Graphics & Design app screenshots with no app screen
A photo, a logo or a slogan: the app’s screen does not appear. These sell an idea, a promise or a brand before showing any interface. Apple’s App Review Guideline 2.3.3 says screenshots should show the app in use, and not only title art, a login page or a splash screen.
From the top 99 free Graphics & Design 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
19% 19 of 99
Screenshots that do it
4% 24 of 564
The top ten
1 of 10 against 18 of the other 89
24 of the 564 Graphics & Design screenshots read (4%) do this, across 19 of the top 99 apps (19%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 18 of the other 89 (20%): the top ten do it less than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Graphics & Design is 13th for this. It is most common in Education (29% of apps) and least common in Weather (4%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 24 Graphics & Design app screenshots with no app screen, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Drawing Lessons”
“Stylish Widgets For You”
“Pencil sketch any picture”
“think it. make it. cricut19”
“500+ cute lessons together”
“Lexy PDF Viewer”
“EXPLORE 1000+ TRENDY TEMPLATES”
“LEONARDO.AI AI Image & Video Generator”
“Mix Emojis”
“TRACE ONTO EVERYTHING”
“All-In-One Label Printing Hub”
“Design and Try-On Tattoos”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 23 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Drawing Lessons”
“It's easy to use and in just two weeks I improved my drawing skills.”AR Drawing: Sketch & Paint · #6 · screenshot 2“Stylish Widgets For You”
ThemeArt: Widgets & App icons · #21 · screenshot 2“Pencil sketch any picture”
PicTrace®: AR Drawing & Sketch · #26 · screenshot 6“think it. make it. cricut19”
Cricut Design Space · #27 · screenshot 1“500+ cute lessons together”
Artmate: Drawing Together · #32 · screenshot 5“Lexy PDF Viewer”
Lexy PDF Viewer-Maker,Builder · #45 · screenshot 1“EXPLORE 1000+ TRENDY TEMPLATES”
AR Drawing App - Sketchify · #49 · screenshot 3“LEONARDO.AI AI Image & Video Generator”
The creator-first AI image and video generatorLeonardo.Ai - Image Generator · #56 · screenshot 1“Mix Emojis”
Genmoji: AI Emoji Maker - Mix · #61 · screenshot 2“TRACE ONTO EVERYTHING”
Same photo. Any surface.Da Vinci Eye: AR Trace & Draw · #66 · screenshot 3“All-In-One Label Printing Hub”
Templates for Home, Business & MoreMunbyn Print · #68 · screenshot 1- Best Tattoo Planning App
“Design and Try-On Tattoos”
Tattoo Design Try On - Tatship · #74 · screenshot 1 “AI Realistic Headshots”
AI Photo Generator: Remake AI · #77 · screenshot 1“Swipemoji”
AI Emojis AppAI Emoji: Swipemoji · #78 · screenshot 1“Upload Your Photo”
Get Instant ResultsHome AI - AI Interior Design · #82 · screenshot 2“Get your daily poster ready”
with Status everyday app.Status Everyday · #85 · screenshot 1- UNIQUE
“WIDGETS”
Everything You NeedCarTheme: Car Widgets & Sounds · #92 · screenshot 3 “#1 App for acrylic painting”
ArtCoach:Learn to Draw & Paint · #97 · screenshot 1“Generate Sketches”
Generate a beautiful womanAR Drawing: Sketch & Paint · #6 · screenshot 4“Step - by - step”
Artmate: Drawing Together · #32 · screenshot 6“DRAWING LESSONS”
BEGINNER TO ADVANCEDAR Drawing App - Sketchify · #49 · screenshot 5“Your Recipe, Just a Tap Away”
Personalise it. Share it. Spread the love.Status Everyday · #85 · screenshot 2“Learn to Draw Step by step”
ArtCoach:Learn to Draw & Paint · #97 · screenshot 2
Top ten Graphics & Design apps that do it.
- #6AR Drawing: Sketch & Paint2 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 29% 29 of 100 | 7% 37 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Finance | 27% 27 of 100 | 6% 33 of 581 | 3 of 10 |
| Sports | 26% 26 of 100 | 5% 27 of 558 | 7 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 25% 25 of 100 | 5% 29 of 540 | 5 of 10 |
| Productivity | 23% 23 of 99 | 5% 26 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 23% 23 of 100 | 5% 27 of 556 | 4 of 10 |
| Shopping | 23% 23 of 100 | 5% 28 of 562 | 3 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 21% 21 of 100 | 4% 23 of 574 | 4 of 10 |
| Medical | 21% 21 of 100 | 5% 25 of 548 | 1 of 10 |
| Reference | 21% 21 of 100 | 4% 25 of 566 | 2 of 10 |
| Utilities | 21% 21 of 100 | 4% 24 of 549 | 2 of 10 |
| Games | 20% 20 of 100 | 4% 22 of 567 | 2 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 19% 19 of 99 | 4% 24 of 564 | 1 of 10 |
| Business | 18% 18 of 100 | 4% 23 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Music | 16% 16 of 100 | 3% 18 of 550 | 1 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 16% 16 of 100 | 3% 17 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Travel | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 18 of 561 | 2 of 10 |
| Navigation | 12% 12 of 99 | 2% 13 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 11% 11 of 100 | 3% 15 of 544 | 2 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 12 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| News | 8% 8 of 98 | 2% 9 of 517 | 0 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 7% 7 of 100 | 1% 7 of 507 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 4% 4 of 100 | 1% 5 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Headline readable at thumbnail size58% of these screenshots, against 29% of all Graphics & Design screenshots
- Light71% of these screenshots, against 48% of all Graphics & Design screenshots
- Background is the icon’s colour46% of these screenshots, against 26% of all Graphics & Design screenshots
- A word in a different colour46% of these screenshots, against 27% of all Graphics & Design screenshots
- Has a subline42% of these screenshots, against 23% of all Graphics & Design screenshots
- Two or more screens33% of these screenshots, against 15% of all Graphics & Design screenshots
More in layout
- Screen fills the picture99%
- Phone drawn96%
- Whole phone shown94%
- Words at the top94%
- A photograph86%
- Illustration or mascot77%
- Arrows or callouts70%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size69%
- A person in the picture65%
- Two or more screens55%
- Phone cut off at the foot47%
- Zoomed detail of the UI47%
- Headline too small to read40%
- No phone, bare screen38%
- App icon shown37%
- A hand holds the phone29%
- Phone at an angle17%
- Phone cut off at the head13%
- Screen is small11%
- Words aligned left11%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it7%
- Words at the bottom5%
- Words over the screen3%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Graphics & Design apps have App Store screenshots with no app screen?
19 of the top 99 Graphics & Design apps (19%) have at least one, and 24 of their 564 screenshots (4%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Graphics & Design apps have App Store screenshots with no app screen?
In the top ten: AR Drawing: Sketch & Paint (#6). Further down the chart: ThemeArt: Widgets & App icons (#21), PicTrace®: AR Drawing & Sketch (#26), Cricut Design Space (#27), Artmate: Drawing Together (#32) and Lexy PDF Viewer-Maker,Builder (#45), and 13 more.
Should my Graphics & Design app have App Store screenshots with no app screen?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 1 of the top ten Graphics & Design apps do it (10%), against 18 of the other 89 (20%), 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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