Fakeconvo vs TheFake.design vs FakeDetail
Checked on 31 October 2026 against each site's homepage.
Three free tools make chat and social media mock-ups. This page puts what each one offers side by side, so you can pick the one that fits the job.
We built Fakeconvo, so we are not neutral. We only list what the other sites say about themselves on their homepages, and we name the things they do better.
Side by side
- Price of a screenshot
- Fakeconvo
- Free
- TheFake.design
- Free PNGs; Pro plan for more
- FakeDetail
- Free; no paid plan on the homepage
- Sign-up needed
- Fakeconvo
- No
- TheFake.design
- No (guest mode)
- FakeDetail
- No (sign-in is optional)
- Watermark on PNG
- Fakeconvo
- No
- TheFake.design
- No
- FakeDetail
- No
- Video export
- Fakeconvo
- Not yet
- TheFake.design
- Pro only (video and animation)
- FakeDetail
- Screen recording in some generators, e.g. WhatsApp and Instagram DM
- Image formats
- Fakeconvo
- PNG
- TheFake.design
- PNG
- FakeDetail
- PNG, plus JPG or WebP in some tools
- Styles
- Fakeconvo
- 12: WhatsApp, iMessage, Instagram DM, Messenger, Android SMS, LINE, Snapchat, X post, Instagram post and story, Facebook post, TikTok comments
- TheFake.design
- Many more, including Threads, Reddit, LinkedIn, Telegram, Discord and YouTube
- FakeDetail
- Many more, including WeChat, Telegram, Skype, Tumblr, call screens and test-data tools
- Site languages
- Fakeconvo
- 5: English, Portuguese (Brazil), German, Spanish, French
- TheFake.design
- 5 (the same five)
- FakeDetail
- 13
When Fakeconvo is the better pick
- Every generator page opens with the editor already loaded, so you start typing without clicking through.
- Switching style keeps your people and messages: a WhatsApp chat becomes an iMessage or Messenger chat in one click.
- The chats you build are saved only in your browser. PNGs are rendered on your device and we never receive them.
When another tool is the better pick
- You need a style we don't have yet, such as Telegram, Discord, Threads, Reddit or WeChat: both other sites cover far more platforms.
- You need a video: FakeDetail records some chats as a video for free, and TheFake.design exports video with its Pro plan. Fakeconvo only exports images today.
- You want the site itself in a language other than our five: FakeDetail offers 13.
How we checked
- We read each site's homepage on 31 October 2026 and only list what it says there. Prices and features change; if a cell is out of date, the site itself is the better source.
- TheFake.design and FakeDetail are trademarks of their owners. Fakeconvo is not affiliated with either.
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Fakeconvo makes mock-ups for design, education and entertainment. It is not affiliated with WhatsApp, Apple, Meta, Snap, LINE, X, ByteDance or the tools compared here.