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Full-bleed Developer Tools app screenshots

No background at all: the screen goes edge to edge. This is the app as it is: the same picture a user would take on their own phone.

From the top 100 free Developer Tools apps on the US App Store, read on October 9, 2026. Screenshots are the developers’ own, shown from Apple’s servers with a link to each app.

The numbers

Apps that do it
23% 23 of 100
Screenshots that do it
11% 54 of 507
The top ten
4 of 10 against 19 of the other 90

54 of the 507 Developer Tools screenshots read (11%) do this, across 23 of the top 100 apps (23%). 4 of the top ten do it (40%), against 19 of the other 90 (21%): the top ten do it more than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Developer Tools is 3rd for this. It is most common in Games (55% of apps) and least common in Social Networking (2%).

12 examples from the chart.

12 of the 54 full-bleed Developer Tools app screenshots, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.

GitHub App Store screenshot 3, no headline. The app itself is the background.
GitHub#2 in Developer Tools · screenshot 3No headline
LocalDevVPN App Store screenshot 3, no headline. The app itself is the background.
LocalDevVPN#5 in Developer Tools · screenshot 3No headline
Apple Developer App Store screenshot 2, no headline. The app itself is the background.
Apple Developer#7 in Developer Tools · screenshot 2No headline
Expo Go App Store screenshot 4, no headline. The app itself is the background.
Expo Go#8 in Developer Tools · screenshot 4No headline
Scriptable App Store screenshot 2, no headline. The app itself is the background.
Scriptable#15 in Developer Tools · screenshot 2No headline
a-Shell App Store screenshot 1, no headline. The app itself is the background.
a-Shell#20 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1No headline
ProxyPin - Open Source Capture App Store screenshot 1, no headline. The app itself is the background.
ProxyPin - Open Source Capture#22 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1No headline
Surge 5 App Store screenshot 2, no headline. The app itself is the background.
Surge 5#24 in Developer Tools · screenshot 2No headline
Desktop Browser • Zoomable App Store screenshot 1, no headline. The app itself is the background.
Desktop Browser • Zoomable#25 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1No headline
Clash Lite - Clash for iOS App Store screenshot 5, no headline. The app itself is the background.
Clash Lite - Clash for iOS#27 in Developer Tools · screenshot 5No headline
iProxy - Sys admin tools App Store screenshot 1, no headline. The app itself is the background.
iProxy - Sys admin tools#31 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1No headline
Runestone Text Editor App Store screenshot 1, no headline. The app itself is the background.
Runestone Text Editor#35 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1No headline

All 54 on the wall

What these screenshots say, word for word.

The words on the one that carries any, as each app wrote them.

  • “Manage Access”Your console is connected via a Personal Access Token (PAT) for secure management.Supabase Go · #82 · screenshot 4

Top ten Developer Tools apps that do it.

  1. #2GitHub1 of its 4 screenshots
  2. #5LocalDevVPN1 of its 3 screenshots
  3. #7Apple Developer2 of its 5 screenshots
  4. #8Expo Go1 of its 4 screenshots

The same tactic in other categories.

CategoryApps that do itScreenshotsTop ten
Games55% 55 of 10029% 162 of 5673 of 10
Weather34% 34 of 10018% 101 of 5552 of 10
Developer Tools23% 23 of 10011% 54 of 5074 of 10
Education22% 22 of 10010% 54 of 5552 of 10
News18% 18 of 987% 38 of 5170 of 10
Medical15% 15 of 1007% 38 of 5480 of 10
Business11% 11 of 1006% 36 of 5540 of 10
Photo & Video8% 8 of 1002% 13 of 5660 of 10
Reference8% 8 of 1004% 22 of 5661 of 10
Sports7% 7 of 1003% 19 of 5580 of 10
Utilities7% 7 of 1002% 10 of 5491 of 10
Graphics & Design6% 6 of 992% 11 of 5642 of 10
Navigation6% 6 of 993% 19 of 5660 of 10
Music6% 6 of 1003% 14 of 5501 of 10
Travel6% 6 of 1002% 10 of 5610 of 10
Entertainment5% 5 of 1002% 10 of 5440 of 10
Finance4% 4 of 1002% 14 of 5811 of 10
Food & Drink3% 3 of 1001% 8 of 5400 of 10
Shopping3% 3 of 1001% 8 of 5620 of 10
Productivity2% 2 of 991% 8 of 5510 of 10
Health & Fitness2% 2 of 1001% 8 of 5740 of 10
Lifestyle2% 2 of 1001% 4 of 5560 of 10
Social Networking2% 2 of 1001% 5 of 5540 of 10

The app itself is the background, across all categories

Related tactics.

Often on the same screenshot

  • No words at all98% of these screenshots, against 26% of all Developer Tools screenshots
  • No phone, bare screen48% of these screenshots, against 14% of all Developer Tools screenshots
  • Black, white or grey87% of these screenshots, against 54% of all Developer Tools screenshots
  • Light63% of these screenshots, against 48% of all Developer Tools screenshots
  • Screen fills the picture94% of these screenshots, against 88% of all Developer Tools screenshots
  • Badge6% of these screenshots, against 5% of all Developer Tools screenshots

More in look

Questions, answered from the chart.

How many top Developer Tools apps have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
23 of the top 100 Developer Tools apps (23%) have at least one, and 54 of their 507 screenshots (11%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Developer Tools apps have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
In the top ten: GitHub (#2), LocalDevVPN (#5), Apple Developer (#7) and Expo Go (#8). Further down the chart: Scriptable (#15), a-Shell (#20), ProxyPin - Open Source Capture (#22), Surge 5 (#24) and Desktop Browser • Zoomable (#25), and 14 more.
Should my Developer Tools app have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 4 of the top ten Developer Tools apps do it (40%), against 19 of the other 90 (21%), so the top ten do it more than the rest. Ten apps is a small group, so read that as a description of this chart and not as a rule.

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