Reference Board Downloads & RevenueReference Board: Mood Board · App Store
Reference Board: Mood Board is #52 in Graphics & Design Paid in United States and charting in 11 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperJordan Ruchtie
CategoryGraphics & Design
Price5.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.3 (7)
Version1.6.2
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)500+ worldwide
Reference Board: Mood Board update history & changes
Last change · 24 events since 19 Mar 2026Full timeline ↓📦Updated to version 1.6.2📈Entered the top 10📈Charting in a new country📦Updated to version 1.6.1✏️New iPad screenshots✏️New screenshots🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 24 events
- 📦Reference Board: Mood Board updated to version 1.6.2This small update refines the controls around your board.
• Mac: reduced unnecessary toolbar updates while panning and zooming around the canvas.
• iPhone and iPad: the item action icon stays hidden during dragging and release motion, then reappears when the item has settled.… more - 📈Reference Board: Mood Board entered the top 10Top Paid · Graphics & Design · BR
- 📈Reference Board: Mood Board charting in a new countryBrazil
- 📈Reference Board: Mood Board entered the top 10 on iPad · Top Paid All AppsKR
- 📦Reference Board: Mood Board updated to version 1.6.1Reference Board 1.6.1 makes collecting and arranging references easier.
• Cleaner imports: sharing an image or link with the automatic “Take a look!” caption no longer creates an extra note. Your own captions and standalone text are preserved.
• Adjustable grids: choose 2 to 8 images across while keeping the masonry layout. Pinch on iPhone and iPad, or use the plus and minus controls on Mac.
• Easier sticky notes: start typing straight into a new note, with native text selection, undo, and bulleted or numbered lists.
• Better board controls: long-press menus work in canvas and Grid View, with improved placement and actions for multiple selected items.
• A quieter sidebar: tile views have no reorder handles, and list hints disappear after your first successful board move.
• Better recovery from temporary iCloud errors and interrupted shared imports.
• More consistent Similar Images thumbnails, improved video controls, and more compact board exports without recompressing your originals.… more - 📦Reference Board: Mood Board: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- ✏️Reference Board: Mood Board: new iPad screenshots· AU
- ✏️Reference Board: Mood Board: new screenshots4 screenshots (was 4) · AU
- ✏️Reference Board: Mood Board: new iPad screenshots· 11 countries
- ✏️Reference Board: Mood Board: new screenshots4 screenshots (was 4) · 11 countries
- 📦Reference Board: Mood Board updated to version 1.6MADE FOR IPHONE DUO
More room for your ideas. Reference Board now supports iPhone Duo, with layouts that adapt as you open and close your device. On the expanded display, see your selected reference and its details side by side, with smooth animated focus.
SMOOTHER ON IPHONE AND IPAD
Refined selection, item menus, and inspector controls make everyday work feel more natural. The minimap steps out of the way while you inspect an item, and Grid View displays image previews more reliably.
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS
Improved image loading, caching, and background work for smoother browsing and canvas interactions. This release also brings performance improvements to Reference Board on Mac.… more - 📦Reference Board: Mood Board updated to version 1.5.9This update makes arranging references on iPhone and iPad more comfortable, with clearer image actions and simpler Grid View menus.
• Tap the info button on a selected image to open its actions, including the inspector.
• Drag small selected images more easily when zoomed out.
• Find image tools in simpler Grid View menus.
• Improved two-finger gesture handling to keep images steady when you finish pinching.
