Full-bleed Sports app screenshots
No background at all: the screen goes edge to edge. This is the app as it is: the same picture a user would take on their own phone.
From the top 100 free Sports 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
19 of the 558 Sports screenshots read (3%) do this, across 7 of the top 100 apps (7%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 7 of the other 90 (8%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Sports is 10th for this. It is most common in Games (55% of apps) and least common in Social Networking (2%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 19 full-bleed Sports app screenshots, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
Top ten Sports apps that do it.
None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is ChiMarathon, at #15.
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 55% 55 of 100 | 29% 162 of 567 | 3 of 10 |
| Weather | 34% 34 of 100 | 18% 101 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 23% 23 of 100 | 11% 54 of 507 | 4 of 10 |
| Education | 22% 22 of 100 | 10% 54 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| News | 18% 18 of 98 | 7% 38 of 517 | 0 of 10 |
| Medical | 15% 15 of 100 | 7% 38 of 548 | 0 of 10 |
| Business | 11% 11 of 100 | 6% 36 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 13 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 8% 8 of 100 | 4% 22 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Sports | 7% 7 of 100 | 3% 19 of 558 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 10 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 6% 6 of 99 | 2% 11 of 564 | 2 of 10 |
| Navigation | 6% 6 of 99 | 3% 19 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 6% 6 of 100 | 3% 14 of 550 | 1 of 10 |
| Travel | 6% 6 of 100 | 2% 10 of 561 | 0 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 5% 5 of 100 | 2% 10 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| Finance | 4% 4 of 100 | 2% 14 of 581 | 1 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 8 of 540 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 8 of 562 | 0 of 10 |
| Productivity | 2% 2 of 99 | 1% 8 of 551 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 8 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 4 of 556 | 0 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 5 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- No words at all100% of these screenshots, against 8% of all Sports screenshots
- Light84% of these screenshots, against 25% of all Sports screenshots
- No phone, bare screen47% of these screenshots, against 11% of all Sports screenshots
- Screen fills the picture100% of these screenshots, against 76% of all Sports screenshots
- Black, white or grey47% of these screenshots, against 25% of all Sports screenshots
More in look
- Gradient background71%
- Dark67%
- High contrast words64%
- Background is the icon’s colour56%
- A word in a different colour50%
- Blue49%
- Black, white or grey40%
- Light38%
- Photo background33%
- Solid background32%
- Condensed or display type26%
- Pattern or texture25%
- Green20%
- Low contrast words20%
- Orange17%
- Teal15%
- Red13%
- Rounded headline type9%
- Purple7%
- Serif headline5%
- Yellow5%
- Pink3%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Sports apps have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
Which Sports apps have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
Should my Sports app have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
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