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Developer Tools app screenshots with a number

A figure in the headline or subline: 10,000 sounds, 3 taps, 7 days. A figure is specific where an adjective is not: how many, how fast, how long.

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
11% 11 of 100
Screenshots that do it
3% 13 of 507
The top ten
1 of 10 against 10 of the other 90

13 of the 507 Developer Tools screenshots read (3%) do this, across 11 of the top 100 apps (11%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 10 of the other 90 (11%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Developer Tools is 23rd for this. It is most common in Finance (59% of apps) and least common in Developer Tools (11%).

12 examples from the chart.

12 of the 13 Developer Tools app screenshots with a number, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.

Sekai: Create · Remix · Play App Store screenshot 1, headline “#1 Interactive Creation Platform”. Uses a number.
Sekai: Create · Remix · Play#3 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“#1 Interactive Creation Platform”
Termius - Modern SSH Client App Store screenshot 6, headline “Face ID and FIDO2 for authentication”. Uses a number.
Termius - Modern SSH Client#11 in Developer Tools · screenshot 6“Face ID and FIDO2 for authentication”
Scriptable App Store screenshot 6, headline “That's done. Scriptable says: "The pollen count for grass is 4"”. Uses a number.
Scriptable#15 in Developer Tools · screenshot 6“That's done. Scriptable says: "The pollen count for grass is 4"”
Python Coding Editor & IDE App App Store screenshot 1, headline “Join 5M+ Devs coding Python on the go”. Uses a number.
Python Coding Editor & IDE App#16 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“Join 5M+ Devs coding Python on the go”
Vibecode Apps IDE - LastApp App Store screenshot 1, headline “PROMPT TO START GOING LIVE IN UNDER 5 MINUTES”. Uses a number.
Vibecode Apps IDE - LastApp#36 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“PROMPT TO START GOING LIVE IN UNDER 5 MINUTES”
Pyto IDE App Store screenshot 1, headline “Mobile IDE”. Uses a number.
Pyto IDE#49 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“Mobile IDE”
N8N Automations — Nathan App Store screenshot 1, headline “Take N8N With You!”. Uses a number.
N8N Automations — Nathan#59 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“Take N8N With You!”
Code Editor - Compiler & IDE App Store screenshot 1, headline “SYNTAX HIGHLIGHT FOR 110+ LANGUAGES”. Uses a number.
Code Editor - Compiler & IDE#69 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“SYNTAX HIGHLIGHT FOR 110+ LANGUAGES”
Xogot: Godot for iPad & iPhone App Store screenshot 1, headline “Bring 3D Worlds to Life”. Uses a number.
Xogot: Godot for iPad & iPhone#79 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“Bring 3D Worlds to Life”
Pyroid App Store screenshot 1, headline “Pyroid”. Uses a number.
Pyroid#80 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“Pyroid”
WebSSH - Sysadmin Toolbox App Store screenshot 1, headline “Your Trusted SSH Client”. Uses a number.
WebSSH - Sysadmin Toolbox#97 in Developer Tools · screenshot 1“Your Trusted SSH Client”
Pyroid App Store screenshot 4, headline “190+ Libraries, Preinstalled”. Uses a number.
Pyroid#80 in Developer Tools · screenshot 4“190+ Libraries, Preinstalled”

All 13 on the wall

Real headline examples, word for word.

The words on all 13 that carry any, as each app wrote them.

  • “#1 Interactive Creation Platform”Sekai: Create · Remix · Play · #3 · screenshot 1
  • “Face ID and FIDO2 for authentication”Termius - Modern SSH Client · #11 · screenshot 6
  • “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
  • “PROMPT TO START GOING LIVE IN UNDER 5 MINUTES”Vibecode Apps IDE - LastApp · #36 · 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
  • “Take N8N With You!”N8N Automations — Nathan · #59 · screenshot 1
  • “SYNTAX HIGHLIGHT FOR 110+ LANGUAGES”Code Editor - Compiler & IDE · #69 · screenshot 1
  • “Bring 3D Worlds to Life”Xogot: Godot for iPad & iPhone · #79 · screenshot 1
  • “Pyroid”IDE for Python 3Pyroid · #80 · screenshot 1
  • “Your Trusted SSH Client”Since 2012 !WebSSH - Sysadmin Toolbox · #97 · screenshot 1
  • “190+ Libraries, Preinstalled”Search and install pure-Python packages.Pyroid · #80 · screenshot 4
  • “Start From Zero”A 10-chapter course and a data science track.Pyroid · #80 · screenshot 6

Top ten Developer Tools apps that do it.

  1. #3Sekai: Create · Remix · Play1 of its 6 screenshots

The same tactic in other categories.

CategoryApps that do itScreenshotsTop ten
Finance59% 59 of 10021% 123 of 5817 of 10
Education45% 45 of 10011% 62 of 5555 of 10
Shopping45% 45 of 10012% 70 of 5625 of 10
Graphics & Design39% 39 of 9911% 64 of 5647 of 10
Reference37% 37 of 1008% 44 of 5662 of 10
Food & Drink36% 36 of 10010% 52 of 5405 of 10
Sports34% 34 of 10010% 57 of 5585 of 10
Social Networking33% 33 of 1007% 40 of 5543 of 10
Travel33% 33 of 1008% 47 of 5610 of 10
Entertainment31% 31 of 1007% 38 of 5444 of 10
Photo & Video31% 31 of 1007% 37 of 5663 of 10
Music28% 28 of 1007% 38 of 5502 of 10
Weather28% 28 of 1008% 42 of 5552 of 10
Utilities27% 27 of 1006% 34 of 5493 of 10
Navigation25% 25 of 996% 36 of 5663 of 10
Lifestyle25% 25 of 1006% 32 of 5562 of 10
Medical25% 25 of 1007% 40 of 5481 of 10
Productivity24% 24 of 996% 33 of 5510 of 10
Games24% 24 of 1007% 37 of 5672 of 10
Health & Fitness24% 24 of 1006% 36 of 5744 of 10
News21% 21 of 986% 31 of 5171 of 10
Business20% 20 of 1005% 25 of 5541 of 10
Developer Tools11% 11 of 1003% 13 of 5071 of 10

Uses a number, across all categories

Related tactics.

Often on the same screenshot

  • Gradient background85% of these screenshots, against 46% of all Developer Tools screenshots
  • Blue62% of these screenshots, against 26% of all Developer Tools screenshots
  • Words at the top100% of these screenshots, against 68% of all Developer Tools screenshots
  • Has a headline100% of these screenshots, against 74% of all Developer Tools screenshots
  • Technical tone31% of these screenshots, against 7% of all Developer Tools screenshots
  • Background is the icon’s colour46% of these screenshots, against 23% of all Developer Tools screenshots

More in words

Questions, answered from the chart.

How many top Developer Tools apps have App Store screenshots with a number?
11 of the top 100 Developer Tools apps (11%) have at least one, and 13 of their 507 screenshots (3%) 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 number?
In the top ten: Sekai: Create · Remix · Play (#3). Further down the chart: Termius - Modern SSH Client (#11), Scriptable (#15), Python Coding Editor & IDE App (#16), Vibecode Apps IDE - LastApp (#36) and Pyto IDE (#49), and 5 more.
Should my Developer Tools app have App Store screenshots with a number?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 1 of the top ten Developer Tools apps do it (10%), against 10 of the other 90 (11%), 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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