SimDeck

SimDeck is a macOS menu bar app for taking polished iOS Simulator screenshots. It can capture the currently booted simulator, apply a clean status bar preset, save light and dark appearance variants, and optionally render the screenshot inside a device frame.

Installation

Install SimDeck with Homebrew:

brew tap tn/simdeck
brew install --cask simdeck

SimDeck requires macOS 13 or newer and an Apple Silicon Mac for the current Homebrew cask release.

Preview

Features

• Capture screenshots from the booted iOS Simulator or a selected simulator.
• Override simulator status bar values before capture.
• Capture light and dark appearance variants in one action.
• Render optional iPhone and iPad device frames.
• Save screenshots with a configurable filename pattern.
• Reveal saved files in Finder, copy the result to the clipboard, and show a notification.

Requirements

• macOS 13 or newer.
• Xcode or Xcode Command Line Tools with xcrun simctl.
• At least one booted iOS Simulator for screenshot capture.

Development

Build the package:

swift build

Run tests:

swift test

Build and launch the macOS app bundle:

./bin/build_and_run.sh

The helper script writes the app bundle to dist/SimDeck.app.

Helper Script

bin/build_and_run.sh supports these modes:

./bin/build_and_run.sh run
./bin/build_and_run.sh debug
./bin/build_and_run.sh logs
./bin/build_and_run.sh telemetry
./bin/build_and_run.sh verify

Settings

SimDeck stores user settings in UserDefaults. Defaults include:

• output folder: ~/Desktop/iOS Simulator Screenshots
• filename pattern: screenshot_{device}_{yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss}.png
• automatic booted simulator selection
• pretty status bar enabled
• device frames disabled