Utilities app screenshots with text over the UI
The headline is laid over the app’s screen itself. The screen fills the picture and the words share its space, so nothing is given up to a margin.
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
6% 6 of 100
Screenshots that do it
1% 6 of 549
The top ten
0 of 10 against 6 of the other 90
6 of the 549 Utilities screenshots read (1%) do this, across 6 of the top 100 apps (6%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 6 of the other 90 (7%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Utilities is 14th for this. It is most common in Shopping (19% of apps) and least common in Photo & Video (3%).
All 6 examples from the chart.
Every one of the Utilities app screenshots with text over the UI on the chart, the highest app first.
“Touchpad & Cursor”
“THE #1 VPN FREE APP”
“check your neighborhood live”
“One click execution”
“The original Burner app”
“Pay your bill your way”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 6 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Touchpad & Cursor”
Remote for Samsung TV Smart · #46 · screenshot 2“THE #1 VPN FREE APP”
Get Free VPN nowFree VPN by Free VPN .org™ · #54 · screenshot 1“check your neighborhood live”
Watcho — Por La Comunidad · #64 · screenshot 2“One click execution”
Leave Home Leave Home Leave HomeDayBetter · #70 · screenshot 3“The original Burner app”
Verified phone numbersBurner: Second Phone Number · #81 · screenshot 1“Pay your bill your way”
myCricket App · #90 · screenshot 2
Top ten Utilities apps that do it.
None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is Remote for Samsung TV Smart, at #46.
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shopping | 19% 19 of 100 | 4% 21 of 562 | 2 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 16% 16 of 100 | 3% 18 of 556 | 1 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 18 of 540 | 3 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 17 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Travel | 13% 13 of 100 | 2% 14 of 561 | 2 of 10 |
| Games | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 12 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
| Sports | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 12 of 558 | 2 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 10% 10 of 100 | 3% 14 of 544 | 3 of 10 |
| Finance | 10% 10 of 100 | 2% 11 of 581 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 11 of 566 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 7% 7 of 99 | 1% 8 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Education | 7% 7 of 100 | 2% 11 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| News | 6% 6 of 98 | 2% 10 of 517 | 1 of 10 |
| Medical | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 6 of 548 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 8 of 550 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 6 of 549 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 7 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Navigation | 5% 5 of 99 | 1% 6 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Business | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 6 of 554 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 5 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 4% 4 of 100 | 1% 5 of 507 | 0 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 3% 3 of 99 | 1% 3 of 564 | 0 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 3% 3 of 100 | 1% 3 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Illustration or mascot100% of these screenshots, against 43% of all Utilities screenshots
- Words aligned left50% of these screenshots, against 14% of all Utilities screenshots
- Headline readable at thumbnail size67% of these screenshots, against 36% of all Utilities screenshots
- High contrast words50% of these screenshots, against 26% of all Utilities screenshots
- Has a subline50% of these screenshots, against 28% of all Utilities screenshots
- Dark50% of these screenshots, against 29% of all Utilities screenshots
More in layout
- Phone drawn98%
- Screen fills the picture98%
- Whole phone shown94%
- Words at the top94%
- Illustration or mascot80%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size78%
- A photograph70%
- Phone cut off at the foot49%
- Arrows or callouts48%
- App icon shown47%
- A person in the picture43%
- Headline too small to read39%
- Words aligned left37%
- A hand holds the phone35%
- Two or more screens31%
- No phone, bare screen26%
- Zoomed detail of the UI23%
- Phone cut off at the head22%
- No app screen at all21%
- Screen is small21%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it20%
- Phone at an angle19%
- Words at the bottom17%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Utilities apps have App Store screenshots with text over the UI?
6 of the top 100 Utilities apps (6%) have at least one, and 6 of their 549 screenshots (1%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Utilities apps have App Store screenshots with text over the UI?
None of the top ten do. The highest on the chart: Remote for Samsung TV Smart (#46), Free VPN by Free VPN .org™ (#54), Watcho — Por La Comunidad (#64), DayBetter (#70) and Burner: Second Phone Number (#81), and 1 more.
Should my Utilities app have App Store screenshots with text over the UI?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 0 of the top ten Utilities apps do it (0%), against 6 of the other 90 (7%), 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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