Pre-launch creative QA for agencies and brands

Protect your media spend. Check every ad before it goes live.

For agencies and brand teams. Creative Score scores each ad out of 100 before launch, explains why and lists the fixes, so weak creative is fixed before client or brand budget is spent.

Rated 4.4/5 from 28 reviews on AppSumo

Creative reportSocial ad

Attention heatmap

Our own social ad, headed 'Score the ad before you buy the media.', with a phone showing a juice bottle and a circular score graphic, shown with its real Creative Score Attention heatmap. Attention centres on the phone and the bottle, then the headline and the circle.

Overall score: 74 out of 100, rated Good

Score

Good

Eyetracking

  • Attention66
  • Cognitive Demand48
  • Clarity82
  • Engagement62

Recommendations

  1. Add a prominent conversion-focused call-to-action button or banner to guide high-intent prospects toward the next step. …
  2. Streamline the layout by visually connecting the mobile ad preview directly to its analytical score output. …
  3. Boost the visual prominence and contrast of the brand name and website URL in the footer. …

What you get on every ad

A score out of 100

One number for each asset, so everyone signs off against the same standard.

The reasoning behind it

Scored across 200+ attributes in 10 categories, with an explanation for each.

The five changes that matter most

The summary lists the fixes that will move the score most, in order.

Eye-tracking heatmaps

See where attention goes first, and what is likely to be missed.

How it works

Upload the ad

An image, a PDF or a video, up to 30 MB. Images can be PNG, JPG, GIF, WEBP or BMP, and multi-page PDFs are scored page by page.

Pick the objective

The weighting follows it. A conversion ad is judged more on attention and the call to action; a brand ad more on memorability.

Fix, then rescore

Work through the top changes and check the new version before it goes to the client.

Most analyses take a couple of minutes.

For agencies

One pass mark for every client

Every ad gets a score out of 100, shown in colour. Creative Score sets default colours for each score range, and you can change them to match your team’s or client’s standards. Agree a pass mark with your team, and anything below it goes back to the designer with the list of fixes, before the client sees it.

Brand Settings and separate workspaces keep each client’s work apart, on every plan. Invite your team and freelancers to the same workspace.

Scores on the colour scale

  • “Can you make it pop?” is not feedback80 Good
  • Step 1: Drag in the ad57 Average
  • We’ve checked it’s ready to go74 Good

GoodAverageDefault colours for each score range; you can change them

Creative Score sets default colours for each score range, and you can change them to match your team’s or client’s standards.

For brands

One pass mark for every ad

Every ad gets a score out of 100, shown in colour. Creative Score sets default colours for each score range, and you can change them to match your team’s or client’s standards. Agree a pass mark with your in-house team, and anything below it goes back to the designer with the list of fixes, before it goes live.

Brand Settings help keep every ad on-brand, from statics to video, on every plan. Invite your team and freelancers to the same workspace.

Scores on the colour scale

  • 3 questions to ask every ad before the media money goes in77 Good
  • Step 2: Read the score and the top five fixes62 Average
  • Score the ad before you buy the media74 Good

GoodAverageDefault colours for each score range; you can change them

Creative Score sets default colours for each score range, and you can change them to match your team’s or client’s standards.

Every score shows its working

Each asset is scored against 200+ attributes in 10 categories, from headline and copy to visuals, emotion and eye tracking. The attributes come from marketing and behavioural science research.

A high score means the asset follows patterns that research links to stronger results.

For paid social and e‑commerce

Attention heatmap

Our own portrait social ad: packaging sketches spread over a desk, between the lines '“We think it’s ready to go.”' and '“We’ve checked it’s ready to go.”', shown with its real Creative Score Attention heatmap. The hottest area is the sketch in the middle of the desk.74 out of 100, rated Good: real Creative Score score
Meta / Instagram ad

Meta and Instagram ads

Score Meta and Instagram ads before you put budget behind them. See which visuals are weak and what to change.

Attention heatmap

An AI-generated Instagram product ad we made: an unbranded sage-green bottle with a wooden lid on an oak table, headed 'Ice cold for 24 hours.', with a '20% off your first order' badge and a 'Shop now' button, shown with its Creative Score Attention heatmap. The hottest areas are the '20% off' badge and the bottle's lid, then the lemon slices and the sunglasses.65 out of 100, rated Good: real Creative Score score
Product ad

Product listing images

In-house e-commerce team? The same check works on your own statics and listing images.

Attention heatmap

Our own landing page above the fold, headed 'Protect your media spend. Check every ad before it goes live.', with a sign-up form and a report card, shown with its real Creative Score Attention heatmap. Attention centres on the headline and the score on the report card.83 out of 100, rated Excellent: real Creative Score score
Landing page

Landing pages and emails

Check the page and the email the ad leads to against the same standard.

Video ads too: score TikTok, Reels and YouTube videos before they run.

What customers say

Reviews posted publicly on AppSumo by Creative Score users, quoted word for word. Read all 28 reviews on AppSumo.

Rated 5 out of 5

“The analyses we've gotten have been surprisingly nuanced and thorough -- even when we deliberately provided vague instructions. Just as importantly, the results provided in the Creative Score report are transparent and clear --> Providing detailed reasoning for every conclusion reached.”

hashita · · via AppSumo

Rated 5 out of 5

“So when I'm going through the feedback Creative Score's giving me, it's a way of ensuring that I've checked off all of the important items necessary for a really high-performing ad.”

Squarepeg · · via AppSumo

Rated 5 out of 5

“…it can really help me with seeing some blindspots and provide additional value to my clients. I will also from now on run all our landing page designs with this tool.”

Clariable · · via AppSumo

Pricing

Start free on the Free plan with 10 credits a month. No card required.

Solo

For one person checking their own ads.

$29 a month

or $23 a month billed annually

75 credits a month

Agency

For agencies running several clients.

$399 a month

or $319 a month billed annually

1,000 credits a month

Need more? Enterprise starts from $999 a month, or from $799 a month billed annually, with 2,500 credits (fair use). Talk to us on Calendly (opens in a new tab)

Pay annually and save about 20%. Prices are in US dollars.

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Score the ad before you buy the media.

Upload an ad and get a score out of 100, the reasons behind it, and the five changes that will move it most.