The app was done. The screenshots weren't.

With the rise of vibe coding, more and more people are building their own services. Some of you might be building apps and planning to ship them to the App Store or Google Play.

I've been in IT for nearly 10 years and have published quite a few apps to stores. But I've been rejected more than once. Not because of bugs, but because of screenshots.

More people face this than you'd think

According to Apple's 2024 App Store Transparency Report, out of 7.77 million submissions, about 380,000 were rejected for design guideline violations. In the worst cases, apps were removed entirely. (42,252 apps were removed for design violations)

Google Play doesn't publish similar data, but combined, the number of people running into this problem is likely much higher.

You've built the whole app, but you're stuck on screenshots. One day, two days, sometimes a whole week lost.

How do the big apps handle it?

I looked into it myself. X, Instagram, ChatGPT, Duolingo. Instead of creating elaborate designs, they all use a simple approach: put screenshots inside device mockups.

More people are building apps with vibe coding, and I think they'll hit the same wall soon.

So I built something.

appkit

Select your store. Pick a mockup. Edit simply. Download up to 32 images in under 3 minutes.

I hope no one has to get stuck on store screenshots again.

Try it now at appkit.work