Productivity app screenshots with a star rating
Stars or a rating figure drawn on the picture. The App Store already shows an app’s rating under its name. Drawing it on a screenshot repeats it at a larger size.
From the top 99 free Productivity 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
19% 19 of 99
Screenshots that do it
4% 20 of 551
The top ten
1 of 10 against 18 of the other 89
20 of the 551 Productivity screenshots read (4%) do this, across 19 of the top 99 apps (19%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 18 of the other 89 (20%): the top ten do it less than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Productivity is 8th for this. It is most common in Shopping (40% of apps) and least common in Games (6%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 20 Productivity app screenshots with a star rating, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Get useful answers wherever you are”
“100M+ users trust us”
“Find the best local spots around you.”
“Fastest”
“Collaborate and share securely”
“Never take notes again”
“Choose from 200+ Voices”
“All AI Assistants in one app”
“SocialLite”
“Quick access to your Google Forms”
“#1 AI Chatbot”
“Top-Rated VPN App”
Real headline examples, word for word.
The words on all 19 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Get useful answers wherever you are”
Claude by Anthropic · #4 · screenshot 1“100M+ users trust us”
VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy · #15 · screenshot 6“Find the best local spots around you.”
Meta AI · #16 · screenshot 2“Fastest”
Unlimited Speed & BandwidthVPN - Fast & Secure VPN ™ · #26 · screenshot 3“Collaborate and share securely”
“Dropbox has eliminated the need for email, collaboration between my clients and me is professional and consistent”Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup · #28 · screenshot 4“Never take notes again”
When recording with (mic icon) Summary AISummary - AI Note Taker · #35 · screenshot 1“Choose from 200+ Voices”
Speechify – Text to Speech PDF · #39 · screenshot 2“All AI Assistants in one app”
Chatbot AI Assistant - Genie · #47 · screenshot 1“SocialLite”
Trusted by 1M+ peopleSocialLite-Block Reels&Shorts · #50 · screenshot 1“Quick access to your Google Forms”
Forms for Google Docs · #55 · screenshot 1“#1 AI Chatbot”
Chatbot App: AI Assistant · #63 · screenshot 1“Top-Rated VPN App”
VPN Hotspot Shield: Wifi Proxy · #64 · screenshot 2“Authenticator App”
“Best Authenticator App of 2025”Authenticator App · #70 · screenshot 3“#1 AI Chat”
Built on:AI Chat Assistant – ChatNow · #74 · screenshot 1“Get back 1h23m every day.”
Opal: Screen Time Control · #85 · screenshot 1“Sync Across Devices”
ChatOn AI - Chat Bot Assistant · #89 · screenshot 6“Why You Should Trust Us Too”
VPN Windscribe: Fast & Secure · #95 · screenshot 6- IIElevenReader
“Listen to anything”
ElevenReader: Read Books Aloud · #96 · screenshot 1 - Read aloud
“200K+ audiobooks”
& ebooks“Gives me the feeeels”ElevenReader: Read Books Aloud · #96 · screenshot 3
Top ten Productivity apps that do it.
- #4Claude by Anthropic1 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shopping | 40% 40 of 100 | 12% 66 of 562 | 7 of 10 |
| Reference | 31% 31 of 100 | 6% 32 of 566 | 4 of 10 |
| Travel | 29% 29 of 100 | 11% 60 of 561 | 4 of 10 |
| Education | 25% 25 of 100 | 5% 28 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 22% 22 of 100 | 6% 35 of 574 | 2 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 21% 21 of 100 | 9% 46 of 540 | 3 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 20% 20 of 99 | 4% 22 of 564 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 19% 19 of 99 | 4% 20 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Navigation | 18% 18 of 99 | 4% 20 of 566 | 4 of 10 |
| Utilities | 17% 17 of 100 | 3% 19 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 16% 16 of 100 | 4% 20 of 544 | 1 of 10 |
| Business | 15% 15 of 100 | 4% 20 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 18 of 550 | 0 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 13% 13 of 100 | 5% 26 of 556 | 1 of 10 |
| Weather | 13% 13 of 100 | 3% 15 of 555 | 3 of 10 |
| Finance | 12% 12 of 100 | 2% 13 of 581 | 0 of 10 |
| Medical | 12% 12 of 100 | 2% 13 of 548 | 3 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 12% 12 of 100 | 2% 13 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Sports | 11% 11 of 100 | 3% 17 of 558 | 1 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 9% 9 of 100 | 2% 12 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| News | 8% 8 of 98 | 2% 8 of 517 | 2 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 8 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
| Games | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 6 of 567 | 2 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- User or download count50% of these screenshots, against 5% of all Productivity screenshots
- Laurel or award50% of these screenshots, against 5% of all Productivity screenshots
- Uses a number40% of these screenshots, against 6% of all Productivity screenshots
- No app screen at all35% of these screenshots, against 5% of all Productivity screenshots
- Ranking claim30% of these screenshots, against 3% of all Productivity screenshots
- High contrast words45% of these screenshots, against 20% of all Productivity screenshots
More in proof
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Productivity apps have App Store screenshots with a star rating?
19 of the top 99 Productivity apps (19%) have at least one, and 20 of their 551 screenshots (4%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Productivity apps have App Store screenshots with a star rating?
In the top ten: Claude by Anthropic (#4). Further down the chart: VPN - Super Unlimited Proxy (#15), Meta AI (#16), VPN - Fast & Secure VPN ™ (#26), Dropbox: Cloud Storage Backup (#28) and Summary - AI Note Taker (#35), and 13 more.
Should my Productivity app have App Store screenshots with a star rating?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 1 of the top ten Productivity apps do it (10%), against 18 of the other 89 (20%), so the top ten do it less than 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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