Entertainment app screenshots with a Watch, iPad or Mac
A second kind of device appears. A second device shows that the app runs on it too.
From the top 100 free Entertainment 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
16% 16 of 100
Screenshots that do it
4% 20 of 544
The top ten
1 of 10 against 15 of the other 90
20 of the 544 Entertainment screenshots read (4%) do this, across 16 of the top 100 apps (16%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 15 of the other 90 (17%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Entertainment is 3rd for this. It is most common in Music (21% of apps) and least common in Shopping (2%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 20 Entertainment app screenshots with a Watch, iPad or Mac, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Play games on TV, with your phone as the controller.”
“The official Roku remote, always in your hand”
“The streaming home of your favorite stories”
“Watch on Your Favorite Devices”
“Sell tickets if you can't make it”
“Seamless, fully immersive conversations”
“Every event. No hidden fees. Ever.”
“Connect. Discover. Control.”
“Launch to TV”
“Cast To Your Big Screen”
“BROADCAST”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 19 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Play games on TV, with your phone as the controller.”
Netflix Game Controller · #10 · screenshot 1“The official Roku remote, always in your hand”
Roku Remote (Official) · #15 · screenshot 1“The streaming home of your favorite stories”
Disney+ · #17 · screenshot 1“Control your TV and soundbar”
VIZIO | WatchFree+ · #19 · screenshot 3“Watch on Your Favorite Devices”
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies · #27 · screenshot 4“Sell tickets if you can't make it”
AXS Tickets · #28 · screenshot 2“Seamless, fully immersive conversations”
Your AI friend is here 24/7zeta: AI Chat, Story, Play · #29 · screenshot 2“Every event. No hidden fees. Ever.”
Other sites add up to 30% at checkout. TickPick adds $0.TickPick: No Fee Tickets · #36 · screenshot 2“Connect. Discover. Control.”
Experience PlayStation App.PlayStation App · #39 · screenshot 1“Launch to TV”
Amazon Fire TV · #40 · screenshot 3“Cast To Your Big Screen”
Watch TBS · #54 · screenshot 5“BROADCAST”
to TVAPTV - Car Play Connect & Cast · #55 · screenshot 3“Watch anywhere, anytime”
Get Google TV on the big screen with the new ChromecastGoogle TV: Watch Movies & TV · #67 · screenshot 4“WATCH DIRECTV ON ANY DEVICE”
DIRECTV: TV & Movie Streaming · #82 · screenshot 6“ONE WATCHLIST FOR EVERY TV SHOW AND MOVIE”
IMDb: Movies & TV Shows · #84 · screenshot 2“WE LIKE IT WHEN YOU WATCH... WHEREVER YOU WATCH”
STARZ · #95 · screenshot 4“Get together and play with friends.”
Netflix Game Controller · #10 · screenshot 3“Find fun wherever you go”
AXS Tickets · #28 · screenshot 5“Included with your Netflix membership!”
Netflix Game Controller · #10 · screenshot 4
Top ten Entertainment apps that do it.
- #10Netflix Game Controller3 of its 4 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | 21% 21 of 100 | 5% 30 of 550 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 20% 20 of 100 | 6% 35 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 16% 16 of 100 | 4% 20 of 544 | 1 of 10 |
| Business | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 16 of 554 | 3 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 14% 14 of 100 | 4% 19 of 540 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 18 of 574 | 1 of 10 |
| Productivity | 13% 13 of 99 | 3% 14 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Medical | 12% 12 of 100 | 3% 17 of 548 | 3 of 10 |
| Sports | 12% 12 of 100 | 3% 14 of 558 | 0 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 13 of 554 | 2 of 10 |
| Education | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 10 of 555 | 0 of 10 |
| Finance | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 12 of 581 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 14 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Navigation | 9% 9 of 99 | 2% 10 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 9% 9 of 100 | 2% 13 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 11 of 507 | 0 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 8% 8 of 100 | 3% 15 of 556 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 10 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 7% 7 of 99 | 2% 10 of 564 | 1 of 10 |
| News | 6% 6 of 98 | 1% 6 of 517 | 0 of 10 |
| Travel | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 8 of 561 | 2 of 10 |
| Games | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 3 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 2% 2 of 100 | under 1% 2 of 562 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Two or more screens80% of these screenshots, against 11% of all Entertainment screenshots
- Says “you” or “your”55% of these screenshots, against 32% of all Entertainment screenshots
- Plain tone85% of these screenshots, against 65% of all Entertainment screenshots
- Words aligned left25% of these screenshots, against 10% of all Entertainment screenshots
- Background is the icon’s colour60% of these screenshots, against 45% of all Entertainment screenshots
- Phone drawn100% of these screenshots, against 85% of all Entertainment screenshots
More in layout
- Screen fills the picture100%
- Phone drawn97%
- Whole phone shown93%
- Words at the top93%
- A photograph87%
- A person in the picture85%
- Illustration or mascot69%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size67%
- Headline too small to read57%
- App icon shown51%
- No phone, bare screen40%
- Two or more screens40%
- Arrows or callouts39%
- Phone cut off at the foot36%
- Zoomed detail of the UI23%
- Words aligned left21%
- Phone cut off at the head20%
- Phone at an angle19%
- Screen is small15%
- A hand holds the phone14%
- Words at the bottom12%
- No app screen at all11%
- Words over the screen10%
- Continues into the next screenshot1%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Entertainment apps have App Store screenshots with a Watch, iPad or Mac?
16 of the top 100 Entertainment apps (16%) have at least one, and 20 of their 544 screenshots (4%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Entertainment apps have App Store screenshots with a Watch, iPad or Mac?
In the top ten: Netflix Game Controller (#10). Further down the chart: Roku Remote (Official) (#15), Disney+ (#17), VIZIO | WatchFree+ (#19), Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies (#27) and AXS Tickets (#28), and 10 more.
Should my Entertainment app have App Store screenshots with a Watch, iPad or Mac?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 1 of the top ten Entertainment apps do it (10%), against 15 of the other 90 (17%), 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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