Mokbi vs AppMockUp: a free screenshot generator, or your whole published listing?
Looking for an AppMockUp alternative? First, the fair thing to say: AppMockUp is free, needs no account, and doesn't stamp a watermark on your exports, so if that already covers your launch, you may not need an alternative at all. This page is for when you've hit its edges: localization, tablets, AI, or designing a set you'll re-ship every release.
We checked the points below against AppMockUp's own site in June 2026. One honest caveat up front: AppMockUp has no public pricing page, and the paid figures floating around third-party blogs contradict each other, so we don't quote a price for it here, and you shouldn't trust an article that does without checking in the app.
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | Mokbi | AppMockUp |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free to build and preview; a subscription unlocks the whole launch: Solo €29.99/mo (1 app) / Studio €49.99/mo (5 apps): unlimited exports plus feature image, store text, 50-language translation and direct publishing to both stores while subscribed | Free, no account, no watermark; no public paid-pricing page |
| Making the set in many languages | Design once, caption once → "Translate all" fills 50 locales automatically | No translation, each language is a separate design built by hand (30 langs = 30 sets) |
| Covering many devices | One design auto-renders at every device size on export | Build and fill each device frame separately |
| Templates | Every built-in template free | Paid add-on |
| Editor | Live multi-locale editing, edit once, it propagates everywhere | Dated, one-at-a-time editing |
| AI Designer + image generation/editing | Yes, Claude drafts the set; Gemini generates & edits images | No AI of any kind |
| 3D device frames | Yes, photo-realistic 3D GLB models, WebGL, tilt & angle | No, flat 2D mockups |
| Tablets | Yes, iPad Pro 13"/11", Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra | Not supported (phone-only) |
| Batch export | Every device × every locale, one ZIP at exact sizes | Manual, per-screenshot export |
What AppMockUp gets right
The appeal is friction, or the lack of it. There's no signup, no watermark, and no paywall in front of a basic export: you open the editor, drop your screenshots into a frame, and download a set for the App Store or Google Play. For a first listing, or a quick set in one language, that's a genuinely good deal and we won't pretend otherwise.
It also has panoramic backgrounds that span multiple panels and auto-adjust as you add or remove screenshots, plus mesh-gradient and pattern generators for textured backdrops.
The real cost: every device and every language is manual
This is the difference that matters in practice, and it isn't about price. AppMockUp's editor is dated and works one-at-a-time. You build and fill each device frame yourself, and because there's no translation at all, every language is a separate design you make by hand. Want your set in 30 languages? That's 30 designs to build, caption and keep in sync, and if you change one headline later, you change it thirty times.
Mokbi is built the opposite way. You design the set once: a second time only if you want a dedicated tablet layout, write your captions once, then click "Translate all" to render every text layer into 50 App Store locales. One batch export then re-renders every panel at every device size in every language automatically, zipped and ready for App Store Connect. A 5-panel set in 5 languages across 3 device sizes is 75 files, one click here, a long afternoon there. Edit a headline once and it propagates everywhere.
Device coverage compounds it: AppMockUp is essentially phone-only (we couldn't find tablet frames), so iPad and Android-tablet screenshots, which both stores ask for, aren't really an option, and it lags on the newest models.
Free templates, plus AI and 3D
Two more practical differences. AppMockUp's templates are a paid add-on; in Mokbi every built-in template is free: you only pay to export. So the starting point costs you nothing here, and more than the base editor does there.
And Mokbi's AI, bought as pay-as-you-go credits, not a subscription, adds an AI Designer that reads your raw screenshots, and optionally your codebase, and drafts a conversion-focused set: headlines, a Great/Usable/Retake review of each shot, pairings and a brand colour, all editable. Plus AI image generation and editing (backgrounds, mockup art, remove/restyle/recolor) via Google Gemini, and photo-realistic 3D device frames where AppMockUp is flat 2D. AppMockUp has no AI of any kind.
Why switch to Mokbi
- You ship in more than one language: in Mokbi you write captions once and "Translate all" fills 50 locales; in AppMockUp every language is a separate design you build by hand (30 languages = 30 sets).
- You target several devices (and tablets): one Mokbi design auto-renders at every device size, while AppMockUp makes you build each device separately and has no tablet frames.
- You don't want to pay for templates or rebuild after every change, every built-in template is free in Mokbi, and one edit propagates across all locales and devices.
When AppMockUp is the better choice
We don't claim to be the right tool for everyone. Here's when AppMockUp actually wins:
- You need one quick screenshot set in a single language, for free, with no account, that's exactly what AppMockUp is good at, and it won't cost you a cent.
- Your set is English-only, phone-only, and you don't need 3D, AI or batch localization, AppMockUp covers that for €0.
The honest verdict
AppMockUp is the right call when "free, fast, no signup, one language" describes your launch, it does that well and asks nothing in return.
Mokbi is the right call the moment localization, tablets or AI enter the picture: one-click translation across 50 locales, an AI Designer and image generation, photo-realistic 3D frames, and batch export at exact store sizes for both the App Store and Google Play. You build free and pay to ship.
Researched and last verified 2026-06-28 against publicly listed information on app-mockup.com. Spot something out of date? Let us know.
Sources: AppMockUp, official site
New to App Store screenshots? See our guides on screenshot sizes, AI translation, device frames.