Navigation app screenshots with text over the UI
The headline is laid over the app’s screen itself. The screen fills the picture and the words share its space, so nothing is given up to a margin.
From the top 99 free Navigation 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
5% 5 of 99
Screenshots that do it
1% 6 of 566
The top ten
0 of 10 against 5 of the other 89
6 of the 566 Navigation screenshots read (1%) do this, across 5 of the top 99 apps (5%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 5 of the other 89 (6%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Navigation is 18th for this. It is most common in Shopping (19% of apps) and least common in Photo & Video (3%).
All 6 examples from the chart.
Every one of the Navigation app screenshots with text over the UI on the chart, the highest app first.
“in 6 min”
“All Lines in your City”
“If Your Journey Is Truly Random Where Will You Go?”
“TRACK YOUR PURCHASES & SAVINGS”
“Two wheels or four”
“Get off now”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 6 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“in 6 min”
Citymapper: All Live Transit · #18 · screenshot 4“All Lines in your City”
Moovit: Bus & Transit Tracker · #31 · screenshot 4“If Your Journey Is Truly Random Where Will You Go?”
Randonautica · #57 · screenshot 2“TRACK YOUR PURCHASES & SAVINGS”
See what you buy. See how much you save with DINOPAY®DINOPAY - Sinclair Oil · #72 · screenshot 4“Two wheels or four”
One co-driver for every machine.Rods — Corner & Road Alerts · #74 · screenshot 6“Get off now”
Citymapper: All Live Transit · #18 · screenshot 5
Top ten Navigation apps that do it.
None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is Citymapper: All Live Transit, at #18.
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shopping | 19% 19 of 100 | 4% 21 of 562 | 2 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 16% 16 of 100 | 3% 18 of 556 | 1 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 18 of 540 | 3 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 17 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Travel | 13% 13 of 100 | 2% 14 of 561 | 2 of 10 |
| Games | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 12 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
| Sports | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 12 of 558 | 2 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 10% 10 of 100 | 3% 14 of 544 | 3 of 10 |
| Finance | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 11 of 581 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 11 of 566 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 7% 7 of 99 | 1% 8 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Education | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 11 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| News | 6% 6 of 98 | 2% 10 of 517 | 1 of 10 |
| Medical | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 6 of 548 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 8 of 550 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 6 of 549 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 7 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Navigation | 5% 5 of 99 | 1% 6 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Business | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 6 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 5 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 4% 4 of 100 | 1% 5 of 507 | 0 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 3% 3 of 99 | 1% 3 of 564 | 0 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 3 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Photo background50% of these screenshots, against 13% of all Navigation screenshots
- Headline in Title Case50% of these screenshots, against 22% of all Navigation screenshots
- Headline readable at thumbnail size50% of these screenshots, against 24% of all Navigation screenshots
- Says “you” or “your”50% of these screenshots, against 26% of all Navigation screenshots
- Headline under five words67% of these screenshots, against 42% of all Navigation screenshots
- A photograph50% of these screenshots, against 32% of all Navigation screenshots
More in layout
- Phone drawn100%
- Screen fills the picture99%
- Whole phone shown94%
- Words at the top92%
- Illustration or mascot78%
- A photograph76%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size58%
- Headline too small to read49%
- Phone cut off at the foot49%
- Arrows or callouts45%
- App icon shown40%
- A person in the picture31%
- Words aligned left31%
- No phone, bare screen23%
- Phone cut off at the head21%
- Phone at an angle19%
- Words at the bottom18%
- Screen is small17%
- A hand holds the phone15%
- Two or more screens15%
- Zoomed detail of the UI15%
- No app screen at all12%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it9%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Navigation apps have App Store screenshots with text over the UI?
5 of the top 99 Navigation apps (5%) have at least one, and 6 of their 566 screenshots (1%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Navigation apps have App Store screenshots with text over the UI?
None of the top ten do. The highest on the chart: Citymapper: All Live Transit (#18), Moovit: Bus & Transit Tracker (#31), Randonautica (#57), DINOPAY - Sinclair Oil (#72) and Rods — Corner & Road Alerts (#74).
Should my Navigation app have App Store screenshots with text over the UI?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 0 of the top ten Navigation apps do it (0%), against 5 of the other 89 (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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