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.

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.