Fern vs MobileAPI: which is better? (2026)

MobileAPI

Device specifications API with 31,000+ phones, tablets & wearables.

MobileAPI is a device specifications API built for developers who need accurate hardware data on phones, tablets and wearables without maintaining their own database. It covers more than 31,000 devices and returns specs, images and pricing through a REST API. What the API provides Lookup specifications for over 31,000 phones, tablets and wearables Retrieve device images alongside specification data Access pricing information for listed devices Query data through a REST API for integration into other applications Use a free tier to access the API before committing to a paid plan Who uses MobileAPI MobileAPI is suited to developers and teams building products that need device-aware data, such as e-commerce sites comparing phone specs, trade-in or resale platforms pricing used devices, review sites displaying accurate hardware details, and internal tools that need to identify a device by model. Anyone who would otherwise hand-maintain a spreadsheet of phone specifications can instead query the API directly. For a maker, MobileAPI removes the recurring work of tracking new device releases and updating specification data by hand. Instead of scraping manufacturer pages or maintaining a static dataset, an app can call the REST API on demand and get current specs, images and pricing, starting on the free tier while evaluating fit.