Photo & Video app screenshots with a top-cropped phone
The device runs off the top edge. Cropping the device at the top shows the lower part of the screen larger: tab bars, buttons, keyboards.
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
Apps that do it
12% 12 of 100
Screenshots that do it
2% 14 of 566
The top ten
1 of 10 against 11 of the other 90
14 of the 566 Photo & Video screenshots read (2%) do this, across 12 of the top 100 apps (12%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 11 of the other 90 (12%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Photo & Video is 18th for this. It is most common in Finance (30% of apps) and least common in Games (3%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 14 Photo & Video app screenshots with a top-cropped phone, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“AI Video”
“Secure media-sharing for family, education, nonprofits, businesses”
“Your photos everywhere”
“Saved From The Drafts”
“SESSION”
“Enhance your photos' quality.”
“CARTOON YOURSELF”
“Hundreds of Viral Templates”
“Remove Noise”
“CONNECT YOUR TRAILCAMS”
“CHOOSE FONT AND ADD TEXT”
“Photo & Video Collages”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 14 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“AI Video”
GeneratorShots: Photo & Video Generator · #4 · screenshot 1“Secure media-sharing for family, education, nonprofits, businesses”
PhotoCircle · #22 · screenshot 2“Your photos everywhere”
Amazon Photos: Photo & Video · #25 · screenshot 5“Saved From The Drafts”
WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor · #33 · screenshot 4“SESSION”
See what your friends are playingMedal - Game Clipping · #59 · screenshot 2“Enhance your photos' quality.”
Remini - AI Photo Enhancer · #63 · screenshot 1“CARTOON YOURSELF”
Toonapp: AI Video & Toon Photo · #69 · screenshot 4“Hundreds of Viral Templates”
AI Photo Generator: ARTA · #73 · screenshot 1“Remove Noise”
Citrus 1 Tap Photo Enhancer AI · #78 · screenshot 2“CONNECT YOUR TRAILCAMS”
Tactacam REVEAL · #87 · screenshot 2“CHOOSE FONT AND ADD TEXT”
Collage Maker - LiveCollage · #88 · screenshot 6“Photo & Video Collages”
Esti: Aesthetic Photo Editor · #97 · screenshot 4“Timeless”
soldier lookShots: Photo & Video Generator · #4 · screenshot 4“Perfect Shots From One Selfie”
AI Photo Generator: ARTA · #73 · screenshot 4
Top ten Photo & Video apps that do it.
- #4Shots: Photo & Video Generator2 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 30% 30 of 100 | 7% 43 of 581 | 2 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 26% 26 of 100 | 6% 35 of 540 | 2 of 10 |
| Music | 25% 25 of 100 | 5% 26 of 550 | 2 of 10 |
| Business | 24% 24 of 100 | 6% 33 of 554 | 2 of 10 |
| Travel | 24% 24 of 100 | 6% 33 of 561 | 4 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 23% 23 of 100 | 5% 31 of 574 | 2 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 23% 23 of 100 | 5% 26 of 556 | 3 of 10 |
| Sports | 22% 22 of 100 | 4% 25 of 558 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 22% 22 of 100 | 5% 28 of 549 | 2 of 10 |
| Navigation | 21% 21 of 99 | 5% 26 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 20% 20 of 100 | 5% 27 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| Productivity | 19% 19 of 99 | 4% 23 of 551 | 3 of 10 |
| Reference | 19% 19 of 100 | 5% 26 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Education | 18% 18 of 100 | 4% 23 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 18% 18 of 100 | 4% 24 of 554 | 2 of 10 |
| News | 16% 16 of 98 | 4% 21 of 517 | 2 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 13% 13 of 99 | 3% 15 of 564 | 1 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 12% 12 of 100 | 3% 15 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
| Medical | 12% 12 of 100 | 2% 13 of 548 | 1 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 12% 12 of 100 | 2% 14 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Shopping | 9% 9 of 100 | 2% 9 of 562 | 3 of 10 |
| Weather | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 9 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Games | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 4 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Headline readable at thumbnail size50% of these screenshots, against 23% of all Photo & Video screenshots
- Phone drawn100% of these screenshots, against 75% of all Photo & Video screenshots
- Red29% of these screenshots, against 7% of all Photo & Video screenshots
- Background is the icon’s colour43% of these screenshots, against 22% of all Photo & Video screenshots
- Plain tone93% of these screenshots, against 73% of all Photo & Video screenshots
- High contrast words50% of these screenshots, against 30% of all Photo & Video screenshots
More in layout
- Screen fills the picture100%
- A photograph99%
- Words at the top94%
- A person in the picture90%
- Phone drawn89%
- Whole phone shown86%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size64%
- Arrows or callouts58%
- Headline too small to read53%
- Illustration or mascot48%
- Zoomed detail of the UI46%
- No phone, bare screen42%
- A hand holds the phone39%
- Phone cut off at the foot28%
- Two or more screens27%
- App icon shown24%
- Words aligned left22%
- No app screen at all10%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it9%
- Words at the bottom8%
- Phone at an angle6%
- Screen is small5%
- Words over the screen3%
- Continues into the next screenshot1%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Photo & Video apps have App Store screenshots with a top-cropped phone?
12 of the top 100 Photo & Video apps (12%) have at least one, and 14 of their 566 screenshots (2%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Photo & Video apps have App Store screenshots with a top-cropped phone?
In the top ten: Shots: Photo & Video Generator (#4). Further down the chart: PhotoCircle (#22), Amazon Photos: Photo & Video (#25), WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor (#33), Medal - Game Clipping (#59) and Remini - AI Photo Enhancer (#63), and 6 more.
Should my Photo & Video app have App Store screenshots with a top-cropped phone?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 1 of the top ten Photo & Video apps do it (10%), against 11 of the other 90 (12%), 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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