Save the references you draw from
Share a page from Safari, tick the images you want, and file them in a collection. They stay in HyperRef, apart from your camera roll.
A library you arrange yourself
Each collection holds the images you chose, in the order you put them. Nothing in the app suggests, ranks or likes an image.
Why keep references in a separate app?
Saved references usually end up as screenshots in the camera roll, between trips and birthdays. HyperRef keeps them in collections of their own, ready to study and draw from.
01 · collect
A whole page of references at once
A screenshot saves one picture at a time, with the toolbar and ads around it. Share the page to HyperRef from Safari instead, and each of its images appears in a grid, so you can tick several and save them to a collection together.
02 · study
Values without an editing app
You could desaturate a photo and push its contrast in an editor, but that pulls you out of the session. With Pro, the Value, Poster and Pixels filters do it inside HyperRef.
03 · sort
A collection for each subject
Give poses, textures and skies a collection each. The free version holds 5 collections and 50 images, enough to see whether it suits how you work. Pro removes both limits for a one-time $4.99.
Timed slideshows
Step through a collection with each image up for 30 seconds, or for 1, 2, 5 or 10 minutes. Thirty seconds suits a gesture warm-up, and ten minutes leaves time for a value study.
Locked collections
With Pro, lock a collection with Face ID or your passcode. Its images stay hidden until you unlock it.
On a Mac as well
HyperRef also runs on a Mac, for drawing from references on a larger screen.
Download HyperRef and keep the next references you save out of your camera roll.
Available on the App Store.
Updated 21 October 2026.