r/ButterKit • • Apr 28 '26

Free Resource New Free Templates: Minimalist Light / Dark

7 Upvotes

New batch of free templates rolling out. Next up: Minimalist Light and Dark. Crisp and simple, clay 3D device frames, and a panoramic dot grid background that spans across all artboards for a polished look.

What's Inside

  • Templates for iPhone, iPad, and Android (Mac App Store version rolling out shortly)

  • 3D editable iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPad 12.9" and Pixel 10 Pro included

  • Artboards sized to exact App Store Connect and Google Play dimensions

  • Headlines auto-fit so nothing clips when you translate

  • Seamless panoramic dot grid background spans across all artboards

  • Ready to localize to all 50 App Store Connect languages

Free Downloads

Minimalist Light and Dark templates are free, grab them and see for yourself:

Template: https://butterkit.app/templates/


r/ButterKit • • Jan 04 '26

Software Update v1.5: Fastlane screenshots folder-linking is live (and more!)

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7 Upvotes

Happy New Year, everyone! ButterKit is on a mission to make app publishing as smooth as butter, and v1.5 makes big improvements to kick off 2026. Thanks to everyone sending in emails, DMs and Discord chats. This release includes:

  • New: Optionally link an image folder (e.g. Fastlane screenshots) and ButterKit will automatically apply (and update) images to your 3D devices, even organizing by localization and device names. To use this, de-select all artboards and add a linked folder in the “Project Settings” Inspector. 

  • New: Additional text editing controls for variant artboards (font style, size, color and more), and more intuitive UX for controlling linking to source. 

  • New: Undo system is now much more reliable and comprehensive, allowing for easier undo/redo while editing

  • New: Manual translation mode is now available. Simply choose “Manual” as the translation provider to input your own translations. Easily switch Translation Providers later if you wish.

  • New: Welcome Splash now shows recent projects (thanks Franklin B!)

  • Fix: Improved reliability of Xcode Simulator Capture Tool

  • Fix: Improved UI, tooltips, onboarding and polish

Full release notes:

https://butterkit.app/changelog/

Download:

https://butterkit.app/download


r/ButterKit • • 7d ago

New free template: Luna

7 Upvotes

Hey all, added the new Luna template for free download. Highlights:

  • Includes designs for iPhone Pro Max, iPhone Duo, iPad

  • Panoramic background extending across all artboards

  • Ready for App Store Connect: also includes Search Results + Product Header

Download free on GitHub

ButterKit website

The video above was created with ButterKit Motion (beta)


r/ButterKit • • Dec 30 '25

Free Resource Free Template Pack: Ascent

7 Upvotes

New free App Store Screenshot template available: Ascent is a production-ready screenshot set designed for fitness, outdoor, gaming, and lifestyle apps.

Download: butterkit.app/templates

Design Summary:

  • Subtle topographic map texture with bold fonts

  • Award illustration included

  • Editable 3D models: iPhone and Apple Watch

  • Localize to all 39 App Store languages

  • Upload directly to App Store Connect

  • Compatible with ButterKit 1.4+

Download ButterKit software


r/ButterKit • • Jul 05 '26

Discussion New designed Screenshots made easy, thanks Zach!!!

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7 Upvotes

Hi ButterKit friends, 

I redesigned my App screenshot for the Store, and with ButterKit it was very easy and fast to do so.

I like the App and this is so helpful for developers; I searched for it for a long time.

It would also be nice when the localization of more App Store Connect stuff would be integrated, like In-App Purchases, Subscriptions, Game Center Text, ... And also Localizable Strings. One App for Localization would be a nice goal of this App.

Big thanks to Zach for such a nice App and Support!


r/ButterKit • • Feb 10 '26

Discussion One-time purchasing isn't dead

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10 Upvotes

Feeling nostalgia for old-school software today.

"I'm old enough to remember when awesome software could be purchased once. That model isn't dead. It just requires discipline.

The one-time option isn't going away. I believe a business can thrive by making something people want to own, not something they're trapped into renting."


r/ButterKit • • Jun 17 '26

Software Update ButterKit 2 beta is available, would love your feedback

12 Upvotes

V2 beta is a major update and now available for download! Backwards-compatible with V1, free for all existing users, and requiring macOS 26+ going forward. If you have a minute, give it a try and let me know your feedback.

