Launched this week
Shotwell
The screenshot editor for iPhone.
266 followers
The screenshot editor for iPhone.
266 followers
Shotwell adds device frames, backgrounds, and shadows to iPhone screenshots natively on your phone. For developers, designers, and indie makers who share work online.
Shotwell caught my eye because it solves a problem I didn't realise was annoying me until I stopped doing it.
It's a native iPhone app that adds device frames, backgrounds, shadows, and clean layouts to your screenshots directly on your phone.
The gap it fills: polishing a screenshot for sharing usually means airdropping it to a Mac, opening a design tool, doing the framing, exporting, and sending it back. That round trip adds friction every single time.
Shotwell removes the round trip entirely. Import a screenshot, style it, export. That's the whole loop, on device.
What makes it different is that it's built natively for iPhone, not a mobile wrapper around a web tool. The editing is focused and intentional, not a stripped-down version of something bigger.
Key features:
Device frames for clean product presentation
Background, shadow, and stroke controls
Adjustable padding, roundness, and inset via the Tune menu
Presets to save and reapply your preferred look
Export, copy, or share in one action
Built for developers sharing app updates, designers documenting UI work, and indie makers who post screenshots regularly and want them to look intentional.
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@rohanrecommends What's the most requested frame/background combo you've seen from users so far, and any preset tweaks on the roadmap for super-niche devices like older iPhones?
The airdrop-to-Mac-to-Figma-to-export loop for polishing one screenshot is absurd and I've been doing it for years without questioning it. Having this directly on iPhone makes so much sense for quick app store screenshot updates or sharing progress on social. Do you support custom device frames or just the default iPhone ones?
native on-device is the right call - nobody wants to upload screenshots to a web tool. does it handle the dynamic island cutout automatically or is that manual?
This is exactly what I've been looking for — I'm about to launch my first iOS app and was dreading having to use a desktop tool just to make screenshots look presentable for the App Store and social.
Does it support custom backgrounds or just presets?
Cool launch!
The defaults look super clean. Any thoughts on letting users save their own custom background/shadow presets for a consistent brand look?
I was doing the same thing, but it’s not easy to discover opportunities like this, I always just stick to the way I've been doing things. In that sense, it would be great if, like on Android, you could edit immediately after taking a screenshot. This app seems to meet that need perfectly.
I've been doing the exact loop you describe, screenshot on phone, export to Mac, edit in Figma, export again. Quick question: do you have plans to support App Store screenshot sizes? Going from a raw capture to something App Store ready without leaving the phone would save me a ton of time.