What Is a Product Launch Post?
A product launch post is a social media post that announces something new that people can get today: a new product, a new version or a new feature. It says what shipped, what the reader can now do and where to get it. For an app the product lives on the App Store, so every launch post ends at the listing.
Four moments call for one. A first launch introduces the app. A big feature launch announces one new thing an existing user can do. A small update reports the fixes in a version. A milestone, such as 1,000 ratings, is not a release, but it follows the same pattern and belongs in the same feed. A launch post is shorter than a press release or a launch email: one picture, a few sentences, and it has to make sense to someone who has never heard of you.
A product launch post generator builds that post from facts you already have. Spreadcast takes them from your App Store listing (the name, the icon, the screenshots and the release notes), designs the image, writes a caption for each network and publishes it. The rest of this page shows what goes into the post, with examples to copy if you make yours by hand.
What a Good Product Launch Post Contains
A product launch post for an app has five parts, and the order matters. First the news in plain words ("Trailmark is on the App Store" or "Offline maps are here"). Then one thing the user can do now that they could not do before. Then one real screen from the app. Then where to get it. Then a single call to action. The backstory, the version number and the thank you list all come after those five, or in a second post.
Apple asks for the same focus. Its App Store marketing guidelines ask you to keep the headline and the copy on your own app instead of on Apple's product features, and they add: "Always include a call to action to download your app."
Length is set by the network. A post on X has 280 characters and any link uses 23 of them, per X's character counting rules. An Instagram caption can run to 2,200 characters with up to 30 hashtags, per Meta's Instagram publishing reference, though Instagram's hashtag help page now says to use up to 5 on a post, and LinkedIn Help gives a post 3,000. That is why one caption pasted everywhere reads wrong on most of them, and why Spreadcast writes a separate caption for each network.
If you want finished wording to copy before you read further, there are separate pages of app launch announcement examples and app update announcement examples.
The Anatomy of an App Launch Post, Part by Part
The same seven parts appear in a first launch post and in a post for version 3.2. The examples use Trailmark, an invented hiking app that appears throughout this page.
| Part | What it does | Example | What goes wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line on the image | States the news in about 8 words, readable at feed size. | Trailmark is live. Offline trail maps for hikers. | A slogan that could belong to any app. |
| Screenshot | Shows the real screen where the news lives. | The trail map with the Download button. | A blank device or a mockup in place of the running app. |
| First line of the caption | Repeats the news for people who read the text first. | Trailmark is on the App Store today. | Opening with the backstory. |
| One detail | Gives a reason to care: a number, a limit, a price. | Your first three trails are free. | A list of every feature. |
| Where to get it | Names the store and the device in Apple's wording. | Trailmark for iPhone is available on the App Store. | A descriptor in front of the store's name. |
| Call to action | One thing to do next. | Download a trail before your next hike. | Three asks in one caption. |
| Badge | Optional on a still image. Apple's artwork, one per layout, at least 40 pixels tall. | The black App Store badge in a lower corner. | A redrawn, tilted or recolored badge. |
The 8 word figure is our working rule for a 1080 by 1350 image and not a platform limit. The badge and wording rules are Apple's, and both are covered in detail further down.
How Spreadcast Makes an App Launch Social Media Post From Your App Store Link
There is no SDK to install and no access to your developer account. Everything comes from the public listing.
- Step 1
Paste Your App Store Link
Go to the start page and paste the link to your app on the App Store. Spreadcast reads the app's name, its icon, its screenshots and the current release notes. Only the App Store is supported today. Google Play is next on the list and is not available yet.
- Step 2
Your Brand Kit Is Built From the Listing
Colors are read from the app icon, and the screenshots become the pictures in your posts. If the app has a website, the logo and fonts come from there. You can see how that reading works on the free brand kit generator.
- Step 3
The First Post Is Drafted When You Connect the App
This is the app launch announcement: what the app does, one screenshot, your icon and colors, set as a 1080 by 1350 still image with real typeset text. It is useful even if the app launched months ago and never got a proper post.
