Full-bleed Music app screenshots
No background at all: the screen goes edge to edge. This is the app as it is: the same picture a user would take on their own phone.
From the top 100 free Music 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
6% 6 of 100
Screenshots that do it
3% 14 of 550
The top ten
1 of 10 against 5 of the other 90
14 of the 550 Music screenshots read (3%) do this, across 6 of the top 100 apps (6%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 5 of the other 90 (6%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Music is 14th for this. It is most common in Games (55% of apps) and least common in Social Networking (2%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 14 full-bleed Music app screenshots, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“VALLEY OF THE SEVEN STARS”
“MEZQUITE”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on 2 of the 3 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“VALLEY OF THE SEVEN STARS”
A COSMIC CAMPOUTSeven Stars Festival · #70 · screenshot 1“MEZQUITE”
Mezquite Diatonic Accordion · #91 · screenshot 1
Top ten Music apps that do it.
- #10Head Trip Indio1 of its 4 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 55% 55 of 100 | 29% 162 of 567 | 3 of 10 |
| Weather | 34% 34 of 100 | 18% 101 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 23% 23 of 100 | 11% 54 of 507 | 4 of 10 |
| Education | 22% 22 of 100 | 10% 54 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| News | 18% 18 of 98 | 7% 38 of 517 | 0 of 10 |
| Medical | 15% 15 of 100 | 7% 38 of 548 | 0 of 10 |
| Business | 11% 11 of 100 | 6% 36 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 13 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 8% 8 of 100 | 4% 22 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Sports | 7% 7 of 100 | 3% 19 of 558 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 10 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 6% 6 of 99 | 2% 11 of 564 | 2 of 10 |
| Navigation | 6% 6 of 99 | 3% 19 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 6% 6 of 100 | 3% 14 of 550 | 1 of 10 |
| Travel | 6% 6 of 100 | 2% 10 of 561 | 0 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 5% 5 of 100 | 2% 10 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| Finance | 4% 4 of 100 | 2% 14 of 581 | 1 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 8 of 540 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 8 of 562 | 0 of 10 |
| Productivity | 2% 2 of 99 | 1% 8 of 551 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 8 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 4 of 556 | 0 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 5 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- No words at all79% of these screenshots, against 10% of all Music screenshots
- No phone, bare screen57% of these screenshots, against 9% of all Music screenshots
- Screen fills the picture100% of these screenshots, against 77% of all Music screenshots
- Serif headline21% of these screenshots, against 5% of all Music screenshots
- Headline on one line21% of these screenshots, against 11% of all Music screenshots
- Black, white or grey36% of these screenshots, against 27% of all Music screenshots
More in look
- Gradient background73%
- Dark71%
- Background is the icon’s colour62%
- High contrast words57%
- A word in a different colour47%
- Black, white or grey46%
- Solid background38%
- Blue37%
- Low contrast words36%
- Light35%
- Orange29%
- Photo background26%
- Teal21%
- Red19%
- Rounded headline type19%
- Purple17%
- Pattern or texture15%
- Pink13%
- Condensed or display type10%
- Green10%
- Yellow7%
- Serif headline5%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Music apps have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
6 of the top 100 Music apps (6%) have at least one, and 14 of their 550 screenshots (3%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Music apps have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
In the top ten: Head Trip Indio (#10). Further down the chart: JLab (#33), Piano for iPhone (#51), Seven Stars Festival (#70), Mezquite Diatonic Accordion (#91) and stats.fm for Spotify Music App (#99).
Should my Music app have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 1 of the top ten Music apps do it (10%), against 5 of the other 90 (6%), 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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