Entertainment 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 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
15% 15 of 100
Screenshots that do it
3% 16 of 544
The top ten
0 of 10 against 15 of the other 90
16 of the 544 Entertainment screenshots read (3%) do this, across 15 of the top 100 apps (15%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 15 of the other 90 (17%): the top ten do it less than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Entertainment is 13th for this. It is most common in Food & Drink (30% of apps) and least common in Games (2%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 16 Entertainment app screenshots with a small app screen, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Premium Immersive Drama Series”
“Control your TV and soundbar”
“Use tickets with your phone”
“No Fee Tickets.”
“Connect. Discover. Control.”
“CHANGE THE LANGUAGE”
“Daily updates are all on Shortmax.”
“WHERE YOUR THING IS A THING”
“EXPERIENCE”
“Turn ‘What to do?’ into ‘Let’s do it!’”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 14 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Premium Immersive Drama Series”
NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV · #11 · screenshot 2“Control your TV and soundbar”
VIZIO | WatchFree+ · #19 · screenshot 3“Use tickets with your phone”
AXS Tickets · #28 · screenshot 3- TickPick
“No Fee Tickets.”
Saving customersTickPick: No Fee Tickets · #36 · screenshot 1 “Connect. Discover. Control.”
Experience PlayStation App.PlayStation App · #39 · screenshot 1“CHANGE THE LANGUAGE”
Pocket FM: Audio Dramas · #43 · screenshot 5“Daily updates are all on Shortmax.”
ShortMax - Short Dramas & TV · #48 · screenshot 2“WHERE YOUR THING IS A THING”
Patreon · #50 · screenshot 1“EXPERIENCE”
Your Video Content in Its Best FormAPTV - Car Play Connect & Cast · #55 · screenshot 2“Turn ‘What to do?’ into ‘Let’s do it!’”
“Turn 'What to do?' into 'Let's do it!'”Fever: Events & Tickets · #61 · screenshot 1“Premium Exclusive Series”
iDrama – Short Dramas & Reels · #78 · screenshot 1“250M+ RATINGS INFINITE OPINIONS ONE APP”
IMDb: Movies & TV Shows · #84 · screenshot 1“BUY MOVIE TICKETS”
to your favorite theaterFandango - Get Movie Tickets · #99 · screenshot 1“Find fun wherever you go”
AXS Tickets · #28 · screenshot 5
Top ten Entertainment apps that do it.
None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV, at #11.
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
- Words aligned left44% of these screenshots, against 10% of all Entertainment screenshots
- Phone at an angle38% of these screenshots, against 6% of all Entertainment screenshots
- Photo background44% of these screenshots, against 14% of all Entertainment screenshots
- Phone cut off at the head25% of these screenshots, against 5% of all Entertainment screenshots
- Red31% of these screenshots, against 11% 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%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it16%
- 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 small app screen?
15 of the top 100 Entertainment apps (15%) have at least one, and 16 of their 544 screenshots (3%) 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 small app screen?
None of the top ten do. The highest on the chart: NetShort - Popular Dramas & TV (#11), VIZIO | WatchFree+ (#19), AXS Tickets (#28), TickPick: No Fee Tickets (#36) and PlayStation App (#39), and 10 more.
Should my Entertainment app have App Store screenshots with a small app screen?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 0 of the top ten Entertainment apps do it (0%), against 15 of the other 90 (17%), 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.
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