- Step 4
Spreadcast Checks the Listing Every Day
When a new version appears, the release notes are boiled down to two or three points and paired with one of your own screenshots. That becomes the app update announcement post for that version.
- Step 5
You Approve It, or Autopilot Publishes It
In approve first mode every post waits for one tap. In full autopilot it takes the next free slot on your calendar and goes out within minutes of that slot. Either way you can drag a post to another day.
- Step 6
Each Network Gets Its Own Caption
On the Pro plan the post is published for you to the accounts you connected: Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram and Discord, plus YouTube for video posts. On the Free plan you get the draft to download and post yourself.
Product Launch Social Media Post Examples for Four Kinds of Release
These are examples written for this page, using Trailmark, an invented hiking app. Each one shows the line that goes on the image and a caption to go under it. Swap in your own name, feature and numbers.
A First Launch
On the image: "Trailmark is live. Offline trail maps for hikers." Caption: "After 14 months of weekends, Trailmark is on the App Store today. Download a trail before you leave home, then follow it with no signal. Your first three trails are free. Which trail should we map next?" The caption names the app, says what it does in one sentence, gives the price in plain words and ends with a question people can answer.
A Big Feature
On the image: "New in 3.2: offline maps." Caption: "The request we heard most this year is now in the app. Open any trail, tap Download, and the map, elevation and waypoints stay on your phone. Update Trailmark on the App Store to get it." A new feature announcement post leads with the feature, never with the version number. The number can sit small on the image.
A Small Update
On the image: "Faster GPS lock. Fewer crashes." Caption: "Trailmark 3.2.1 fixes the crash some of you hit when pausing a recording, and GPS now locks on faster at the trailhead. Thank you to everyone who sent a report." Two specific fixes are enough for a post. "Bug fixes and improvements" is not, because there is nothing in it to say.
A Milestone
On the image: "1,000 ratings. Thank you." Caption: "Trailmark just passed 1,000 ratings on the App Store. Every one of them came from someone who took a minute on a trail to tell us how it went. Offline maps exist because of what you wrote." If you show a star average, Apple's ratings and reviews page says it must match your current rating. The testimonial post generator page covers the rule for quoting a review.
12 More Product Launch Social Media Posts, Written per Network
The cards above give one caption per release. Here are the same four releases written for other networks, each inside that network's limit: 280 characters on X with 23 reserved for the link, 300 on Bluesky and 500 on Threads.
| Release | Network | Line on the image | Caption |
|---|---|---|---|
| First launch | Trailmark is live. | Fourteen months ago I got lost above the tree line with a dead map app and one bar of signal. Today Trailmark is on the App Store. You download a trail at home and follow it with no signal, with elevation and waypoints. The first three trails are free. Tell me which trail you would map first. #IndieDev #ProductLaunch #Hiking | |
| First launch | X | Trailmark is live. | Trailmark is on the App Store today. Download a trail at home, follow it with no signal. First three trails free. (App Store link) |
| First launch | Offline trail maps for hikers. | Title: Offline Hiking Map App for iPhone. Description: Trailmark lets you download a trail map before you leave home and follow it with no signal, with elevation and waypoints. Plan a day hike or a weekend route. First three trails free. | |
| Big feature | New in 3.2: offline maps. | Offline maps are here. Open any trail, tap Download, and the map, elevation and waypoints stay on your phone when the signal does not. Update Trailmark through the link in our profile. #Hiking #TrailMaps #Outdoors | |
| Big feature | Threads | New in 3.2: offline maps. | Offline maps just landed in Trailmark 3.2. Which trail are you downloading first? Topic tag: Hiking |
| Big feature | TikTok | No signal. Still on the trail. | Title: Offline maps are now in Trailmark. Description: Tap Download on any trail before you leave. Map, elevation and waypoints work with no signal. #Hiking #HikingTok |
| Small update | X | Faster GPS lock. Fewer crashes. | Trailmark 3.2.1: fixed the crash when pausing a recording, and GPS locks faster at the trailhead. Update on the App Store. (App Store link) |
| Small update | Bluesky | Faster GPS lock. Fewer crashes. | Small Trailmark update today. The pause crash is fixed and GPS finds you faster at the trailhead. Thanks for the reports. |