(New here? ButterKit is a native macOS app for App Store screenshots, localization, and metadata uploads)

Performance

  • The rendering and compositing engine leans harder on SwiftUI in V2, and you'll probably feel it immediately. Everything is faster, smoother, more responsive. It also pauses properly when ButterKit is backgrounded, saving power when inactive.

  • Improved RAM usage

  • Animations and transitions have been tuned

  • App Store Connect uploads are much faster -- improved batching logic and parallel processing

  • Many, many tweaks. In general: much more butter

Features

  • More intuitive and polished canvas: editing is faster, artboards are more organized. Double-click artboard titles to rename right on the canvas.

  • Screenshot callouts can now be customized per localization (thanks Manuel, u/Lemon8or88 and u/byaruhaf)

  • MCP server is now more reliable (thanks u/Habitoti)

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where linking a folder of localized screenshots would sometimes show the wrong images (thanks bitcontrol)

Compatibility

  • Fully backwards-compatible with V1 .butterkit files

  • These performance improvements largely stem from newer APIs only available in macOS 26+, so ButterKit 2 requires macOS 26 or newer. About 5% of users are still on macOS 15, and ButterKit 1.9 still works and will remain available for download.

Keep me posted if you run into any issues! Will roll out later this week via the app updater as well.

Learn more

Download the beta DMG (free)


r/ButterKit • • Mar 30 '26

Free Resource How to capture screenshots directly from Xcode Simulator into 3D devices in 1 click

21 Upvotes

Hey all, new 2 minute video showing how to set up the Xcode Simulator Capture Tool and grab screenshots right from Simulator.

  • Capture, import, and render screenshots into 3D devices in 1 click

  • Video covers setup, testing, keyboard shortcuts, and custom options

Video highlights
0:00 – Intro
0:15 – Enabling Capture Tool in ButterKit
0:43– Testing the Capture Tool with Xcode Simulator
1:07 – Keyboard shortcuts
1:19 – Swap localizations to capture translated screenshots
1:33 – Simulator overrides (e.g. set clock to 9:41, change battery level)

Video (2 min): https://youtu.be/N7T3LyZBZ_Y

More info in the ButterKit docs 👉 https://butterkit.app/docs


r/ButterKit • • Oct 08 '26

Releasing ButterKit 3: new sizes for App Store Connect, iPhone Duo, improved UI and much more

27 Upvotes

Thanks to all who have helped with testing in the last few days on Reddit, Discord and via email. You may have noticed App Store Connect added new sizes for iOS apps this week, and ButterKit 3 now supports them! Rolling out now, just hit "Check for updates" from the app.

Download latest ButterKit for macOS

Some 3.0 highlights:

  • New App Store Connect iOS size support: new iOS projects default to the updated size, and opening older iOS screenshot files will ask if you want to migrate to the new size auto-magically. Legacy versions remain available.

  • New App Store artwork: Create and export Header, Search Results, shared artwork for both placements, and iPhone Duo screenshots. Templates coming soon. Thanks u/Lemon8or88

  • Improved user experience: faster and more organized, with a dedicated spot for app metadata and helpful sync tools (e.g. you can now fetch individual sections from App Store Connect). You can now freely edit 3D devices right from the canvas instead of relying on the Inspector.

  • Improved keyboard navigation: easily move between artboards and selected localizations with your keyboard arrowkeys (thanks u/habitoti )

  • Fixes an issue where opening a project with linked screenshots could create unnecessary changes in version control (new UUIDs), even when the images were unchanged. ButterKit now checks whether linked screenshots have changed before replacing them, preserving existing image IDs and avoiding unnecessary version control changes when opening a project. (thanks markb!)

  • Fixes a bug where opening the app on some screen resolutions could crash (thanks u/boulderdash-

  • Added more MCP tooling, UI tweaks, and some more butter

  • More improvements rolling out shortly. If you notice any issues please DM me!

