News app screenshots showing the whole phone

The numbers

306 of the 517 News screenshots read (59%) do this, across 88 of the top 98 apps (90%). 8 of the top ten do it (80%), against 80 of the other 88 (91%): the top ten do it less than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, News is 14th for this. It is most common in Reference (95% of apps) and least common in Games (28%).

12 examples from the chart.

12 of the 306 News app screenshots showing the whole phone, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.

All 306 on the wall

What these screenshots say, word for word.

The words on 40 of the 278 that carry any, as each app wrote them.

• Public-safety dispatch audio. Not an official report.“Listen to First- Responder Audio”CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio · #3 · screenshot 2
• “All your subscriptions”Substack · #4 · screenshot 2
• “Join over 100 million neighbors”in 345,000 neighborhoodsNextdoor: Neighborhood Network · #5 · screenshot 1
• “Your neighborhood's safety at a glance.”NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts · #6 · screenshot 1
• “Get lifesaving, real-time alerts”Citizen: Safety & Live Video · #7 · screenshot 1
• “Listen to live police & fire radio”Police Scanner Radio & Fire · #8 · screenshot 1
• “The app for every today.”NYTimes: US and Global News · #9 · screenshot 1
• “Check your news blindspot”Ground News · #10 · screenshot 3
• “What's happening in your world?”Fizz: Your Authentic Community · #11 · screenshot 1
• “Walkie Talkie”Push to talkPolice Scanner: Fire Radio · #14 · screenshot 1
• “Watch LIVE local news & top stores”FOX LOCAL: Live News & Weather · #15 · screenshot 1
• “Get Alerted When a Stock Spikes”Breaking market news, the moment it happens.Stocks.News－Market Alerts · #16 · screenshot 3
• “Trade fear for faith in 5 minutes”“But don’t stop worshiping. Never give up in the desert. You don’t know how wide it is, and you may be almost across.”The Pour Over · #20 · screenshot 3
• “Add locations”to receive the alerts most relevant to youAwareCA · #21 · screenshot 1
• “Millions of people making neighborhoods safer, together.”Neighbors by Ring · #22 · screenshot 1
• “Hear the top stories of the day, curated by NPR”NPR: National & Local News · #23 · screenshot 1
• “Your News, Your Language”Catch up on the news in Spanish, Chinese, and more.SmartNews: Breaking News · #24 · screenshot 1
• “Stream documentaries on demand.”In-app purchase requiredBBC: World News & Stories · #25 · screenshot 4
• “Monitor Wildfires, Prescribed Burns, and Flooding”Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods · #26 · screenshot 1
• “Catch up on top news with Your Briefing”Google News · #27 · screenshot 1
• “Sleep Sounds White Noise”Podcast App & Player - Castbox · #29 · screenshot 4
• “Discover Top Stories and In-Depth Coverage”FOX News: US & World Headlines · #31 · screenshot 1
• “Your Local Police Scanner”Police Scanner: Crime Radar · #32 · screenshot 1
• “Breaking news”Get the factsAP News · #33 · screenshot 2
• “Stream the world's biggest stories”CNN: Live & Breaking News · #34 · screenshot 1
• “Get up-to-date episodes as soon as they launch”Podcast App · #35 · screenshot 3
• “Be the first to know breaking news”Reuters - Breaking World News · #36 · screenshot 2
• “Discover content tailored to your interests”Quora · #37 · screenshot 2
• “Your Neighborhood's Incidents At a Glance”Crime Radar · #38 · screenshot 1
• “Listen to stories on the go.”The New Yorker · #40 · screenshot 3
• “Unlimited Access”All of our journalism, on any deviceThe Atlantic Magazine · #41 · screenshot 3
• “View hourly and daily forecasts, live radar, and latest Weathercast video”WEAR ABC 3 News · #43 · screenshot 1
• “Stream live & on-demand”Bloomberg: Business News Daily · #44 · screenshot 3
• “Go beyond breaking news in minutes.”The Economist: News & Analysis · #45 · screenshot 1
• “New original true crime shows”TrueShort - Stream True Crime · #46 · screenshot 2
• Welcome to“DAILYWIRE”Daily Wire · #47 · screenshot 1
• “GIAO DIỆN MỚI TỐI ƯU TRẢI NGHIỆM”CẬP NHẬT TIN TỨC MỚI DỄ DÀNG - NHANH CHÓNGThanh niên Việt Nam · #48 · screenshot 1
• OWN THE EXPERIENCE“MAKE WIRED YOURS”WIRED · #49 · screenshot 2
• “Replace doom scrolling with meaningful reading.”Medium: Read & Write Stories · #50 · screenshot 1
• “America's #1 most trusted news source”ABC News: Live & Breaking · #52 · screenshot 1

Top ten News apps that do it.

1. #3CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio2 of its 4 screenshots
2. #4Substack5 of its 6 screenshots
3. #5Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network5 of its 6 screenshots
4. #6NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts6 of its 6 screenshots
5. #7Citizen: Safety & Live Video6 of its 6 screenshots
6. #8Police Scanner Radio & Fire6 of its 6 screenshots
7. #9NYTimes: US and Global News1 of its 6 screenshots
8. #10Ground News3 of its 6 screenshots

The same tactic in other categories.

Whole phone shown, across all categories

Related tactics.

Often on the same screenshot

• Phone drawn100% of these screenshots, against 83% of all News screenshots
• Words at the top86% of these screenshots, against 78% of all News screenshots
• Screen fills the picture89% of these screenshots, against 81% of all News screenshots
• Has a headline91% of these screenshots, against 84% of all News screenshots
• Gradient background43% of these screenshots, against 38% of all News screenshots
• Plain tone66% of these screenshots, against 62% of all News screenshots

More in layout

• Screen fills the picture99%
• Phone drawn94%
• A photograph89%
• Words at the top83%
• A person in the picture67%
• Headline readable at thumbnail size61%
• Illustration or mascot60%
• App icon shown52%
• Phone cut off at the foot41%
• Headline too small to read38%
• No phone, bare screen35%
• Arrows or callouts23%
• Words aligned left23%
• Two or more screens21%
• Phone cut off at the head16%
• Screen is small15%
• Phone at an angle13%
• Zoomed detail of the UI13%
• Words at the bottom11%
• A hand holds the phone8%
• No app screen at all8%
• Watch, iPad or Mac beside it6%
• Words over the screen6%

Questions, answered from the chart.