iOS demo video comparison

Reely vs RocketSimFrom shipped feature to finished reel — not just a capture.

RocketSim is a broad Simulator toolbox. Reely is the focused production workflow that turns your real SwiftUI feature into the video you can publish.

Mac app · Agent skill · No recording session

The straight answer

Start with the job, not the feature list.

RocketSim is a Swiss-army companion for iOS development. Its CLI and Agent Skill can inspect the visible UI, tap, swipe, type, wait for changes, and capture screenshots or recordings; the app also covers network inspection, design comparison, deep links, physical-device testing, and more. Reely is the focused production pipeline: its Flow Spec drives registered app state and carries semantic interaction marks into cuts, camera motion, and caption timing. Pick RocketSim for agentic testing and capture breadth; pick Reely when you want the finished marketing reel authored from the feature flow.

See the difference, line by line.

What each workflow asks from you — and what comes out the other side.

CapabilityReelyRocketSim
What you getFinished auto-zoomed, captioned reelBezel / touch-indicator recording you assemble
How it’s madeAgent drives registered feature actions from a specAgent or human drives the UI; RocketSim captures it
Auto-zoomAutomatic, toward each stepNot automatic (manual framing)
CaptionsAuthored step copy, automatically timedNo built-in semantic callout-authoring workflow
Touch indicatorsRendered from real driven interactionsYes (a RocketSim strength)
Debugging toolsNo — reels onlyYes — network, deep links, design diff, etc.
Brand themingTheme-from-appManual backgrounds & bezels
Agent / CLIMCP + CLI for capture and reel authoringCLI + Agent Skill for UI interaction and capture
PricingFree to create; $9.99/mo or $89.99/yr to exportFree; Personal in-app; Teams €120/seat/yr

Where the workflows really split.

The practical differences you will feel every time you need a new demo.

01

A workshop vs a single sharp tool

RocketSim is a tool you keep open all day: let an agent inspect and interact with the running app, record clips, inspect network traffic, test deep links, compare designs, and work with physical devices. Reely stays focused on video production: it captures repeatable feature flows and can also compose free-form teasers, with a Mac editor available for refinement. They overlap at capture, but the jobs remain different enough that many teams could use both.

02

Recording vs authoring

RocketSim no longer requires a human to perform every flow: its agent can find visible elements, interact with them, wait for UI changes, and record the result. Reely’s difference is downstream meaning. Its declarative Flow Spec drives registered SwiftUI actions, captures pre-action geometry and labeled timing marks, then reuses those marks to author the camera, cuts, and callout windows.

03

Both speak “agent” — at different layers

RocketSim gives an agent an external accessibility-driven control loop around the running Simulator, alongside its broader debugging toolkit. Reely uses a feature registry and in-process state mutations, so every authored action is already a semantic editorial event. RocketSim is stronger as an everyday agentic development companion; Reely is stronger when those actions must become a directed, branded reel.

Choose for the job you actually have.

Reely

Choose the generated workflow if…

  • You want the marketing reel generated for you
  • You want automatic auto-zoom and captions
  • You want monthly or annual access to the complete reel workflow
  • Your agent already writes the feature — let it make the demo
RocketSim

Choose RocketSim if…

  • You want an everyday Simulator power-tool, not just videos
  • You want an agent to inspect, tap, swipe, type, and verify UI flows
  • You need network, deep-link, or design debugging
  • You’re happy to record and frame clips yourself
  • You want manual control over each recording

Pricing, without the fog.

Reely

Every feature. One plan.

$9.99/month or $89.99/year. One plan with every feature included.

RocketSim

Their pricing

Free plan; Personal Pro at the local Mac App Store price; Teams at €10 per seat/month, billed as €120 annually.

Questions, answered.

For producing marketing reels, yes. RocketSim is the broader agentic development companion: it can drive and capture the UI, then help with debugging and testing. Reely specializes in turning a semantic feature flow into the finished directed reel.

Reely renders interactions from the real driven flow, so taps and gestures are visible in context. RocketSim’s touch indicators are a manual recording feature.

RocketSim’s skill can inspect, interact with, and record the running app. Reely adds an editorial pipeline: semantic flow steps become camera targets, cut points, and timed callouts, producing a finished marketing reel rather than only a capture.

Absolutely. Many teams keep RocketSim for day-to-day inspection and use Reely specifically to produce polished demo reels.

Your agent shipped the app.
Now let it ship the reel.

Describe the flow. Get a directed, branded, captioned video of your real iOS feature.

Free to create. Subscribe only when you export. From $9.99/month.