Nuvex vs Placeit

Placeit is a marketplace of ready-made mockups and templates for almost anything. Nuvex designs App Store screenshot sets. One is breadth, the other is depth.

NuvexvsPlaceit
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On this page 5 sections
  1. What Placeit is
  2. Side by side
  3. The workflow
  4. When Placeit wins
  5. Questions
The short version

Placeit (part of Envato) offers thousands of ready-made mockups and templates, including device and app store assets, under a subscription. You pick one and drop your content in.

Nuvex designs an App Store set for your specific app with AI, headlines included. Choose Placeit when you need many kinds of marketing asset; choose Nuvex for the store set itself.

Choose Nuvex if
  • You need a full App Store set
  • You want it designed for your app
  • You want headlines per frame
  • You pay per set
Choose Placeit if
  • You need logos, social posts and merch mockups too
  • You like browsing finished templates
  • You want lifestyle device photos
  • One subscription for everything suits you

What Placeit is

Placeit, part of Envato, is a large library of mockups and design templates (device mockups, social media templates, logos, videos and merchandise) used in the browser with a subscription. Its app store assets are templates you fill in.

Side by side

The facts, row by row.

Placeit details from its public site, checked October 2026. Prices change; check their site before you buy.
NuvexPlaceit
How a set is madeAI designs the set from your screens and a short descriptionYou fill in a ready-made template
TemplatesNone: each set is planned for your appThousands, across many asset types
HeadlinesWritten by the AI, in 21 languagesYou write them
Your app screensYour real screens go in the phonesPlaced in mockup photos or frames
Changing a frameEdit any frame in plain words; only that frame repaintsTemplate fields
OutputiPhone portrait sets, downloaded at 1320 × 2868 (scaled evenly, never stretched)Mockups and marketing images
3D, video, other devicesFlat device frames; no 3D, video or iPad setsLogos, video, merch, social
Runs onWeb, in any browserWeb
Free to try6 free credits (three frames), watermarkedLimited free items
PaidPacks from $5 (25 credits, never expire); plans from $8 a month billed yearlySubscription

Making a set in each

In Placeit you search the library, choose a mockup or template, upload your screen and edit the text fields.

In Nuvex you describe the app and upload screens; the AI plans and paints a five-frame store set.

When Placeit is the better choice

Honestly, in these cases:

You need lots of asset types

One subscription for logos, social templates, video and mockups is strong value if you use the range.

You want lifestyle shots

Phones in hands, on desks, in cafés: photo mockups for websites and ads.

Questions

Can Placeit make App Store screenshots?

It has app store templates you can fill in. Nuvex designs the whole set for your app, with headlines.

Which is better value?

Placeit if you use many of its asset types every month; Nuvex if you need store screenshot sets.

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