Panoramic App Store screenshots
The picture runs across two or more screenshots. A picture that runs across the gap shows that there is more to the right, and ties two screenshots into one image.
From the top free apps in 23 categories of the US App Store, last 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
under 1% 11 of 2295
Screenshots that do it
under 1% 21 of 12745
The top tens
1 of 230 against 10 of the other 2065
21 of the 12745 screenshots read (under 1%) do this, across 11 of the 2295 top apps in 23 App Store categories (under 1%). 1 of the 230 apps in a top ten do it (0%), against 10 of the other 2065 (0%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. It is most common in Games (4% of apps) and least common in Weather (0%).
By category, most to least.
The share of each category’s top apps with panoramic App Store screenshots. Each category opens its own page, with every example and headline.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 4% 4 of 100 | 2% 12 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
| Travel | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 3 of 561 | 0 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 1% 1 of 100 | under 1% 1 of 544 | 1 of 10 |
| Finance | 1% 1 of 100 | under 1% 1 of 581 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 1% 1 of 100 | under 1% 1 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 1% 1 of 100 | under 1% 1 of 550 | 0 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 1% 1 of 100 | under 1% 2 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Business | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 507 | 0 of 10 |
| Education | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 555 | 0 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 540 | 0 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 0% 0 of 99 | 0% 0 of 564 | 0 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 556 | 0 of 10 |
| Medical | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 548 | 0 of 10 |
| Navigation | 0% 0 of 99 | 0% 0 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| News | 0% 0 of 98 | 0% 0 of 517 | 0 of 10 |
| Productivity | 0% 0 of 99 | 0% 0 of 551 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 562 | 0 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Sports | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 558 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 549 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 0% 0 of 100 | 0% 0 of 555 | 0 of 10 |
Examples from each category.
Up to 6 from each category, from the apps highest on its chart.
Games 12 examples · 4% of apps
“SECURE AND SMOOTH REDEMPTION”
“SMOOTH & SECURE REDEMPTION”
Travel 3 examples · 2% of apps
“Get live updates on your lock screen and Apple Watch.”
“Immersive Street View”
“See all your upcoming trips in one view.”
Entertainment 1 example · 1% of apps
“One controller. Different games. Endless fun.”
Finance 1 example · 1% of apps
“Centralized credit score, account status and product features.”
Health & Fitness 1 example · 1% of apps
“The #1 App for Sleep & Meditation”
Music 1 example · 1% of apps
“Turn Image into Music”
Photo & Video 2 examples · 1% of apps
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Photo background38% of these screenshots, against 11% of every screenshot read
- Headline on one line38% of these screenshots, against 12% of every screenshot read
- Illustration or mascot62% of these screenshots, against 36% of every screenshot read
- Orange38% of these screenshots, against 13% of every screenshot read
- Dark52% of these screenshots, against 28% of every screenshot read
- No words at all33% of these screenshots, against 11% of every screenshot read
More in layout
- Screen fills the picture99%
- Phone drawn94%
- Whole phone shown88%
- Words at the top88%
- A photograph80%
- Illustration or mascot69%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size68%
- A person in the picture57%
- Phone cut off at the foot45%
- Headline too small to read44%
- App icon shown42%
- Arrows or callouts42%
- No phone, bare screen34%
- Words aligned left30%
- A hand holds the phone24%
- Two or more screens23%
- Zoomed detail of the UI22%
- Phone cut off at the head18%
- No app screen at all18%
- Words at the bottom17%
- Phone at an angle17%
- Screen is small15%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it11%
- Words over the screen9%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How common are panoramic App Store screenshots?
11 of the 2295 top apps read across 23 App Store categories (under 1%) have at least one, and 21 of their 12745 screenshots (under 1%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free charts, last read on October 9, 2026.
Which App Store categories have the most panoramic App Store screenshots?
Most common in Games (4 of 100 apps, 4%), Travel (2 of 100 apps, 2%) and Entertainment (1 of 100 apps, 1%). Least common in Weather (0 of 100 apps, 0%).
Should my app have panoramic App Store screenshots?
The charts show who does it, not whether it would work for your app. Across the categories read, 1 of the 230 apps in a top ten do it (0%), against 10 of the other 2065 (0%), so the top ten do it about as often as the rest. The numbers differ by category, so look at your own.
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