• Refined board navigation and widget presentation.… more - 📈Reference Board: Mood Board entered the top 10Top Paid · Graphics & Design · RU
- 📈Reference Board: Mood Board charting in a new countryRussia
- 📈Reference Board: Mood Board entered the top 100Top Grossing · Graphics & Design · RU
- 📈Reference Board: Mood Board entered the top 10Top Paid · Graphics & Design · JP
- 📈Reference Board: Mood Board entered the top 10Top Paid · Graphics & Design · DE
- 📈Reference Board: Mood Board entered the top 100Top Paid · Graphics & Design · US
- 📈Reference Board: Mood Board charting in a new countryCanada
- 📈Reference Board: Mood Board charting in a new country in 5 chartsAustralia · China · United Kingdom · Japan · +1 more
- 📈Reference Board: Mood Board entered the top 100Top Paid · Graphics & Design · GB
- 🆕Reference Board: Mood Board first spotted by AppInsider#88 in Top Paid · Graphics & Design · India
- 📦Reference Board: Mood Board version 1.5.8Turn a reference into a new direction on iOS 27 and iPadOS 27.
• Generate new inspiration from a reference with Image Playground and add the result beside the original.
• Lift an object from an image and add it to your board as a separate cutout.
• Explore Similar Images in a larger grid, select several, and add them to your board.
• Find references using natural-language search.
• Let Smart Regions detect related references and name each group from its content.
• Use Image Editing, Similar Images, and Generate Similar Image directly from Grid View.
• Lock items so they cannot be moved or resized accidentally.
• Enjoy faster, smoother scrolling on large grids.
• Ask Siri to find references and use their saved details on supported systems.
• Improved iCloud restoration on first launch and a refreshed app icon.
Apple Intelligence features depend on your device, language, region, and system settings.… more - 🆕Reference Board: Mood Board released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.3 ★
7 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#52
Graphics & Design PaidMeasured
Reference Board: Mood Board on the App Store
App details
App ID
6759159660
Publisher
Jordan Ruchtie
On the store since
Mar 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 26.0+
iPhone 11 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
8
NL EN FR DE JA PT ZH ES
Size
24 MB
Also listed in
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App privacy Measured
Reference Board: Mood Board’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 1 linked to your identity and 4 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
1
Not linked to you
4
Linked to your identity
CContacts
Not linked to you
SSearch History+3 more
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Reference Board: Mood Board downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Graphics & DesignPaid | #52 |
 Japan | Graphics & DesignPaid | #139 |
 China | Graphics & DesignPaid | #157 |
 South Korea | Graphics & DesignPaid | #104 |
 United Kingdom | Graphics & DesignPaid | #166 |
 Germany | Graphics & DesignPaid | #159 |
| India | Graphics & DesignPaid | #94 |
 Indonesia | Graphics & DesignPaid | #65 |
 Brazil | Graphics & DesignPaid | #131 |
 Italy | Graphics & DesignPaid | #125 |
 Australia | Graphics & DesignPaid | #168 |
Apps near Reference Board: Mood Board on the chart
Graphics & Design Paid, around #52.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.3 ★
7 ratings
Measured
Ratings
7
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Written reviews a week
under 1
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.1★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
52/100
faster than 54% of Graphics & Design apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Reference Board: Mood Board
From the 5 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly positive (80% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and being easy to use. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Updates: “It gets closer and closer to my needs every update”
- Ease of use: “I love the clean and simple interface”
- Design: “I love the clean and simple interface”
About Reference Board: Mood Board
Reference Board is a private visual workspace for collecting inspiration, developing ideas, and keeping creative research close at hand on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
BUILD VISUAL BOARDS
• Collect images, videos, links, text, colors, and PDFs in one place.
• Arrange references freely on an infinite canvas or switch to an organized grid.
• Move, resize, group, stack, crop, flip, and annotate without changing your original media.
• Use the loupe to inspect fine details in images and videos.
FIND WHAT YOU NEED
• Search across boards and references.
• Use on-device analysis, OCR, colors, metadata, and visual similarity to rediscover material quickly.
• Keep notes and details attached to the work they describe.
SYNC, COLLABORATE, AND SHARE
• Keep your library in sync across Mac, iPhone, and iPad with iCloud.
• Invite others to collaborate on shared boards.
• Publish a separate public, view-only webpage when you want to present your work more widely.
• Update or unpublish a published board whenever you like.
WORK YOUR WAY
• Import from Photos, Files, Safari, drag and drop, or the Share Sheet.
