We build App Store tools for indie teams. Shotlingo: screenshot localization in 34 languages. https://teapaw.org/t.co/gkKW2Z98d8
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Shotlingo — App Store screenshots that ship in 40 languages.
Design one canvas. Layout re-flows for German, mirrors for Arabic, wraps for Japanese. Every device size ready to upload.
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What's the first screenshot on your App Store page?
Reply with your link. We pick indie apps for the weekly teardown, and the next one could be yours.
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One design. Every language.
Write the text once, name the markets, and export every page in every language as one ZIP.
Which language would you check first?
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App Store screenshot sizes in one table: iPhone 6.9" (1320x2868, 1290x2796), 6.5" (1242x2688), iPad 13" (2064x2752), plus which ones Apple scales for you and which rejections come from wrong sizes.
shotlingo.com/tools/app-stor…
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Building an iOS app that's already live?
Reply with your App Store link and we'll consider it for an upcoming Apps of the Week teardown.
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Apps of the Week, week 45: TrailMapper, Ideon and DopamineOS.
Ideon's English headlines sit over a phone UI in Dutch: "Annuleer", "Gereed", "Collecties". The app supports eight languages; nine storefronts show this same set.
Which language is your screenshot UI in?
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This week's teardowns:
TrailMapper: shotlingo.com/apps-of-the-we…
Ideon: shotlingo.com/apps-of-the-we…
DopamineOS: shotlingo.com/apps-of-the-we…
Want yours pulled apart next week? Reply with your App Store link.
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Yes, you can update App Store screenshots without a new build. They live on the version entry, not in your binary. Reattach your approved build, swap the images, resubmit. Only the app icon needs a rebuild.
shotlingo.com/blog/app-store…
#ASO #indiedev
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Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi and Urdu read right to left.
All four are in ShotLingo's language list.
Design one set, re-render it in every language you ship, and export at the exact pixel sizes each store asks for.
Which language would you add next?
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Every indie dev's screenshots folder:
final.png
final2.png
final_FINAL.png
final_FINAL_de.png
use_this_one.png
final_FINAL_v3_actually.png
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How long each App Store screenshot took:
Screenshot 1: 3 days
Screenshot 2: 1 day
Screenshot 3: 2 hours
Screenshot 4: 20 minutes
Screenshot 5: the settings screen, as is
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US clocks go back an hour tonight.
Indie dev plans for the extra hour:
- fix the onboarding bug
- rewrite the screenshot headline instead
- open App Store Connect
- refresh the downloads
- close App Store Connect
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Scariest things an indie dev can see this Halloween:
- "Metadata Rejected"
- 400 impressions, 0 downloads
- a 1-star review that just says "ok"
- your German headline, two lines too long
- Xcode: "Indexing..."
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Starter pack: launch week
- screenshots made at 2am
- headline: the app name
- English only, "for now"
- v1.0.1: bug fixes and improvements
- refreshing App Store Connect every 4 minutes
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Me: the screenshots are localized.
The screenshots: Spanish headline, English buttons, US dates in the calendar.
A user in Madrid: noticed.
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Screenshot headlines, ranked:
D: "Welcome"
C: "The app you need"
B: "Track your habits"
A: "Track a habit in two taps"
S: the A line, in the reader's language
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Apps of the Week, week 44: The Slowsteader, Tovak and Sprout.
The Slowsteader's first headline runs across two screenshots. On the App Store that gap lands inside a word: "Your slowstea" on frame one, "d, gently kept" on frame two.
Does your headline fit in one frame?
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This week's three teardowns:
The Slowsteader: shotlingo.com/apps-of-the-we…
Tovak: shotlingo.com/apps-of-the-we…
Sprout: shotlingo.com/apps-of-the-we…
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Drag in raw screenshots, pick a device frame, write the headline once.
ShotLingo re-renders the set in every language you ship and exports one archive, foldered by language.
Opens in the browser with no account.
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App Store screenshots, as written by the developer:
1. "Here's the app"
2. "Here's the app again"
3. Settings, but in dark mode
4. "Widgets!"
5. A review that just says "nice"
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