News app screenshots with a hand-held phone
A hand or fingers in the picture. A hand gives the device a sense of scale and shows the app in use.
From the top 98 free News 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 98
Screenshots that do it
2% 9 of 517
The top ten
1 of 10 against 7 of the other 88
9 of the 517 News screenshots read (2%) do this, across 8 of the top 98 apps (8%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 7 of the other 88 (8%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, News is 21st for this. It is most common in Photo & Video (39% of apps) and least common in Developer Tools (3%).
All 9 examples from the chart.
Every one of the News app screenshots with a hand-held phone on the chart, the highest app first.
“Share with fans everywhere, not only friends”
“Integrated Map”
“Follow the Biggest Investors and CEOs”
“talk or just listen in”
“Read award winning global journalism”
“Replace doom scrolling with meaningful reading.”
“Watch clips of the latest headlines and top stories.”
“In-Depth Financial Analysis”
“Practice with $100,000. Risk nothing.”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 9 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Share with fans everywhere, not only friends”
Reddit · #2 · screenshot 5“Integrated Map”
View scanner locationPolice Scanner: Fire Radio · #14 · screenshot 5“Follow the Biggest Investors and CEOs”
See every move whale traders makeStocks.News－Market Alerts · #16 · screenshot 4“talk or just listen in”
ask to speakClubhouse · #28 · screenshot 3“Read award winning global journalism”
Bloomberg: Business News Daily · #44 · screenshot 4“Replace doom scrolling with meaningful reading.”
Medium: Read & Write Stories · #50 · screenshot 1- SEE IT HAPPEN.
“Watch clips of the latest headlines and top stories.”
Washington Post: Breaking News · #56 · screenshot 3 “In-Depth Financial Analysis”
Expert insights from our award-winning newsroom.Barron’s - Investing Insights · #76 · screenshot 1“Practice with $100,000. Risk nothing.”
Trading simulator with real market prices. No real money.Stocks.News－Market Alerts · #16 · screenshot 6
Top ten News apps that do it.
- #2Reddit1 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photo & Video | 39% 39 of 100 | 10% 58 of 566 | 2 of 10 |
| Shopping | 38% 38 of 100 | 8% 47 of 562 | 6 of 10 |
| Education | 36% 36 of 100 | 11% 59 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 35% 35 of 100 | 10% 54 of 556 | 6 of 10 |
| Utilities | 35% 35 of 100 | 9% 49 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 33% 33 of 100 | 8% 42 of 554 | 3 of 10 |
| Games | 31% 31 of 100 | 10% 56 of 567 | 3 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 31% 31 of 100 | 8% 45 of 574 | 4 of 10 |
| Finance | 30% 30 of 100 | 7% 41 of 581 | 3 of 10 |
| Medical | 30% 30 of 100 | 7% 37 of 548 | 4 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 29% 29 of 99 | 10% 54 of 564 | 3 of 10 |
| Reference | 28% 28 of 100 | 8% 44 of 566 | 4 of 10 |
| Business | 27% 27 of 100 | 6% 36 of 554 | 2 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 26% 26 of 100 | 8% 42 of 540 | 6 of 10 |
| Music | 23% 23 of 100 | 7% 38 of 550 | 1 of 10 |
| Navigation | 15% 15 of 99 | 4% 20 of 566 | 3 of 10 |
| Travel | 15% 15 of 100 | 5% 27 of 561 | 3 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 14% 14 of 100 | 4% 21 of 544 | 2 of 10 |
| Sports | 14% 14 of 100 | 4% 21 of 558 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 12% 12 of 99 | 3% 16 of 551 | 2 of 10 |
| News | 8% 8 of 98 | 2% 9 of 517 | 1 of 10 |
| Weather | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 9 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 3 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Leads with a feature89% of these screenshots, against 51% of all News screenshots
- Ranking claim44% of these screenshots, against 7% of all News screenshots
- Has a subline56% of these screenshots, against 26% of all News screenshots
- A photograph89% of these screenshots, against 60% of all News screenshots
- Subline explains the headline44% of these screenshots, against 17% of all News screenshots
- A person in the picture56% of these screenshots, against 30% of all News screenshots
More in layout
- Screen fills the picture99%
- Phone drawn94%
- Whole phone shown90%
- 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%
- No app screen at all8%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it6%
- Words over the screen6%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top News apps have App Store screenshots with a hand-held phone?
8 of the top 98 News apps (8%) have at least one, and 9 of their 517 screenshots (2%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which News apps have App Store screenshots with a hand-held phone?
In the top ten: Reddit (#2). Further down the chart: Police Scanner: Fire Radio (#14), Stocks.News－Market Alerts (#16), Clubhouse (#28), Bloomberg: Business News Daily (#44) and Medium: Read & Write Stories (#50), and 2 more.
Should my News app have App Store screenshots with a hand-held phone?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 1 of the top ten News apps do it (10%), against 7 of the other 88 (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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