DraftScreens vs v0 by Vercel: which AI app designer fits you?
Vercel's prompt-to-Next.js generator. DraftScreens is an AI designer that only does mobile screens, in one design language per project, with a visual editor, a clickable prototype and exports to Figma and code. Here is how they compare, including when v0 by Vercel wins.
Facts checked August 2026. v0.dev
The short version
v0 is the best way to get a Next.js page from a prompt. It is not a mobile app designer. DraftScreens drafts the phone screens in a real design language and hands v0 a prompt pack when the product is a web app too.
Side by side
| Feature | DraftScreens | v0 by Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free: 1 design a day, up to 5 a month. Pro $15/mo or $144/yr (200 designs a month, all exports). Studio $49/mo (1,000 designs, design systems, 3 seats). | Free with $5 in credits, Plus $30 per user a month. |
| Free tier | 1 design a day, up to 5 a month, with PNG export, the editor and a prototype | $5 of credits |
| Mobile-native screens | Yes: every screen is a 390x844 phone screen in a real design language | No |
| Your design system | Yes, on Studio: palette, fonts, voice, rules and logo drive every generation | shadcn themes |
| Figma | Yes, on Pro and Studio: editable named layers, paste onto any canvas | No |
| Code and hand-off | On Pro and Studio: HTML per screen and a prompt pack for Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable and v0; Expo and SwiftUI hand-offs in progress | Next.js and React |
| Clickable prototype | Yes: tap-through links on every screen, QR to your phone, public share page | Deployed web app |
| Visual editor | Yes: select any element, edit text, colour, spacing, layout, links, or ask the AI about it | Design mode |
| Failed generations | Never charged, refunded automatically | Credits consumed |
Which one to choose
Choose v0 by Vercel if
Pick v0 for web products on Vercel with shadcn as the design system.
Best for: Web UI and Next.js apps on Vercel.
Choose DraftScreens if
The product is a mobile app, the screens have to look designed rather than generated, you want to tap through it on a phone before writing code, and you want Figma layers and a hand-off that a coding tool can build from.
v0 by Vercel: strengths and gaps
What v0 by Vercel does well
- Excellent Next.js and shadcn output
- Design mode and a platform API
- Deploys to Vercel in a click
Where it falls short
- Web only; a phone-sized Next.js page is not a mobile app design
- shadcn sameness across every generated UI
- Credit pricing changes caused backlash in January 2026
What DraftScreens does differently
Mobile only, on purpose
Every screen is a 390x844 phone screen. The generator is prompted like a senior mobile designer, never like a web page builder.
One design language per project
A flow is planned first: palette, type, radius, spacing. Every screen and every edit is held to it, so screens do not drift.
Edit anything, or ask
Select any element and change text, colour, spacing, layout or its tap link; or select it and tell the AI what to change.
Your brand, every screen
Studio plans ingest a design system: palette roles, fonts, voice, rules and logo drive the planner and every screen.
A prototype, not a picture
Buttons, tabs and rows carry links. Preview in the studio or scan a QR and tap through on your phone.
Exports that survive the move
Editable Figma layers, HTML per screen, a prompt pack for Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable and v0. Failed generations are never charged.
Questions people ask
- Can v0 design mobile apps?
- It can render a phone-sized web page, but it produces Next.js web UI, not mobile app screens.
- Does DraftScreens work with v0?
- Yes. The prompt pack export is written for Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable and v0.
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