• Export boards as images, PDFs, or Reference Board archives.
• Use widgets, Shortcuts, the screen saver, and optional MCP automation to connect Reference Board to your workflow.
ONE PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION.
New customers receive Reference Pro with their App Store purchase, including unlimited private boards and items, Publish to Web, AI metadata and visual discovery, new collaborations, PDF export, and MCP automation.
People who acquired Reference while it was free keep their existing Free plan with one private board and up to 20 items. They can unlock lifetime Reference Pro with a one-time in-app purchase. Reaching a Free limit never deletes or hides existing work.
Original paid-app customers and people who already purchased lifetime Reference Pro keep permanent Pro access automatically.
BUILD VISUAL BOARDS
• Collect images, videos, links, text, colors, and PDFs in one place.
• Arrange references freely on an infinite canvas or switch to an organized grid.
• Move, resize, group, stack, crop, flip, and annotate without changing your original media.
• Use the loupe to inspect fine details in images and videos.
FIND WHAT YOU NEED
• Search across boards and references.
• Use on-device analysis, OCR, colors, metadata, and visual similarity to rediscover material quickly.
• Keep notes and details attached to the work they describe.
SYNC, COLLABORATE, AND SHARE
• Keep your library in sync across Mac, iPhone, and iPad with iCloud.
• Invite others to collaborate on shared boards.
• Publish a separate public, view-only webpage when you want to present your work more widely.
• Update or unpublish a published board whenever you like.
WORK YOUR WAY
• Import from Photos, Files, Safari, drag and drop, or the Share Sheet.
• Export boards as images, PDFs, or Reference Board archives.
• Use widgets, Shortcuts, the screen saver, and optional MCP automation to connect Reference Board to your workflow.
ONE PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION.
New customers receive Reference Pro with their App Store purchase, including unlimited private boards and items, Publish to Web, AI metadata and visual discovery, new collaborations, PDF export, and MCP automation.
People who acquired Reference while it was free keep their existing Free plan with one private board and up to 20 items. They can unlock lifetime Reference Pro with a one-time in-app purchase. Reaching a Free limit never deletes or hides existing work.
Original paid-app customers and people who already purchased lifetime Reference Pro keep permanent Pro access automatically.
Latest updates
1.6.2
This small update refines the controls around your board.
• Mac: reduced unnecessary toolbar updates while panning and zooming around the canvas.
• iPhone and iPad: the item action icon stays hidden during dragging and release motion, then reappears when the item has settled.
1.6.1
Reference Board 1.6.1 makes collecting and arranging references easier.
• Cleaner imports: sharing an image or link with the automatic “Take a look!” caption no longer creates an extra note. Your own captions and standalone text are preserved.
• Adjustable grids: choose 2 to 8 images across while keeping the masonry layout. Pinch on iPhone and iPad, or use the plus and minus controls on Mac.
• Easier sticky notes: start typing straight into a new note, with native text selection, undo, and bulleted or numbered lists.
• Better board controls: long-press menus work in canvas and Grid View, with improved placement and actions for multiple selected items.
• A quieter sidebar: tile views have no reorder handles, and list hints disappear after your first successful board move.
• Better recovery from temporary iCloud errors and interrupted shared imports.
• More consistent Similar Images thumbnails, improved video controls, and more compact board exports without recompressing your originals.
1.6
MADE FOR IPHONE DUO
More room for your ideas. Reference Board now supports iPhone Duo, with layouts that adapt as you open and close your device. On the expanded display, see your selected reference and its details side by side, with smooth animated focus.
SMOOTHER ON IPHONE AND IPAD
Refined selection, item menus, and inspector controls make everyday work feel more natural. The minimap steps out of the way while you inspect an item, and Grid View displays image previews more reliably.
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS
Improved image loading, caching, and background work for smoother browsing and canvas interactions. This release also brings performance improvements to Reference Board on Mac.
Store changes
What Reference Board: Mood Board changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
4 screenshots (was 4)
New iPad screenshots 
