News app screenshots with text at the top

The numbers

401 of the 517 News screenshots read (78%) do this, across 81 of the top 98 apps (83%). 10 of the top ten do it (100%), against 71 of the other 88 (81%): the top ten do it more than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, News is 19th for this. It is most common in Health & Fitness (99% of apps) and least common in Games (33%).

12 examples from the chart.

12 of the 401 News app screenshots with text at the top, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.

All 401 on the wall

What these screenshots say, word for word.

The words on 40 of the 401 that carry any, as each app wrote them.

• “Be the first to know.”X · #1 · screenshot 1
• “Explore & create communities”Reddit · #2 · screenshot 2
• Public-safety dispatch audio. Not an official report.“Stay Aware with Timely Alerts”CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio · #3 · screenshot 1
• “Read, watch, chat”Substack · #4 · screenshot 1
• “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
• MAJOR UPDATE“Lift the veil on media bias”Ground News · #10 · screenshot 1
• “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
• “The Biggest Movers in the Market, Live”Every stock on NYSE and NASDAQ, scanned in real time.Stocks.News－Market Alerts · #16 · screenshot 1
• “Breaking News”Stay connected to the stories that matter.The Wall Street Journal News · #18 · screenshot 1
• “Join 1.5 million Christians already trusting our news”The Pour Over · #20 · screenshot 1
• “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
• “World leading journalism all in one place.”BBC: World News & Stories · #25 · screenshot 1
• “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
• “explore live audio chat rooms”Clubhouse · #28 · screenshot 1
• Castbox“50 MILLION+ FREE PODCASTS”Up-to-date ContentPodcast App & Player - Castbox · #29 · screenshot 1
• “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
• “The Associated Press”Advancing the Power of FactsAP News · #33 · screenshot 1
• “Stream the world's biggest stories”CNN: Live & Breaking News · #34 · screenshot 1
• “Podcast App”Find great podcasts.Podcast App · #35 · screenshot 1
• “Reuters Pure news. From the source.”Reuters - Breaking World News · #36 · screenshot 1
• “Read high-quality answers on your custom feed”Quora · #37 · screenshot 1
• “Your Neighborhood's Incidents At a Glance”Crime Radar · #38 · screenshot 1
• “Read in-depth reporting and cultural commentary.”The New Yorker · #40 · screenshot 2
• “Unlimited Access”All of our journalism, on any deviceThe Atlantic Magazine · #41 · screenshot 3
• “Watch Newsmax Live”Newsmax · #42 · screenshot 2
• “View hourly and daily forecasts, live radar, and latest Weathercast video”WEAR ABC 3 News · #43 · screenshot 1
• “Track your investments”Bloomberg: Business News Daily · #44 · screenshot 2
• “Go beyond breaking news in minutes.”The Economist: News & Analysis · #45 · screenshot 1
• “Explore the world of true crime”TrueShort - Stream True Crime · #46 · screenshot 1

Top ten News apps that do it.

1. #1X5 of its 6 screenshots
2. #2Reddit3 of its 6 screenshots
3. #3CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio4 of its 4 screenshots
4. #4Substack6 of its 6 screenshots
5. #5Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network5 of its 6 screenshots
6. #6NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts6 of its 6 screenshots
7. #7Citizen: Safety & Live Video6 of its 6 screenshots
8. #8Police Scanner Radio & Fire6 of its 6 screenshots
9. #9NYTimes: US and Global News6 of its 6 screenshots
10. #10Ground News6 of its 6 screenshots

The same tactic in other categories.

Words at the top, across all categories

Related tactics.

Often on the same screenshot

• Has a headline100% of these screenshots, against 84% of all News screenshots
• Plain tone72% of these screenshots, against 62% of all News screenshots
• Phone drawn93% of these screenshots, against 83% of all News screenshots
• Leads with a feature61% of these screenshots, against 51% of all News screenshots
• Tells you to do something57% of these screenshots, against 48% of all News screenshots
• States a benefit40% of these screenshots, against 34% of all News screenshots

More in layout

• Screen fills the picture99%
• Phone drawn94%
• Whole phone shown90%
• A photograph89%
• 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.