The user wants to be able to generate video previews of the app store screenshots using ScreenMagic.
I spent a full weekend making App Store screenshots instead of fixing bugs, so I built a tool to automate it Hey everyone! I'm Francis, a solo dev from France. I've been shipping apps for years, and there's one part of the process I've always hated: making App Store screenshots. Every single time, it's the same pain: * Open Figma (or worse, Canva) * Spend 3–4 hours trying to make something that doesn't look terrible * Realize your screenshots look nothing like the top apps in your category * Consider hiring a designer ($500 to $2,000 for a set) * End up shipping mediocre screenshots because of deadlines After my last launch, I snapped. I had just lost an entire weekend on screenshots when I should have been fixing bugs. So I built ScreenMagic. How it works 1. Upload your raw app screenshots 2. Browse 1,000+ real styles from top App Store apps (Instagram, TikTok, Notion, etc.) 3. Pick a style you like 4. The AI restyles your screenshots to match it: backgrounds, text overlays, device frames, everything 5. Download the screenshots in every size Apple and Google require The whole process takes about 30 seconds per screenshot. Tech stack (for the curious) * Next.js 16 (App Router) + React 19 * Google Gemini + Claude for the AI generation pipeline * Firebase (auth, Firestore, storage) * Stripe for payments * Tailwind CSS 4 * Deployed on Vercel What I learned building it AI image generation has become really good for structured tasks like this. It is not “generate a random image”. It is more like “take this layout pattern and apply it to this content”. That makes it much more reliable. The hardest part was not the AI. It was building the style library. I had to scrape and catalog more than 1,000 real App Store designs so users have solid references. Pricing was also tricky. I ended up with a credit system ($0.50 per screenshot) or monthly plans starting at $19/month. Where I'm at I just launched, so it's still early days. I'm working on improving generation quality and figuring out acquisition. Fully bootstrapped. No funding, no team. Just me building something I needed myself. Try it free (10 credits, no card required): [https://appscreenmagic.com?utm\_source=reddit&utm\_medium=post&utm\_campaign=r\_sideproject\_launch](https://appscreenmagic.com?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=r_sideproject_launch) I would love feedback on: * Generation quality. Does it look professional enough? * Pricing. Is $0.50 per screenshot fair for indie devs? * Any styles or features you would want? Happy to answer anything about the tech or business side.