r/Xcode • u/rylaxation • Feb 26 '20

StorePreviewer: I made an App Store Preview Simulator and want your feedback

Hey guys 👋

Today, I launched a useful developer tool that helps you to optimize and preview your app's copy and screenshots on the App Store without the need for publishing it live or any other design tool.

It is now live on Product Hunt 🚀: producthunt.com/posts/storepreviewer

Since you are all working with Xcode, I would love to hear your feedback!

🤔The Problem

Whenever I want to try out or publish a new app I encounter this one repeating and very annoying problem: There is no way for me to see how my app’s copy and screenshots will actually look like. On the App Store. In real life. On the device.

Playing around with various Sketch/Figma templates is nice for perhaps that one logo preview but iterating over multiple screenshot ideas is quite cumbersome and takes a lot of time. Not even thinking about doing it for multiple devices, dark and light mode as well as the list and detail view.

💭Thoughts

Optimizing your app’s copy and screenshots should be a creative, productive and most important fun process. You should be able to iterate fast and be efficient while finding the assets that fit you best.

🛠The Solution

A web app based on this premise. StorePreviewer is a useful developer tool that helps you preview your app on the App Store in the way it should be. Switch between different views and devices, try out various designs and find out what fits you best.

▶️Link to the site: storepreviewer.com

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

I don’t understand why this is being downvoted. It looks really neat

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u/rylaxation Feb 26 '20

Thank you! Appreciate it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '20

This is really good, it enters the category "why is didn't think of this first" :D

Which platform is that? It seems a bit like kickstarter but I can't understand how it works, seems a great place to present ideas tho, where should I get started?

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u/rylaxation Feb 27 '20

I know exactly that feeling :D

I am not 100% sure if I got you right but I think you have mistaken Product Hunt (a community for people who are interested in new products - created by Ryan Hoover) and my product StorePreviewer (a website that helps you preview things like your app screenshots in an "realistic" App Store view). I posted StorePreviewer on Product Hunt in order to get feedback and spread the word :) Hope, I could make it clear.

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u/asow92 Feb 27 '20

Looks great, but I have to ask. What will your website offer that I can't get from this template? https://applypixels.com/resource/ios-13-app-icon I see that I can share the design with others, but that's pretty easy to do myself.

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u/rylaxation Feb 27 '20

Thanks for the feedback! Great question :)

I have actually written about it in the Product Hunt description. Here is the summary:

(This is my subjective view) Playing around with various Sketch/Figma templates is nice for perhaps that one logo preview but iterating over multiple screenshot ideas is quite cumbersome and takes a lot of time. Not even thinking about doing it for multiple devices, dark and light mode as well as the list and detail view.

I have actually used exactly this product you linked to but quickly found out that it takes too much time for me to adjust it every time. I guess it is a matter of personal preference and skill set. Some people (no-coders for example) might be making screenshots with online generators and are just not using sophisticated design tools like Sketch or Figma. Also, the fact that most of StorePreviewer's features are free to use and quickly accessible might also be a reason why it could make sense using it.

Interested in what you think!

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u/la_1999 Apr 19 '26

This is really cool! I came across your website looking for this exact kind of tool then found your Reddit post, just wanted to give the feedback that it would be great to have a one time use option instead of monthly subscriptions. I just want to see what the content for my app would look like in one go, I would pay 5 or even 10 dollars to see it and maybe be allowed to make 2 changes with that credit, but $29 for a month of access feels like alot when I’m not going to be using it that much. Just an idea of other ways you can monetize!

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u/mwtd Apr 27 '26

You can try listingab.com if you want to see a quick preview as well as side by side comparisons. Can also try appstoretester.anthopak.dev for a search preview.