Comparison

SMPRO vs Frame Screenshots

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

Head to head
About

SMPRO

Easily add realistic iPhone, iPad, and Mac frames to your images and videos. Showcase prototypes, designs, and educational content with over 1,000 available mockups. Enhance your visuals with customizable backgrounds and animated elements.

Highlights
  • Add iPhone, iPad, Mac frames
  • Combine multiple mockups
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Animated elements
  • Over 1,000 mockups
  • Supports videos
Features
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SMPRO creates iPhone frames on your images and videos. There is a limit of 3 saved images per day, but all functions are free. Downloaded over 400,000! SMPRO has a long history, with the first release in August 2013. Since then, now contains over 1,000 mocks! [Combine Multiple Mockups into a Single Image] Utilize mockups to showcase prototypes and demonstrations of websites and mobile apps. Combine multiple devices to emphasize the real user experience. Enhance the business context by adding office imagery and professional decorations. [Apple Watch and Mac Mockups Available] Create an appealing portfolio by incorporating your artwork into mockups, designed especially for artists and designers. Use Mac frames to highlight your designs and illustrations. Add creative elements to the background to enhance the overall atmosphere of your artwork. [Seamlessly Blend Images and Videos, Customize Backgrounds] Develop educational content by capturing screenshots of educational materials and tutorials using mockups. Visually represent app interfaces or online learning platforms using device frames. Enhance the learning atmosphere by adding backgrounds such as schools or libraries. [Add Life to Your Frames with Moving or CG Elements] Produce social media advertisements using mockups for apps and websites. Capture users' attention by adding vibrant backgrounds and captivating decorations. [Supported mocks] Over 1,000 frames in total for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook, iPod, etc. [Supported OS] iOS 14 and above [Disclaimer] While we take utmost care in app development, we cannot be held responsible for any damages or losses incurred from the use of this app, including any unexpected bugs. Please understand and acknowledge this disclaimer before using the app. SMPRO charges for the following two types of items. 1. "Unlimited Daily Saving" removes the limit of 3 saves per day. 2. You can save some "paying mockups" without seeing the ads.

About

Frame Screenshots

Enhance your screenshots by adding custom device frames, backgrounds, and lighting effects. Perfect for showcasing app designs, home screen layouts, or gaming captures with a professional touch. Automate the process with shortcuts and Siri integration.

Highlights
  • Add device frames (iPhone, iPad, Mac, etc.)
  • Apply custom backgrounds (gradients, patterns, images)
  • Adjust lighting and shadow effects
  • Automatic screenshot detection
  • Batch processing with Shortcuts and Siri
  • Custom frame support
Features
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“Shareshot does things that a shortcut can’t, and the results it produces look fantastic.” - MacStories “The first app that’s taken a spot on my main Control Center screen is Shareshot.” — Stephen Robles “One of the things I liked most about Shareshot is that it’s very intuitive.” — 9to5Mac ~~ Winner of MacStories Selects "Best Design" 2024 ~~ ~~ Upgradies 2024 Runner-up: Best Newcomer iOS App ~~ Create beautiful images for sharing screenshots, social posts, text, source code, podcasts and more so quickly it seems unreal. UNLIMITED FREE USE WITH NO WATERMARKS on single framed screenshots. WHAT YOU CAN DO * Add a perfectly fitted device frame to screenshots from iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and more. Perfect for sharing lock & home screen setups, promoting apps or adding device images to web content. Use batch mode to process many images instantly with consistent results. * Hide or blur personal information like names, faces and bank details with a single tap. * Instantly create images from social post links for reposting or adding to presentation slides, with option to include original links and QR Codes. (Supports X, BlueSky, Mastodon) * Add text or Markdown to post online as images using the supplied themes for announcements or promotions. * Paste source code fragments to get syntax-highlighted images for sharing online or in presentations. * Import links to automatically create attractive "card" images for sharing. All standard device bezels are included for free, always. A Pro subscription removes restrictions on more advanced features including: batch mode, custom background images, custom frame images, and Shortcuts. BACKGROUNDS * Add a pretty background — with thousands of gradient variations, striped patterns, and LGBTQ+ and solidarity flags to show off your screenshot. * Highlight your image with the light position control for shadow and lighting effects in the background. * Use any custom image as a background. (*) MAGIC IMPORT * Paste, Drop, Open or directly type in text that is automatically rendered as an attractive image. * Text and Markdown is converted to an image using themes provided. * Source Code is drawn with syntax highlighting. * Links to Social Posts produce social "cards" without having to crop a screenshot (X, BlueSky and Mastodon). * Apple Music, Apple Maps, App Store, YouTube and podcast links all create shareable card images. BATCH MODE (*) * Import many images in batch mode, apply the same style settings to all and see the changes instantly with automatic file naming. * Customize per-image settings like device frame, corner radius and privacy redactions. * Create framed or text-based image carousels by dropping/importing multiple files and drag out the resulting images directly into another app to post them. PRIVACY * Automatic detection of Identification, Financial information and Faces. * Always automatically hides Financial information. * Tap a button to hide a piece of information or show it. * Multiple redaction styles. THE PERFECT FRAME * Device frames always fit the resolution of the screenshot, no janky stretched or cropped images. * Add your own custom frame with a clear area where the screenshot should be — frame any images! * Use any image if no frame is required, or choose "No frame" if you prefer to go without. SHORTCUTS & SIRI * Automate batch processing with powerful Shortcuts actions to frame each screenshot in the input. * Many powerful Shortcut Intents: "Frame last screenshot", "Open Shareshot with most recent screenshot", "Frame Screenshots", "Frame Screenshots with a custom background", "Create Image from Text", "Create Image from Links" and "Create Image from Source Code". * Siri "App Shortcut" support for saying "New Shareshot" to frame the last screenshot, opens the app ready for you to tweak the background. (*) - Requires Pro For Terms of Use see: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SMPRO4 screens
Frame Screenshots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Frame Screenshots at none against SMPRO's shown. Frame Screenshots also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (78% vs 65%). SMPRO's advantage is ratings volume (386 vs 88) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, 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

