Native macOS · One-time purchase · On-device

Your AI agent just got a design studio.

SnapStudio turns screenshots into App-Store-ready sets, social posts and launch assets — driven by you, or by Claude over MCP. Everything on your Mac. Nothing uploaded. Nothing rented.

Buy a licence · $39.99Download Mac App Store

One-time · key arrives by email · macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon

A raw dashboard screenshot above, and the same screenshot beautified by SnapStudio below
Screenshot to assetBackdrop, corners, shadow and every App Store size.
A dashboard screenshot in a MacBook Pro frame, with a phone screen in an iPhone 17 frame in front of it
Device mockupsiPhone, Mac, iPad, Android, browser and Watch frames.
One beach photo in the middle, surrounded by the same post in five platform formats
One photo, every formatThe same post, laid out for every platform size.
Tower Bridge split down the middle: a quarter-resolution photo enlarged normally on the left, AI-upscaled on the right
AI upscale2× or 4×, with detail rebuilt on your Mac.
A girl on a bike in a park, split down the middle: the original photo on the left, the cut-out on a plain backdrop on the right
Background removalOne click, clean edges, nothing uploaded.
A runner under an overcast sky, split through the face: the photo as shot on the left, auto-enhanced on the right
Auto-enhanceColor casts gone, contrast back.
A dashboard card split through its API key: readable on the left, covered by a solid bar on the right
Hide sensitive dataKeys, emails and faces found and covered.
90MCP tools
309Templates
42Palettes
6Social formats
0Subscriptions

The moat

One prompt in. Finished assets out.

SnapStudio ships an embedded MCP server with 90 tools. Your agent frames screenshots in device mockups, fills templates, repaints them to your brand palette, cuts social video, takes a caption or logo you own out of a clip, and exports every App Store size — while you do something better. It all runs locally, inside a native Mac app.

Setup is one line:

claude mcp add snapstudio -- "/Applications/SnapStudio.app/Contents/MacOS/snapstudio-mcp"

No agent? No problem.

Screenshot in. Shippable out.

01

For app developers.

The build is done, and now the store wants screenshots in every size. Drop in a capture: SnapStudio adds a backdrop, padding, rounded corners and a shadow, frames it in a Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, browser or watch mockup, and exports every App Store size in one pass. How it works →

A dashboard screenshot beautified by SnapStudio: backdrop, padding, rounded corners and shadow
02

For creators and small businesses.

You need something to post every week, and every platform wants a different size. Start from one of 309 templates, drop in your photo, change the words. Layouts come in square, feed, story, landscape, link and banner sizes, in your brand colors. See one photo in five formats →

A beach photo made into a 16:9 post by a SnapStudio template
03

For SaaS founders.

Every release needs a launch post and fresh screenshots, and the best screenshot often shows a customer's email or a live API key. SnapStudio scans for keys, emails, card numbers and faces and covers the ones you pick before the image goes anywhere. How it works →

A dashboard card with its API key covered by a solid bar

Not a toy

A real editor underneath.

When the template isn't enough, go as deep as you want — on a Metal canvas that stays smooth at 50 megapixels.

Layers & masksPer-channel curves8-band HSL14 blend modes25 filtersClone & heal

Private by architecture

Your images never leave your Mac.

Upscaling, background removal and auto-enhance run on-device — Core ML and Apple Vision, not someone's server. Optional cloud AI (OpenAI image generation, Claude analysis) works only with your own keys, stored in the macOS Keychain. No account. Crash reports and usage statistics stay off in the direct build unless you turn them on; the App Store build is sandboxed and has neither.

The field

Everyone owns a slice. SnapStudio owns the pipeline.

Xnapper
$29.99
Beautify and redact. No layered editor, no templates, no App Store sets.
CleanShot X
$35+
Capture and annotate. The marketing pipeline isn't there.
Web screenshot tools
$99+/yr
The same job on a subscription — and your screenshots get uploaded.
Pixelmator Pro
$49.99
A beautiful deep editor. No marketing pipeline, no agent access.
Affinity
Free
A generalist — AI sits behind Canva Pro, and there's no MCP.
SnapStudio
$39.99 once
Beautify → mockup → templates → batch → video → App Store set. Yours, and your agent's.

AppScreens' paid plans start at $99 a year for the job SnapStudio does for $39.99 once — it pays for itself in under five months.

Own it

$39.99
once.
No subscriptionNo accountOpt-in data onlyNo uploads
Buy a licence · $39.99Download Mac App Store

Key by email · one key activates up to 3 Macs

Questions

The short answers.

Is it a subscription?

No. $39.99, once. No account, no recurring fees. Updates on the direct build arrive via Sparkle.

Are my images uploaded anywhere?

Not unless you choose cloud AI. Editing, AI upscale and background removal run entirely on your Mac. Optional cloud AI (OpenAI image generation, Claude image analysis) runs only when you invoke it with your own API key — straight from your Mac to that provider, no middleman.

How does the agent connection work?

SnapStudio embeds an MCP server with 90 tools. Register it once: claude mcp add snapstudio -- "/Applications/SnapStudio.app/Contents/MacOS/snapstudio-mcp" — then Claude (or any MCP client) can create documents, fill and repaint templates, apply mockups, remove objects and captions, clean up video, batch-render and export packs.

Mac App Store vs. direct download?

Feature-identical, same price. For the direct download you buy a licence here (checkout by Lemon Squeezy), get the key by email and paste it into the app; it updates itself with Sparkle. On the Mac App Store you pay Apple, there is no key, and the app is sandboxed and updated through Apple.

Do the AI features cost extra?

On-device AI — Real-ESRGAN 2×/4× upscale, Vision background removal, auto-enhance — is included, free, and works offline. Cloud generation/analysis is optional, on your own OpenAI or Anthropic key.

System requirements?

macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple Silicon. Metal-accelerated throughout. Seven languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Polish.