| Small update | Faster GPS lock. Fewer crashes. | Trailmark 3.2.1 is out. If the app closed on you when you paused a recording, that is fixed. GPS also locks on faster when you start a hike. Update on the App Store. (App Store link) | |
| Milestone | 1,000 ratings. Thank you. | 1,000 of you have rated Trailmark on the App Store. Thank you. If the app got you back to the car on time, a rating helps the next hiker find it. #Hiking #TrailMaps | |
| Milestone | 4.8 stars from 1,000 ratings. | Trailmark passed 1,000 ratings this week, with a 4.8 average as of today. Two years ago the goal was 100 downloads. The ratings matter more to me, because each one is a person who finished a hike and took a minute to say how it went. Thank you. #IndieDev #Hiking | |
| Milestone | X | 1,000 ratings. Thank you. | 1,000 ratings on the App Store and a 4.8 average as of today. Thank you, hikers. (App Store link) |
The Instagram rows carry 3 hashtags or fewer because Instagram's help page now allows up to 5. Limits and hashtag counts for all 8 networks are on the social media caption generator page.
What to Post in Launch Week: A Seven Day Plan for an App Launch Announcement
One announcement is not a launch. In Buffer's study of posting consistency, published in January 2025, accounts that posted in 20 or more of 26 weeks had about five times the median engagement per post of accounts that posted in four weeks or fewer. It is an observational study of Buffer's own users, so read it as a hint. A simple seven day plan gives you the habit from the first week.
| Day | What to post | Who makes it |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | The announcement: what the app does or what changed, one screenshot, where to get it. | Spreadcast drafts it when you connect the app, or when the new version shows on your listing. |
| Day 2 | One feature on one screen. Pick the thing a new user should try first. | You, with New Post in Spreadcast. |
| Day 3 | The story behind the release in the founder's voice. This works best as text on LinkedIn and X. | You. No tool writes this one well. |
| Day 4 | A three step how to: open, tap, done. Show the first result a user gets. | You, with New Post. |
| Day 5 | First reactions: your star rating, or a review you have permission to quote. | Spreadcast drafts it when a 5 star review arrives. A post that quotes the review waits for your approval. |
| Day 6 | The question you were asked most this week, answered in two sentences. | You. |
| Day 7 | A thank you, and what ships next. | You. If you pass a rating milestone, Spreadcast drafts the thank you post. |
One detail for update launches: if you use phased release, Apple's phased release schedule sends the update to 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and then 100 percent of users with automatic updates over seven days. Anyone can still update by hand from the App Store, so say "update now on the App Store" in the day 1 post.
Product Launch Timeline for an App: Six Weeks Out to the Week After
Most of a launch happens before the post. This timeline puts the Apple and Product Hunt deadlines from this page in order, for a first launch of a new app. An update launch can start at the one week row. For the Product Hunt day itself, read how to launch on Product Hunt.
| When | What to do | Why then |
|---|---|---|
| Six weeks out | Open a public TestFlight link and invite outside testers. Apple's TestFlight page allows up to 10,000 external testers, and the first build for them goes through App Review. | Testers find the bugs and write the first kind words. Ask the ones who love it whether you may quote them later. |
| Four weeks out | Draft the store listing: name, subtitle, screenshots and the What's New text. Schedule the Product Hunt post if you are launching there. | Product Hunt lets you schedule up to a month ahead, and the listing is what every launch post links to. |
| Three weeks out | Send a featuring nomination in App Store Connect. | Apple asks for at least two weeks of notice, per the featuring page linked above. |
| Two weeks out | Decide between a pre order and a release option, and pick the day. | A pre order can run 2 to 180 days before release. Without one, manual release lets you choose the moment. |
| One week out | Submit the build for review and choose manual release. | Most submissions are reviewed within a day or two, which leaves room for one rejection and a fix. |
| Launch day | Release the version, open the listing to confirm it is live, then publish the announcement. | Spreadcast drafts the announcement once the listing is public, so the post never goes out before the app. |
| The week after | Follow the seven day plan above, and answer every comment yourself. | The first reviews arrive now, and each 5 star one becomes a post. |
The full preparation list, with the parts that are not social posts, is in the app launch checklist.
