Comparison

Mockview vs Layerz App Designer

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

Layerz App Designer

Design interactive, functional app prototypes using real native components. Define data, behavior, and API connections visually. Offers templates and a design system for rapid creation and customization.

Highlights
  • Interactive native iOS component design
  • Data definition and manipulation
  • Action Flow for app behavior
  • Live API integration
  • Design System with themes
  • Reusable components
  • Genre and app templates
Features
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Layerz — Design Your App Layerz is a visual design tool for creating interactive, working iOS app designs — made of real native components. Define design, data, behavior, media, and live API connections in one place. Made for Creators - Designers creating interactive designs that actually work - Developers prototyping ideas fast - Makers bringing app ideas to life visually Design Native Design with real iOS components, not lookalikes. - Actual native components — buttons, lists, maps, web views, video, Lottie, link previews - Charts — bar, line, area, point, and pie, drawn from your data - Real Auto Layout, responsive on every screen size - Design System — color & typography tokens grouped into themes; switch a theme to re-skin your whole app - Turn any design into a reusable component Make It Stand Out Rich styling, ready in a tap. - Shapes — stars, blobs, waves, hearts, polygons, or your own SVG — and clip any view to a shape - Gradients with many colors and any angle, on backgrounds, text, and borders — plus slowly drifting mesh gradients - Layered shadows and glows, grain texture, blend modes, and one-tap style presets - Motion in the preview: appear animations with stagger, press effects, and SF Symbol effects - Bottom sheets, long-press context menus, smooth corners, letter spacing and line height - Import your own fonts Start fast: pick a genre template in one of three styles, then compose screens from ready-made sections and patterns. An interactive tour teaches the building blocks hands-on, right in the editor. Or open an interactive app design template — chat, banking, streaming, food delivery, language learning, focus timer, habits and more — preview it, then make it yours. Media & Services Bring your app to life beyond the screen. - Lottie animations, video, and audio assets — imported once, used anywhere - Services react to timers, battery, and connectivity: run an Action Flow or write readings straight into your data Design with Data Create and manage your own data directly inside Layerz. - Define custom data schemas, enums, and dates - Filter and sort lists with live conditions - Bind comparisons (true/false) for conditional UI like selection highlights - Reshape API data to fit your UI model with Data Transformers - Save data to disk — it's restored on the next run When data changes, UI updates automatically. Action Flow Action Flow lets you define how your app behaves. - Navigate between screens - Manipulate data and call APIs - Branch on conditions — if this, then that - Loop over arrays with For Each, and stop early with Guard - Control video, Lottie, and web views - Alerts, input prompts, sharing, sounds, haptics Connect Action Flows to events (button tap, screen load, etc.) — plus menus and enum-bound controls that write straight to your data. API Integration Connect your app to the real world. - Configure HTTP endpoints (GET, POST, and more) - Import OpenAPI / Swagger specs from a file or URL - Authentication, retries, and per-status responses - Bind responses straight to your UI Your prototype talks to real data. Cross-Platform Design across all your Apple devices. - iPhone - iPad Work seamlessly wherever you are. Free & Pro Start free: open any template and edit it, and keep one project — with everything inside: every design feature and theme, data, Action Flows, APIs, services, and the live preview. Pro (subscription) adds unlimited projects in Files and iCloud, and export: screen images and PDF, preview videos, design tokens, and project files. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://is.gd/hYxRSE We always welcome feedback. support@layerz.app

Screenshots

Mockview4 screens
Layerz App Designer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Layerz App Designer at 100% against Mockview's 80%. On price, update cadence, 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 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Layerz App Designer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mockview ships an update every 8 days, Layerz App Designer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mockview versus Layerz App Designer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMockviewLayerz App Designer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (126 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings126 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBalaji VenkateshLayerz Corp.

Customer experience

Mockview

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

Layerz App Designer

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mockview

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$8.491 Year
3 purchases

Layerz App Designer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Mockview free?
Mockview is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Layerz App Designer free?
Layerz App Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mockview or Layerz App Designer have ads?
Neither Mockview nor Layerz App Designer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mockview or Layerz App Designer?
Mockview ships an update every 8 days, and Layerz App Designer fortnightly. Most recently, Mockview was updated on November 11, 2026 and Layerz App Designer on November 2, 2026.

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