AppStills.Reasons to consider AppStills — and reasons to stay
Where AppStills is stronger
- Genuine real-time 3D editor (react-three-fiber) with 6-axis per-object transforms, perspective or orthographic camera, and 4 render styles — AppLaunchpad renders flat 2D frames only.
- AI store-listing import that pulls an app's name, screenshots and brand colours, plus AI-written headline/subtitle captions per screen — AppLaunchpad offers neither.
- Apple-approved 15–30s .mp4 app-preview video exported in-browser from the live 3D scene — AppLaunchpad is screenshot-only.
- Apple Watch and Wear OS export sizes — neither wearable is mentioned anywhere on AppLaunchpad's site, whose device coverage is iPhone/iPad and Android phones/tablets.
- Advanced device/background effects: drop shadow, gradient border, directional fades & dissolve, glass-floor reflection, vignette, and panorama backgrounds spanning multiple frames.
- Substantially lower price: $49.90/yr (~$4.16/mo) or $5.90/mo, versus AppLaunchpad's $29/mo or $180/yr — and the price is read live from Stripe so it can't drift from what's charged.
Where AppLaunchpad is stronger
- Far larger ready-made library: 1000+ pre-built templates (Pro), 5000+ graphics, 2K+ icons/SVGs, and 700+ fonts — much bigger than AppStills' templates gallery, and its free tier ships 10 templates + 100 layouts + 70 fonts to start from.
- An ecosystem of adjacent tools: App Icon Generator, iPhone/Android Mockup Generators, Device Art Generator, plus an App Store Tracker and Inspirations gallery for competitor research.
- Mature, established product with large social proof (claims 1M+ users and 20M+ images downloaded).
- Pro extras such as brand asset management and clone-project, aimed at teams managing many listings.
Verified 2026-07-21. AppLaunchpad details are from theapplaunchpad.com and can change — check their site for current pricing. For a full feature-by-feature table, see the AppStills vs AppLaunchpad comparison.
When to stick with AppLaunchpad
Choose AppLaunchpad if you want to move fast inside a very large library of pre-built 2D templates, graphics and fonts rather than composing scenes yourself, or if you need its adjacent tools — icon/mockup/device-art generators and the App Store Tracker for competitor research. It's also the safer pick if you value a long-established product with a big user base and simply don't need 3D posing, AI import, AI captions, .mp4 app-preview video, or Apple Watch / Wear OS sizes. If those capabilities matter — or price does — AppStills is the stronger and much cheaper choice.
Bottom line
AppStills and AppLaunchpad solve the same problem from opposite ends. AppLaunchpad wins on breadth of a mature 2D template-and-asset library and its surrounding toolset, and it has the larger, more established user base. AppStills wins on capability and depth: a real 3D editor, AI store-import and captions, app-preview video, Apple Watch / Wear OS sizes, richer effects, and a distinctly lower price ($49.90/yr or $5.90/mo vs $29/mo). If you mostly assemble screenshots from templates, AppLaunchpad's catalog is compelling; if you want to design differentiated 3D scenes, pull straight from a store listing, ship an app-preview video, or cover Apple Watch, AppStills does more for less. One caveat on the free tiers: AppStills' free plan limits you to one size/one language and one project (with no watermark), whereas AppLaunchpad's free export restriction is undisclosed on their site.