When to Publish a New Product Launch Announcement Post
The post should go out when the version is live for the reader, and Apple gives you three ways to control that moment. Apple's release options are: release the version yourself, release it automatically once it is approved, or release it automatically no earlier than a date and time you set. With manual release, an approved version waits as Pending Developer Release until you click Release This Version, and Apple notes it may then take up to 24 hours to appear on the App Store.
Approval is usually quick. Apple's App Review page says it typically reviews at least 50 percent of submissions in under 24 hours and 90 percent in under 48 hours. For a launch with a fixed date, submit several days early, pick manual release or the date option, and publish the post only after you have opened the listing and seen the new version yourself.
Two more Apple details shape launch day. The promotional text above your description holds 170 characters and can be changed without a new version, per Apple's product page guidance, so it can carry the launch line all week. And if you want Apple's editors to consider the app, Apple's featuring page asks for at least two weeks of notice through Featuring Nominations in App Store Connect, and up to three months for wider featuring.
If Product Hunt is part of the plan, Product Hunt's launch guide describes a homepage that runs on a 24 hour cycle in Pacific time, suggests 12:01 am as the start, and tells makers to ask for feedback, never for upvotes. Spreadcast needs no scheduling from you for any of this: it checks the listing each day and drafts the post once the new version is public. The rest of the preparation is in the app launch checklist.
Product Hunt Launch Post: What Product Hunt Is and What to Write
Product Hunt is a site where makers post new products and the community votes and comments on them, with a fresh list on the homepage every day. For an app it is a one day audience of early adopters and other makers, not a steady channel, so it works best on the same day as the App Store announcement.
Product Hunt's own launch guide sets the limits for the post itself. The tagline holds 60 characters and the description 500. You choose up to 3 launch tags, the thumbnail is best at 240 by 240 and every image has to be under 3 MB, and the gallery needs at least 2 images at a recommended 1270 by 760. Video is a YouTube link. You get three shoutouts per launch, and co makers need their own accounts well before the day.
The guide puts weight on the first comment from the maker: 70 percent of products that reached Product of the Day, Week or Month had one. Write it as a short launch post: who the app is for, the one problem it solves, what is free and what is paid, and a question that invites feedback. On timing, the guide says there is no best day, and it reports that weekend launches get 15 percent more clicks on the Visit button than weekday ones.
On your own accounts, the Product Hunt post is a second announcement on the same day. Lead with the app, not with the vote: "Trailmark is live on Product Hunt today. We would love your feedback on offline maps." Spreadcast drafts the App Store announcement from your listing, and you make the Product Hunt one with New Post, since it links to a different page.
What Your Release Notes Need for a Good App Update Announcement Post
The update post is made from the "What's New" text on your listing, so the post can only be as specific as the notes. Apple gives you room: the field holds 4,000 characters and is required for every version after the first, per Apple's platform version information.
| What the release notes say | What the post can say | Result |
|---|---|---|
| "Bug fixes and performance improvements." | Nothing. There is no change a reader could repeat. | No post. Spreadcast skips notes that only say this. |
| "We update the app regularly to make it better for you." | Nothing specific. | No post, and thin notes for the store too. |
| "Added offline maps. Download any trail and follow it without signal. Fixed a crash when pausing a recording." | Offline maps as the headline, the crash fix as a second point. | A clear post with two points and the map screenshot. |
| "New: widgets, dark mode, an Apple Watch app, CSV export and 14 fixes." | Two or three of the five items. A still image has no room for all of them. | A good post, as long as the change you care about most comes first in the notes. |
| "You can now send a live location link before a hike, so a friend can follow you until you are back at the car." | Almost the same sentence, because it is already written as a benefit. | The best case. The notes and the post say the same thing. |
Guideline 2.3.12 of the App Review Guidelines asks for the same thing: new features and product changes must be described clearly, and a generic line is acceptable only for simple bug fixes, security updates and performance work. There is a page of app release notes examples if you want patterns to copy.
