Productivity app screenshots with a small app screen
The app’s screen takes under a third of the picture. A small screen leaves most of the picture to the words, a photograph or an illustration.
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
15% 15 of 99
Screenshots that do it
3% 18 of 551
The top ten
1 of 10 against 14 of the other 89
18 of the 551 Productivity screenshots read (3%) do this, across 15 of the top 99 apps (15%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 14 of the other 89 (16%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Productivity is 12th for this. It is most common in Food & Drink (30% of apps) and least common in Games (2%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 18 Productivity app screenshots with a small app screen, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Get the best of Gmail on iPhone”
“Signs in to your tools”
“Approve sign-ins with a tap”
“Trusted by 40 million people every day”
“We stop spam calls before they reach you.”
“1024GB of Available Storage Space”
“Quick access to your Google Forms”
“Dictation without the mistakes”
“Find Anyone with AI”
“Chat by event for easy coordination”
“Search & browse SharePoint”
“End-to-end encrypted cloud solutions”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 18 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Get the best of Gmail on iPhone”
Gmail - Email by Google · #5 · screenshot 1“Signs in to your tools”
Grok Bot · #12 · screenshot 4“Approve sign-ins with a tap”
ID.me Authenticator · #32 · screenshot 4“Trusted by 40 million people every day”
Grammarly: AI Keyboard & Voice · #40 · screenshot 1“We stop spam calls before they reach you.”
Call Guard screens every unknown caller, so spam doesn't reach you.Cloaked: Protect your privacy · #42 · screenshot 4“1024GB of Available Storage Space”
TeraBox: 1TB Cloud & AI Space · #45 · screenshot 1“Quick access to your Google Forms”
Forms for Google Docs · #55 · screenshot 1“Dictation without the mistakes”
Wispr Flow: AI Voice Keyboard · #58 · screenshot 1“Find Anyone with AI”
OneSearch: DeepSearch Finder · #68 · screenshot 2“Chat by event for easy coordination”
TimeTree: Shared Calendar · #69 · screenshot 5“Search & browse SharePoint”
Microsoft SharePoint · #84 · screenshot 1“End-to-end encrypted cloud solutions”
MEGA: Encrypted Cloud Storage · #87 · screenshot 2“With WasteConnect+, never miss your collection day again!”
View Schedule Pay Your Bill WasteWise Disposal GuideWasteConnect+ · #93 · screenshot 1“your simple day planner”
“ONE OF THE BEST PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS”Structured: Daily Planner Todo · #98 · screenshot 1“Spaces by Wix”
Spaces: Follow Businesses · #99 · screenshot 1“VPN to browse without being tracked.”
One tap hides your location and encrypts your traffic, on any network.Cloaked: Protect your privacy · #42 · screenshot 6“Your sites, people, files, and more”
Microsoft SharePoint · #84 · screenshot 2“Connect with a Business or Community You Love”
Spaces: Follow Businesses · #99 · screenshot 2
Top ten Productivity apps that do it.
- #5Gmail - Email by Google1 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink | 30% 30 of 100 | 6% 35 of 540 | 3 of 10 |
| Finance | 25% 25 of 100 | 6% 35 of 581 | 4 of 10 |
| Medical | 24% 24 of 100 | 5% 28 of 548 | 4 of 10 |
| Travel | 21% 21 of 100 | 5% 27 of 561 | 2 of 10 |
| Utilities | 21% 21 of 100 | 4% 24 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 18% 18 of 100 | 4% 21 of 556 | 0 of 10 |
| Sports | 18% 18 of 100 | 4% 21 of 558 | 3 of 10 |
| Navigation | 17% 17 of 99 | 4% 22 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 17% 17 of 100 | 4% 22 of 550 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 16% 16 of 100 | 4% 21 of 562 | 4 of 10 |
| News | 15% 15 of 98 | 4% 21 of 517 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 15% 15 of 99 | 3% 18 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Business | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 16 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 16 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 15 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Education | 12% 12 of 100 | 3% 18 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 11% 11 of 99 | 2% 14 of 564 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 12 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 11 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 13 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 12 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 5 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Games | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 3 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Headline readable at thumbnail size56% of these screenshots, against 28% of all Productivity screenshots
- Words aligned left39% of these screenshots, against 13% of all Productivity screenshots
- Phone cut off at the foot44% of these screenshots, against 22% of all Productivity screenshots
- Phone at an angle22% of these screenshots, against 3% of all Productivity screenshots
- A photograph56% of these screenshots, against 38% of all Productivity screenshots
- App icon shown33% of these screenshots, against 16% of all Productivity screenshots
More in layout
- Screen fills the picture100%
- Phone drawn99%
- Words at the top98%
- Whole phone shown91%
- A photograph76%
- Illustration or mascot73%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size72%
- A person in the picture63%
- Headline too small to read59%
- Phone cut off at the foot53%
- App icon shown52%
- Arrows or callouts45%
- Words aligned left26%
- No app screen at all23%
- No phone, bare screen20%
- Two or more screens20%
- Phone cut off at the head19%
- Zoomed detail of the UI17%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it13%
- A hand holds the phone12%
- Words at the bottom12%
- Phone at an angle11%
- Words over the screen7%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Productivity apps have App Store screenshots with a small app screen?
15 of the top 99 Productivity apps (15%) have at least one, and 18 of their 551 screenshots (3%) 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 small app screen?
In the top ten: Gmail - Email by Google (#5). Further down the chart: Grok Bot (#12), ID.me Authenticator (#32), Grammarly: AI Keyboard & Voice (#40), Cloaked: Protect your privacy (#42) and TeraBox: 1TB Cloud & AI Space (#45), and 9 more.
Should my Productivity app have App Store screenshots with a small app screen?
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 14 of the other 89 (16%), 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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