Comparison

Screenshot vs Developer Laboratory

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Screenshot

Easily create professional-looking app store screenshots with custom frames and text. Supports various iPhone and iPad models for portrait orientation.

Highlights
  • Generate app screenshots with frames
  • Add custom text to screenshots
  • Supports iPhone 8 Plus, X, XR, XS, XS Max, 11 Pro
  • Supports iPad Pro (11-inch, 12.9-inch)
  • Portrait orientation support
Features
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Quickly generate screenshots for your app submission. Generate an image with a beautiful frame and one line of text you enter. This app supports generating screenshots for: - iPhone 8 Plus (Portrait only) - iPhone X / XR / XS / XS Max / 11 Pro (Portrait only) - iPad Pro (11 inch, 12.9 inch) (Portrait only) Note: You have to run this application on the same device that you captured the screenshot on. For example, you can take a screenshot on your iPhone X, and run this application to generate an store image with that screenshot.

About

Developer Laboratory

This app provides a collection of example code and UI components for iOS developers. It demonstrates various functionalities like app icon creation, image viewing, web page loading, and custom controls. Access the source code to learn implementation details.

Highlights
  • APP icon creation
  • Imitation of WeChat Moments
  • Web page loading
  • Custom UI components
  • QR code scanning
  • Facial tracking
  • Database operations
Features
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iOS Technical Sharing (APP icon creation, imitation of WeChat Moments, imitation of WeChat image viewer, preventing @mentions on Sina Weibo, imitation of Alipay password prompt, imitation of Post Circle, tags, JS interaction + WK, loading web pages, adaptive cell height, embedding video player in TableView to prevent lag, custom beautiful popups, address selection, time selection, color selection, custom navigation control, carousel, QR code scanning, facial tracking, custom camera, ID card photo capture, iOS media player, AVPlayer encapsulation, dropdown selection popup, Snake game, marquee, adaptive height for TableView, native image download caching, folder operations, database operations, third-party login, sharing, payment, Apple installation agreement, data transfer between apps, acknowledgments for support) https://github.com/HansenCCC/YPLaboratory YPLaboratory is the source code for this project. If you want to see how it's implemented, you can click to view the source code. https://github.com/HansenCCC/YPUIKit-ObjC YPUIKit-ObjC is the framework for this project, providing many out-of-the-box functionalities. It includes in-app purchases, subscriptions, prompt dialogs, app info, user agent retrieval, device info, unique identifiers (persistent even after deletion), badges, useful buttons, common categories, MD5, hooks, regular expressions, hashed colors, image matrices, black-and-white images, base64 images, navigation settings, handy input fields, file management, floating draggable buttons, single-line input, multi-line input, loading dialogs, custom dialogs, local logs, marquee, waterfall flow, carousel, image preview, and more.

Screenshots

Screenshot3 screens
Developer Laboratory3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Screenshot at Free against Developer Laboratory's $0.99. Screenshot also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Developer Laboratory's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Screenshot is free to download; Developer Laboratory costs $0.99 up front. Developer Laboratory sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Screenshot asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Screenshot ships an update daily, Developer Laboratory monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Screenshot versus Developer Laboratory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreenshotDeveloper Laboratory
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating—4.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShunzhe Ma恒盛 程

Customer experience

Screenshot

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Developer Laboratory

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Screenshot

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Developer Laboratory

One-time8
  • 0 ice cola$0.99
  • 1 ice cola$0.99
  • A sip of iced cola$0.99
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  • 一元商品$0.99
  • 2 ice cola$1.99
  • 3 ice cola$2.99
  • 4.16 ice cola$3.99
  • 16.5 ice cola$14.99

Questions

Is Screenshot free?
Screenshot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Developer Laboratory free?
Developer Laboratory costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Screenshot or Developer Laboratory have ads?
Neither Screenshot nor Developer Laboratory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Screenshot or Developer Laboratory?
Screenshot ships an update daily, and Developer Laboratory monthly. Most recently, Screenshot was updated on August 23, 2026 and Developer Laboratory on September 28, 2026.

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