The short version
Placeit is a marketplace of mockups, templates and video covering logos, merchandise, social and app mockups. Nuvex generates store screenshot campaigns. Placeit is broader; Nuvex is deeper on the one asset that decides installs.
What Placeit actually is
Placeit (part of Envato) offers thousands of ready-made mockups and templates across many categories, including app store assets, with a flat subscription and no design skill required.
Nuvex, by contrast, is built for one output: you upload your raw app screens and a sentence describing your app, and it returns a finished five-frame store campaign in about thirty seconds. Your uploaded screen is masked before generation, so your real interface passes into the output pixel-for-pixel while the AI designs everything around it.
When Placeit is the better choice
Genuinely — these are the cases where we would tell you to use it.
You need many asset types
Logos, social templates, merchandise mockups and video from one subscription is strong value if you use the range.
You want to browse and pick
Choosing a finished template you can see beats describing what you want, if you prefer selecting to specifying.
You need video mockups
Nuvex makes still frames only, and says so rather than selling a workaround.
When Nuvex is the better choice
You want screenshots designed for your app
A marketplace template was designed before anyone knew what you built. Nuvex composes per app and per description.
You want the copy written too
Headlines are generated from your app description, not left as placeholder text to fill in.
You want to stand out in your category
Popular templates appear across many listings, which is the specific problem premium screenshots solve.
Honest caveats about Nuvex
If you need a broad set of marketing assets and screenshots are one item on the list, Placeit's range is hard to beat for the price. Nuvex is the better call when the listing itself is what matters.
Nuvex also makes still frames only — App Preview video needs a different tool, and we would rather say that than sell you a workaround. And it never puts invented star ratings, unearned award badges or fake press logos on a frame.
Frequently asked questions
Does Placeit make App Store screenshots?
Yes, via templates you customise. The design comes from the template rather than from your app.
Which is better value?
Placeit if you need many asset types. Nuvex if store screenshots are the asset that matters and you want them designed rather than filled in.
Try it on your own screens
Free credits on signup, no credit card. Generate a set and compare it against what you would get anywhere else — that comparison is worth more than any feature table.