iOS demo video comparison

Reely vs SlideshotThe agent-made demo workflow, built for native iOS.

Slideshot applies the idea to web apps. Reely applies it to registered SwiftUI feature actions, native system transitions, and iPhone-focused output.

Mac app · Agent skill · No recording session

The straight answer

Start with the job, not the feature list.

Slideshot shares Reely’s entire idea — an AI agent drives your app and hands back a finished MP4, no manual editing — but Slideshot records web apps in a browser. Reely does the same for native iOS in the Simulator. If you’re demoing a website or web app, Slideshot; if you’re demoing a native iOS/SwiftUI app, Reely. Both remove the recording-and-editing workflow.

See the difference, line by line.

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

CapabilityReelySlideshot
What you getAuto-generated iOS demo reelAuto-generated web demo video
PlatformNative iOS / SwiftUI (Simulator)Web apps (browser)
How it’s madeAI agent drives the appAI agent drives the app
Auto-zoom & polishAutomaticAutomatic
Text overlaysAuthored step callouts, automatically timedIntro cards and keyboard-shortcut overlays
Agent / MCPMCP-native (Claude / Cursor / Codex)MCP-native (Claude / Cursor / Codex)
PricingFree to create; $9.99/mo or $89.99/yr to exportPay per attempt (~$0.90/recording)

Where the workflows really split.

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

01

Same idea, different platform

Slideshot and Reely agree on the big bet: the agent that drives your app should also make the demo, without requiring a timeline pass. The split is primarily platform. Slideshot drives a browser, including authenticated product areas. Reely drives registered actions in an iOS Simulator build, so real SwiftUI navigation and system transitions play from app state a browser cannot reach.

02

Why native iOS needs its own approach

You can’t point a browser automation tool at an iOS app. Reely builds an iOS harness, launches your feature in the Simulator, and drives the real navigation and state objects inside `withAnimation` so genuine native transitions play. It captures device-native portrait video and anchors the trim on a sync frame. That’s a fundamentally different pipeline from web recording.

03

Per-attempt vs per-shipped-reel

Slideshot charges per recording (around $0.90 each, with bundles), so every attempt costs money and experimenting adds up. Reely makes creating free and unlimited — you only pay to export, at $9.99 monthly or $89.99 annually. Iterating on a reel until it lands costs nothing; you pay for the ones you ship. Many shipping-both-platforms teams could reasonably use Slideshot for the web app and Reely for the iOS app.

Choose for the job you actually have.

Reely

Choose the generated workflow if…

  • Your product is a native iOS / SwiftUI app
  • You want real SwiftUI state and system transitions, not a web approximation
  • You make iOS demos often and prefer predictable access
  • You want device-native portrait, 9:16, or 16:9 output
Slideshot

Choose Slideshot if…

  • Your product is a web app, dashboard, or website
  • You want pay-per-use for occasional demos
  • You don’t need native mobile capture

Pricing, without the fog.

Reely

Every feature. One plan.

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

Slideshot

Their pricing

Pay per use — about $0.90 per recording (10 for ~$9). No subscription. Note the unit: Slideshot charges per attempt, so iterating costs money. Reely lets you build and re-render as much as you like for free and charges only when you export a finished video — about 100 recordings’ worth for a year.

Questions, answered.

No — Slideshot drives a browser, so it records web apps. For native iOS/SwiftUI, Reely drives the Simulator instead.

It shares the same idea — an agent drives the app and returns a finished video — applied to native iOS. The capture pipeline (Simulator harness, native animations, sync-frame trim) is built specifically for iOS.

If you ship both a web app and an iOS app, that’s reasonable: Slideshot for the web demo, Reely for the iOS demo.

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.