Refero is a web-based design research and inspiration platform that provides a massive, searchable library of real-world product interfaces. It is built to help designers, developers, and product teams discover proven UI patterns and interaction flows from production applications rather than mockups or conceptual designs.

The platform aggregates hundreds of thousands of real screens and user flows from live digital products, including web apps and mobile interfaces. These are organized into structured categories such as page types, UX patterns, UI components, and industry-specific use cases. This allows users to quickly find highly specific references like login screens, onboarding flows, dashboards, pricing pages, or checkout experiences.

Refero emphasizes practical design research over purely aesthetic inspiration. Its core value is enabling users to study how successful products solve interface problems in real-world contexts, including layout decisions, component behavior, and end-to-end user flows. It also supports advanced search capabilities such as filtering by UI elements, patterns, brands, or even specific text found within interfaces.

The platform is increasingly positioned toward AI-assisted design workflows as well, providing structured design data that can be used to inform automated UI generation and design systems. It is widely used for benchmarking, product research, and accelerating interface design decisions.

Key features include:

• Large library of real product screens and UX flows
• Advanced search by UI patterns, page types, and components
• Structured categorization (dashboards, onboarding, checkout, etc.)
• Real-world references from web and iOS applications
• Filtering by brands, domains, and interface elements
• AI-oriented design research capabilities

Common use cases include:

• UX research
• Benchmarking competitor products
• Designing onboarding and conversion flows
• Studying UI patterns
• Building design systems
• Gathering real-world references for product and interface design

Refero is developed by a small independent team focused on improving design research workflows by making real product interfaces easily accessible and searchable.