Games app screenshots with text at the bottom
The headline sits below the screen. The screen comes first, and the words read as its caption.
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
52% 52 of 100
Screenshots that do it
47% 264 of 567
The top ten
6 of 10 against 46 of the other 90
264 of the 567 Games screenshots read (47%) do this, across 52 of the top 100 apps (52%). 6 of the top ten do it (60%), against 46 of the other 90 (51%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Games is 1st for this. It is most common in Games (52% of apps) and least common in Graphics & Design (5%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 264 Games app screenshots with text at the bottom, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Find the Cats”
“CLEAR THE BOARD!”
“SORT WATER!”
“TWIST ALIGN UNLOCK”
“Remove Arrows!”
“MULTIPLE WAYS TO PLAY”
“RELAXING!”
“RELIVE THE EXCITEMENT!”
“Helo Them”
“TRAIN YOUR BRAIN”
“Match”
“Super Relaxing”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on 40 of the 264 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Find the Cats”
Meowdoku! · #1 · screenshot 1“CLEAR THE BOARD!”
Block Out! - Color Sort Puzzle · #2 · screenshot 1“SORT WATER!”
Magic Sort! · #3 · screenshot 1“TWIST ALIGN UNLOCK”
Rotate Rings · #4 · screenshot 1“Remove Arrows!”
CubeAway - 3DPuzzle · #5 · screenshot 1“MULTIPLE WAYS TO PLAY”
Play Classic 6, Full 12 or compete 1v1!All Dubs · #10 · screenshot 1“RELAXING!”
Block Blast！ · #12 · screenshot 1“RELIVE THE EXCITEMENT!”
Disney Solitaire · #15 · screenshot 1“Helo Them”
Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story · #17 · screenshot 1“TRAIN YOUR BRAIN”
Bus Traffic Fever! · #18 · screenshot 1“Match”
Mahjong Blast · #20 · screenshot 1“Super Relaxing”
Colorever: Gem Art Puzzle · #21 · screenshot 1“COUNTLESS SLOTS GAMES”
Tang Luck: Casino Slots · #24 · screenshot 2“Explore and Collect”
Whiteout Survival · #25 · screenshot 2“DEFEAT ENEMIES”
Kingshot · #26 · screenshot 1“ENJOY THE PUZZLES”
Sand Blocks: Drop Puzzle · #28 · screenshot 1“SHARPEN YOUR MIND”
Solitaire Associations Journey · #29 · screenshot 1“DROP INTO A NEW SEASON OF BATTLE ROYALE”
Fortnite · #30 · screenshot 1“Launch”
Tasty Travels: Merge Game · #31 · screenshot 1“ALL TRENDING MUSIC”
Magic Tiles 3™: Piano Game · #37 · screenshot 2“DESTROY ENEMY CASTLE!”
Castle Busters · #38 · screenshot 1“ENEMY SPOTTED!”
Warline: Sniper Strike · #41 · screenshot 1“SKILL-BASED MAHJONG GAME”
Mahjong Rumble: Win Real Cash · #45 · screenshot 1“Explore the Candy world”
Candy Crush Saga · #48 · screenshot 2“RELAX & PLAY!”
Word Search Explorer® · #49 · screenshot 2“STRESS RELIEVER!”
Pixel Flow! · #50 · screenshot 1“SECURE AND SMOOTH REDEMPTION”
Jackpot Nights · #53 · screenshot 1“SATISFYING SMASH”
Mob Control · #54 · screenshot 1“SAVE THE KING”
Royal Kingdom · #57 · screenshot 1“AMERICA'S TOP-RATED SOCIAL CASINO”
Cider Casino - Real Money · #58 · screenshot 1“No Timer!”
Yarn Loop: Knit Puzzle · #59 · screenshot 1“Drama”
Hollywood Merge · #60 · screenshot 1“Unlock”
Hotel Legacy: Merge Game · #61 · screenshot 1“Drag & Match”
Jigsaw Drop: Solitaire Puzzle · #62 · screenshot 1“Collect Themed Treasures!”
