SimBuddy Get SimBuddy

From download to first capture.

Setup asks for Xcode and offers the rest, and every choice can change later. Then open a device and the panel is already beside it.

Start with step 1 Questions first? Support

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

  1. Get SimBuddy.

    SimBuddy is coming to the Mac App Store. Leave your address and we’ll write once, on the day it’s out.

    It runs beside Xcode’s Simulator on macOS 14 and later. Free to start, no account.

    Email me at launch
    The buddy with his hammer

  2. Give it access.

    SimBuddy needs Xcode. The rest is up to you, and System Settings can change it later:

    • Accessibility, for touch marks in recordings and global shortcuts
    • Screen Recording, for sound and clicks in recordings, overlays and telling windows apart
    • A SimBuddy folder in Documents, for captures, handoffs and traces; until you allow it, they go to Downloads › SimBuddy
    Setup’s Give SimBuddy access page: Xcode ready, Accessibility, Screen Recording and the SimBuddy folder, each with its own button

  3. Bring your terminal and agents.

    Install the simbuddy command, teach your coding agents its skill, and choose whether the agent bridge starts with SimBuddy. All three are optional and wait in Settings › Agents.

    • simbuddy doctor checks Xcode, the Simulator and the bridge
    • simbuddy status lists the Simulators that are running
    • simbuddy skill status shows which agents have the skill
    Setup’s Terminal and coding agents page: the simbuddy command, the skill for coding agents and the agent bridge, with three commands to try

  4. Open a device.

    Open a Simulator in Device Hub and the panel appears beside it, following the window as you move it. ⌘0 shows or hides it from the panel or the Simulator.

    While the panel is hidden, the menu bar still has captures, devices and every workspace.

    Setup’s last page, You’re all set: it sits beside your Simulator, show or hide it with Command 0, and it’s in the menu bar too

  5. Take your first capture.

    Press Screenshot on the Home workspace, or choose Take Screenshot in the menu bar. Turn on Clean status bar first and the shot shows 9:41, full Wi-Fi and a charged battery.

    Record works the same way, with every touch marked.

    How Capture works
    The Home workspace: the target app, Light and Dark, text size, and Screenshot and Record under Capture

  6. Hide it, and he waits.

    Minimize the panel and the buddy waits at the Simulator’s edge, peeking out until you need him again.

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