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Developer Tools app screenshots with a dark background

A dark picture overall. The App Store follows the device’s light or dark appearance, so a dark screenshot stands out in one and blends into the other.

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
55% 55 of 100
Screenshots that do it
41% 208 of 507
The top ten
4 of 10 against 51 of the other 90

208 of the 507 Developer Tools screenshots read (41%) do this, across 55 of the top 100 apps (55%). 4 of the top ten do it (40%), against 51 of the other 90 (57%): the top ten do it less than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Developer Tools is 5th for this. It is most common in Entertainment (79% of apps) and least common in Food & Drink (14%).

12 examples from the chart.

12 of the 208 Developer Tools app screenshots with a dark background, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.

GitHub App Store screenshot 4, no headline. Dark.
GitHub#2 in Developer Tools · screenshot 4No headline
Sekai: Create · Remix · Play App Store screenshot 2, headline “Create Instantly”. Dark.
Sekai: Create · Remix · Play#3 in Developer Tools · screenshot 2“Create Instantly”
LocalDevVPN App Store screenshot 1, no headline. Dark.
LocalDevVPN#5 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1No headline
Expo Go App Store screenshot 3, no headline. Dark.
Expo Go#8 in Developer Tools · screenshot 3No headline
Termius - Modern SSH Client App Store screenshot 2, headline “AI Widget”. Dark.
Termius - Modern SSH Client#11 in Developer Tools · screenshot 2“AI Widget”
Termini - SSH Terminal App Store screenshot 1, headline “你的服务器 随时在手”. Dark.
Termini - SSH Terminal#12 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“你的服务器 随时在手”
ZenVPN - Free Super Fast VPN App Store screenshot 2, headline “One Click Privacy”. Dark.
ZenVPN - Free Super Fast VPN#13 in Developer Tools · screenshot 2“One Click Privacy”
iSH Shell App Store screenshot 1, no headline. Dark.
iSH Shell#17 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1No headline
Orca IDE App Store screenshot 1, headline “Build with any agent, anywhere”. Dark.
Orca IDE#21 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“Build with any agent, anywhere”
Userscripts App Store screenshot 1, no headline. Dark.
Userscripts#29 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1No headline
Hermex App Store screenshot 1, headline “Steer your Hermes agent Chat with it and watch it think and work”. Dark.
Hermex#30 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“Steer your Hermes agent Chat with it and watch it think and work”
iProxy - Sys admin tools App Store screenshot 1, no headline. Dark.
iProxy - Sys admin tools#31 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1No headline

All 208 on the wall

What these screenshots say, word for word.

The words on 40 of the 159 that carry any, as each app wrote them.

  • “Create Instantly”Sekai: Create · Remix · Play · #3 · screenshot 2
  • “AI Widget”Smart terminal assistantTermius - Modern SSH Client · #11 · screenshot 2
  • “你的服务器 随时在手”Termini - SSH Terminal · #12 · screenshot 1
  • “One Click Privacy”ZenVPN - Free Super Fast VPN · #13 · screenshot 2
  • “Build with any agent, anywhere”Orca IDE · #21 · screenshot 1
  • “Steer your Hermes agent Chat with it and watch it think and work”Hermex · #30 · screenshot 1
  • “See App Rankings Around the World”Appboard: App Rankings · #33 · screenshot 1
  • “Vercel Anywhere!”Rev for Vercel · #34 · screenshot 1
  • “Digital Neon Night Clock”Digital Neon Night Clock · #37 · screenshot 1
  • “A WORLD”of quirky, joyful indie gamesGDevelop - Create & Play Games · #39 · screenshot 1
  • “Multi Sessions”Connect to servers and switch anywhere anytimexTerminal - SSH Terminal Shell · #40 · screenshot 1
  • “The Original Cookie-Editor”Cookie-Editor · #41 · screenshot 4
  • “Take Netlify With You!”Dashify for Netlify.com · #43 · screenshot 1
  • “Keep agents running”Reconnect without losing workMoshi: herdr/tmux on SSH/MOSH · #44 · screenshot 1
  • “DEVICE and SENSOR Information”View detailed information about your DEVICE.Device Monitor² · #45 · screenshot 1
  • “Your Hermes agent, anywhere.”Start tasks, monitor progress, and stay in sync from your phone.Hermes Conduit · #46 · screenshot 1
  • “Your Railway projects. In your pocket.”Railway.com · #51 · screenshot 1
  • Zhenyi Tan“And Editing the HTML”Web Inspector · #52 · screenshot 4
  • “Dark Mode and Many Editor Themes”Textastic Code Editor · #53 · screenshot 2
  • “Termiux”Linux in your pocketTermiux · #55 · screenshot 1
  • “Run a team of coding agents from your iPhone”Conductor.build · #56 · screenshot 1
  • “Code On the go”Start coding nowOpenCode Mobile App · #57 · screenshot 1
  • “Take N8N With You!”N8N Automations — Nathan · #59 · screenshot 1
  • “Self-hosted, or not. Both supported.”Supanator: Supabase Manager · #61 · screenshot 3
  • “Bluetooth Connect”Bluetooth Auto Connect · #64 · screenshot 1
  • “Turn your ideas into apps”v0 · #65 · screenshot 1
  • “Persistent connections that even survive a device reboot. Go Mosh!”Blink Shell, Build & Code · #67 · screenshot 1
  • “SYNTAX HIGHLIGHT FOR 110+ LANGUAGES”Code Editor - Compiler & IDE · #69 · screenshot 1
  • “Build Your Own Portfolio”Organize and manage all of your game projects in one place.GameForge AI: Code & Build · #71 · screenshot 1
  • FEICHI · PRIVATE PASSAGE“Feichi Passage Light Launch”Secure exits, connection time and membership benefits live in one clean pan...VPN - Feichi · #73 · screenshot 1
  • “system-wide Git support”Git client - Working Copy · #75 · screenshot 1
  • “Get Started Effortlessly”Proxmox VE Companion · #76 · screenshot 2
  • “Edit your HTML”HTML Editor · #77 · screenshot 1
  • “Pyroid”IDE for Python 3Pyroid · #80 · screenshot 1
  • “Supabase Go”SECURE MANAGEMENT TERMINALSupabase Go · #82 · screenshot 1
  • “HTML Editor”HTML Viewer : Editor & Creator · #90 · screenshot 1
  • “Learn Coding through exploring labs.”Spck Editor · #92 · screenshot 1
  • “Provider-agnostic Trojan Client”avoGate · #93 · screenshot 1
  • “Command Prompt For iOS”Command Prompt CMD is the ultimate network diagnostic tool for iOS.CMD: SSH, Terminal, DOS, Ping · #95 · screenshot 1
  • CODEX RELAY“Take Codex with you.”Codex Relay - Remote Codex App · #96 · screenshot 1

