Comparison

Mockview vs ShowCuts

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

Head to head
About

Mockview

Easily transform your screenshots into professional mockups for various Apple devices. Showcase your designs for presentations, app demonstrations, and more with stunning visuals.

Highlights
  • Create mockups for iPhone, MacBooks, iMac, and Apple Watch
  • Generate stunning visuals
  • Ideal for presentations
  • Useful for app demonstrations
  • Supports various Apple devices
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Mockview wraps your screenshots and screen recordings in realistic Apple device frames such as iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Whether you are creating app demos, presentations, or App Store assets, Mockview makes your work look finished everywhere you share it. APP FEATURES: • Device Library: Choose from a full range of Apple devices, including the latest iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch frames. • Video Mockups: Wrap your screen recordings directly into device frames (Perfect for app demos and social media). • Keyframes: Add dynamic zoom and pan effects to your screen recordings to highlight key interactions. • 3D Mockups: Convert flat screenshots into stunning, angled 3D device mockups. • Customization: Personalize your mockups with bezels, custom backgrounds, shadows, and more. • Artboard: Arrange multiple device mockups and text together on a single canvas. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ShowCuts

Customize your device's home screen with a vast library of themes, widgets, and icon overlays. Discover unique wallpapers and create stunning mockups to personalize your phone's appearance. Get started easily with built-in tutorials and community support.

Highlights
  • Over 400 themes for home screen customization
  • ShowLive themes with weather and battery info
  • ShowAE for custom icon overlays
  • ScreenshotSL for mockup creation
  • Curated wallpaper collection
  • Widgy widget integration
  • Community support and tutorials
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• Being unique has never been so easy! Choose a theme for the ShowCuts App, download it, and apply it with ShowLive Shortcut. With over 400 themes and growing daily we have a theme to suit everyone's taste. From minimal Lockscreen themes that show the current weather condition to elaborate five-day forecast, moon phase, current weather, battery level, weather overlays... The list goes on! • Everything you need to know All the instructions on how to get started are in the App. Browse the How-To section and discover how to get going on your first ShowLive theme. There are videos too if that's what you prefer! • The Show Shortcuts have got you covered There's more than ShowLive. We have ShowAE and ScreenshotSL shortcuts included as well. Use ShowAE to add custom overlays to your icons to make them pop! Once you're happy with your ShowLive set up and you've themed your icons, finish it all off with one of the Mockups available in our ScreenshotSL shortcut. • Tired of the same Wallpaper? ShowCuts includes a dedicated section for Wallpapers from some of the best Wallpaper Artists out there. Filter by Artist or Colour to find that perfect Wallpaper for your iPhone. • Widgy widgets make it your home screen We all know Widgy is the best widget creation app on the AppStore so its an obvious choice for us to include the amazing creations from the Widgy community right inside the ShowCuts app. Filter by Creator and widget size to download and install your perfect widget in the Widgy app. • Join our growing community We have an amazing community on Discord who are there to help, discuss and create new ShowLive themes. 24hr support right there 7 days a week!

Screenshots

Mockview4 screens
ShowCuts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mockview at every 8 days against ShowCuts's every 2 months. Mockview also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 53%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.4). ShowCuts's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Mockview sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and ShowCuts sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mockview holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 126 and 63 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Mockview's written reviews are positive against 53% of ShowCuts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mockview ships an update every 8 days, ShowCuts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mockview versus ShowCuts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMockviewShowCuts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (126 ratings) — better4.4 (63 ratings)
Positive reviews79.5% of reviews — better52.9% of reviews
Number of ratings126 — better63
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBalaji VenkateshSean Kelly

Customer experience

Mockview

All ratings125 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive79.5%
Neutral9.8%
Negative10.7%

ShowCuts

All ratings63 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive52.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative47.1%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Mockview

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$8.491 Year
One-time3
  • Base Tip$0.99
  • Pro Tip$1.99
  • Pro Max Tip$5.99
3 purchases

ShowCuts

One-time3
  • Bronze Donation$0.99
  • Silver Donation$2.99
  • Gold Donation$4.99

Questions

Is Mockview free?
Mockview is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShowCuts free?
ShowCuts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mockview or ShowCuts?
Mockview is rated higher. Mockview averages 4.6 out of 5 from 126 ratings, while ShowCuts averages 4.4 from 63 ratings.
Do Mockview or ShowCuts have ads?
Neither Mockview nor ShowCuts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mockview or ShowCuts?
Mockview ships an update every 8 days, and ShowCuts every 2 months. Most recently, Mockview was updated on October 27, 2026 and ShowCuts on October 24, 2026.

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