Picasso: App Screenshot Studio Reviews

by BAM875

Picasso has potential but is filled with bugs.

- Every time when I try to edit text in a screenshot unit, this app takes me to a previous unit, even though the text box in this unit has been selected with outlines around it. I had to work around that by deleting the text box and add a new one every time.

- Exporting to App Store Connected worked only once; since then I always get an error message saying it failed.

by Andytriboletti

I have a feature suggestion. I want to use colorful background images, but also want to use title text. I can't find a good text color for some of my images. Could there be a background specific to the text so I could set it to white with black text, and still have my colorful image used.

by Drewalth

I’ve used Picasso for several projects where we didn’t have a dedicated design team or the designers were too busy with other things.

this app has made my life (and my teammates’) that much easier.

by LVB42

This seems like a promising app, but there are some annoying bugs. I'm on a recent version (2.2.1) and still see the weird cross-screen state issues where:

- Editing text will jump you to a previous screenshot
- Adjusting the scale of an image ends up changing the scale of an image on a different screenshot.

But the developer has been very responsive with workarounds so the trajectory is good.

by EDorphy

Picasso is great! I was thinking about making app app for myself just like this because I absolutely hate making App Store screenshots (talk about the second 90%). This does what I need to get an app update out the door with ease.

There are a few things that could be done to make it better.
- The device bezels that Apple's marketing resources provide have a license agreement. It appears that these wireframes are being used in Picasso . The developer should pass on that license agreement to the user of Picasso to make sure they play by the rules.
- Templates! I'd like to make a template and then provide a JSON file or the like along with a directory to images to automate Picasso .
- A nice touch would be a File > New Project that asks you which devices and platforms you support and then creates placeholder for required assets.
- While this fall Apple will only require one screenshot per each device type, I would like to see Picasso have a strong opinion that the best experience is still per-device screenshots.
- Support for multiple windows - different projects. I'd like to be able to look at multiple of my apps at a time. I have a visual style across my apps that I like to maintain. Having to change the device target a bunch is cumbersome and could be much better.
- Support for multiple windows - the same project. I'd like the ability to quickly copy and paste the screenshot captions across different device types to make sure they're all lining up and easily edit with less push and pop.
- Support to duplicate the copy from one device to another. I don't want to copy the entire screen including device screenshot, I want to just copy the image caption to another device.
- The settings pane on macOS feels like it is missing navigation push and pop functionality. For example going into Settings > XCStrings Files, there isn't a 'back' button to go back. When exploring the different settings screens of Picasso there is more back and forth and reopening of the window that should have IMHO support 'back' navigation.

by Caprilyc

Picasso is amazing and so much better than generating app store screenshots by hand or with any of the multiple free sites online. The features to copy screenshots from one device type like 6.7" iPhone to iPad is exceptionally useful, as well as copying a device image or text to a different screenshot.

by Mcrich23

I have been using this app since pretty much it's release and it has been so amazing! Having seen it through the entire beta for version 2.0, I can confidently say this is the last screenshot tool you will ever need for apple platforms!

by Ahizuabhaidne

Thanks for the great app!

by Justin Eiskamp

Thank you for making this tool.

by Ophthoresident

Very cool and intuitive app! I already used it for my eyecare related, mobile apps, highly recommended!

by Re5i5tor

Before this app, I had been using a web-based screenshot tool. As a native Mac and iPad app, this app is so, so much better. Direct screenshot uploading to App Store Connect is icing on the cake.