Purple Reference app screenshots
Purple is the main colour.
From the top 100 free Reference 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
4% 4 of 100
Screenshots that do it
3% 15 of 566
The top ten
0 of 10 against 4 of the other 90
15 of the 566 Reference screenshots read (3%) do this, across 4 of the top 100 apps (4%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 4 of the other 90 (4%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Reference is 19th for this. It is most common in Graphics & Design (24% of apps) and least common in Weather (1%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 15 purple Reference app screenshots, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“The #1 Prayer App”
“Auto Clicker”
“Real-time Voice Translator”
“WHAT IS A PLANET PARADE?”
“FIND GOD'S PEACE IN PRAYER.”
“Single Tap & Multi-Tap Modes”
“Keyboard translation”
“WHEN IS THE NEXT FULL MOON?”
“Daily Prayers, Rosary, & More”
“Quick Controls With Floating Panel”
“Sleep Meditations”
“Record Actions, Replay Anytime”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 15 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“The #1 Prayer App”
IN THE WORLDHallow: Prayer & Meditation · #15 · screenshot 1“Auto Clicker”
Automate Taps EffortlesslyAuto Clicker: Tap Automation · #57 · screenshot 1“Real-time Voice Translator”
Business, Meetings, ClasseseTranslator-AI Translate · #67 · screenshot 2“WHAT IS A PLANET PARADE?”
Sky Tonight - Stargazing Guide · #75 · screenshot 4“FIND GOD'S PEACE IN PRAYER.”
“Life changing. Truly awesome.” | “This is where my soul is finding peace for the first time.” | “By far the best app on my phone.”Hallow: Prayer & Meditation · #15 · screenshot 2“Single Tap & Multi-Tap Modes”
Auto Clicker: Tap Automation · #57 · screenshot 2“Keyboard translation”
Communicate InstantlyeTranslator-AI Translate · #67 · screenshot 4“WHEN IS THE NEXT FULL MOON?”
Sky Tonight - Stargazing Guide · #75 · screenshot 5“Daily Prayers, Rosary, & More”
“I’m just beginning and already tears are flowing”“I’m just beginning and already tears are flowing”Hallow: Prayer & Meditation · #15 · screenshot 3“Quick Controls With Floating Panel”
Auto Clicker: Tap Automation · #57 · screenshot 3“Sleep Meditations”
“I can finally sleep without any medications”“I can finally sleep without any medications”Hallow: Prayer & Meditation · #15 · screenshot 4“Record Actions, Replay Anytime”
Auto Clicker: Tap Automation · #57 · screenshot 4“Christian Music & Chants”
“Your songs brought me out of the desert and watered my thirsty soul.”“Your songs brought me out of the desert and watered my thirsty soul.”Hallow: Prayer & Meditation · #15 · screenshot 5“Hands-Free Auto Scrolling”
Auto Clicker: Tap Automation · #57 · screenshot 5“Minute Meditations”
“This app has been an answer for my weary soul”“This app has been an answer for my weary soul”Hallow: Prayer & Meditation · #15 · screenshot 6
Top ten Reference apps that do it.
None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is Hallow: Prayer & Meditation, at #15.
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics & Design | 24% 24 of 99 | 7% 38 of 564 | 2 of 10 |
| Education | 19% 19 of 100 | 8% 47 of 555 | 3 of 10 |
| Music | 17% 17 of 100 | 12% 65 of 550 | 2 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 17% 17 of 100 | 7% 40 of 554 | 2 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 14% 14 of 100 | 8% 43 of 544 | 1 of 10 |
| Games | 14% 14 of 100 | 5% 27 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 12% 12 of 100 | 7% 39 of 556 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 11% 11 of 100 | 9% 50 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Business | 9% 9 of 100 | 4% 24 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Finance | 9% 9 of 100 | 4% 24 of 581 | 0 of 10 |
| Medical | 9% 9 of 100 | 5% 28 of 548 | 2 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 8% 8 of 100 | 6% 36 of 574 | 3 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 13 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Sports | 7% 7 of 100 | 4% 20 of 558 | 0 of 10 |
| Productivity | 6% 6 of 99 | 3% 16 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 6% 6 of 100 | 3% 14 of 540 | 1 of 10 |
| Shopping | 6% 6 of 100 | 3% 19 of 562 | 0 of 10 |
| News | 4% 4 of 98 | 1% 7 of 517 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 4% 4 of 100 | 3% 15 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Travel | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 6 of 561 | 0 of 10 |
| Navigation | 2% 2 of 99 | 1% 8 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 2% 2 of 100 | under 1% 2 of 507 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 1% 1 of 100 | under 1% 1 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Low contrast words47% of these screenshots, against 13% of all Reference screenshots
- Quotation marks33% of these screenshots, against 5% of all Reference screenshots
- Says “I” or “my”33% of these screenshots, against 5% of all Reference screenshots
- Has a subline53% of these screenshots, against 32% of all Reference screenshots
- Illustration or mascot53% of these screenshots, against 33% of all Reference screenshots
- Compares with something20% of these screenshots, against 2% of all Reference screenshots
More in look
- Light71%
- Gradient background65%
- Background is the icon’s colour64%
- A word in a different colour53%
- High contrast words45%
- Blue43%
- Black, white or grey41%
- Dark41%
- Orange40%
- Solid background39%
- Low contrast words30%
- Photo background27%
- Teal23%
- Green22%
- Serif headline21%
- Pattern or texture16%
- Red16%
- Rounded headline type12%
- Yellow11%
- The app itself is the background8%
- Condensed or display type4%
- Pink3%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Reference apps have purple App Store screenshots?
4 of the top 100 Reference apps (4%) have at least one, and 15 of their 566 screenshots (3%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Reference apps have purple App Store screenshots?
None of the top ten do. The highest on the chart: Hallow: Prayer & Meditation (#15), Auto Clicker: Tap Automation (#57), eTranslator-AI Translate (#67) and Sky Tonight - Stargazing Guide (#75).
Should my Reference app have purple App Store screenshots?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 0 of the top ten Reference apps do it (0%), against 4 of the other 90 (4%), 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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