Reference app screenshots with no text

The screenshot is the app’s screen and nothing else. With no caption, the app’s own screen has to say what the app does.

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

14% 14 of 100

Screenshots that do it

8% 46 of 566

The top ten

1 of 10 against 13 of the other 90

46 of the 566 Reference screenshots read (8%) do this, across 14 of the top 100 apps (14%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 13 of the other 90 (14%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Reference is 17th for this. It is most common in Weather (47% of apps) and least common in Social Networking (8%).

12 examples from the chart.

12 of the 46 Reference app screenshots with no text, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.

Blood Sugar Tracker-AI Health App Store screenshot 1, no headline. No words at all. — **Blood Sugar Tracker-AI Health**#23 in Reference · screenshot 1No headline

All 46 on the wall

Top ten Reference apps that do it.

#2Google Translate5 of its 6 screenshots

The same tactic in other categories.

Category	Apps that do it	Screenshots	Top ten
Weather	47% 47 of 100	35% 193 of 555	2 of 10
Games	37% 37 of 100	24% 134 of 567	1 of 10
Developer Tools	33% 33 of 100	26% 134 of 507	4 of 10
Medical	31% 31 of 100	19% 106 of 548	1 of 10
News	30% 29 of 98	16% 81 of 517	2 of 10
Travel	28% 28 of 100	9% 49 of 561	2 of 10
Education	24% 24 of 100	14% 80 of 555	2 of 10
Music	23% 23 of 100	10% 54 of 550	2 of 10
Business	21% 21 of 100	13% 70 of 554	1 of 10
Graphics & Design	19% 19 of 99	9% 48 of 564	4 of 10
Entertainment	18% 18 of 100	8% 41 of 544	0 of 10
Shopping	16% 16 of 100	5% 27 of 562	1 of 10
Navigation	15% 15 of 99	8% 47 of 566	1 of 10
Food & Drink	15% 15 of 100	4% 22 of 540	0 of 10
Sports	15% 15 of 100	8% 46 of 558	0 of 10
Utilities	15% 15 of 100	7% 37 of 549	1 of 10
Lifestyle	14% 14 of 100	6% 34 of 556	1 of 10
Reference	14% 14 of 100	8% 46 of 566	1 of 10
Health & Fitness	11% 11 of 100	3% 18 of 574	0 of 10
Photo & Video	11% 11 of 100	6% 36 of 566	0 of 10
Productivity	9% 9 of 99	3% 19 of 551	1 of 10
Finance	8% 8 of 100	5% 27 of 581	1 of 10
Social Networking	8% 8 of 100	3% 18 of 554	1 of 10

No words at all, across all categories

Often on the same screenshot

No phone, bare screen63% of these screenshots, against 9% of all Reference screenshots
The app itself is the background46% of these screenshots, against 4% of all Reference screenshots
Black, white or grey61% of these screenshots, against 21% of all Reference screenshots
Light83% of these screenshots, against 51% of all Reference screenshots
Screen fills the picture98% of these screenshots, against 81% of all Reference screenshots
Solid background39% of these screenshots, against 27% of all Reference screenshots

Questions, answered from the chart.

How many top Reference apps have App Store screenshots with no text?

14 of the top 100 Reference apps (14%) have at least one, and 46 of their 566 screenshots (8%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.

Which Reference apps have App Store screenshots with no text?

In the top ten: Google Translate (#2). Further down the chart: Haven - Bible Chat (#16), Blood Sugar Tracker-AI Health (#23), Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab (#24), FamilySearch Tree (#46) and WBuilds for Building Guide (#47), and 8 more.

Should my Reference app have App Store screenshots with no text?

The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 1 of the top ten Reference apps do it (10%), against 13 of the other 90 (14%), 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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