Screenshot vs Developer Laboratory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Screenshot
Easily create professional-looking app store screenshots with custom frames and text. Supports various iPhone and iPad models for portrait orientation.
- 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
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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.
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.
- APP icon creation
- Imitation of WeChat Moments
- Web page loading
- Custom UI components
- QR code scanning
- Facial tracking
- Database operations
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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
Verdict
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
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.
Screenshot ships an update daily, Developer Laboratory monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Screenshot | Developer Laboratory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shunzhe Ma | 恒盛 程 |
Customer experience
Screenshot
Developer Laboratory
In-app purchases
Screenshot
No in-app purchases
Developer Laboratory
- 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
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