Developer Tools app screenshots with a phone frame
A device body is drawn round the screen: bezel, corners, shadow. A frame says at once that the picture is an app on a phone, and separates the screen from the background.
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
94% 94 of 100
Screenshots that do it
85% 429 of 507
The top ten
9 of 10 against 85 of the other 90
429 of the 507 Developer Tools screenshots read (85%) do this, across 94 of the top 100 apps (94%). 9 of the top ten do it (90%), against 85 of the other 90 (94%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Developer Tools is 18th for this. It is most common in Finance (100% of apps) and least common in Games (33%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 429 Developer Tools app screenshots with a phone frame, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Access your beta apps and view updates”
“#1 Interactive Creation Platform”
“Build apps, agents, and anything”
“Build from anywhere”
“Home Efficient Management”
“Track important status updates in one place”
“One click connection”
“你的服务器 随时在手”
“Fastest Servers”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on 40 of the 352 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Access your beta apps and view updates”
TestFlight · #1 · screenshot 1“#1 Interactive Creation Platform”
Sekai: Create · Remix · Play · #3 · screenshot 1“Build apps, agents, and anything”
Replit: Vibe Code with AI Fast · #4 · screenshot 1“Build from anywhere”
Kick off new agents and manage existing onesCursor · #6 · screenshot 1“Home Efficient Management”
Unified management of multiple devices, clear status at a glanceO-KAM Pro · #9 · screenshot 1“Track important status updates in one place”
App Store Connect · #10 · screenshot 1“One click connection”
No re-entering IP addresses, ports, and passwords.Termius - Modern SSH Client · #11 · screenshot 1“你的服务器 随时在手”
Termini - SSH Terminal · #12 · screenshot 1“Fastest Servers”
ZenVPN - Free Super Fast VPN · #13 · screenshot 1“That's done. Scriptable says: "The pollen count for grass is 4"”
Scriptable · #15 · screenshot 6“Join 5M+ Devs coding Python on the go”
Python Coding Editor & IDE App · #16 · screenshot 1“Unlin”
NextVPN: Fast & Secure Proxy · #18 · screenshot 1“Every agent, every machine, one inbox.”
T3 Code - Remote Claude & more · #19 · screenshot 1“Build with any agent, anywhere”
Orca IDE · #21 · screenshot 1“Quickly access your KPIs”
Google Play Console · #23 · screenshot 1“Light and Dark”
themesKoder Code Editor · #26 · screenshot 1“Get verification codes in seconds”
Temp Number | Receive SMS · #28 · screenshot 5“Steer your Hermes agent Chat with it and watch it think and work”
Hermex · #30 · screenshot 1“Buddy”
Goiey - Collect, Share, Chat · #32 · screenshot 1“See App Rankings Around the World”
Appboard: App Rankings · #33 · screenshot 1“Vercel Anywhere!”
Rev for Vercel · #34 · screenshot 1“PROMPT TO START GOING LIVE IN UNDER 5 MINUTES”
Vibecode Apps IDE - LastApp · #36 · screenshot 1“Digital Neon Night Clock”
Digital Neon Night Clock · #37 · screenshot 1“Bluetooth scanner finds nearby devices.”
See what's around you.“every Bluetooth enabled device around my apartment and other units”Bluetooth Inspector · #38 · 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“Quickly View Your Cookies”
Cookie-Editor · #41 · screenshot 1“Smart Code Editor for Python”
Python Coding · #42 · screenshot 1“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“Bluetooth Assistant”
Multi, Device SupportBluetoothAssistant · #47 · screenshot 1“Reach Everywhere Unlimited Traffic”
V2Lite VPN - Super VPN Proxy · #48 · screenshot 1“Mobile IDE”
File based IDE with code editor, suggestions,and local execution. Includes a Python 3.10 interpreter, with the standard libraries, Cython and more than 100 third party pre-installed packages.Pyto IDE · #49 · screenshot 1“Your Railway projects. In your pocket.”
Railway.com · #51 · screenshot 1- Zhenyi Tan
“And Editing the HTML”
Web Inspector · #52 · screenshot 4 “Code Editor, SFTP Client, SSH Terminal”
Textastic Code Editor · #53 · screenshot 1“Plan before buildiing”
AI App Builder Architect · #54 · screenshot 2“Linux Terminal”
No Setup RequiredTermiux · #55 · screenshot 2
Top ten Developer Tools apps that do it.
