Sports app screenshots with a top-cropped phone
The device runs off the top edge. Cropping the device at the top shows the lower part of the screen larger: tab bars, buttons, keyboards.
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
Apps that do it
22% 22 of 100
Screenshots that do it
4% 25 of 558
The top ten
0 of 10 against 22 of the other 90
25 of the 558 Sports screenshots read (4%) do this, across 22 of the top 100 apps (22%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 22 of the other 90 (24%): the top ten do it less than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Sports is 8th for this. It is most common in Finance (30% of apps) and least common in Games (3%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 25 Sports app screenshots with a top-cropped phone, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“MOBILE TICKETS”
“Follow your favorite players”
“GET CHATS, MEDIA SHARING, & POLLS IN ONE PLACE”
“Linemate Bet Smarter. Not Harder.”
“BUY TICKETS”
“ENTER FOR LESS. PLAY FOR MORE.”
“GET UP TO 250”
“FOLLOW TEAMS you’re a fan of or are rostered on”
“INSTANT PICK ALERTS”
“The everything sports betting app.”
“WIN EVERY FANTASY TRADE.”
“View your team calendars and RSVP to games and events”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 24 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“MOBILE TICKETS”
MANAGE BUY & SELL TRANSFERDallas Cowboys · #20 · screenshot 4“Follow your favorite players”
MLB · #23 · screenshot 3“GET CHATS, MEDIA SHARING, & POLLS IN ONE PLACE”
TeamSnap ONE · #33 · screenshot 5“Linemate Bet Smarter. Not Harder.”
Linemate: Find Your Next Bet · #35 · screenshot 1“BUY TICKETS”
Purchase tickets from your mobile device and have them stored in your phone for fast scanning at the gate.Hometown Fan · #41 · screenshot 3“ENTER FOR LESS. PLAY FOR MORE.”
Pick6 DraftKings Sports Picks · #43 · screenshot 6“GET UP TO 250”
IN BONUS PLAYFliff - Sports & Casino · #47 · screenshot 1“FOLLOW TEAMS you’re a fan of or are rostered on”
SportsEngine - Team management · #55 · screenshot 1“INSTANT PICK ALERTS”
Get notifications as soon as new plays dropWinible: Expert Sports Picks · #58 · screenshot 2“The everything sports betting app.”
All your bets and friends in one place.Pikkit: Sports Betting Tracker · #63 · screenshot 1- TRADE ANALYZER
“WIN EVERY FANTASY TRADE.”
RotoBot - AI Sports Insights · #64 · screenshot 4 “View your team calendars and RSVP to games and events”
LeagueApps Play · #66 · screenshot 3- SEE THE; SET YOUR
“MARKET PRICE”
THE BEST VALUE IN SPORTS TRADING.ProphetX Prediction Market · #70 · screenshot 6 “OFFICIAL LICENSING APP”
MN DNR Licensing · #72 · screenshot 1“AI Sports Card Helper”
Sports Card Scanner - StarSnap · #74 · screenshot 5“PERSONALIZED SCORES & NEWS”
theScore: Sports News & Scores · #75 · screenshot 2“Live Activities”
Follow scores on your lock and home screenFotMob - Soccer Live Scores · #83 · screenshot 2“From practice sessions to entire seasons: Organize everything in one place”
Spond · #87 · screenshot 6“CAN'T-MISS NFL CONTESTS”
All SeasonDraftKings Fantasy Sports · #88 · screenshot 2“潮流社区 玩得更酷”
得物 - 得到美好事物 · #93 · screenshot 4- , AI BUCK SCORING,
“Score any buck from one photo”
Upload it and get a Boone and Crockett score, plus an age estimate, in about a minute.rackline.ai - AI Deer Scoring · #96 · screenshot 1 “Must have for anyone who takes betting seriously.”
by JBronco30Pikkit: Sports Betting Tracker · #63 · screenshot 2- TEAM GRADES
“UPGRADE YOUR FANTASY TEAM.”
RotoBot - AI Sports Insights · #64 · screenshot 6 “Easily create and manage games, and send notifications and emails”
LeagueApps Play · #66 · screenshot 4
Top ten Sports apps that do it.
None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is Dallas Cowboys, at #20.
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 30% 30 of 100 | 7% 43 of 581 | 2 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 26% 26 of 100 | 6% 35 of 540 | 2 of 10 |
| Music | 25% 25 of 100 | 5% 26 of 550 | 2 of 10 |
| Business | 24% 24 of 100 | 6% 33 of 554 | 2 of 10 |
| Travel | 24% 24 of 100 | 6% 33 of 561 | 4 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 23% 23 of 100 | 5% 31 of 574 | 2 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 23% 23 of 100 | 5% 26 of 556 | 3 of 10 |
| Sports | 22% 22 of 100 | 4% 25 of 558 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 22% 22 of 100 | 5% 28 of 549 | 2 of 10 |
| Navigation | 21% 21 of 99 | 5% 26 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 20% 20 of 100 | 5% 27 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| Productivity | 19% 19 of 99 | 4% 23 of 551 | 3 of 10 |
| Reference | 19% 19 of 100 | 5% 26 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Education | 18% 18 of 100 | 4% 23 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 18% 18 of 100 | 4% 24 of 554 | 2 of 10 |
| News | 16% 16 of 98 | 4% 21 of 517 | 2 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 13% 13 of 99 | 3% 15 of 564 | 1 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 12% 12 of 100 | 3% 15 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
| Medical | 12% 12 of 100 | 2% 13 of 548 | 1 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 12% 12 of 100 | 2% 14 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Shopping | 9% 9 of 100 | 2% 9 of 562 | 3 of 10 |
| Weather | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 9 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Games | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 4 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Headline readable at thumbnail size60% of these screenshots, against 34% of all Sports screenshots
- Words aligned left32% of these screenshots, against 9% of all Sports screenshots
- Two or more screens24% of these screenshots, against 6% of all Sports screenshots
- Badge28% of these screenshots, against 11% of all Sports screenshots
- Phone drawn100% of these screenshots, against 84% of all Sports screenshots
- Words at the bottom20% of these screenshots, against 5% of all Sports screenshots
More in layout
- Screen fills the picture100%
- Phone drawn98%
- Words at the top92%
- Whole phone shown89%
- A photograph85%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size71%
- A person in the picture70%
- Illustration or mascot62%
- App icon shown51%
- Phone cut off at the foot43%
- Headline too small to read39%
- Arrows or callouts36%
- No phone, bare screen30%
- No app screen at all26%
- Words aligned left23%
- Two or more screens21%
- Phone at an angle20%
- Words at the bottom19%
- Screen is small18%
- Zoomed detail of the UI17%
- A hand holds the phone14%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it12%
- Words over the screen11%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Sports apps have App Store screenshots with a top-cropped phone?
22 of the top 100 Sports apps (22%) have at least one, and 25 of their 558 screenshots (4%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Sports apps have App Store screenshots with a top-cropped phone?
None of the top ten do. The highest on the chart: Dallas Cowboys (#20), MLB (#23), TeamSnap ONE (#33), Linemate: Find Your Next Bet (#35) and Hometown Fan (#41), and 17 more.
Should my Sports app have App Store screenshots with a top-cropped phone?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 0 of the top ten Sports apps do it (0%), against 22 of the other 90 (24%), so the top ten do it less than 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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