Full-bleed Weather 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 Weather 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
34% 34 of 100
Screenshots that do it
18% 101 of 555
The top ten
2 of 10 against 32 of the other 90
101 of the 555 Weather screenshots read (18%) do this, across 34 of the top 100 apps (34%). 2 of the top ten do it (20%), against 32 of the other 90 (36%): the top ten do it less than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Weather is 2nd 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 101 full-bleed Weather app screenshots, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“24-Hour Future Radar”
“CHASE STORMS WITH 3D RADAR”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 5 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“24-Hour Future Radar”
See storms before they hitSKAI - NOAA Weather Radar · #16 · screenshot 1“CHASE STORMS WITH 3D RADAR”
FOX Weather: Daily Forecasts · #18 · screenshot 2“Weather Headlines”
WCTV First Alert Weather · #77 · screenshot 5“Tropics Watch”
Tracking Atlantic Storm ConditionsMax Tracker Hurricane WPLG · #79 · screenshot 4“How many clouds does it take to change a lightbulb? Clouds don't change lightbulbs, you weirdo.”
What The Forecast?!! · #98 · screenshot 3
Top ten Weather apps that do it.
- #3Alabama Weather Network4 of its 6 screenshots
- #7National Hurricane Center Data5 of its 6 screenshots
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 all95% of these screenshots, against 35% of all Weather screenshots
- No phone, bare screen64% of these screenshots, against 25% of all Weather screenshots
- Light39% of these screenshots, against 25% of all Weather screenshots
- Screen fills the picture100% of these screenshots, against 89% of all Weather screenshots
- Black, white or grey33% of these screenshots, against 23% of all Weather screenshots
- Green15% of these screenshots, against 7% of all Weather screenshots
More in look
- Blue78%
- Dark70%
- Background is the icon’s colour57%
- Black, white or grey46%
- Photo background46%
- Gradient background45%
- Light43%
- High contrast words40%
- A word in a different colour38%
- Green30%
- Solid background30%
- Teal25%
- Low contrast words20%
- Orange20%
- Red18%
- Rounded headline type14%
- Pattern or texture8%
- Serif headline3%
- Yellow3%
- Condensed or display type1%
- Purple1%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Weather apps have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
34 of the top 100 Weather apps (34%) have at least one, and 101 of their 555 screenshots (18%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Weather apps have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
In the top ten: Alabama Weather Network (#3) and National Hurricane Center Data (#7). Further down the chart: My Hurricane Tracker & Alerts (#13), SKAI - NOAA Weather Radar (#16), weatherbunny: outfit helper (#17), FOX Weather: Daily Forecasts (#18) and RedZone Weather (#20), and 27 more.
Should my Weather app have full-bleed App Store screenshots?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 2 of the top ten Weather apps do it (20%), against 32 of the other 90 (36%), 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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