New Product Launch Announcement Post Template, Ready to Fill In
A fill in the blanks template for each kind of release, written so the five parts from the top of this page land in the right order. Swap the brackets for your own words. The examples use Trailmark, the invented hiking app.
| Release | Line on the image | Caption template | Filled in (example) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First launch | [App] is live. [What it does in five words]. | [App] is on the App Store today. [One sentence on what it does]. [What is free]. [A question people can answer]. | Trailmark is on the App Store today. Download a trail and follow it with no signal. Your first three trails are free. Which trail should we map next? |
| Big feature | New in [version]: [feature]. | [The request you heard most] is now in the app. [How to use it in one sentence]. Update [App] on the App Store to get it. | Offline maps are now in the app. Tap Download on any trail and it stays on your phone. Update Trailmark on the App Store to get it. |
| Small update | [Fix one]. [Fix two]. | [App] [version] fixes [the problem in the user's words], and [second change]. Thank you to everyone who sent a report. | Trailmark 3.2.1 fixes the crash when you pause a recording, and GPS locks on faster. Thank you to everyone who sent a report. |
| Website or web app launch | [Product] is live. | [Product] is open today at [address]. [What it does]. [What to try first]. | Trailmark for the web is open today. Plan a route on a big screen and send it to your phone. |
| Milestone | [Number] [ratings or downloads]. Thank you. | [App] just passed [number]. [One line on who those people are]. [What you are building next]. | Trailmark just passed 1,000 ratings. Every one came from someone back from a hike. Route sharing is next. |
The website row is here because people search for it, and Spreadcast does not make it: it reads App Store listings, so a web launch is a post you make with New Post. The other four rows are the posts Spreadcast drafts for you from your listing.
How Release Notes Become a Launch Post, Step by Step
Spreadcast does this for each version. The steps are the same by hand, and they show why the wording of the notes matters. Take these notes for Trailmark 3.2: "Offline maps: download any trail and follow it without signal. Elevation profiles load twice as fast. Fixed a crash when pausing a recording."
- Step 1
Find the One Change a User Would Repeat
Here it is offline maps. Put that change first in the notes, because the first item becomes the headline. If your app is also on Google Play, work from the App Store text: Google Play's release notes hold 500 characters per language against Apple's 4,000.
- Step 2
Turn It Into the Line on the Image
"New in 3.2: offline maps." Five words, the feature first, the version number small.
- Step 3
Keep Two or Three Points
Offline maps, faster elevation profiles, the crash fix. A still image has no room for a fourth, and the full list stays on the store.
- Step 4
Pick the Screenshot That Shows It
The post uses a screenshot from your listing. If the new feature is in none of them, add one with the release. Apple's product page guidance allows up to 10 screenshots.
- Step 5
Write the Caption for Each Network
Bluesky gets one sentence and the link. LinkedIn gets who asked for offline maps and what it took to build. Instagram gets the benefit, one detail and up to 5 hashtags.
Apple's Rules for Launch Marketing: Badges, Pre Orders and the Store Name
Three parts of Apple's App Store marketing guidelines come up in almost every new app release announcement. The first is the badge. Use one App Store badge per layout or video, prefer the black one, keep it smaller than your main message, and leave clear space around it equal to one quarter of the badge's height. On screen the badge should be at least 40 pixels tall. Do not redraw, tilt or animate it. Apple's App Store Marketing Tools will generate the badge, a QR code and promotional images for your app.
The second is the name of the store. Write that your app is available on the App Store or can be downloaded from the App Store. The guidelines rule out "Apple App Store", "iPhone App Store" and "at the App Store".
