Compare · Free tiers, honestly · July 2026
Searching for a free Mobbin alternative? Here's the straight answer.
There is no free Mobbin, and Mozaika is not a free Mobbin clone — no 621k screens, no mobile apps. What Mozaika does have is a free layer that's actually useful: open browsing, free public decoded design-system pages, and the only MCP in this category with a real free tier. This page lists what's free, what's paid, and when Mobbin's paid plan is simply the right buy.
01 · Why this search exists
Mobbin's free tier is deliberately thin.
Per Mobbin's pricing page (July 2026), the free plan covers the latest 4 apps/sites only, with limited flows, limited search and up to 3 collections. Pro is billed yearly — about $120 upfront — or quarterly, with no monthly option. That's their right; eight years of hand curation is expensive. But it's why “free Mobbin alternative” is a perennial search, and why new free galleries launch to loud threads every few months.
You could barely explore mobbin as a free user
— r/FigmaDesign, public thread on Mobbin's free tier02 · What's genuinely free at Mozaika
Free means: an agent can finish a real build.
We didn't design the free tier as a locked demo. We designed it so one agent can go from “find me a reference” to “built to spec” without a card.
Open gallery browsing
Browse every screen and decoded section — 300+ real products, no login wall on browsing.
Public design-system pages
Full decoded systems as public pages — palette roles, type scale, spacing, radii. Try /ds/linear or /ds/stripe right now.
MCP free tier — no card
25 metered tool calls/month, search unmetered, and gated calls are never counted. Get a key on /connect.
claude mcp add --transport http mozaika mozaika.design/mcp
The 30-system open shelf
A rotating monthly shelf of 30 fully-decoded design systems — complete measured specs, not previews. Rotates so free stays useful.
Figma plugin + Chrome extension
Import decoded systems into Figma; decode any live site's DNA in your browser. Both free installs.
03 · What stays paid — no fine print
The corpus is the business.
Paid, plainly:
- Full-library decodes beyond the monthly 30-system open shelf
- Unmetered MCP — no monthly call cap, no credits, no per-retry charges, ever
- Everything-included plans: $9/mo · $60/yr ($5/mo) · $59 once (founder lifetime, $199 after)
Why we say this out loud: this category has a documented billing-trust problem — annual-only surprises, trial auto-conversions, credit burn. Our counter is boring: monthly billing exists, cancel is two clicks, and a retry never costs you a call.
04 · Free tier vs free tier
Side by side, sourced.
| On the free tier… | Mobbin | Mozaika |
|---|---|---|
| Library access | Latest 4 apps/sites only1 | Browse the whole gallery — 300+ products, ~2,900 sections |
| Decoded, buildable specs | Not offered on any tier — screens are images2 | Yes — 30-system open shelf, full measured decodes + public /ds pages |
| MCP for your agent | MCP exists (May 2026)2; free access not stated in the docs we reviewed | 25 calls/mo free, no card · search unmetered · gated calls never counted |
| Collections / bookmarks | Up to 3 collections1 | Bookmarks with a free quota; more on paid |
| Card required | No (free account) | No |
| Free tier is designed for… | Sampling the newest additions | Letting an agent finish one real build before you pay |
| Cheapest paid step | Quarterly billing (~$45) or ~$120/yr — no monthly1 | $9 for one month — walk away anytime |
1 Mobbin pricing page, July 2026; free-tier thinness also user-reported (r/FigmaDesign, quoted above). 2 Mobbin MCP docs and May 2026 launch press release — the MCP “returns screen images inline.” Mozaika figures: our own product, July 2026.
05 · Other honest free options
Not us, still worth knowing.
The free successor to godly.website — a curated taste feed of motion and branding work. Great for eyes; no specs, no API. See our Godly page.
The latest-4-apps trickle is real and free. If you only need an occasional fresh mobile reference, it may be all you need. (Their pricing page, July 2026.)
The oldest advice in the thread, and it's not wrong: “build your own collection… Way cheaper and you'll develop a better eye for design” (Reddit). It just doesn't give your agent numbers.
When is Mobbin's paid plan simply correct? Mobile app research at scale. 1,428 apps, 621,500+ screens, weekly updates, eight years deep (their site, July 2026). Nothing free — including us — replaces that. Our lane is different: measured, buildable web design systems your agent can query.
06 · FAQ
Quick answers.
Is Mozaika free?
Partly, and we state the split plainly. Free: gallery browsing, public decoded design-system pages (/ds/linear, /ds/stripe, …), the MCP free tier (25 metered calls/month, search unmetered, no card) with a rotating 30-system open shelf, plus the Figma plugin and Chrome extension. Paid: full-library decodes beyond the shelf and unmetered MCP — $9/month, $60/year, or $59 once (founder lifetime).
Does the free MCP tier require a credit card?
No. You get a key without entering a card. The free tier is 25 metered tool calls per month; search calls are unmetered; and calls that get gated are never counted against your quota.
What is the open shelf?
A rotating monthly set of 30 fully-decoded design systems that free MCP keys can pull complete specs for — measured type, color roles, spacing, radii. It rotates every month, so the free tier stays genuinely useful instead of being a locked demo.
What does Mobbin's free plan include?
Per Mobbin's pricing page (July 2026): the latest 4 apps/sites, limited flows and search, up to 3 collections. Paid Pro is billed yearly (~$120 upfront) or quarterly — no monthly plan. For mobile research at scale, that paid plan is genuinely worth it; nothing free replaces it.
No card · no countdown · no credits
Take the free tier at its word — build something with it.
25 free calls/mo · search unmetered · 30-system open shelf · gated calls never counted