Screenly is a screenshot mockup generator for mobile developers, providing device frames and App Store export presets on iOS.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Developer Tools
Sentiment
4.7
26 reviews
Nemesis
Color Harmony by Powsty
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Developers need to generate compliant marketing assets quickly, and Screenly removes the manual dimensioning and layout friction found in general design software.
For Mobile app developers and designers requiring professional-grade screenshot mockups for App Store listings.
What does it look like?
Key features
Adjusts device frame visibility, scale, and shadow settings for mockups.
Exports images in specific dimensions required for various App Store display sizes.
Gates advanced functionality and premium assets behind one-time or recurring payments.
How much does it cost?
Freemium model utilizing in-app purchases to gate advanced editing capabilities.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentUX improvementsperformanceShow more...
With only one release in the last 227 days, the app operates on a maintenance cadence. The latest version focused on interface redesign, battery optimization, and stability, but development has since stalled. There is no evidence of ongoing feature expansion or live operations, indicating a focus on basic upkeep rather than active growth.
Who built it?
Jem Alvarez
2 apps tracked · Developer Tools
TinyTable: Play iMessage GamesUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads thrilled. Users appreciate intuitive interface design allows users to customize screenshots with slick visual styles without complex editing tools and smooth application performance ensures that users can find and apply editing options without technical friction.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Intuitive interface design allows users to customize screenshots with slick visual styles without complex editing tools
- Smooth application performance ensures that users can find and apply editing options without technical friction
- Lack of device frame variety for newer hardware models limits the utility for current smartphone users
10 of 10 recent reviews analyzed · moderate confidence · Thrilled overall
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Competitive landscape for Screenly - Mockup Screenshots
How's the Developer Tools market?
Screenly occupies a niche in the developer tools category, with a 4.73 rating across 26 reviews. The lack of updates over the last 227 days signals a maintenance-mode posture that risks losing ground to rivals with more active hardware-support cycles.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Wojciech Walczyszyn
This app competes for the same design-conscious user base by providing professional-grade color management tools that serve as the foundation for the visual assets Screenly users create.
- Offers advanced RAL translation and professional color extraction tools that Screenly currently lacks for designers.
- Maintains a massive, long-standing user base with over 5,000 reviews, creating significant brand-as-category authority.
- Provides direct Adobe Photoshop export capabilities, streamlining the professional workflow better than standalone screenshot generators.
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Key takeaways for Screenly - Mockup Screenshots
Where is it heading?
The developer tool market for asset generation is consolidating around apps that maintain parity with Apple's hardware release schedule. Screenly's current maintenance-mode posture risks obsolescence as developers migrate to rivals that support the latest device frames.
- Seven-month update silence → inability to support new hardware → erosion of utility for developers launching new apps.
- High user satisfaction with the current interface → strong baseline retention → opportunity to monetize power users via project-based features.
The SWOT
- App Store export presets remove manual dimensioning friction
- Intuitive interface enables rapid asset generation
- Implement project-based organization to increase user retention
Next best moves
Ship updated device frames for recent hardware because user requests for new frames are the top complaint → increase utility
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
Screenly's lack of a tablet interface is a feature, not a bug…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Extensive multi-device layout library (available in Mizframa but missing here) +1
Since the last report: Development activity has effectively ceased, with the update gap widening to 227 days, leaving the app vulnerable to hardware-support obsolescence. The competitive focus has shifted from professional color standards to design-tool parity.
Bottom line
The current maintenance-mode cadence leaves Screenly vulnerable to rivals with faster hardware-support cycles. Prioritizing a device-frame update would address the primary churn driver and defend the app's position as a developer utility.
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Is Screenly suitable for professional app store listings?
How does Screenly compare to Mizframa?
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What is a good alternative to Screenly?
Sources
- [1] App Store listing, source
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