Join and Stitch Screenshots from Text Messages, Social Media, and More

One of the most common questions I get asked today from an e-discovery standpoint is how to collect and preserve text messages from mobile devices. 

I usually recommend another process for capturing text message conversations using the iMazing software or even a forensic image but there are times when simple screenshots will suffice … just don’t stop with the screenshots, use the Stitch It! app to “stitch” those screenshots together to create a seamless image of your conversation. 

The Stitch It! app also works great for grabbing screenshots from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and more. 

The Stitch It app is FREE, but you can also pay the $2.99 in-app purchase to remove ads and that will also allow you stitch together more than 3 images at a time. The app is also available for Android. 

The first step is to actually take screenshots! On older iPhones you press both the Home button and the On/Off button at the same time. On newer iPhones, you press the Volume Up and On/Off button at the same time. Each screenshot is saved into your Photos app. 

Now you can open the Stitch It app and tap the “plus” sign to open your Photos app and select the screenshots you want to stitch together. You can re-arrange the images in the Stitch It app or delete the ones you don’t need. 

Tap a message to go into the “crop” mode where you can slice off the top and bottom of each screenshot if you prefer – this creates a more flowing image so that you’re not distracted by other buttons, etc. 

When you’re done re-arranging and cropping, and you’ve got everything in your preferred order … you tap the “Stitch It!” button in the upper right corner. Once you have the final “stitched” image, you can then redact phone numbers, names, or specific messages. There’s an “undo” button in the bottom left corner that’s helpful. 

The Stitch It! app is a simple app that does a simple thing, and does it well.