Top ten Developer Tools apps that do it.

  1. #2GitHub1 of its 4 screenshots
  2. #3Sekai: Create · Remix · Play1 of its 6 screenshots
  3. #5LocalDevVPN3 of its 3 screenshots
  4. #8Expo Go2 of its 4 screenshots

The same tactic in other categories.

CategoryApps that do itScreenshotsTop ten
Entertainment79% 79 of 10069% 376 of 54410 of 10
Music71% 71 of 10057% 311 of 55010 of 10
Weather70% 70 of 10048% 266 of 5557 of 10
Sports67% 67 of 10052% 288 of 55810 of 10
Developer Tools55% 55 of 10041% 208 of 5074 of 10
Photo & Video55% 55 of 10041% 232 of 5665 of 10
Graphics & Design54% 53 of 9939% 220 of 5646 of 10
News50% 49 of 9834% 177 of 5175 of 10
Navigation48% 48 of 9926% 146 of 5663 of 10
Social Networking45% 45 of 10028% 157 of 5543 of 10
Games44% 44 of 10026% 147 of 5675 of 10
Utilities44% 44 of 10029% 157 of 5493 of 10
Reference41% 41 of 10024% 138 of 5664 of 10
Travel38% 38 of 10016% 87 of 5615 of 10
Health & Fitness36% 36 of 10023% 134 of 5746 of 10
Finance34% 34 of 10015% 89 of 5814 of 10
Productivity33% 33 of 9916% 87 of 5512 of 10
Lifestyle33% 33 of 10018% 98 of 5563 of 10
Education29% 29 of 10013% 73 of 5550 of 10
Shopping22% 22 of 1009% 50 of 5621 of 10
Business21% 21 of 1006% 32 of 5542 of 10
Medical21% 21 of 1009% 48 of 5482 of 10
Food & Drink14% 14 of 1006% 35 of 5401 of 10

Dark, across all categories

Related tactics.

Often on the same screenshot

More in look

Questions, answered from the chart.

How many top Developer Tools apps have App Store screenshots with a dark background?
55 of the top 100 Developer Tools apps (55%) have at least one, and 208 of their 507 screenshots (41%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Developer Tools apps have App Store screenshots with a dark background?
In the top ten: GitHub (#2), Sekai: Create · Remix · Play (#3), LocalDevVPN (#5) and Expo Go (#8). Further down the chart: Termius - Modern SSH Client (#11), Termini - SSH Terminal (#12), ZenVPN - Free Super Fast VPN (#13), iSH Shell (#17) and Orca IDE (#21), and 46 more.
Should my Developer Tools app have App Store screenshots with a dark background?
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 51 of the other 90 (57%), so the top ten do it less 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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