Pick a style, edit the messages or post, then download a PNG.
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Text conversations for memes, stories and mockups
Write both sides of a text conversation, set the phone details, and download the screenshot as a PNG.
Make a text screenshot
The fake text message generator draws the conversation as you type, so the preview is the PNG you download.
Type each message and tap the sender button to switch it between you and the other person. The fake text message generator holds up to 40 messages of up to 500 characters each, and you can move or delete any message.
Enter the contact name, add a profile photo if you like, and set the status bar time and battery level. Switch to dark mode or to the blue iMessage-style bubbles, and every change shows in the preview right away.
Press download to save the screenshot as a sharp, high-resolution PNG. The fake text message generator keeps long chats in one tall image, so a whole story fits in a single file.
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Every setting in the fake text message generator updates the phone screenshot, so each fake message looks right before you download it.
Messages from you sit on the right in green, and replies sit on the left in grey. The fake text message generator adds the little tail only to the last bubble in a run, wraps long messages, keeps the line breaks you type and shows emoji whole, so the chat reads like a normal phone thread.
Type any contact name for the top of the screen and add a profile photo, or keep the grey initial. Set the status bar to any time, such as 9:41 or 11:58, and drag the battery from 1 to 100 percent; at 20 percent or less the fake text message generator turns the battery red.
Switch between a white and a black screen to match the look of your video or slide. Keep the green bubbles for a plain text message, or pick the iMessage-style option in the fake text message generator for blue bubbles and an iMessage placeholder in the input bar.
The fake text message generator downloads a PNG up to 1,170 pixels wide, so text stays crisp in a video edit or on a slide. Long conversations become one tall screenshot, and the download is free, needs no account and has nothing added to the image.
A fake text message is a quick way to tell a story or show an idea in a familiar format.
Write a short exchange with a perfect punchline and post it as an image. The fake text message generator makes a clean screenshot in seconds, so you can try three versions of the joke and keep the one that lands.
Build the conversation that carries a TikTok, Reel or YouTube story, then cut it into your edit message by message. The fake text message generator exports sharp PNGs that stay readable when you zoom in on a phone screen.
Show how an appointment reminder, a welcome message or a support reply would appear in a chat. Designers and product teams use the fake text message generator to drop clean, consistent conversations into slides and prototypes.
Tell part of a short story, comic or game through text messages. The fake text message generator lets writers stage a scene with names, times and a dying battery that add tension without a paragraph of description.
My story-time videos are told through text conversations. I write the whole exchange in the fake text message generator, switch on dark mode to match my edit, and download each step as a PNG. Zooming in on the phone screen in CapCut stays sharp, even on a long chat.
Quick answers about the fake text message generator, its settings and the PNG you download.
You can make and download screenshots for free, without creating an account. The fake text message generator saves a full-resolution PNG, and nothing is added to the image.
People use the fake text message generator for memes, story-time videos, app mockups, classroom examples and fiction. It works best when viewers know the conversation is part of a joke, a story or a design.
Tap the sender button next to any message to switch it between you and the other person. You can also move messages up or down and delete them, up to 40 messages in one fake text message.
Choose an image to use as the contact photo, or keep the grey initial. The fake text message generator also lets you type any status bar time and set the battery from 1 to 100 percent.
The PNG is up to 1,170 pixels wide. Very long chats are saved smaller so the fake text message generator can still save them as one image.
Switch on dark mode for a black screen, and pick the iMessage-style option for blue bubbles. The other styles in the workspace make Discord-style chats, posts and comment stickers.
Open the fake text message generator, write both sides of the conversation, set the contact, time and battery, and download a sharp PNG for your meme, video or mockup.
