Games app screenshots with a hand-held phone
A hand or fingers in the picture. A hand gives the device a sense of scale and shows the app in use.
From the top 100 free Games 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
31% 31 of 100
Screenshots that do it
10% 56 of 567
The top ten
3 of 10 against 28 of the other 90
56 of the 567 Games screenshots read (10%) do this, across 31 of the top 100 apps (31%). 3 of the top ten do it (30%), against 28 of the other 90 (31%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Games is 7th for this. It is most common in Photo & Video (39% of apps) and least common in Developer Tools (3%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 56 Games app screenshots with a hand-held phone, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Find the Cats”
“TWIST ALIGN UNLOCK”
“Remove Arrows!”
“New Life”
“Rebuild Upon the Frost”
“Launch”
“ENEMY SPOTTED!”
“Keep Your Brain Young”
“Character Customization”
“PLAY”
“HERE FOR YOU 24/7”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on 40 of the 44 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Find the Cats”
Meowdoku! · #1 · screenshot 1“TWIST ALIGN UNLOCK”
Rotate Rings · #4 · screenshot 1“Remove Arrows!”
CubeAway - 3DPuzzle · #5 · screenshot 1“New Life”
Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story · #17 · screenshot 3“Rebuild Upon the Frost”
Whiteout Survival · #25 · screenshot 3“Launch”
Tasty Travels: Merge Game · #31 · screenshot 1“ENEMY SPOTTED!”
Warline: Sniper Strike · #41 · screenshot 1“Keep Your Brain Young”
Word Tiles - Relaxing Puzzle · #42 · screenshot 2“Character Customization”
Glow Fashion Idol · #43 · screenshot 4“PLAY”
Chess.com - Play and Learn · #44 · screenshot 2“HERE FOR YOU 24/7”
“Hi, Avia Support here. How can I help you today? 😁”Mahjong Rumble: Win Real Cash · #45 · screenshot 6“Enjoy Classic Sudoku”
Sudoku.com - Number Games · #51 · screenshot 2“SAVE THE KING”
Royal Kingdom · #57 · screenshot 1“AMERICA'S TOP-RATED SOCIAL CASINO”
Cider Casino - Real Money · #58 · screenshot 1“Help her”
Hollywood Merge · #60 · screenshot 2“Merge”
Hotel Legacy: Merge Game · #61 · screenshot 2“Perfect Match”
Jigsaw Drop: Solitaire Puzzle · #62 · screenshot 2“Loved By Our Players”
Playtest Pro by BestPlay · #65 · screenshot 5“Relaxing Puzzle Game”
Woodoku Blast: Block Puzzle · #68 · screenshot 2“BINGO CA$H”
Bingo Cash - Win Real Money · #71 · screenshot 1“No Time, No Rush!”
Search It - Hidden Objects · #72 · screenshot 2“MASSIVE JACKPOT AWAITS”
Grand Fortune Club · #78 · screenshot 3“COIN MASTER”
Coin Master · #81 · screenshot 1“ADOPT A TRUE FRIEND”
Sunday City: Life Simulator · #88 · screenshot 5“MATCH 3D ITEMS!”
Match Factory! · #89 · screenshot 3“Keep Matching”
New pieces drop from the decksPicture Blast Solitaire · #94 · screenshot 2“#1 SOCIAL CASINO”
In the USCrownCoins Casino · #100 · screenshot 1“New Logic Puzzle”
Meowdoku! · #1 · screenshot 2“SMART HINT SYSTEM”
Rotate Rings · #4 · screenshot 6“Train your Brain”
CubeAway - 3DPuzzle · #5 · screenshot 3“Merge”
Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story · #17 · screenshot 6“Taste”
Tasty Travels: Merge Game · #31 · screenshot 4“SNIPER STRIKE!”
Warline: Sniper Strike · #41 · screenshot 3“Sharpen Your Mind”
Word Tiles - Relaxing Puzzle · #42 · screenshot 3“Ana Walsh Help! Big date, no outfit! Harlee Angelino Please, something stunning for the ball! Mai Valentine ASAP! Party look needed!”
Glow Fashion Idol · #43 · screenshot 5“DROP THE ROCKS!”
