Utilities app screenshots with an award or laurel
An award mark, laurel wreath or “App of the Day”. An award is someone else’s judgement of the app, shown at the moment the reader is making their own.
From the top 100 free Utilities 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
16% 16 of 100
Screenshots that do it
3% 17 of 549
The top ten
1 of 10 against 15 of the other 90
17 of the 549 Utilities screenshots read (3%) do this, across 16 of the top 100 apps (16%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 15 of the other 90 (17%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Utilities is 7th for this. It is most common in Education (34% of apps) and least common in Developer Tools (5%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 17 Utilities app screenshots with an award or laurel, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Clean Up”
“Authenticator App”
“The Privacy Browser”
“Go big on your online protection”
“Find offenders on the map.”
“CAST PHOTOS VIDEOS & WEBSITES”
“#1 Photo and Storage Cleaner”
“Build Your Car Dashboard”
“THE #1 VPN FREE APP”
“SCREEN MIRRORING”
“Secure All Your Accounts”
“YOUR PRIVATE SECOND NUMBER. OR YOUR FIRST.”
Real headline examples, word for word.
The words on all 17 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Clean Up”
iPhone & iCloudCleanup: Phone Storage Cleaner · #5 · screenshot 1- EASY QR CODE SET UP
“Authenticator App”
Authenticator ℠ App · #16 · screenshot 1 “The Privacy Browser”
Trusted by 125 million people“Trusted by 125 million people”Brave Browser & Search Engine · #23 · screenshot 1“Go big on your online protection”
150M+ downloadsNordVPN: VPN Fast & Secure · #24 · screenshot 1“Find offenders on the map.”
“#1 APP FOR FINDING OFFENDERS”Offender Locator: Find & Watch · #34 · screenshot 6“CAST PHOTOS VIDEOS & WEBSITES”
Used daily by 12.5M+ happy usersScreen Mirroring App: Smart TV · #40 · screenshot 2“#1 Photo and Storage Cleaner”
Swipewipe: Photo Cleaner · #41 · screenshot 1“Build Your Car Dashboard”
myCar: Car Widgets & Dashboard · #43 · screenshot 1“THE #1 VPN FREE APP”
Get Free VPN nowFree VPN by Free VPN .org™ · #54 · screenshot 1“SCREEN MIRRORING”
for Smart TVsScreen Mirroring | Cast to TV · #65 · screenshot 1“Secure All Your Accounts”
Authenticator© App · #75 · screenshot 5“YOUR PRIVATE SECOND NUMBER. OR YOUR FIRST.”
+100M Happy Users WorldwidetextPlus: Text Message + Call · #77 · screenshot 1“The original Burner app”
Verified phone numbersBurner: Second Phone Number · #81 · screenshot 1“PDF Toolbox”
PDF Reader - Easy Editor · #93 · screenshot 1“The Exclusive App for Couples”
Love8 - App for Couples · #97 · screenshot 1“Unlimited Usage 125000+ Users”
QR Code Barcode Ai Reader · #98 · screenshot 2“Industry leader”
since 2010sBurner: Second Phone Number · #81 · screenshot 3
Top ten Utilities apps that do it.
- #5Cleanup: Phone Storage Cleaner1 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 34% 34 of 100 | 7% 37 of 555 | 4 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 33% 33 of 99 | 6% 35 of 564 | 3 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 28% 28 of 100 | 6% 35 of 574 | 2 of 10 |
| Reference | 26% 26 of 100 | 5% 28 of 566 | 3 of 10 |
| Productivity | 24% 24 of 99 | 5% 26 of 551 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 20% 20 of 100 | 4% 22 of 550 | 2 of 10 |
| Utilities | 16% 16 of 100 | 3% 17 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 15% 15 of 100 | 4% 24 of 544 | 2 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 15 of 556 | 1 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 16 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Finance | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 15 of 581 | 1 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 11 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 12 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Sports | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 10 of 558 | 1 of 10 |
| Travel | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 11 of 561 | 0 of 10 |
| News | 9% 9 of 98 | 2% 9 of 517 | 2 of 10 |
| Games | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 9 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
| Navigation | 7% 7 of 99 | 1% 7 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Medical | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 9 of 548 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 7% 7 of 100 | 1% 7 of 562 | 1 of 10 |
| Business | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 6 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 6% 6 of 100 | 2% 9 of 540 | 1 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 6 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- User or download count65% of these screenshots, against 3% of all Utilities screenshots
- Star rating shown53% of these screenshots, against 3% of all Utilities screenshots
- Uses a number53% of these screenshots, against 6% of all Utilities screenshots
- Headline readable at thumbnail size76% of these screenshots, against 36% of all Utilities screenshots
- A word in a different colour65% of these screenshots, against 27% of all Utilities screenshots
- No app screen at all41% of these screenshots, against 4% of all Utilities screenshots
More in proof
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Utilities apps have App Store screenshots with an award or laurel?
16 of the top 100 Utilities apps (16%) have at least one, and 17 of their 549 screenshots (3%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Utilities apps have App Store screenshots with an award or laurel?
In the top ten: Cleanup: Phone Storage Cleaner (#5). Further down the chart: Authenticator ℠ App (#16), Brave Browser & Search Engine (#23), NordVPN: VPN Fast & Secure (#24), Offender Locator: Find & Watch (#34) and Screen Mirroring App: Smart TV (#40), and 10 more.
Should my Utilities app have App Store screenshots with an award or laurel?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 1 of the top ten Utilities apps do it (10%), against 15 of the other 90 (17%), 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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