Developer Tools app screenshots with illustrations
Drawn art around the screen. Drawn art gives a set a character of its own, apart from the interface.
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
47% 47 of 100
Screenshots that do it
22% 113 of 507
The top ten
3 of 10 against 44 of the other 90
113 of the 507 Developer Tools screenshots read (22%) do this, across 47 of the top 100 apps (47%). 3 of the top ten do it (30%), against 44 of the other 90 (49%): the top ten do it less than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Developer Tools is 23rd for this. It is most common in Games (100% of apps) and least common in Developer Tools (47%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 113 Developer Tools app screenshots with illustrations, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Access your beta apps and view updates”
“#1 Interactive Creation Platform”
“One click connection”
“Fastest Servers”
“Connect”
“nited”
“Reply to reviews in real time”
“Light and Dark”
“temporary phone numbers”
“Meet your bots”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on 40 of the 99 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“One click connection”
No re-entering IP addresses, ports, and passwords.Termius - Modern SSH Client · #11 · screenshot 1“Fastest Servers”
ZenVPN - Free Super Fast VPN · #13 · screenshot 1“Connect”
with the panel to useApps Connect · #14 · screenshot 1“nited”
NextVPN: Fast & Secure Proxy · #18 · screenshot 2“Reply to reviews in real time”
Google Play Console · #23 · screenshot 4“Light and Dark”
themesKoder Code Editor · #26 · screenshot 1- Receive SMS
“temporary phone numbers”
Receive SMS & verification codes online. No SIM. No sign up. Ready in seconds.Temp Number | Receive SMS · #28 · screenshot 6 “Meet your bots”
Give each one a face, a model and a jobHermex · #30 · screenshot 2“Buddy”
Goiey - Collect, Share, Chat · #32 · screenshot 1“BUILD FOR ANY PLATFORM FROM”
YOUR PHONEVibecode Apps IDE - LastApp · #36 · screenshot 2“Digital Neon Night Clock”
Digital Neon Night Clock · #37 · screenshot 1“Inspect device services and characteristics.”
Interrogate & communicate.“a great app for awareness building”Bluetooth Inspector · #38 · screenshot 2“A WORLD”
of quirky, joyful indie gamesGDevelop - Create & Play Games · #39 · screenshot 1“Snippets”
Save your favorite commonly used commandsxTerminal - SSH Terminal Shell · #40 · screenshot 3“The Original Cookie-Editor”
Cookie-Editor · #41 · screenshot 4“Forms”
Dashify for Netlify.com · #43 · screenshot 4“Send images to agents”
Paste, crop, annotate, sendMoshi: herdr/tmux on SSH/MOSH · #44 · screenshot 3“Bluetooth Assistant”
Multi, Device SupportBluetoothAssistant · #47 · screenshot 1“Fast and Secure servers”
V2Lite VPN - Super VPN Proxy · #48 · screenshot 3“Your Railway projects. In your pocket.”
Railway.com · #51 · screenshot 1- Zhenyi Tan
“And Editing the HTML”
Web Inspector · #52 · screenshot 4 “From Idea to App”
In minutes“Every retry costs, plan smart build once.”AI App Builder Architect · #54 · screenshot 1“Termiux”
Linux in your pocketTermiux · #55 · screenshot 1- Quick Response
“Don't forget your running tasks”
OpenCode Mobile App · #57 · screenshot 3 “Sniff HTTP&HTTPS”
Stream - Network Debug Tool · #58 · screenshot 1“Bluetooth Connect”
Bluetooth Auto Connect · #64 · screenshot 1“USE EVERY CORNER OF YOUR DEVICE”
Blink Shell, Build & Code · #67 · screenshot 3- Customize
“Display font & text size”
Text Editor. · #70 · screenshot 4 “Get Started Effortlessly”
Proxmox VE Companion · #76 · screenshot 2“Edit your HTML”
HTML Editor · #77 · screenshot 1“Pixel Perfect”
Xogot: Godot for iPad & iPhone · #79 · screenshot 2“Code With AI.”
