Full-bleed Photo & Video app screenshots
No background at all: the screen goes edge to edge. This is the app as it is: the same picture a user would take on their own phone.
From the top 100 free Photo & Video 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
13 of the 566 Photo & Video screenshots read (2%) do this, across 8 of the top 100 apps (8%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 8 of the other 90 (9%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Photo & Video is 8th for this. It is most common in Games (55% of apps) and least common in Social Networking (2%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 13 full-bleed Photo & Video app screenshots, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.

“Transform the sky instantly.”

“Keep your memories safe”





“Powerful editing”





What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 3 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Transform the sky instantly.”
Lightroom: AI Photo Editor · #23 · screenshot 6“Keep your memories safe”
Amazon Photos: Photo & Video · #25 · screenshot 2“Powerful editing”
Splice - Video Editor & Maker · #95 · screenshot 1
Top ten Photo & Video apps that do it.
None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is Lightroom: AI Photo Editor, at #23.
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 55% 55 of 100 | 29% 162 of 567 | 3 of 10 |
| Weather | 34% 34 of 100 | 18% 101 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 23% 23 of 100 | 11% 54 of 507 | 4 of 10 |
| Education | 22% 22 of 100 | 10% 54 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| News | 18% 18 of 98 | 7% 38 of 517 | 0 of 10 |
| Medical | 15% 15 of 100 | 7% 38 of 548 | 0 of 10 |
| Business | 11% 11 of 100 | 6% 36 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 13 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 8% 8 of 100 | 4% 22 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Sports | 7% 7 of 100 | 3% 19 of 558 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 10 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 6% 6 of 99 | 2% 11 of 564 | 2 of 10 |
| Navigation | 6% 6 of 99 | 3% 19 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 6% 6 of 100 | 3% 14 of 550 | 1 of 10 |
| Travel | 6% 6 of 100 | 2% 10 of 561 | 0 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 5% 5 of 100 | 2% 10 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| Finance | 4% 4 of 100 | 2% 14 of 581 | 1 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 8 of 540 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 8 of 562 | 0 of 10 |
| Productivity | 2% 2 of 99 | 1% 8 of 551 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 8 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 4 of 556 | 0 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 5 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- No words at all77% of these screenshots, against 6% of all Photo & Video screenshots
- No phone, bare screen54% of these screenshots, against 23% of all Photo & Video screenshots
- Light62% of these screenshots, against 32% of all Photo & Video screenshots
- Black, white or grey46% of these screenshots, against 27% of all Photo & Video screenshots
- Blue23% of these screenshots, against 15% of all Photo & Video screenshots
- Screen fills the picture100% of these screenshots, against 92% of all Photo & Video screenshots
More in look
- Orange69%
- Gradient background60%
- Black, white or grey59%
- Solid background57%
- High contrast words56%
- Dark55%
- Light50%
- A word in a different colour48%
- Background is the icon’s colour45%
- Blue40%
- Low contrast words38%
- Red29%
- Photo background26%
- Rounded headline type25%
- Teal22%
- Green12%
- Pattern or texture12%
- Pink12%
- Purple7%
- Serif headline6%
- Yellow6%
- Condensed or display type1%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Photo & Video apps have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
Which Photo & Video apps have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
Should my Photo & Video app have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
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