Head to head
Mobbin vs Framer Marketplace
Mobbin and Framer Marketplace solve the same job (Inspiration & reference), so this is a pick-one decision. Mobbin is our default here: Worth paying for one specific reason: these are real shipped products, so they contain the empty states, error states, loading skeletons and validation that AI builders always skip. Search 'subscription paywall' or 'article archive', drop 4–6 screens into Lovable, and ask for the edge states too. Watch out: Free tier is deliberately thin — recent apps and ~3 collections. Screenshots only; nothing is importable.
Quick read
- Editor's pick: Mobbin.
- No logged gotchas: Framer Marketplace.
| Field | Mobbinmobbin.com Not yet swept | Framer Marketplaceframer.com Not yet swept |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | 600,000+ screens and 300,000+ user flows from 1,000+ shipped apps and websites, organized as flow trees so you see complete journeys rather than isolated screens. OCR-indexed, so you can search text inside the screenshots. | ~9,300 community templates, components, 60+ plugins and icon sets for Framer. Nothing exports to React, Vite or Tailwind — assets never leave the platform in compilable form. |
| Category | Inspiration & reference | Inspiration & reference |
| Cost tier | mixed | mixed |
| Pricing | Free (thin) · ~$10–15/mo Pro | Free items · paid $5–$129 |
| Why builders pick it | Worth paying for one specific reason: these are real shipped products, so they contain the empty states, error states, loading skeletons and validation that AI builders always skip. Search 'subscription paywall' or 'article archive', drop 4–6 screens into Lovable, and ask for the edge states too. | Reference only, but with a specific extraction: motion patterns. Every template has a live interactive preview, so you can watch real scroll choreography, then describe it to Lovable in Motion vocabulary — which translates directly, since Motion is a real React library. |
| Watch out for | Free tier is deliberately thin — recent apps and ~3 collections. Screenshots only; nothing is importable. | not logged |
| How to wire it up | not logged | not logged |
| Editor's pick | Yes | No |
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