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Product notes, engineering write-ups, and release news from the team building Reely.

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Guides

App Store Screenshot Dimensions and Requirements (2026)

Nine near-identical pages publish the same table. None of them tell you how to originate a pixel-exact file, which is the only part that ever goes wrong.

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Comparisons

Reely vs Rotato for iOS Simulator Videos: Automated Reels or Manual Framing?

Reely vs Rotato is a decision between automation and control.

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Guides

SaaS Demo Video: How to Make One That Sells

Most guides assume you can already record clean footage and that the output is one file. Both assumptions are wrong, and both are why the video never ships.

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Comparisons

iOS App Preview Video Generator: Simulator vs Physical Device Capture for Launch Videos

If you’re choosing an iOS app preview video generator from simulator footage or debating physical device capture for App Store preview automation, you’re…

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Guides

How to Make an App Promo Video That Converts

Three destinations, three sets of rules, one take. Decide where the video is going before you write a word of it, because one of the three destinations will reject what the templates make.

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Comparisons

iOS App Preview Video Generator From Simulator: Kap vs ios-sim vs Xcode vs Reely

Meta title: iOS app preview video generator from simulator — Kap vs ios-sim vs Xcode vs Reely

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Guides

How to Market an App: The Solo Developer's Playbook

Your marketing budget is hours, not dollars. The order of the steps decides the outcome more than the list of channels does — and the first hours belong to your product page.

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Comparisons

Rotato vs Raw iOS Simulator Captures — Best iOS App Preview Video Generator for App Store & Launch Videos

For mobile developers, choosing the right iOS app preview video generator from simulator recordings is now part of the launch stack.

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Comparisons

Screen Studio for Mac vs Generic Video Editors: Is It Worth It for Dev Demos?

If you ship iOS features fast, you eventually hit the same wall: you can build the app, but your launch video still takes all weekend.

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Comparisons

RocketSim Alternatives for iOS App Demo Videos

RocketSim is thirty-plus tools in one app. The right replacement depends on which of them you actually stopped using, so decide that before you install anything else.

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Comparisons

Reely vs Screen Studio iOS App Demos: Timeline Editing or AI‑Native Launch Video Generator?

If you ship iOS features fast, you probably feel the pain of making App Store preview videos, Product Hunt trailers, and X-ready feature reels.

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Guides

App Store Preview Video: Specs, Sizes and Requirements

Apple publishes the numbers. Nobody publishes the arithmetic — no iPhone screen is shaped like 886 x 1920, and the popular fix for that is itself a rejection reason.

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Comparisons

Screen Studio Pricing vs Mac Alternatives: What Indie Devs Actually Need

Indie iOS developers ship fast. Your tools for screen recording, App Store previews, and launch videos need to keep up — without turning into a second SaaS…

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Guides

How to Make an App Demo Video (Without Recording One)

Every guide has one answer to "where does the footage come from." There are three, and which one you pick decides how well your cuts land.

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Comparisons

Screen Studio Alternatives: Best Mac Tools for App Launch Videos in 2026

If you’re a Mac-based mobile developer, you’ve probably heard of Screen Studio. It’s become a go-to for polished screen recordings and iOS app demos—but it…

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Guides

What Is a Product Demo Video? Types, Length and Examples

Most guides sort these videos by tone. Sort them by what footage you start from instead — that predicts the effort, the price, and the pain when the UI changes.

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Comparisons

Mac screen capture for iOS launch videos: Reely vs Kap vs Rotato

Meta title (≈58 chars): Reely vs Kap vs Rotato – Mac screen capture for app launch

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Comparisons

Best Free Mac Screen Recorders for App Demo Videos (Developers): QuickTime vs Kap vs macOS Screenshot

If you’re a builder first and a marketer second, you still need the best screen recording tools for app demos developers can trust.

Indie Mac developer comparing Kap, OBS, Shottr, and Reely for iOS app launch video recording

Comparisons

Open Source Screen Video Capture on Mac: Kap vs OBS vs Shottr (and Where Reely Fits for App Launch Videos)

If you’re shipping iOS features fast, you’ve probably asked a version of this question:

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Guides

Screen Studio Alternatives for App Demo Videos (2026)

Every list sorts these tools by price. For an app demo the question that decides it is what you already have — a clean take, only screenshots, or nothing yet.

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Guides

What Is an AI App Demo Video Generator?

Sort the category by one question — when the video plays, what is on screen? An AI presenter, your screenshots, or your app actually running. That answer decides the rest.

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Comparisons

Rotato vs. Traditional Screen Recorders: Best Mac Capture Workflow for iOS UI Demos

Apple wants App Store preview footage captured off a real device — not the Simulator. Here's where Rotato, screen recorders and Simulator capture each actually belong.

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Comparisons

Kap vs Native Mac Screen Recording: Which Capture Tool Is Best for Indie App Devs?

Use native capture for the fastest free clips, Kap when you care about export formats and plugins, and Reely when you need a launch-ready app demo — not just raw footage.