Jigsawcard Solitaire Puzzle · #63 · screenshot 1“SKILL-BASED MAHJONG”
Mahjong Clash: Win Real Cash · #69 · screenshot 1“AGAINST ZOMBIE”
Z Route: Redemption · #70 · screenshot 1“SMOOTH & SECURE REDEMPTION”
Grand Fortune Club · #78 · screenshot 1“CLEAR BOARDS!”
Toon Blast · #79 · screenshot 1“PLAY AS AUTHENTIC CLUBS”
EA SPORTS FC Soccer Mobile 27 · #83 · screenshot 2
Top ten Games apps that do it.
- #1Meowdoku!6 of its 6 screenshots
- #2Block Out! - Color Sort Puzzle5 of its 6 screenshots
- #3Magic Sort!6 of its 6 screenshots
- #4Rotate Rings6 of its 6 screenshots
- #5CubeAway - 3DPuzzle5 of its 5 screenshots
- #10All Dubs6 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 52% 52 of 100 | 47% 264 of 567 | 6 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 43% 43 of 100 | 17% 93 of 540 | 6 of 10 |
| Travel | 22% 22 of 100 | 6% 33 of 561 | 4 of 10 |
| Shopping | 19% 19 of 100 | 7% 42 of 562 | 2 of 10 |
| Sports | 19% 19 of 100 | 5% 29 of 558 | 2 of 10 |
| Navigation | 18% 18 of 99 | 6% 33 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Finance | 18% 18 of 100 | 5% 31 of 581 | 3 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 18% 18 of 100 | 6% 32 of 556 | 2 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 18% 18 of 100 | 6% 33 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Music | 17% 17 of 100 | 5% 30 of 550 | 3 of 10 |
| Utilities | 17% 17 of 100 | 6% 33 of 549 | 0 of 10 |
| Business | 16% 16 of 100 | 5% 25 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 15% 15 of 100 | 4% 25 of 574 | 1 of 10 |
| Education | 13% 13 of 100 | 4% 20 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Reference | 13% 13 of 100 | 5% 27 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 13% 13 of 100 | 4% 24 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 12% 12 of 99 | 4% 23 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 12% 12 of 100 | 4% 20 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| News | 11% 11 of 98 | 4% 19 of 517 | 1 of 10 |
| Medical | 11% 11 of 100 | 4% 22 of 548 | 2 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 9% 9 of 100 | 4% 18 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 10 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 5% 5 of 99 | 1% 6 of 564 | 1 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Headline under five words95% of these screenshots, against 69% of all Games screenshots
- Has a headline100% of these screenshots, against 76% of all Games screenshots
- Headline in capitals69% of these screenshots, against 47% of all Games screenshots
- Headline readable at thumbnail size63% of these screenshots, against 44% of all Games screenshots
- Rounded headline type57% of these screenshots, against 41% of all Games screenshots
- Headline on one line53% of these screenshots, against 37% 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%
- Arrows or callouts35%
- Phone drawn33%
- Words at the top33%
- A hand holds the phone31%
- 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 text at the bottom?
52 of the top 100 Games apps (52%) have at least one, and 264 of their 567 screenshots (47%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Games apps have App Store screenshots with text at the bottom?
In the top ten: Meowdoku! (#1), Block Out! - Color Sort Puzzle (#2), Magic Sort! (#3), Rotate Rings (#4), CubeAway - 3DPuzzle (#5) and All Dubs (#10). Further down the chart: Block Blast！ (#12), Disney Solitaire (#15), Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story (#17), Bus Traffic Fever! (#18) and Mahjong Blast (#20), and 41 more.
Should my Games app have App Store screenshots with text at the bottom?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 6 of the top ten Games apps do it (60%), against 46 of the other 90 (51%), 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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