The third is pre orders. A brand new app can go on pre order with a release day 2 to 180 days after the pre order is published, according to Apple's pre order page. On release day the app downloads by itself for everyone who ordered it. Two warnings from the same page are easy to miss. Apple does not tell those customers if you move the date, so Apple suggests leaving the date out of your marketing when it might shift. And once the app is out, every pre order badge in your posts and on your site has to be replaced with the download badge.
A big update can also get a place in the store itself. Apple's in app events page lists a Major Update badge for significant new features, and says it is not meant for small interface changes or bug fixes. The full set of rules, with the ones about device images and ratings, is in the guide to App Store marketing guidelines.
Video: Apple on App Store Pre Orders and Regional Launches
A WWDC23 session, posted on the Apple Developer YouTube channel in 2024.
Apple's Wording Rules for a Launch Caption: Write This, Avoid That
These rows come from the same marketing guidelines, read on October 11, 2026. They apply to the caption and to the text on the image.
| Topic | Write | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| The store | "available on the App Store" or "can be downloaded from the App Store" | "at the App Store", "downloadable", a descriptor in front of the name, superlatives about the store |
| Your app and the device | Trailmark for iPhone. Works with Apple Watch. | The product name in front of the app name, as in "iPhone Trailmark" |
| Product names | Singular, with Apple's spelling: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | Plurals, all capitals, and "smartphone" or "tablet" for an Apple device |
| Operating systems | The products the app runs on | Naming iOS, macOS, watchOS or tvOS in marketing copy |
| Device pictures | Apple's product images unmodified, at least 200 pixels tall on screen, with your app running on the display | Tilted, cropped or animated devices, text placed on top of the device, a blank screen |
| Other stores | Other platforms named in copy or shown as badges, with the App Store badge first in the row | An Apple device pictured beside a competing device |
Common Product Launch Post Mistakes
Most of these cost nothing to fix on the day.
Posting Before the Version Is Live
A manually released version can take up to 24 hours to appear, and a phased update reaches 1 percent of automatic updaters on day 1. Open the listing, see the new version, then post.
Leading With the Version Number
"Version 3.2 is here" tells a reader nothing. "Offline maps are here" does. Keep the number small on the image and out of the first line.
A Mockup Where a Screenshot Should Be
Apple's marketing guidelines ask you to show the app as it appears when running, with fictional account details in place of a real person's data. Your own screenshot is also the most convincing picture you have.
Leaving the First Comments Unanswered
Buffer's 2026 engagement report compared accounts with their own baseline and found higher engagement on posts where the account replied to comments: 42 percent on Threads, 30 percent on LinkedIn and 21 percent on Instagram. Buffer notes this does not prove cause. Launch day is still when people ask questions, so answer them yourself.
One Announcement, Then Nothing
The announcement is day 1 of 7. If you have no time for the other six, let the review, milestone and feature posts Spreadcast drafts fill them.
A Star Average That Has Moved
A milestone image is true on the day it goes out. Apple requires a rating used in marketing to match the current one, so do not reuse the image months later.
Five Ways to Make a Product Launch Post, Compared
We make Spreadcast, so it comes first, and for an app on the App Store it is the only one of the five that makes the post without being asked: it designs the image, writes the captions and publishes them. The others are good tools that start working when you do. Prices were checked on October 11, 2026.
