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Productivity against Business.

What the top apps in each put on their screenshots, counted the same way. Numbers ten points or more apart are marked.

Productivity

99 apps · 551 screenshots · read on 2026-10-09

Leads with
a problem0%
a feature63%
an outcome7%
who it is for1%
trust6%
Headline length
4 words, median
Under five 49%Over eight 5%
The phone
Whole phone shown59%
Phone cut off at the foot22%
No phone, bare screen7%
No app screen at all5%
Colour
Dark 16%Light 67%
Where things sit
Shows proof 9%

Business

100 apps · 554 screenshots · read on 2026-10-09

Leads with
a problem1%
a feature53%
an outcome9%
who it is for1%
trust2%
Headline length
5 words, median
Under five 36%Over eight 10%
The phone
Whole phone shown51%
Phone cut off at the foot21%
No phone, bare screen12%
No app screen at all4%
Colour
Dark 6%Light 71%
Where things sit
Shows proof 5%

Where they part ways.

10 tactics whose share of screenshots is ten points or more apart, the largest gap first. Each number opens the tactic in that category.

TacticProductivityBusinessGap
Black, white or greyLook41%27%14 pts
Headline in Title CaseWords19%5%14 pts
First screenshot has a headlineThe set98%85%13 pts
Headline under five wordsWords49%36%13 pts
Social proof on the first shotThe set30%19%11 pts
DarkLook16%6%10 pts
Has a headlineWords97%87%10 pts
Leads with a featureMeaning63%53%10 pts
No words at allWords3%13%10 pts
Words at the topLayout91%81%10 pts
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