SuperDuper UI vs Refero
Refero: searchable screenshots and flows of web products and iOS apps, plus visual styles. SuperDuper UI: real apps rebuilt as editable Figma components. They solve different problems, and many designers use both. Here is a factual side-by-side.
Checked October 2026. Competitor details come from their own pages and the sources linked beside each claim. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Side by side
What you get
- SuperDuper UI
- Complete real apps rebuilt in Figma as components, with auto layout, variants, variables, and text and colour styles. Each app ships with its own mini design system.
- Refero
- Screenshots and user flows from real web products and iOS apps, plus curated "styles" covering typography, colour, layout and imagery.Source: Refero llms.txt (5 Sep 2026)
Figma plugin
- SuperDuper UI
- Inserts real, editable Figma components into your file, so text, spacing and colours can be changed straight away.
- Refero
- Inserts reference screens at their original size, with product info. The plugin needs a Pro, Team or Lifetime plan.Source: Refero Figma plugin docs
Catalogue size
- SuperDuper UI
- 18 apps, about 3,874 screens (iOS and Web)
- Refero
- More than 125,000 screens and 8,000 user flows, covering the web and iOS.Source: Refero MCP launch (Hunted), Refero llms.txt (5 Sep 2026)
Search and browsing
- SuperDuper UI
- Browse by app, platform and category. There is no cross-app search yet.
- Refero
- Search screens and flows, with filters and text search, and browse by page type, UX pattern and UI element.Source: Refero llms.txt (5 Sep 2026)
Pricing
- SuperDuper UI
- Membership is $240 a year ($20 a month) or $90 a quarter ($30 a month) for every clone. Single clones are $69 each.
- Refero
- Free, Pro, Team (per seat) and a one-off Lifetime plan. Pro is about $10 a month billed yearly; see Refero’s pricing page for current prices.Source: Refero plans, Refero pricing
Free option
- SuperDuper UI
- The WhatsApp clone is free with an email address, and the plugin gives 5 free imports from paid clones.
- Refero
- A free plan with limited search results. The MCP server and Figma plugin need a paid plan.Source: Refero plans
MCP and AI agents
- SuperDuper UI
- No MCP server of our own yet. Because the clones are real Figma files, an agent using Figma's own MCP server can read their layers, spacing and components.
- Refero
- An MCP server on paid plans, with up to 8,000 tool calls a month per user. It returns screenshots, descriptions and style metadata. A usage-based API costs $0.001 per request with a $2,000 minimum.Source: Refero MCP set-up, Refero business API
Teams
- SuperDuper UI
- No team plan yet. Email us if you need one.
- Refero
- Team plans priced per seat, with an admin panel and shared bookmarks, plus Enterprise.Source: Refero plans
| SuperDuper UI | Refero | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Complete real apps rebuilt in Figma as components, with auto layout, variants, variables, and text and colour styles. Each app ships with its own mini design system. | Screenshots and user flows from real web products and iOS apps, plus curated "styles" covering typography, colour, layout and imagery.Source: Refero llms.txt (5 Sep 2026) |
| Figma plugin | Inserts real, editable Figma components into your file, so text, spacing and colours can be changed straight away. | Inserts reference screens at their original size, with product info. The plugin needs a Pro, Team or Lifetime plan.Source: Refero Figma plugin docs |
| Catalogue size | 18 apps, about 3,874 screens (iOS and Web) | More than 125,000 screens and 8,000 user flows, covering the web and iOS.Source: Refero MCP launch (Hunted), Refero llms.txt (5 Sep 2026) |
| Search and browsing | Browse by app, platform and category. There is no cross-app search yet. | Search screens and flows, with filters and text search, and browse by page type, UX pattern and UI element.Source: Refero llms.txt (5 Sep 2026) |
| Pricing | Membership is $240 a year ($20 a month) or $90 a quarter ($30 a month) for every clone. Single clones are $69 each. | Free, Pro, Team (per seat) and a one-off Lifetime plan. Pro is about $10 a month billed yearly; see Refero’s pricing page for current prices.Source: Refero plans, Refero pricing |
| Free option | The WhatsApp clone is free with an email address, and the plugin gives 5 free imports from paid clones. | A free plan with limited search results. The MCP server and Figma plugin need a paid plan.Source: Refero plans |
| MCP and AI agents | No MCP server of our own yet. Because the clones are real Figma files, an agent using Figma's own MCP server can read their layers, spacing and components. | An MCP server on paid plans, with up to 8,000 tool calls a month per user. It returns screenshots, descriptions and style metadata. A usage-based API costs $0.001 per request with a $2,000 minimum.Source: Refero MCP set-up, Refero business API |
| Teams | No team plan yet. Email us if you need one. | Team plans priced per seat, with an admin panel and shared bookmarks, plus Enterprise.Source: Refero plans |
What Refero does well
- Large, searchable library of web and iOS references.
- Style references that describe type, colour and layout for agents.
- An MCP server and API already in use by agents.
- A one-off Lifetime option.
Pick Refero when you are researching direction across many web and iOS products, or want style references for an agent.
What SuperDuper UI does well
- Complete apps, screen by screen, not isolated references.
- Every screen is an editable Figma component with variables and styles.
- The plugin inserts real components you can restyle in seconds.
- A free clone and free plugin imports to try before you pay.
Pick SuperDuper UI when you want a whole real app as a working Figma file to build on.
Try an editable clone in Figma
Install the free plugin and import 5 screens from any paid clone, or take the whole WhatsApp clone free.
SuperDuper UI is not affiliated with Refero. Refero is a trademark of its owner and is named here only to compare products. Prices are shown in US dollars as published by each company and may change.