The Canva alternative for App Store & Play Store screenshots.
General-purpose design platform with app screenshot templates. Launch Shots is free with no watermarks, translates your screenshots and listing copy into 84 store languages, and publishes both straight to App Store Connect and Google Play Console.
Free forever. No credit card. No watermarks.
- No card
- required
- Zero
- watermarks
- 100k+
- shots created
- 110+
- templates
- 2,000+
- builders
Canva is a reasonable place to start if you already use it and want something quickly. It is not built for store listings, though: you manage store dimensions yourself, there is no translation into store languages, and nothing uploads to the stores. Launch Shots handles those specifically.
Canva is a general-purpose design platform with a large template library, including templates aimed at app store screenshots. It is a common starting point for founders without a designer. The free plan is usable but stamps a watermark on designs that include premium elements, which can be removed by a one-off licence purchase or a Canva Pro subscription. Canva Pro, Business and Enterprise tiers are subscriptions — check their pricing page for current rates.
Familiarity and breadth. If you already make your social posts and pitch decks in Canva, keeping screenshots there means one tool, one brand kit and no new subscription — and its template library dwarfs anything a specialist tool can maintain.
Canva does not know what a store listing is. Required dimensions are yours to look up and maintain, a premium element can put a watermark on an export you were about to ship, translating means rebuilding each design per language, and every file is exported and uploaded by hand. Launch Shots keeps the dimensions correct automatically, never watermarks anything, translates in place, and publishes to both stores.
Founders already comfortable in Canva who want a fast first draft without learning a new tool.
Launch Shots vs Canva, feature by feature
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| Feature | Launch Shots | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| Free with no watermark | Yes — every export, every plan | Watermark on free designs using premium elements |
| Free plan allowance | 1 full screenshot set / month, no card | Free plan, watermark on premium elements |
| Apple device frames | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac | Manual — generic device mockup elements |
| Android device frames | Pixel phones, plus Android phone and tablet export sizes | Manual — generic device mockup elements |
| Store languages | 3 free · 15 with credits or the Launch Kit · all 84 on Unlimited | Manual — rebuild per language |
| Templates | 100+, added weekly | Very large general template library |
| Device frames | 50+ frames | Generic mockup graphics, not store device frames |
| Direct upload to stores | Yes — App Store Connect + Play Console, multi-account | No |
| ASO console | Free on every plan — listing audit, keyword rank tracking, impact analysis | No |
| Platform | Web — any OS, any browser | Web + desktop and mobile apps |
| Subscription required | No — credits and the 14-day Launch Kit are one-time | Subscription (Pro, Business, Enterprise) |
| Pricing | Free · from $1.93/credit · $39 Launch Kit · $19/mo or $149/yr unlimited | Free tier · paid plans — see canva.com/pricing |
Now Launch Shots manages the whole listing, not just the screenshots.
The copy around your screenshots is half the listing, and it is usually the half that gets edited in a browser tab at midnight. Launch Shots reads it from the store, keeps every locale in one place, and writes it back when you are ready.
Listing — every locale
One grid · every locale · written back
- 01
Pull the live listing
Connect App Store Connect or Google Play with your own credentials, add an app, and every locale you have already published comes down as an editable draft.
- 02
Edit every field
Name, subtitle, description, keywords, promotional text, what’s new. Each one is checked against the store’s character limit while you write, so nothing gets rejected on submission.
- 03
Translate the rest
Write once in your source language and translate into the others. When the source copy moves, only the translations that went stale are flagged — hand-edited ones are left alone.
- 04
Publish copy and screenshots together
Bind your screenshot sets to a locale and push both back in one run. Anything that changed on the store since you pulled is shown side by side before a word is written.
Pulling, editing and translating are free. Credits are only spent when something is written to the store — 1 per locale published.
Launch in every language, not just English.
Translate a single screenshot into every App Store & Play Store language in one click. AI preserves your layout, fonts, and design — no re-design, no manual copy-paste. Right-to-left scripts and non-Latin characters just work.
Same screenshot · Every market · One click
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Every store language
From Spanish to Swahili
1-click workflow
No manual re-typing
Layout-preserving
Fonts, spacing, design intact
RTL & non-Latin
Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Thai
Loved by app creators.
Here's what people are saying after using Launch Shots for their app launches.
"I've tried a whole bunch of these tools, and this is BY FAR the best."
Downgate Labs
"Amazing tool, every developer should use to improve Appstore/Playstore marketing for your app(s)."
George
"I spent weeks teaching myself image editing just to make an app store display and it wasn't working out. I'm so glad I searched out a better way and found Launch Shots."
Jeff
"Thank you for making this tool! You are a saviour!"
Fenil
"Used this to generate some images for a Product Hunt launch — and I learned about this app on Product Hunt :) All in all, a pretty good experience. I was able to do everything I wanted. The ease of using the device frames was my favorite feature."
Ethan
"Really thanks to you and the developer team for this whole easy-to-use experience — and it's free! Thanks so much, you don't know how much you helped me."
The Rock
"Amazing"
Get Spnsr
"Straight forward and into the point, no complexity."
Mostafa
"Nice and clean."
Waleed
Frequently asked
Can I make App Store screenshots in Canva?
Yes — Canva has templates aimed at app screenshots. You are responsible for setting each design to the dimensions Apple and Google require, and for exporting and uploading everything yourself.
Does Canva watermark my screenshots?
On the free plan, designs that use premium elements carry a watermark until you buy a one-off licence for that content or subscribe to Canva Pro. Launch Shots never watermarks an export on any plan, including the free one.
Is Launch Shots a Canva alternative?
For store screenshots specifically, yes. Launch Shots maintains the exact dimensions each store requires, translates screenshots and listing copy into store languages, and uploads to App Store Connect and Google Play Console. Canva remains the better tool for everything else you design.
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