Music app screenshots that make a comparison
Better than, unlike, instead of. A comparison borrows what the reader already knows: the old way, the usual price, the other kind of app.
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
8% 8 of 100
Screenshots that do it
1% 8 of 550
The top ten
1 of 10 against 7 of the other 90
8 of the 550 Music screenshots read (1%) do this, across 8 of the top 100 apps (8%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 7 of the other 90 (8%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Music is 10th for this. It is most common in Finance (17% of apps) and least common in Travel (2%).
All 8 examples from the chart.
Every one of the Music app screenshots that make a comparison on the chart, the highest app first.
“MUSIC YOU CAN'T FIND ELSEWHERE”
“The world's #1 tuner app”
“The World #1 DJ App”
“Trusted by millions of DJs”
“Find your frequency.”
“AI Music Maker”
“PLAY ON SCREEN, OR YOUR KARTIER PIANO”
“The world's largest classical music catalog.”
Real headline examples, word for word.
The words on all 8 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“MUSIC YOU CAN'T FIND ELSEWHERE”
SoundCloud: The Music You Love · #4 · screenshot 1“The world's #1 tuner app”
GuitarTuna: Tune & Play Guitar · #22 · screenshot 1“The World #1 DJ App”
Edjing Mix: DJ Music Mixer App · #28 · screenshot 1“Trusted by millions of DJs”
“Best DJ software ever”djay - DJ App & AI Mixer · #36 · screenshot 3“Find your frequency.”
Brainwaves Healing frequencies 432 Hz and Solfeggio“I have used 20 different sound and meditation apps and I find these binaural beats to be the best!”Moongate: Binaural Beats · #66 · screenshot 2- Best AI Music Generator
“AI Music Maker”
Beatron: AI Song Generator · #67 · screenshot 1 “PLAY ON SCREEN, OR YOUR KARTIER PIANO”
DJ Kartier · #92 · screenshot 2“The world's largest classical music catalog.”
Apple Music Classical · #97 · screenshot 2
Top ten Music apps that do it.
- #4SoundCloud: The Music You Love1 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 17% 17 of 100 | 3% 18 of 581 | 1 of 10 |
| Education | 16% 16 of 100 | 3% 18 of 555 | 4 of 10 |
| Sports | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 15 of 558 | 1 of 10 |
| Weather | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 11 of 555 | 3 of 10 |
| News | 9% 9 of 98 | 2% 9 of 517 | 0 of 10 |
| Productivity | 9% 9 of 99 | 2% 11 of 551 | 2 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 9% 9 of 100 | 2% 9 of 540 | 2 of 10 |
| Reference | 9% 9 of 100 | 2% 11 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 9% 9 of 100 | 2% 9 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 8% 8 of 100 | 1% 8 of 550 | 1 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 7% 7 of 100 | 1% 7 of 574 | 1 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 7% 7 of 100 | 1% 7 of 556 | 1 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 6% 6 of 99 | 1% 6 of 564 | 0 of 10 |
| Business | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 6 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Navigation | 5% 5 of 99 | 1% 5 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Medical | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 6 of 548 | 0 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 5 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Utilities | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 5 of 549 | 0 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 4% 4 of 100 | 1% 4 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 4% 4 of 100 | 1% 4 of 562 | 0 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 3 of 507 | 0 of 10 |
| Games | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 3 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
| Travel | 2% 2 of 100 | under 1% 2 of 561 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Ranking claim75% of these screenshots, against 4% of all Music screenshots
- Photo background63% of these screenshots, against 9% of all Music screenshots
- Laurel or award38% of these screenshots, against 4% of all Music screenshots
- Dark88% of these screenshots, against 57% of all Music screenshots
- Uses a number38% of these screenshots, against 7% of all Music screenshots
- No phone, bare screen38% of these screenshots, against 9% of all Music screenshots
More in meaning
- Plain tone92%
- Leads with a feature89%
- States a benefit75%
- Subline explains the headline29%
- Subline adds a second benefit23%
- Playful tone20%
- Premium tone18%
- Asks for an action16%
- Names its audience13%
- Leads with an outcome12%
- Urgent tone9%
- Leads with trust7%
- Technical tone7%
- Leads with who it is for4%
- Leads with what is new3%
- Leads with price2%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Music apps have App Store screenshots that make a comparison?
8 of the top 100 Music apps (8%) have at least one, and 8 of their 550 screenshots (1%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Music apps have App Store screenshots that make a comparison?
In the top ten: SoundCloud: The Music You Love (#4). Further down the chart: GuitarTuna: Tune & Play Guitar (#22), Edjing Mix: DJ Music Mixer App (#28), djay - DJ App & AI Mixer (#36), Moongate: Binaural Beats (#66) and Beatron: AI Song Generator (#67), and 2 more.
Should my Music app have App Store screenshots that make a comparison?
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 7 of the other 90 (8%), 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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