is there any way we can get access to mobbin for free, or something similar that is designed for mobile apps specifically. And if you have a mobbin premium account, would you mind sharing it with me?
Thanks
─────────── The number nobody surfaces first ───────────Mobbin Pro is $10/month on annual billing. Not $30. That one fact rewrites the whole question.
The line every “Mobbin alternatives” post walks straight past →
Mobbin’s own Terms of Service, Clause 6.2, word for word:
“the membership features may be assigned and shared among the users within the number of seats currently subscribed thereto.”
That’s the Team plan. Sharing isn’t a workaround — it’s the product, used as designed.
The real paths, cheapest first
| Path | Cost | The catch | |
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Free tier | $0 | Recent apps + limited search + 3 collections max |
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Mobbin for Education | 50% off Pro × 2 yr | Institutional email — apply here |
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Pro annual + referral code | ~$96–108/yr | joinsecret.com has 20%-off live, 240+ redemptions |
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Team plan cohort split | $12/seat/mo | 3–5 collaborators, ToS-permitted — see below |
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Eagle App (different tool) | $30 once, lifetime | Replaces the workflow, you fill the library |
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Page Flows (different job) | ~$8/mo annual | Video flows, not static screens — see below |
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Free foreign-language libraries | $0 | Massive inventory, zero paywall — see below |
The path NOT to take On “would you share your Pro account” — gotta be straight with you:
Mobbin’s ToS calls Pro-plan account-sharing strictly prohibited, with suspension as the listed consequence.
Here’s how that ends, every single time →
- Shared login gets flagged
- Account holder eats the suspension
- Everyone borrowing loses access in the same minute
Nobody declining to share is being stingy. They’re protecting an account they paid for. The Team plan exists exactly so a cohort can share legitimately. Three or four 1Hackers in this thread split it = $12 each = full Pro plus shared collections + comments. That’s the move.
I use this — Eagle, going on 18 months
~1,400 references built over time. $30, once, two years ago. Library lives on my disk — Mobbin can change their pricing every Tuesday and my collection doesn’t notice.
The honest catch: Eagle is empty when you buy it. You build the library. Mobbin sells you their curation. Eagle sells you the container.
🛠 Eagle 15-min setup — the structure that survived 1,400+ refs
Folders by moment, not by industry:
mobile-onboarding
mobile-paywall
mobile-checkout
mobile-empty-states
mobile-settings
web-landing
web-pricing-pages
web-saas-dashboards
Moments hold steady, industries shift. Ten checkout flows from ten verticals = one folder, not ten.
Tags carry the cross-cutting axes →
- Industry:
tag:fintechtag:saastag:healthtag:edtech - Style:
tag:dark-modetag:bold-colortag:minimal - Pattern:
tag:bottom-sheettag:multi-steptag:swipe-cards
Smart folders = Eagle’s killer feature most people skip.
Create one called Fintech paywalls: filter folder: mobile-paywall + tag: fintech → it auto-updates every time you save a matching screen. No manual sorting forever.
Andrey Baykov’s walkthrough on Medium shows the exact setup with screenshots.
Bob Ross warning → if you save screenshots before tagging them, six months in you’ll have 800 untagged images and no system. That’s normal. That’s recoverable.
The fix: select all in a folder, batch-apply 2–3 tags using Eagle’s multi-select. One hour to clean six months of backlog.
The prevention is cheaper: tag at save-time using the browser extension’s tag field, not later.
Browser extension is non-optional →
Right-click any image → save with source URL preserved → choose folder + tags inline. The URL preservation is what makes Eagle a research library, not a folder of pictures.
The pairing that punches above its weight →
Browse Mobbin’s free tier (recently-added apps), screenshot the patterns that fit your work, save to Eagle with proper tags. Same for Huaban, Pttrns, Dribbble, competitor app teardowns. Eagle is platform-agnostic — the source URL travels with every save.
The free tier becomes a permanent contribution to your library, not a fleeting reference.
👥 Team plan cohort split — how to actually pull this off
The structure that works on Mobbin’s Team plan:
- One person creates the team + becomes admin (they pay the card, manage billing)
- Invite 2–4 designers by email via Settings → Team → Add member
- Mobbin auto-bills per seat: $12/seat/month on annual billing
- Everyone gets full Pro access + shared team collections + comments + admin tools
Math at 4 people: $48/month total = $12 each = $144/year per person. Cheaper than Pro solo and you get the shared workspace.
Finding your cohort →
- Design Slack communities (Designership, Designer Hangout, ADPList Discord)
- Freelance design Twitter/X — many designers will split tool subs publicly
- Your existing colleagues at small agencies — the agency itself is often the natural team
Bob Ross warning — when one person fronts the card, write the split agreement somewhere. Even just a Notion doc with names + payment schedule. Tool subs that “we’ll figure out later” turn into “who actually owes me $12 from June” by month four. Spell it out once, save the friendship.
Mobbin’s ToS Clause 6.2 is the legal cover — the seats belong to the team, can be reassigned by admins, members get the membership features. This is exactly the use case Mobbin built the plan for.
🎬 Page Flows confusion — what changed in 2024
If you’ve seen “Screenlane” recommended as a free or cheaper Mobbin alternative on any post older than mid-2024 — that recommendation is stale.
Screenlane and Page Collective merged into Page Flows in July 2024. screenlane.com → redirects to pageflows.com. They’re the same product now.
What Page Flows actually does well: video recordings of user journeys with annotations. Not static screens. Different research job than Mobbin’s screenshot library.
Pick it if you specifically want →
- Onboarding sequences in motion
- Paywall reveals as they animate
- Search-result interactions, swipe behaviors, transition timing
Pricing: ~$8/month on annual billing. Has a free trial — same drill as Mobbin (screenshot during trial, save to Eagle, continue or cancel).
🌏 Foreign-language alternatives — what each one actually wins on
Huaban (花瓣) — Chinese Pinterest-clone. Massive mobile-app inspiration boards, especially super-app screens (WeChat, Alipay, Meituan, Douyin) that Mobbin barely covers. Works without VPN. Some site features expect a Chinese-language session — Chrome’s auto-translate handles 90% of it.
Heads-up: Huaban was flagged by Chinese regulators in early 2019 for “ecological problems” (content rectification order). Site remains operational, just be aware of the history if you’re browsing politically sensitive content.
ZCool (站酷) — closer to Behance for Chinese designers. Less screen-by-screen, more case-study with embedded screens. Great for understanding why a flow was designed, not just what it looks like.
WWIT (What Was IT) — Korean app design gallery, organized by industry + screen pattern. Junhan Sim’s Medium piece on Korean / Japanese / Chinese Mobbin-equivalents names three sites with screenshots and reasoning.
The bigger point → if you’re designing for a Western audience, these are complementary to Mobbin, not replacements. If you’re designing for or studying East Asian markets, the inventory parity often flips the other way — Mobbin becomes the supplement.
The math nobody runs out loud At $10/month on annual, paid Mobbin pays for itself the first hour it saves.
Spend an afternoon hunting free access → you’ve burned two months of subscription in time you’ll never bill back.
The cheap route isn’t always the cheapest one.
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