Developer Tools app screenshots with text over the UI
The headline is laid over the app’s screen itself. The screen fills the picture and the words share its space, so nothing is given up to a margin.
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
4% 4 of 100
Screenshots that do it
1% 5 of 507
The top ten
0 of 10 against 4 of the other 90
5 of the 507 Developer Tools screenshots read (1%) do this, across 4 of the top 100 apps (4%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 4 of the other 90 (4%): 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 Shopping (19% of apps) and least common in Photo & Video (3%).
All 5 examples from the chart.
Every one of the Developer Tools app screenshots with text over the UI on the chart, the highest app first.
“A WORLD”
“Use hardware keyboards. Customize Ctrl, Alt, Caps, Shift.”
“Multiple - Themes Search & Replace Custom Font & Size Shortcuts & Tree View”
“Keep Git work moving.”
“Check the page from your your phone.”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 5 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“A WORLD”
of quirky, joyful indie gamesGDevelop - Create & Play Games · #39 · screenshot 1“Use hardware keyboards. Customize Ctrl, Alt, Caps, Shift.”
Blink Shell, Build & Code · #67 · screenshot 4“Multiple - Themes Search & Replace Custom Font & Size Shortcuts & Tree View”
HTML Viewer : Editor & Creator · #90 · screenshot 3- LIVE WORK
“Keep Git work moving.”
Codex Relay - Remote Codex App · #96 · screenshot 4 - WEB CHANGES
“Check the page from your your phone.”
Codex Relay - Remote Codex App · #96 · screenshot 6
Top ten Developer Tools apps that do it.
None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is GDevelop - Create & Play Games, at #39.
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shopping | 19% 19 of 100 | 4% 21 of 562 | 2 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 16% 16 of 100 | 3% 18 of 556 | 1 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 18 of 540 | 3 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 17 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Travel | 13% 13 of 100 | 2% 14 of 561 | 2 of 10 |
| Games | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 12 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
| Sports | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 12 of 558 | 2 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 10% 10 of 100 | 3% 14 of 544 | 3 of 10 |
| Finance | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 11 of 581 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 11 of 566 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 7% 7 of 99 | 1% 8 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Education | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 11 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| News | 6% 6 of 98 | 2% 10 of 517 | 1 of 10 |
| Medical | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 6 of 548 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 8 of 550 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 6 of 549 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 7 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Navigation | 5% 5 of 99 | 1% 6 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Business | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 6 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 5 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 4% 4 of 100 | 1% 5 of 507 | 0 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 3% 3 of 99 | 1% 3 of 564 | 0 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 3 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- High contrast words80% of these screenshots, against 22% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Headline readable at thumbnail size80% of these screenshots, against 28% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Words aligned left60% of these screenshots, against 14% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Dark80% of these screenshots, against 41% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Illustration or mascot60% of these screenshots, against 22% of all Developer Tools screenshots
- Tells you to do something60% of these screenshots, against 31% 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%
- Screen is small8%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it8%
- No app screen at all7%
- A hand holds the phone3%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Developer Tools apps have App Store screenshots with text over the UI?
4 of the top 100 Developer Tools apps (4%) have at least one, and 5 of their 507 screenshots (1%) 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 text over the UI?
None of the top ten do. The highest on the chart: GDevelop - Create & Play Games (#39), Blink Shell, Build & Code (#67), HTML Viewer : Editor & Creator (#90) and Codex Relay - Remote Codex App (#96).
Should my Developer Tools app have App Store screenshots with text over the UI?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 0 of the top ten Developer Tools apps do it (0%), against 4 of the other 90 (4%), 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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