Shotlingo review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Shotlingo report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for App Store screenshots with built-in translation
Shotlingo designs App Store screenshots once and translates them. Every exported file uses a credit, 20 a month on free and 300 on the $9 Pro plan, and only the Apple store is named for upload.
Who Shotlingo is for
- Fits if you ship an iPhone app in several languages
- Works for solo developers who export a few sets a month
Who Shotlingo is not for
- Tight if you stay free: 20 credits a month, 3 projects and 10 pages each
- Skip it if you need Google Play upload, as only Apple's store is named
- Watch out: the homepage ties App Store upload to Plus, while the pricing page lists it on Pro
- Pricey if you export a lot, as 300 credits on Pro runs out fast with many languages
Why Shotlingo gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyPro is $9 a month billed monthly, just under the $9.90 where the cheaper quarter starts. Plus is $19 and Studio $39.
- CFree plan and trialA free plan with 20 export credits a month, 3 cloud projects and 10 pages each. One credit per exported file means a few languages will use it up.
- CFeaturesDesign once and translate, device mockups, ZIP export, App Store Connect upload and a Claude connector. No Google Play upload is mentioned, and the pages disagree on which plan includes App Store upload.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. It's a web editor where you build the screenshots yourself.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with App Store Connect upload and a Claude connector.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Shotlingo's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Shotlingo's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 34 of the 49 other app store optimization tools we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 35 of 49) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 6 of the 37 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 50 app store optimization tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Shotlingo’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 35 of 49, level with 9
- CFree plan and trialAbove 14 of 49, level with 26
- CFeaturesAbove 3 of 49, level with 33
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 49, level with 45
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 22 of 49, level with 27
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 40 app store optimization tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Shotlingo, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Shotlingo you would be making keyword rankings and popularity scores from both app stores, gathered every day. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 34 of the 49 other app store optimization tools we grade. It costs $108 a year.
What you could make
- Templates: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Keyword rankings and popularity scores from both app stores, gathered every day.
- Capture tools hooked into the operating system.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Shotlingo’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Shotlingo?
Shotlingo is a browser tool for designing App Store screenshots once and translating the captions into 41 languages. It renders every page for each language and size into a ZIP, and paid plans can upload straight to App Store Connect. It also offers a Claude connector (MCP) and AI design credits.
Worth knowing
- Each exported file uses one credit, so credits cap how many screenshots you can export a month.
- The homepage ties App Store Connect upload to the Plus plan, but the pricing page lists it on Pro too.
- The vendor offers a 14-day money-back guarantee.
- Only the Apple App Store is named for upload; no Google Play upload is mentioned.
Key features
- Design once, translate
- Captions are written once and translated per locale in a table, where each cell can be edited by hand. The layout is not duplicated per language.
- Device mockups
- Raw simulator screenshots are fitted into a plain iPhone frame, an angled 3D render or a hand holding the phone, without manual masking.
- ZIP export
- Every page in every selected language is rendered into one archive, nested by device size when a project has several.
- App Store Connect upload
- Paid plans send finished sets to App Store Connect with your own API key.
- AI design and Claude connector
- AI design costs 10 credits per use on paid plans, and a Claude connector (MCP) is listed on every plan.
Shotlingo pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Shotlingo has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9 per month, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $9 per month, billed monthly
- Free plan
- 20 export credits a month, 100 translations a day, 3 cloud projects and 10 pages per project.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 20 credits a month (1 per exported file), 3 cloud projects, 10 pages per project, 100 translations a day. |
| Pro | $9per month, billed monthly | 300 credits a month, 20 cloud projects, 30 pages per project, unlimited translations, App Store Connect upload. |
| Plus | $19per month, billed monthly | 1,000 credits a month, 50 cloud projects, 50 pages per project, App Store Connect upload and priority support. |
| Studio | $39per month, billed monthly | 3,000 credits a month, unlimited cloud projects, 100 pages per project, unlimited stickers and priority support. |
Read from shotlingo.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Shotlingo before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 17% with yearly billing
The pricing page has a Yearly toggle marked Save 17%. The yearly prices were not shown in the page text we could read.
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Common questions
Does Shotlingo have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Shotlingo is listed for Web.
Does Shotlingo have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Shotlingo is listed for Web.
Is Shotlingo open source?
Shotlingo is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.