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Placeholder Onboarding Copy Generator
Onboarding screens are mostly copy, which is why lorem ipsum mockups of them tell you nothing. This generator writes structured screen copy — a headline plus a benefit-focused body line per screen — in five app flavors: productivity ('Focus on What Actually Matters'), fitness, finance, social, and general. Each flavor has eight headlines and eight body lines written in the friendly second-person register onboarding actually uses. Pick an app type and a screen count from 1 to 8, and you get clearly delimited '--- Screen 1 ---' blocks ready to drop into Figma frames. Headlines and bodies are drawn without replacement across the run, so no screen repeats another's text — an eight-screen request uses each flavor's full pool exactly once. Treat the result as a structural draft. It shows stakeholders realistic copy weight, headline length, and message rhythm, but real feature names, brand voice, and a copywriter's pass still come after.
How to use
- Choose your options above
- Click Generate
- Copy your result
Detailed instructions
- Set the 'Number of Screens' input to match the onboarding flow length you are designing — three is recommended for most apps.
- Select the 'App Type' that closest matches your product category to get domain-appropriate vocabulary and benefit framing.
- Click the generate button and review the labeled output blocks, each containing a headline and body text for one screen.
- Copy individual screen blocks or the full set and paste directly into your Figma, Sketch, or prototype tool text layers.
- Use the output as a first draft — replace app-generic references with your actual feature names before client or developer handoff.
Use Cases
- •Dropping realistic copy into Figma onboarding frames before a client design review
- •Building a 3-screen fitness app prototype in Sketch with goal-focused benefit language
- •Populating investor pitch deck slides showing a finance app's onboarding sequence
- •Preparing developer handoff files where copy length affects component sizing and layout
- •Creating a UX writing brief for a contractor using generated copy as the structural scaffold
Tips
- →Generate the same screen count twice with different app types and compare — hybrid products like a finance-fitness tracker benefit from blended vocabulary.
- →Paste the generated copy into your prototype before your design review, not after — stakeholders give more actionable feedback when screens look finished.
- →For a five-screen flow, generate a three-screen set and a two-screen set separately, then combine the strongest screens from each output.
- →If your brand voice is warmer or more technical than the output, use the generated structure (headline length, sentence count) but rewrite the words — the architecture is the hard part.
- →Compare headline character counts across generated screens to catch layout inconsistencies before a developer receives the handoff file.
- →Run a quick usability test with the placeholder copy in place — users often respond to tone and clarity even when they know the text is temporary.
FAQ
why not just use lorem ipsum for onboarding mockups
Onboarding screens are unusually copy-dependent — headline length, benefit phrasing, and message rhythm all affect how balanced the layout feels. Lorem ipsum makes it impossible to judge whether a value prop lands. Realistic placeholder copy lets stakeholders evaluate messaging and design in the same review.
why do headlines never repeat across my screens
Each app type has eight headlines and eight body lines, and a run draws both without replacement — so no screen shares a headline or body with another, even at the eight-screen maximum. Separate runs draw from the same pools, so generate a flow in one run rather than stitching several together if you want guaranteed variety.
how many onboarding screens should an app have
Three is the widely cited sweet spot: establish value, build trust, prompt action. Beyond four, drop-off rises before users reach the main interface. This generator defaults to three and goes up to eight screens for longer flows.
can I ship the generated copy directly in my app
It's a solid structural first draft — correctly framed headlines and benefit statements — but not production-ready. Replace generic phrasing with your actual feature names, tune it to your brand voice, and give a copywriter the final pass. It shortens the briefing cycle considerably.
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