Both are free to download. SMPRO sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Frame Screenshots sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Frame Screenshots holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 386 and 88 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of SMPRO's written reviews are positive against 78% of Frame Screenshots's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SMPRO ships an update every 6 weeks, Frame Screenshots every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SMPRO versus Frame Screenshots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSMPROFrame Screenshots
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (386 ratings)4.7 (88 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.8% of reviews77.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings386 — better88
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size303 MB248 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakahiko HatanoMontana Floss Co.

Customer experience

SMPRO

All ratings386 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews159 reviews
Positive64.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative27.7%

Frame Screenshots

All ratings88 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative10.0%

User reviews

SMPRO

From 386 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Helpful and time-saving
  • 🚀 Game-changing for developers
  • 👍 User-friendly and productive
  • 👍 Fantastic and invaluable app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 🔧 Complicated and unintuitive UI
  • 💰 Greedy with in-app purchases
  • 🔋 Slow rendering times
  • 📺 Ads in a paid app

Frame Screenshots

From 88 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • ✨ Visually pleasing design
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient workflow
  • 📱 Supports various devices (iPhone, Switch, Mac)
  • 💡 Great integration with Shortcuts

Room to improve

  • 💸 Subscription model disliked
  • 💧 Watermark in free version
  • 🖼️ Limited frame selection
  • 🤔 Auto-detection can be problematic
  • 💰 Pro features locked behind paywall

Bugs and requests

SMPRO

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when uploading iPhone X screenshots
  • Inability to restore in-app purchases
  • Incorrect device frame sizes for App Store

Requested features

5 requests
  • Support for new iPad Pro M4
  • Support for iPhone 13 series
  • Support for more Mac and iMac models
  • Transparent video background option
  • Matte design scheme

Frame Screenshots

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App doesn't see screenshots taken with Shortcuts
  • Auto-detection fails for certain devices (e.g., MacBook Air)
  • Landscape screenshots cause errors
  • Frame packs not working unless metadata matches exactly

Requested features

11 requests
  • Ability to move the iPhone frame
  • One-time payment option
  • Option for video framing
  • Support for custom export sizes
  • Support for screen recordings
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  • Animated backgrounds
  • Copy and delete option for screenshots
  • Support for multiple screenshots on one canvas
  • Lifetime unlock option
  • Mac App Store version
  • Framing screen recordings

In-app purchases

10 purchases

SMPRO

One-time10
  • Saving iPhone X$4.99
  • Saving iPhone XS Max$4.99
  • Saving iPhone XS$4.99
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  • Saving iPhone XR$4.99
  • Saving iPad Pro$4.99
  • Saving iPhone 11 Pro$4.99
  • Saving iPhone 11 Pro Max$4.99
  • Saving Watch Ultra$4.99
  • Saving iPhone 14 Pro CGTOP$4.99
  • Unlimited Daily Saving$12.99
2 purchases

Frame Screenshots

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is SMPRO free?
SMPRO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Frame Screenshots free?
Frame Screenshots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SMPRO or Frame Screenshots?
Frame Screenshots is rated higher. SMPRO averages 4.5 out of 5 from 386 ratings, while Frame Screenshots averages 4.7 from 88 ratings.
Do SMPRO or Frame Screenshots have ads?
SMPRO shows ads; Frame Screenshots does not.
Which is updated more often, SMPRO or Frame Screenshots?
SMPRO ships an update every 6 weeks, and Frame Screenshots every 3 weeks. Most recently, SMPRO was updated on September 21, 2026 and Frame Screenshots on September 22, 2026.

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