Music app screenshots with an award or laurel
An award mark, laurel wreath or “App of the Day”. An award is someone else’s judgement of the app, shown at the moment the reader is making their own.
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
20% 20 of 100
Screenshots that do it
4% 22 of 550
The top ten
2 of 10 against 18 of the other 90
22 of the 550 Music screenshots read (4%) do this, across 20 of the top 100 apps (20%). 2 of the top ten do it (20%), against 18 of the other 90 (20%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Music is 6th for this. It is most common in Education (34% of apps) and least common in Developer Tools (5%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 22 Music app screenshots with an award or laurel, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“MUSIC YOU CAN'T FIND ELSEWHERE”
“Where your ideas become music”
“Feel more confident with every song”
“Piano made simple”
“The World #1 DJ App”
“5+ MILLION HAPPY USERS 93% POSITIVE FEEDBACK”
“Discover over 2M+ tabs & chords”
“RINGTONE ANY SONG”
“Play the Hottest New Tracks”
“WATER EJECT”
“iPad App of the Year”
Real headline examples, word for word.
The words on all 21 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“MUSIC YOU CAN'T FIND ELSEWHERE”
SoundCloud: The Music You Love · #4 · screenshot 1“Where your ideas become music”
BandLab – Music Maker & Beats · #8 · screenshot 1“Feel more confident with every song”
Simply Sing: My Singing App · #23 · screenshot 1“Piano made simple”
Play. Learn. Now. Anywhere.Piano: Keyboard Lessons & Game · #24 · screenshot 1“The World #1 DJ App”
Edjing Mix: DJ Music Mixer App · #28 · screenshot 1“5+ MILLION HAPPY USERS 93% POSITIVE FEEDBACK”
Garage Ringtones for iPhone · #38 · screenshot 2“Discover over 2M+ tabs & chords”
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs · #39 · screenshot 2“RINGTONE ANY SONG”
Ringtones for iphone: Ringtune · #44 · screenshot 1“Play the Hottest New Tracks”
Beat Maker Pro: Music Game · #48 · screenshot 1“WATER EJECT”
Speaker CleanerClear Wave · #52 · screenshot 1“iPad App of the Year”
Winner 2024Moises: The Musician's App · #56 · screenshot 1“MP3 Converter”
4.7 28K ratingsMP3 Converter - Audio Trimmer · #59 · screenshot 1“Brain upgrade: binaural beats.”
Moongate: Binaural Beats · #66 · screenshot 1- Best AI Music Generator
“AI Music Maker”
Beatron: AI Song Generator · #67 · screenshot 1 “MUSIC NEWS TALK & SPORTS”
Radio App - FM Radio Stations · #69 · screenshot 1“Create songs with AI”
AI Song Generator - Zona · #76 · screenshot 1“CLEAN YOUR SPEAKERS”
Water Eject ‒ Speaker Cleaner · #77 · screenshot 1- Built by people from
“Connecting Us Through Music”
EQUALS - Music Social Network · #83 · screenshot 1 “Dynamic Lyrics App”
Lyrix: Dynamic Lyricsㅤ · #90 · screenshot 1“Level up!”
Simply Sing: My Singing App · #23 · screenshot 5“Step-by-step courses & tutorials”
World-class music teachersUltimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs · #39 · screenshot 6
Top ten Music apps that do it.
- #4SoundCloud: The Music You Love1 of its 6 screenshots
- #8BandLab – Music Maker & Beats1 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 34% 34 of 100 | 7% 37 of 555 | 4 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 33% 33 of 99 | 6% 35 of 564 | 3 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 28% 28 of 100 | 6% 35 of 574 | 2 of 10 |
| Reference | 26% 26 of 100 | 5% 28 of 566 | 3 of 10 |
| Productivity | 24% 24 of 99 | 5% 26 of 551 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 20% 20 of 100 | 4% 22 of 550 | 2 of 10 |
| Utilities | 16% 16 of 100 | 3% 17 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 15% 15 of 100 | 4% 24 of 544 | 2 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 15 of 556 | 1 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 16 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Finance | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 15 of 581 | 1 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 11 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 12 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Sports | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 10 of 558 | 1 of 10 |
| Travel | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 11 of 561 | 0 of 10 |
| News | 9% 9 of 98 | 2% 9 of 517 | 2 of 10 |
| Games | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 9 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
| Navigation | 7% 7 of 99 | 1% 7 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Medical | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 9 of 548 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 7% 7 of 100 | 1% 7 of 562 | 1 of 10 |
| Business | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 6 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 6% 6 of 100 | 2% 9 of 540 | 1 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 6 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Star rating shown36% of these screenshots, against 3% of all Music screenshots
- User or download count36% of these screenshots, against 3% of all Music screenshots
- A hand holds the phone27% of these screenshots, against 7% of all Music screenshots
- Words aligned left32% of these screenshots, against 12% of all Music screenshots
- Dark73% of these screenshots, against 57% of all Music screenshots
- Uses a number23% of these screenshots, against 7% of all Music screenshots
More in proof
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Music apps have App Store screenshots with an award or laurel?
20 of the top 100 Music apps (20%) have at least one, and 22 of their 550 screenshots (4%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Music apps have App Store screenshots with an award or laurel?
In the top ten: SoundCloud: The Music You Love (#4) and BandLab – Music Maker & Beats (#8). Further down the chart: Simply Sing: My Singing App (#23), Piano: Keyboard Lessons & Game (#24), Edjing Mix: DJ Music Mixer App (#28), djay - DJ App & AI Mixer (#36) and Garage Ringtones for iPhone (#38), and 13 more.
Should my Music app have App Store screenshots with an award or laurel?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 2 of the top ten Music apps do it (20%), against 18 of the other 90 (20%), 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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