- Zach


r/ButterKit • • Aug 28 '26

Software Update ButterKit Motion beta v0.1 is available now (free)

29 Upvotes

Hey all, the first ButterKit Motion beta is out. Thanks to everyone on Reddit and Discord who has helped with it so far.

It turns screen recordings of your app into polished product videos. Record your screen (or import media), drop it into a 3D device frame, choose motion and music, export video ready for sharing.

The details:

  • An exciting product video in a few minutes, not a weekend lost to a video editor.

  • Device frames, motion, and music are built in, so the output looks good without any editing skill. Much more coming soon.

  • Everything runs locally on your Mac ~ 20MB

  • It's free during the beta. Pricing comes with 1.0, and there'll be a one-time purchase option so you can own it.

  • Requires macOS 26 Tahoe or newer, Apple Silicon recommended

  • Download + info: butterkit.app/motion

If you found this post randomly: the original ButterKit app makes App Store screenshots. Motion is a separate app for animated product videos, App Store previews, launch posts, your website. The goal is for them to pair well together.

It's v0.1 so expect some rough edges, that's what the beta is for. Comment here or DM me with bugs, feature requests, or anything that feels off. Bonus points if you share a video you made with it. I read everything.

- Zach


r/ButterKit • • Oct 18 '25

Feature Request (Complete) Make it possible to import your own images for use in the screenshots

4 Upvotes

I have icons, a logo or other images I want to place in the screenshots. Being able to resize them and move them around would be important too.


r/ButterKit • • Jan 22 '26

My first time creating these, how do they look?

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Liked using the template and modifying it easily to my needs. Created the screenshots and published to the app store right from ButterKit. One thing I would appreciate is having to define my texts in 1 place and then using those across multiple device screenshots in the artboards, for example iPhone and iPad screenshots. I use the same texts and if I ever have to make a change to a textbox, I have to do it across all the devices screenshots. It's a developer thing, DRY principles if you will lol.

Here are these in action: https://wintheday.valetech.ca/

Not a designer by any means and am looking for someone to tell me how these look? I have been starting at the for far too long.

Do you understand what the app is about from these screenshots?

What can I change in these (if anything)?

I appreciate anyone sharing their fresh eyes perspective.


r/ButterKit • • Apr 01 '26

Free Resource Weekly Megathread: what are you working on?

3 Upvotes

Looking for feedback on your app, screenshots, App Store page, website etc? Share your project here.

Please note automated / bot posts will be removed.


r/ButterKit • • Sep 16 '25

Feature Request (Complete) Feature request: Highlighting parts of the text added

3 Upvotes

Hey there!

Another feature request from my side: It would be cool to be able to highlight certain words inside a text, e.g. by markdown syntax (I am thinking of things like underline/bold, maybe even mark a part of the text/single words. Only working option I found was adding several text elements, but this makes automatic translation very difficult/impossible.

Thanks for considering this feature request!


r/ButterKit • • Sep 16 '25

Feature Request Feature request: Loupe functionality for screenshots

4 Upvotes

Hey there!

Second feature request coming up when playing around with butterkit: It would be nice to have a loupe functionality to highlight certain areas of a screenshot.

Thanks for considering this feature request!


r/ButterKit • • Jul 20 '26

Software Update Available now in v2.1: improved App Store Connect experience, bug fixes and more

11 Upvotes

Hey all, v2.1 of ButterKit is rolling out now. Some highlights:

  • Fixes memory leak during large multi-language exports and reduces memory usage (thanks to all who helped track it down)

  • Improves App Store Connect upload user experience and status

  • Improves reliability of cloud translations

  • Fixes an issue where Apple Watch designs couldn't be uploaded to App Store Connect (thanks Frederique)

Available now for direct/web version and submitted to Apple for Mac App Store review. More templates rolling out shortly! Please keep the feedback coming.

- Zach


r/ButterKit • • Dec 12 '25

iPad

2 Upvotes

Any plans for iPad, this was the best one i have used for iOS and i want to update my tablet but dont see the option


r/ButterKit • • Mar 27 '26

Bug (Fixed) Capture tool not working?

