Search functionality for murals
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  • Outline feature on mobile
  • Object linking and grouping
  • Landscape mode support
  • Better Apple Pencil pressure sensitivity
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Multi-object selection
  • Template access on mobile
  • Activity log viewing
  • Improved pen tool options (thickness, color, style)
  • Browser access without app redirect
  • Language localization options
  • Full-screen mode without UI buttons
  • Copy/paste functionality improvements
  • Image import from device
  • Subscription management in app

In-app purchases

None

Marvel

No in-app purchases

None

Mural

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Marvel free?
Marvel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mural free?
Mural is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Marvel or Mural?
Marvel is rated higher. Marvel averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Mural averages 2.4 from 68 ratings.
Do Marvel or Mural have ads?
Neither Marvel nor Mural shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Marvel or Mural?
Marvel ships an update monthly, and Mural every 5 weeks. Most recently, Marvel was updated on September 23, 2026 and Mural on August 27, 2026.

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