- #1TestFlight5 of its 5 screenshots
- #2GitHub2 of its 4 screenshots
- #3Sekai: Create · Remix · Play6 of its 6 screenshots
- #4Replit: Vibe Code with AI Fast5 of its 6 screenshots
- #6Cursor6 of its 6 screenshots
- #7Apple Developer2 of its 5 screenshots
- #8Expo Go2 of its 4 screenshots
- #9O-KAM Pro5 of its 5 screenshots
- #10App Store Connect5 of its 5 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 100% 100 of 100 | 88% 510 of 581 | 10 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 100% 100 of 100 | 87% 468 of 540 | 10 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 100% 100 of 100 | 86% 494 of 574 | 10 of 10 |
| Navigation | 100% 99 of 99 | 91% 517 of 566 | 10 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 100% 100 of 100 | 90% 497 of 554 | 10 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 99% 99 of 100 | 85% 475 of 556 | 10 of 10 |
| Medical | 99% 99 of 100 | 83% 455 of 548 | 10 of 10 |
| Reference | 99% 99 of 100 | 87% 491 of 566 | 10 of 10 |
| Shopping | 99% 99 of 100 | 84% 471 of 562 | 10 of 10 |
| Travel | 99% 99 of 100 | 85% 477 of 561 | 10 of 10 |
| Productivity | 99% 98 of 99 | 88% 487 of 551 | 10 of 10 |
| Sports | 98% 98 of 100 | 84% 467 of 558 | 10 of 10 |
| Utilities | 98% 98 of 100 | 87% 480 of 549 | 9 of 10 |
| Business | 97% 97 of 100 | 84% 466 of 554 | 10 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 97% 97 of 100 | 85% 462 of 544 | 10 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 96% 95 of 99 | 83% 467 of 564 | 10 of 10 |
| Music | 95% 95 of 100 | 87% 480 of 550 | 9 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 94% 94 of 100 | 85% 429 of 507 | 9 of 10 |
| Education | 94% 94 of 100 | 76% 420 of 555 | 9 of 10 |
| News | 94% 92 of 98 | 83% 427 of 517 | 10 of 10 |
| Weather | 92% 92 of 100 | 74% 409 of 555 | 10 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 89% 89 of 100 | 75% 426 of 566 | 10 of 10 |
| Games | 33% 33 of 100 | 20% 113 of 567 | 2 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Whole phone shown80% of these screenshots, against 68% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Has a headline82% of these screenshots, against 74% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Words at the top76% of these screenshots, against 68% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Leads with a feature62% of these screenshots, against 54% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Plain tone61% of these screenshots, against 54% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Headline under five words56% of these screenshots, against 50% of all Developer Tools screenshots
More in layout
- Screen fills the picture99%
- Whole phone shown91%
- Words at the top75%
- A photograph58%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size55%
- Illustration or mascot47%
- App icon shown44%
- Headline too small to read31%
- No phone, bare screen27%
- Phone cut off at the foot26%
- Words aligned left25%
- Arrows or callouts21%
- Two or more screens17%
- A person in the picture15%
- Zoomed detail of the UI13%
- Phone cut off at the head12%
- Phone at an angle9%
- Words at the bottom9%
- Screen is small8%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it8%
- No app screen at all7%
- Words over the screen4%
- A hand holds the phone3%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Developer Tools apps have App Store screenshots with a phone frame?
94 of the top 100 Developer Tools apps (94%) have at least one, and 429 of their 507 screenshots (85%) 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 phone frame?
In the top ten: TestFlight (#1), GitHub (#2), Sekai: Create · Remix · Play (#3), Replit: Vibe Code with AI Fast (#4), Cursor (#6), Apple Developer (#7), Expo Go (#8), O-KAM Pro (#9) and App Store Connect (#10). Further down the chart: Termius - Modern SSH Client (#11), Termini - SSH Terminal (#12), ZenVPN - Free Super Fast VPN (#13), Scriptable (#15) and Python Coding Editor & IDE App (#16), and 80 more.
Should my Developer Tools app have App Store screenshots with a phone frame?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 9 of the top ten Developer Tools apps do it (90%), against 85 of the other 90 (94%), so the top ten do it about as often as 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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