If you create iOS apps and want to show them off, you’re basically limited to screenshots or screen recording. Both understand the point, but neither lets the other person realize it before downloading the app. I was looking for something better and couldn’t find it, so LaunchCut turned out to be the same result.
You run your app in the Xcode simulator, open LaunchCut with it, and click on your screen to capture them. From there you map hotspots to recreate your real navigation flow, including animations, and export a fully interactive demo. It outputs as a self-contained HTML file or a shareable web link that you can embed anywhere. The simulator comes in Chrome output so it looks and feels like one is using a real device, not a mockup.
This is useful for people who create apps and want a better way to share them. An indie dev is putting up live demos on their site, a team is pitching to stakeholders, a company is giving visitors a real-time experience about their app before it hits the App Store. Screenshots and videos only go so far.
The app is free to download and the HTML file it exports gives the same experience as a shareable link, so you can get a working interactive demo of your app in about 5 minutes at no cost. If it clicks for you, the subscription will be there when you’re ready. Would love to hear from anyone who has fallen through this same gap. Happy to answer any questions about how it works. Thanks for viewing this!
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