14 DAY TRIAL // iPhoneScreenGrabber is a new Mac OS X development tool, aimed at those writing code for the iPhone and iPod touch. Developers submitting applications to the App Store along with an official description and imagery now have a tool that takes perfectly-cropped screens of any application in action, using the iPhone simulation within Apple's SDK.
iPhoneScreenGrabber easily grabs and save high-quality LZW-compressed TIFF screenshots from the iPhone Simulator, 24x7digital assures users. “Although there are many techniques to grab screenshots from your iPhone, you can simplify your workflow by using iPhoneScreenGrabber to take perfectly cropped screenshots, which are ready for upload to the iTunesConnect App Store backend,” the developer says.
Indeed, the app does a great job at taking screenshots of everything that's happening on the virtual iPhone's screen. Best of all, the unregistered version runs for as long as you keep it on your computer and only adds a small watermark to the right bottom side of the screenshot, so, if you're not looking for professional results, you're in luck. As a serious developer though, you may need to purchase a license ($10) to remove that watermark – you don't want Apple rejecting your app, do you?
iPhoneScreenGrabber is currently at its first public release. The application requires Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or later. Since the iPhone SDK / iPhone Simulator is required, users need to perform an additional installation of the tools provided by Apple for iPhone development. To download everything you need to start taking your screenshots, use the two links below. Once you set up the iPhone SDK, the iPhone Simulator can be fired up individually. iPhoneScreenGrabber will not work, unless the iPhone Simulator is running.