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title: App Demo Best Practices
description: Create engaging app demos with explainer videos, professional voice-overs, and clear problem-solution statements to capture users' attention and highlight the value of your integrated experience.
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# [App Demo Best Practices](https://developerportal.getvim.com/developer-portal/app-demo-best-practices)

 Written by [Vim](https://developerportal.getvim.com/developer-portal/author/vim) | Sep 12, 2025, 2:02:26 PM

Your demo is an end user’s (whether administrative or an actual member of the care team) first interaction with your app - it matters! **The most successful demos capture users’ attention, have a clear problem and solution statement, and speak to the value of the integrated experience we are partnering to provide. **

We suggest an **“explainer video” style demo** rather than a lengthy step-by-step tutorial, though you can certainly link to additional educational content and videos in your store listing. **2-3 minutes, visual representation** of the solution and how it works, and an engaging presentation works well. 

There are several tools available to prepare this type of demo DIY-style, or via a third-party vendor / creative. Developers building on Vim have taken both pathways. 

**Additional guidelines:**

- Demonstrate app in mock environment, not in a real EHR environment. 
- Disable the Demo Canvas App or Dev/Test apps you have to only show the production application in your video (see [here](https://docs.getvim.com/testing/testing-application#Enabling-disabling-and-overriding-applications-settings) for how to do it). 
- Consider using professional voice-over (human or AI) and subtitles for a more professional feel and to support non-audio experiences (often relevant in clinical settings). 

 

 

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