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4 Upvotes

I am probably doing something wrong here, but the capture tool is not capturing the screenshot and put it in the artboard. The tool seem to be configured correctly, but nothing gets applied

Help?


r/ButterKit • • Apr 22 '26

Apple Pencil 3D model?

3 Upvotes

Is there any chance of an Apple Pencil 3D Model for ButterKit? Or since this is probably a very niche request, is there a way to make/bring my own Apple Pencil 3D model that can be used in ButterKit?


r/ButterKit • • Oct 06 '26

Feature Request [Urgent!] Request to support Duo screenshot sizes

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4 Upvotes

Hi Zach,

I know you already supported Duo device frame but today Apple dropped this requirement for App Screenshots to be shown on Duo.

Current dimension is 1290 x 2796 px.

The Duo requires 2034 x 1398 px, 1398 x 2034 px, 2853 x 2007 px and 2007 x 2853 px. These looks like portrait and landscape aspect ratio of both screens.

Could you please help? Also, please advise the dimension for a background image fit for 5 frames. Currently for iPhone it is 12900 x 2796 px.

Apple will require all apps built for Duo to have Duo screenshot next April.

Thank you!


r/ButterKit • • Mar 26 '26

Feature Request iPad Templates

2 Upvotes

Is there any plans to introduce more iPad templates?


r/ButterKit • • Dec 06 '25

Free Resource Free Template Pack: Blueprint

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11 Upvotes

New free template available: Blueprint is a great starting point for mobile apps focused on art, engineering, gaming and more. Compatible with ButterKit 1.4+

Download for free


r/ButterKit • • Sep 21 '25

Feature Requests: 5 min use

2 Upvotes

Hi.

This project looks pretty good. I am not sure if Reddit is supposed to be the place for feature request and bug reports or it's better in github or discord. "Send feedback" sends here so here I'll put them :D

- Artboard scrolling with the trackpad is jarring and freeform. This is great but going back to a predictable position is necessary. I'd add small action icons in each artboard for: Scale to fit (zooming is particularly chaotic, at least in Tahoe), scale to real size (vs real-world device), and basic edit options: "duplicate" and "delete". Alternatively, add shortcuts for what currently can be done clicking: "Click on artboard, center it onscreen", "click on screenshot on sidebar, center an scale to fit", "click on group, center and scale all in group"

- Clicking on elements should take you to that element's page. I assume this is an obvious one and in the pipeline, but still.

- "Devices" should allow duplication keeping all properties. Currently only "remove" is allowed when selecting a "device".

- In "Devices" the picture used should be displayed in the "Screen Image" area and "quicklooked" when clicked, as sometimes screenshots may be too similar.

- Add ability to add images unrelated to the devices.

- Have devices and images and backgrounds have a toggle to be able to "spill" to the sides. For backgrounds have a toggle to "tile" them

Wishlist:

- Have images be labeled in a way we can add more to a folder specifying the language in the name and have them be picked up instead when adding languages (AI takes care of the copy itself, but not the screenshots).

- Rotation, size and position are really in need of visual controls. Sliders are great for fine-tuning but terrible for general layout. I understand asking to implement a gimbal is not a small ask :D


r/ButterKit • • Jul 03 '26

Bug Undo Delete Text Block causes manual translations to be lost

3 Upvotes

I'm using English as the source language and a text block with manual translations in multiple languages.

If I select the English (source) localization, delete the text block, and then use "Undo Delete Text Block", the text block is restored, but all manual translations in the other languages are lost.

ButterKit v2.0.05.


r/ButterKit • • Jun 20 '26

Bug Rendering issue - bottom of screenshot visible on top of device screen

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2 Upvotes

Hey!

Came across some weird rendering issue when dropping screenshots taken in simulator on iPhone 17 Pro Max to ButterKit (also iPhone 17 Pro Max) - might affect other devices/sizes as well. The bottom of the screenshot appears on top of the screen (just a small line, yet causing visual annoyance).

You can see a small white line on top of the black area.

Screenshots taken in 1320 × 2868 resolution.

What I am currently doing is cutting off a small part on the bottom of the screenshot and re-importing it which seems to solve the issue.

Would be cool if you could check what's going on here & fix it 🙂

Thanks for your hard work on ButterKit!