Developer Tools app screenshots with a small app screen
The app’s screen takes under a third of the picture. A small screen leaves most of the picture to the words, a photograph or an illustration.
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
8% 8 of 100
Screenshots that do it
2% 12 of 507
The top ten
1 of 10 against 7 of the other 90
12 of the 507 Developer Tools screenshots read (2%) do this, across 8 of the top 100 apps (8%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 7 of the other 90 (8%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Developer Tools is 21st for this. It is most common in Food & Drink (30% of apps) and least common in Games (2%).
All 12 examples from the chart.
Every one of the Developer Tools app screenshots with a small app screen on the chart, the highest app first.
“Build apps, agents, and anything”
“temporary phone numbers”
“Code On the go”
“Use hardware keyboards. Customize Ctrl, Alt, Caps, Shift.”
“system-wide Git support”
“Edit your HTML”
“Netlify in your pocket”
“from anywhere.”
“Dark Mode”
“Real-time deploy & build status across all sites”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 10 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Build apps, agents, and anything”
Replit: Vibe Code with AI Fast · #4 · 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 “Code On the go”
Start coding nowOpenCode Mobile App · #57 · screenshot 1“Use hardware keyboards. Customize Ctrl, Alt, Caps, Shift.”
Blink Shell, Build & Code · #67 · screenshot 4“system-wide Git support”
Git client - Working Copy · #75 · screenshot 1“Edit your HTML”
HTML Editor · #77 · screenshot 1“Netlify in your pocket”
Monitor and control every deploy, build, and domain, from your phone, with push alerts and home-screen widgets.Netli.fyi: Netlify Client · #83 · screenshot 1“from anywhere.”
Replit: Vibe Code with AI Fast · #4 · screenshot 2“Dark Mode”
HTML Editor · #77 · screenshot 3- Netli.fyi
“Real-time deploy & build status across all sites”
Push notifications for when deploy starts, succeeds, or failsNetli.fyi: Netlify Client · #83 · screenshot 3
Top ten Developer Tools apps that do it.
- #4Replit: Vibe Code with AI Fast2 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink | 30% 30 of 100 | 6% 35 of 540 | 3 of 10 |
| Finance | 25% 25 of 100 | 6% 35 of 581 | 4 of 10 |
| Medical | 24% 24 of 100 | 5% 28 of 548 | 4 of 10 |
| Travel | 21% 21 of 100 | 5% 27 of 561 | 2 of 10 |
| Utilities | 21% 21 of 100 | 4% 24 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 18% 18 of 100 | 4% 21 of 556 | 0 of 10 |
| Sports | 18% 18 of 100 | 4% 21 of 558 | 3 of 10 |
| Navigation | 17% 17 of 99 | 4% 22 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 17% 17 of 100 | 4% 22 of 550 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 16% 16 of 100 | 4% 21 of 562 | 4 of 10 |
| News | 15% 15 of 98 | 4% 21 of 517 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 15% 15 of 99 | 3% 18 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Business | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 16 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 16 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 15 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Education | 12% 12 of 100 | 3% 18 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 11% 11 of 99 | 2% 14 of 564 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 12 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 11 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 13 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 12 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 5 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Games | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 3 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Phone cut off at the head50% of these screenshots, against 3% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Words aligned left58% of these screenshots, against 14% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Photo background25% of these screenshots, against 3% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Headline readable at thumbnail size50% of these screenshots, against 28% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- App icon shown33% of these screenshots, against 17% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Leads with a feature67% 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%
- 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%
- 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 small app screen?
8 of the top 100 Developer Tools apps (8%) have at least one, and 12 of their 507 screenshots (2%) 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 small app screen?
In the top ten: Replit: Vibe Code with AI Fast (#4). Further down the chart: Temp Number | Receive SMS (#28), iProxy - Sys admin tools (#31), OpenCode Mobile App (#57), Blink Shell, Build & Code (#67) and Git client - Working Copy (#75), and 2 more.
Should my Developer Tools app have App Store screenshots with a small app screen?
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 7 of the other 90 (8%), 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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