Royal Kingdom · #57 · screenshot 2“START WITH A BIG BONUS!”
Cider Casino - Real Money · #58 · screenshot 4“Merge”
Hollywood Merge · #60 · screenshot 5“Explore the Map!”
Search It - Hidden Objects · #72 · screenshot 5“DEFEND THE BRIDGE!”
Warline: Sniper Strike · #41 · screenshot 4
Top ten Games apps that do it.
- #1Meowdoku!2 of its 6 screenshots
- #4Rotate Rings2 of its 6 screenshots
- #5CubeAway - 3DPuzzle2 of its 5 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photo & Video | 39% 39 of 100 | 10% 58 of 566 | 2 of 10 |
| Shopping | 38% 38 of 100 | 8% 47 of 562 | 6 of 10 |
| Education | 36% 36 of 100 | 11% 59 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 35% 35 of 100 | 10% 54 of 556 | 6 of 10 |
| Utilities | 35% 35 of 100 | 9% 49 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 33% 33 of 100 | 8% 42 of 554 | 3 of 10 |
| Games | 31% 31 of 100 | 10% 56 of 567 | 3 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 31% 31 of 100 | 8% 45 of 574 | 4 of 10 |
| Finance | 30% 30 of 100 | 7% 41 of 581 | 3 of 10 |
| Medical | 30% 30 of 100 | 7% 37 of 548 | 4 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 29% 29 of 99 | 10% 54 of 564 | 3 of 10 |
| Reference | 28% 28 of 100 | 8% 44 of 566 | 4 of 10 |
| Business | 27% 27 of 100 | 6% 36 of 554 | 2 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 26% 26 of 100 | 8% 42 of 540 | 6 of 10 |
| Music | 23% 23 of 100 | 7% 38 of 550 | 1 of 10 |
| Navigation | 15% 15 of 99 | 4% 20 of 566 | 3 of 10 |
| Travel | 15% 15 of 100 | 5% 27 of 561 | 3 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 14% 14 of 100 | 4% 21 of 544 | 2 of 10 |
| Sports | 14% 14 of 100 | 4% 21 of 558 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 12% 12 of 99 | 3% 16 of 551 | 2 of 10 |
| News | 8% 8 of 98 | 2% 9 of 517 | 1 of 10 |
| Weather | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 9 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 3 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- A person in the picture57% of these screenshots, against 27% of all Games screenshots
- Orange48% of these screenshots, against 28% of all Games screenshots
- Arrows or callouts29% of these screenshots, against 8% of all Games screenshots
- Background is the icon’s colour50% of these screenshots, against 35% of all Games screenshots
- Headline on one line50% of these screenshots, against 37% of all Games screenshots
- Photo background23% of these screenshots, against 12% of all Games screenshots
More in layout
- Illustration or mascot100%
- Screen fills the picture100%
- No phone, bare screen90%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size70%
- A person in the picture53%
- Words at the bottom52%
- Arrows or callouts35%
- Phone drawn33%
- Words at the top33%
- Whole phone shown28%
- A photograph24%
- App icon shown20%
- No app screen at all20%
- Two or more screens18%
- Headline too small to read17%
- Words aligned left13%
- Zoomed detail of the UI13%
- Words over the screen11%
- Phone cut off at the foot6%
- Phone at an angle5%
- Continues into the next screenshot4%
- Phone cut off at the head3%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it3%
- Screen is small2%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Games apps have App Store screenshots with a hand-held phone?
31 of the top 100 Games apps (31%) have at least one, and 56 of their 567 screenshots (10%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Games apps have App Store screenshots with a hand-held phone?
In the top ten: Meowdoku! (#1), Rotate Rings (#4) and CubeAway - 3DPuzzle (#5). Further down the chart: Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story (#17), Whiteout Survival (#25), Tasty Travels: Merge Game (#31), Fish Sort Puzzle - Bubble Jam (#40) and Warline: Sniper Strike (#41), and 23 more.
Should my Games app have App Store screenshots with a hand-held phone?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 3 of the top ten Games apps do it (30%), against 28 of the other 90 (31%), 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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