SimBuddy Get SimBuddy

Simulator, sorted.

SimBuddy docks a panel on the iOS Simulator’s edge. Screenshots and recordings, slow networks, a profiler, many devices at once, your Mac’s camera, and a bridge your coding agent can drive.

For macOS 14 and later. Free to start, no account.

Real takes on iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 17e.

The panel SimBuddy’s panel beside iPhone 18 Pro rides on the Simulator’s edge, follows it around the screen, and tucks away behind it when you need the room. Captures A capture of iPhone 17e’s Home screen, devices Three Simulators on SimBuddy’s Device Matrix and your agent’s notes stay a click from the screen you are testing.

Every tool is also a command

$ simbuddy screenshot ~/Downloads/home.png --bezel --shadow$ simbuddy record ~/Downloads/demo.mp4 --touches$ simbuddy device fold open$ simbuddy network set 3g --for 10m$ simbuddy matrix shoot --bezels$ simbuddy profiler watch$ simbuddy camera start$ simbuddy ui tree$ simbuddy crash latest$ simbuddy statusbar clean

The jobs Xcode scatters. One panel.

Each tile is a real take of SimBuddy on iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro or iPhone 17e. Open one for its full film and how it works.

Capture

Plain screenshots, shots framed in the device’s body, and recordings that mark every touch. iPhone Duo folded or open.

Device Matrix

Simulators at their true sizes. One tap plays on all of them.

Network

3G, Edge or offline for one app. Your Mac stays online.

Profiler

Hangs, leaks and growing memory, each with the line that caused it.

Agents

Codex, Claude Code and Cursor read, tap, type and record the device you see.

Camera

Your Mac’s camera, live in the app’s own camera session.

The launch film. 1:40, with sound.

The buddy says hello. Then an agent fixes a layout from a note, iPhone Duo is captured in all three postures, one app goes offline while the Mac stays online, the Profiler names the line a hang waited on, and one tap plays on three devices. Eleven smaller tools close it.

Music: Sascha Ende, ende.app (CC BY 4.0). Sound effects: Kenney (CC0).

Set up in three steps. Change any of it later.

Setup checks for Xcode and offers the rest.

The full walk-through
  1. Setup’s Give SimBuddy access page: Xcode ready, Accessibility, Screen Recording and the SimBuddy folder

    1Give it access

    Xcode is required. Accessibility, Screen Recording and a folder are up to you.

  2. Setup’s Terminal and coding agents page: the simbuddy command, the agent skill and the agent bridge

    2Bring your agents

    The simbuddy command, a skill for your coding agents and the bridge. All optional.

  3. Setup’s last page, You’re all set: the panel sits beside your Simulator, ⌘0 shows or hides it, and it’s in the menu bar too

    3Open a device

    The panel docks on the Simulator. ⌘0 shows or hides it.

Free to start. Pro when it pays.

No account. Pro is an App Store subscription on your Apple ID, so it follows you to every Mac you sign in to.

Free

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Every tool, with a daily allowance

  • The panel, device controls and plain screenshots, with no limit
  • Everything else with a daily allowance that resets at midnight
  • Three days of agent sessions without limits, the first time you connect an agent
SimBuddy’s Settings: today’s use of each Free allowance, reset at midnight

SimBuddy Pro

$6.99a month

or $49.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial

  • No daily limits on any tool
  • Simulator sound and your voice in recordings
  • App Store sizes for screenshots
  • No “Made with SimBuddy” footer on styled screenshots, recordings and shot sets
  • Up to eight devices in the Device Matrix

US prices. In euro countries Pro is €6.99 a month or €39.99 a year; the App Store shows your local price before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID, and the subscription renews until you cancel it in your Apple ID settings, at least 24 hours before the period ends.

Coming to the Mac App Store.

Leave your address and we’ll write once, on the day it’s out.

SimBuddy’s minimized panel: the buddy peeks out from behind the Simulator’s edge, waves his hammer and hides again