Understand your code faster with built-in AI assistance.Pyroid · #80 · screenshot 2“定时任务 全新上线”
AI新闻到技术博客，定时推送你关心的知识CSDN-技术开发者社区 · #87 · screenshot 3“Flip a Coin”
Lucky CoinWheel of Names: Random Picker · #88 · screenshot 5“HTML Editor”
HTML Viewer : Editor & Creator · #90 · screenshot 1“Preview web apps on a remote host.”
Spck Editor · #92 · screenshot 5- CODEX RELAY
“Take Codex with you.”
Codex Relay - Remote Codex App · #96 · screenshot 1 “More than SSH”
Your All-in-One Sysadmin ToolboxWebSSH - Sysadmin Toolbox · #97 · screenshot 4
Top ten Developer Tools apps that do it.
- #1TestFlight1 of its 5 screenshots
- #3Sekai: Create · Remix · Play3 of its 6 screenshots
- #7Apple Developer1 of its 5 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 100% 100 of 100 | 88% 497 of 567 | 10 of 10 |
| Education | 86% 86 of 100 | 56% 309 of 555 | 10 of 10 |
| Finance | 85% 85 of 100 | 39% 228 of 581 | 9 of 10 |
| Utilities | 80% 80 of 100 | 43% 235 of 549 | 7 of 10 |
| Navigation | 78% 77 of 99 | 39% 220 of 566 | 9 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 77% 76 of 99 | 50% 282 of 564 | 8 of 10 |
| Medical | 76% 76 of 100 | 39% 212 of 548 | 6 of 10 |
| Productivity | 73% 72 of 99 | 32% 174 of 551 | 4 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 72% 72 of 100 | 39% 223 of 574 | 7 of 10 |
| Music | 71% 71 of 100 | 34% 188 of 550 | 5 of 10 |
| Reference | 70% 70 of 100 | 33% 188 of 566 | 7 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 69% 69 of 100 | 36% 197 of 544 | 8 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 69% 69 of 100 | 34% 188 of 554 | 7 of 10 |
| Travel | 69% 69 of 100 | 31% 173 of 561 | 5 of 10 |
| Business | 67% 67 of 100 | 29% 163 of 554 | 5 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 67% 67 of 100 | 29% 163 of 556 | 5 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 64% 64 of 100 | 31% 169 of 540 | 6 of 10 |
| Sports | 62% 62 of 100 | 27% 149 of 558 | 8 of 10 |
| News | 60% 59 of 98 | 25% 128 of 517 | 7 of 10 |
| Shopping | 55% 55 of 100 | 21% 118 of 562 | 7 of 10 |
| Weather | 52% 52 of 100 | 21% 118 of 555 | 5 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 48% 48 of 100 | 17% 98 of 566 | 5 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 47% 47 of 100 | 22% 113 of 507 | 3 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Headline under five words71% of these screenshots, against 50% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Has a subline42% of these screenshots, against 27% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Has a headline88% of these screenshots, against 74% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Subline explains the headline35% of these screenshots, against 21% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Blue39% of these screenshots, against 26% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Plain tone66% of these screenshots, against 54% of all Developer Tools screenshots
More in layout
- Screen fills the picture99%
- Phone drawn94%
- Whole phone shown91%
- Words at the top75%
- A photograph58%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size55%
- 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 illustrations?
47 of the top 100 Developer Tools apps (47%) have at least one, and 113 of their 507 screenshots (22%) 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 illustrations?
In the top ten: TestFlight (#1), Sekai: Create · Remix · Play (#3) and Apple Developer (#7). Further down the chart: Termius - Modern SSH Client (#11), ZenVPN - Free Super Fast VPN (#13), Apps Connect (#14), NextVPN: Fast & Secure Proxy (#18) and Google Play Console (#23), and 39 more.
Should my Developer Tools app have App Store screenshots with illustrations?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 3 of the top ten Developer Tools apps do it (30%), against 44 of the other 90 (49%), 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.
See your own app against this.
Pagefully reads your screenshots the same way, and makes a custom product page for each search people type, from your real screens.
Preview your pages