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Reference app screenshots with a percentage

A percent sign in the words. A percentage puts a size on a claim: a saving, an improvement, a share of users.

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
1% 1 of 100
Screenshots that do it
under 1% 1 of 566
The top ten
0 of 10 against 1 of the other 90

1 of the 566 Reference screenshots read (under 1%) do this, across 1 of the top 100 apps (1%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 1 of the other 90 (1%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Reference is 15th for this. It is most common in Finance (15% of apps) and least common in Weather (0%).

The one example from the chart.

Every one of the Reference app screenshots with a percentage on the chart, the highest app first.

Alexa App Set Up All Echo App Store screenshot 3, headline “ENSURE 100% AI PRECISION”. Uses a percentage.
Alexa App Set Up All Echo#66 in Reference · screenshot 3“ENSURE 100% AI PRECISION”

See it on the wall

Real headline examples, word for word.

The words on the one that carries any, as each app wrote them.

  • “ENSURE 100% AI PRECISION”Alexa App Set Up All Echo · #66 · screenshot 3

Top ten Reference apps that do it.

None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is Alexa App Set Up All Echo, at #66.

The same tactic in other categories.

CategoryApps that do itScreenshotsTop ten
Finance15% 15 of 1004% 23 of 5814 of 10
Shopping15% 15 of 1003% 15 of 5621 of 10
Medical5% 5 of 1001% 5 of 5480 of 10
Travel5% 5 of 1001% 7 of 5610 of 10
Business3% 3 of 1001% 3 of 5541 of 10
Education3% 3 of 1001% 3 of 5551 of 10
Entertainment2% 2 of 100under 1% 2 of 5440 of 10
Food & Drink2% 2 of 100under 1% 2 of 5400 of 10
Games2% 2 of 100under 1% 2 of 5670 of 10
Music2% 2 of 1001% 3 of 5500 of 10
Social Networking2% 2 of 100under 1% 2 of 5540 of 10
Sports2% 2 of 100under 1% 2 of 5581 of 10
News1% 1 of 98under 1% 1 of 5170 of 10
Navigation1% 1 of 99under 1% 1 of 5660 of 10
Health & Fitness1% 1 of 100under 1% 1 of 5741 of 10
Photo & Video1% 1 of 100under 1% 1 of 5660 of 10
Reference1% 1 of 100under 1% 1 of 5660 of 10
Developer Tools0% 0 of 1000% 0 of 5070 of 10
Graphics & Design0% 0 of 990% 0 of 5640 of 10
Lifestyle0% 0 of 1000% 0 of 5560 of 10
Productivity0% 0 of 990% 0 of 5510 of 10
Utilities0% 0 of 1000% 0 of 5490 of 10
Weather0% 0 of 1000% 0 of 5550 of 10

Uses a percentage, across all categories

Related tactics.

More in words

Questions, answered from the chart.

How many top Reference apps have App Store screenshots with a percentage?
1 of the top 100 Reference apps (1%) have at least one, and 1 of their 566 screenshots (under 1%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Reference apps have App Store screenshots with a percentage?
None of the top ten do. The highest on the chart: Alexa App Set Up All Echo (#66).
Should my Reference app have App Store screenshots with a percentage?
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 1 of the other 90 (1%), 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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