So yesterday I needed a fake iMessage screenshot for a video thumbnail. Googled around, tried a few tools - they all either looked terrible, had ugly watermarks everywhere, or wanted me to download some random app.I figured how hard can it be to just make one myself?18 hours later I have a working product with payments and everything. Probably should have slept at some point but here we are.
It's called Messagesy. You pick a platform (iMessage, WhatsApp, Instagram, and 9 others), type out a conversation, customize the details like names and timestamps, and export it as a PNG.
The whole thing runs in the browser. React frontend, Firebase for auth, Stripe for payments because I wanted to see if anyone would actually pay for this. Turns out some people will — got my first few subscribers this morning.
Free tier gives you 3 exports per day with a watermark. Paid removes limits and the watermark.
Honestly not sure where this goes from here but it was a fun build. If anyone wants to try it and i will be happy to answer questions about the stack or how I built it.
hristoff•17h ago