Rotato can capture a tethered iPhone and turn the take into a polished 3D mockup. Reely starts one layer earlier: your agent drives the feature flow and authors the edit around it.
Mac app · Agent skill · No recording session
Rotato and Reely overlap more than a simple “capture versus compositing” comparison suggests. Rotato’s Mac app can record a connected iPhone over USB, trim the take, and place it directly into a highly customizable 3D device animation. Reely instead drives a registered SwiftUI flow in the Simulator and uses each semantic step to author the camera, cuts, and timed callouts. Choose Rotato for hands-on 3D presentation and physical-device capture; choose Reely for repeatable, agent-generated feature reels.
What each workflow asks from you — and what comes out the other side.
| Capability | Reely | Rotato |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Finished iOS reel | 3D-mockup animation of your footage |
| Captures the app | Agent drives and records the Simulator | Records a human-driven iPhone over USB, or imports footage |
| Auto-zoom | Automatic | n/a (3D mockup motion) |
| Text | Authored step callouts, automatically timed | 3D labels and title tools; no automatic speech captions documented |
| Agent / CLI | MCP tool + CLI | Mac and web GUI; no documented agent CLI |
| Pricing | Free to create; $9.99/mo or $89.99/yr to export | Mac: one-time tiers; Web: separate subscription |
The practical differences you will feel every time you need a new demo.
Rotato can start with imported footage or record a connected iPhone directly. Either way, you operate the app and then direct the 3D scene, camera, timeline, labels, and export. Reely starts from a declarative feature flow. It drives registered SwiftUI actions in-process, captures interaction geometry and timing marks, then uses that same meaning to author the camera, cuts, and callout windows.
Rotato remains the deeper specialist for highly controlled 3D device presentation, while Reely specializes in generating the actual product story. You could create repeatable app footage with Reely, then bring it into Rotato when a campaign needs a more elaborate mockup shot. If direct iPhone capture and 3D art direction are the job, Rotato can handle both without Reely.
$9.99/month or $89.99/year. One plan with every feature included.
Rotato for Mac offers Basic, Standard, and Premium as one-time purchases. Rotato Web has separate monthly and yearly subscriptions; current checkout prices vary by product and plan.
Mac licenses keep working permanently and include six or twelve months of new mockups and feature updates, depending on tier.
They overlap in polished iOS marketing videos, but optimize for different work. Rotato specializes in hands-on 3D device presentation and can capture a tethered iPhone. Reely specializes in agent-driven, repeatable Simulator flows whose semantic steps author the edit.
Yes. Rotato for Mac can record a connected iPhone over USB and place the result directly into a device scene. You operate the app during the take; Reely instead drives registered actions in the Simulator from a Flow Spec.
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.