Free to use · No signup · Runs in your browser

Free Social Ad Safe-Area Checker

Drop in your social or static ad and see exactly where each platform's own UI will land — captions, profile row, like/comment/share buttons, the CTA bar and the status bar. Catch covered headlines and cropped logos before the feed does.

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Nothing uploaded — your artwork never leaves your browser.
What it checks

The zones that swallow your message.

Safe areas

Overlays the clear region each placement guarantees your artwork, so key elements stay inside it.

Reserved-UI zones

Shows where the platform stacks captions, profile name, action buttons and the CTA bar over your creative.

Crop & aspect

Flags where a feed or story ratio will crop the edges of your artwork on a phone screen.

Logo & CTA placement

Helps you see at a glance whether your logo, headline and offer clear the chrome on every placement.

How it works

Three steps, about ten seconds.

1

Drop your ad in

Add your social or static creative. It's read locally in your browser — nothing uploads to a server.

2

Pick the placements

Overlay the safe area and reserved-UI zones for feed and story-style formats, all at once.

3

Spot & fix

See anything that falls under the platform's UI, then nudge your artwork clear and re-check.

Why use it

Built by people who ship social creative all day.

Private by design

The check runs entirely in-browser. Your artwork never leaves your device — safe for unreleased campaigns.

See the overlap

A visual overlay of every reserved zone, so you catch covered copy and cropped logos a spec sheet can't show.

Real production knowledge

The safe-area maps come from a studio that lays out social and display creative to placement specs every day.

Rather have it laid out right the first time?

We produce social creative built to each placement's safe area.

Skip the check-nudge-recheck loop. Send us the design and get social and display creative laid out clear of every reserved zone, white-label, with a free first sample.

Creative production
FAQ

Quick answers.

What is a safe area or safe zone in a social ad?
It's the region of your creative the platform leaves clear for your own artwork. Around it, the app stacks its own chrome — captions, the profile name and avatar, like/comment/share buttons, the CTA bar, progress dots and the system status bar. If your headline, logo or offer drifts into those reserved-UI zones it gets covered, clipped or cropped. This tool overlays those zones on your artwork so you can spot the problem before it ships.
Is the QA Social Ads checker really free?
Yes — it's completely free to use with no signup. You drop a creative in, pick the placements, and read every overlay and warning straight away. There's no paywall on the checks.
Do my files get uploaded anywhere?
No. The check runs entirely in your browser — your artwork never leaves your device and nothing is sent to a server, so it's safe for unreleased campaigns and embargoed creative.
Which placements does it cover?
It maps the safe areas and reserved-UI overlays for vertical and square feed and story-style placements — the tall 9:16 full-screen formats where captions and buttons eat the bottom, and square/portrait feed units where the profile row and action bar sit. Compare your artwork against each at once.
Does it edit or fix my creative?
No — it's a pre-flight check, not an editor. It shows you exactly where the platform's UI will land so you (or your designer) can nudge the artwork. If you'd rather hand the production off, our studio resizes and lays out social creative to each placement's safe area for you.
Can you just build the social creative for me?
Yes — that's our day job. We produce social and display creative laid out to each placement's safe area, white-label, for agencies and brands. See our creative production page or send a brief for a free sample.

Check your social ad now — free.

Free to use with no signup, nothing uploaded — drop in your creative and see every safe area and reserved-UI overlay instantly. Catch covered headlines and cropped logos before the feed does, or hand the layout to us.

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