| Way | Who makes the post | Your time per release | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spreadcast | Spreadcast designs the post from your listing, writes a caption for each network and publishes it for you. | One tap to approve, or none on full autopilot. | Free plan drafts every post for you to download. Pro is $29 a month flat, with design, captions and publishing to 8 networks included. See pricing. |
| A design editor (Canva) | You design it from a template, write the captions and publish. | The design, 8 captions and 8 uploads for every release. | Canva's pricing page lists Free at $0 and Pro at $18 a month. Neither price includes your hour in the editor. More in Canva compared with Spreadcast. |
| A chat assistant (Claude, ChatGPT) | It writes captions from the notes you paste. You make the image and publish. | Paste, prompt, check the limits, design, upload. | Claude's pricing page lists a free plan and Pro at $20 a month billed monthly. |
| A scheduler (Buffer) | You make the post. Buffer publishes it at the time you set. | Everything except the publishing. | Buffer's pricing page charges $6 a channel on Essentials billed monthly, so 8 networks cost 8 times $6, or $48 a month, before a post exists. More in Buffer compared with Spreadcast. |
| A freelancer | A person designs and writes it from your brief. | The brief, the review and the corrections, for each release. | Upwork's cost guide gives typical social media manager rates of $14 to $35 an hour. |
Many app teams keep an editor for one off posts, such as a conference or a hiring note, and let Spreadcast run the recurring ones. If you work in Claude or ChatGPT, you can also connect your assistant to Spreadcast through its MCP server and have it design the launch posts in your app's brand and write the captions there, drafts only by default.
What Stays With You at Launch
Spreadcast designs the launch post and every update post after it. These parts of a launch stay in your hands.
Video and Reels
Every post is a still image, 1080 by 1350 pixels. If your launch needs a screen recording for TikTok or Reels, record that yourself and let the still post carry the announcement.
Teasers Before the App Is Listed
Spreadcast works from a public App Store listing, so it starts on launch day. Countdown and coming soon posts for an app that has no listing yet are yours to make. The app launch checklist covers what to prepare in those weeks.
Google Play
Spreadcast works from App Store links today. If your app ships on both stores, the posts are made from the App Store version and its release notes. Google Play is next on the list.
Release Notes Worth Announcing
Release notes that say only "bug fixes" give it nothing to announce, so no update post is made. Write one line about what changed and the post has something to say. In a week with no update, it drafts a post about one of the app's features so the feed does not go silent.
Press, Email and Ads
The press release, the email to your users, the launch site submissions and the ads stay with you. For the wider plan, read how to market an app.
Carousels
Each release becomes one image and one caption per network. Build a multi slide walkthrough of a big release by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should a product launch post say?
Say what shipped, what the user can now do, and where to get it, in that order. Add one real screenshot and one call to action. Keep the story of how you built it for a second post, and keep the version number small. The app launch announcement examples page has wording you can copy.
How do you announce an app launch on social media?
Post the announcement on release day with one screenshot and a link, then follow it for a week with one feature, the founder's story, a short how to, first reactions and a thank you. Write a different caption for each network, because the limits run from 280 characters on X to 3,000 on LinkedIn.
How do you write a new feature announcement post?
Lead with the feature as something the user does ("Download any trail and follow it offline"), show the screen where it lives, and tell people to update. Mention one fix or one thank you if you have room. Leave out the list of everything else in the release.
Does Spreadcast post every app update automatically?
It checks your App Store listing every day and drafts a post for each new version whose release notes describe a real change. In full autopilot that post is published without you. In approve first mode it waits for one tap. Notes that only say "bug fixes" produce no post.
Can I use the App Store badge in a launch post?
Yes, with Apple's artwork and Apple's rules: one badge per layout, at least 40 pixels tall on screen, clear space of one quarter of its height, and never altered. The rules are in Apple's App Store marketing guidelines.
Is the launch post generator free?
Yes. The Free plan costs $0 and covers 1 app. Spreadcast spots updates, reviews and milestones and designs every post for you to download, with a small Spreadcast mark on each. Pro is $29 a month flat for 1 app, with design, captions and publishing to 8 networks included. Studio is $79 a month for 5 apps and 3 seats. See pricing.
Does it work for Google Play apps?
Spreadcast works from App Store listings today. If your app is on both stores, it runs from the App Store version. Google Play is the next store on the list and has no date yet.
Where These Facts Come From
Every outside number, rule and price on this page links to the page it was taken from.
- Using hashtags on InstagramInstagram Help Center
- App Store marketing guidelinesApple Developer
- Offering your apps for pre orderApple Developer
- App Review GuidelinesApple Developer
- Platform version informationApp Store Connect Help
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