Weather app screenshots with an angled phone
The device is tilted or in perspective. A tilted device adds depth to the picture.
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
11% 11 of 100
Screenshots that do it
4% 22 of 555
The top ten
2 of 10 against 9 of the other 90
22 of the 555 Weather screenshots read (4%) do this, across 11 of the top 100 apps (11%). 2 of the top ten do it (20%), against 9 of the other 90 (10%): the top ten do it more than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Weather is 19th for this. It is most common in Food & Drink (30% of apps) and least common in Games (5%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 22 Weather app screenshots with an angled phone, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Patent Pending Technology Delivering You the Most Hyper-Local Forecast on the Planet”
“Rain & Snow”
“LIVE RAIN MAP RADAR & FORECAST”
“Make the most of this nice weather that I generated for you. Or else.”
“NOAA Radar & Weather Forecast”
“Your Radar, Everywhere”
“Hourly Forecast”
“Real-time Tornado Tracker”
“Professional Radar Features, Map Types, Storm Layers and Advanced Wind Animations”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 15 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Patent Pending Technology Delivering You the Most Hyper-Local Forecast on the Planet”
MyRadar Accurate Weather Radar · #5 · screenshot 2“Rain & Snow”
on weather radarWindy.com · #10 · screenshot 1“LIVE RAIN MAP RADAR & FORECAST”
Zoom Earth - Weather Forecast · #11 · screenshot 1“Make the most of this nice weather that I generated for you. Or else.”
CARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar · #24 · screenshot 1- LIVE
“NOAA Radar & Weather Forecast”
NOAA Radar & Weather Forecast · #48 · screenshot 1 “Your Radar, Everywhere”
“I check the radar every morning - incredibly convenient!”RainViewer: Live Weather Radar · #58 · screenshot 2“Hourly Forecast”
for 10 daysWeather ۬ · #59 · screenshot 1“Real-time Tornado Tracker”
Tornado Tracker by TornadoPath · #91 · screenshot 1“Additional weather data:”
tides, waves, sun, moon, gorge windbow, and moreWindAlert: Wind & Weather Map · #97 · screenshot 4“Professional Radar Features, Map Types, Storm Layers and Advanced Wind Animations”
MyRadar Accurate Weather Radar · #5 · screenshot 5“WILDFIRE MAP”
SEE HEAT & SMOKEZoom Earth - Weather Forecast · #11 · screenshot 3“Hurricane tracker”
NOAA Radar & Weather Forecast · #48 · screenshot 3“Easy access to the weather”
Weather ۬ · #59 · screenshot 3“+ add multiple locations”
Weather ۬ · #59 · screenshot 4“Track storms on the map”
Weather ۬ · #59 · screenshot 6
Top ten Weather apps that do it.
- #5MyRadar Accurate Weather Radar2 of its 6 screenshots
- #10Windy.com2 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink | 30% 30 of 100 | 10% 54 of 540 | 1 of 10 |
| Music | 26% 26 of 100 | 6% 33 of 550 | 0 of 10 |
| Finance | 24% 24 of 100 | 5% 30 of 581 | 1 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 23% 23 of 100 | 7% 41 of 554 | 2 of 10 |
| Business | 21% 21 of 100 | 5% 29 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Travel | 21% 21 of 100 | 5% 29 of 561 | 2 of 10 |
| Medical | 20% 20 of 100 | 6% 31 of 548 | 4 of 10 |
| Sports | 20% 20 of 100 | 5% 28 of 558 | 2 of 10 |
| Navigation | 19% 19 of 99 | 5% 28 of 566 | 1 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 19% 19 of 100 | 6% 30 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| Utilities | 19% 19 of 100 | 5% 27 of 549 | 2 of 10 |
| Shopping | 18% 18 of 100 | 5% 29 of 562 | 3 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 17% 17 of 99 | 4% 24 of 564 | 2 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 16% 16 of 100 | 4% 21 of 556 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 19 of 566 | 2 of 10 |
| News | 13% 13 of 98 | 3% 18 of 517 | 1 of 10 |
| Education | 13% 13 of 100 | 4% 21 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 11% 11 of 99 | 3% 18 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 11% 11 of 100 | 3% 15 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 11% 11 of 100 | 4% 22 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 9% 9 of 100 | 2% 10 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 6% 6 of 100 | 1% 7 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Games | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 6 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Two or more screens32% of these screenshots, against 5% of all Weather screenshots
- Phone drawn100% of these screenshots, against 74% of all Weather screenshots
- Gradient background59% of these screenshots, against 35% of all Weather screenshots
- Words aligned left32% of these screenshots, against 10% of all Weather screenshots
- Headline readable at thumbnail size45% of these screenshots, against 23% of all Weather screenshots
- Leads with a feature59% of these screenshots, against 46% of all Weather screenshots
More in layout
- Screen fills the picture100%
- Phone drawn92%
- Whole phone shown89%
- A photograph86%
- Words at the top62%
- Illustration or mascot52%
- App icon shown48%
- Headline readable at thumbnail size48%
- No phone, bare screen47%
- Arrows or callouts35%
- Phone cut off at the foot32%
- Headline too small to read31%
- Words aligned left24%
- A person in the picture19%
- Two or more screens13%
- Words at the bottom13%
- Screen is small11%
- Zoomed detail of the UI11%
- Watch, iPad or Mac beside it8%
- A hand holds the phone7%
- Phone cut off at the head7%
- Words over the screen6%
- No app screen at all4%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Weather apps have App Store screenshots with an angled phone?
11 of the top 100 Weather apps (11%) have at least one, and 22 of their 555 screenshots (4%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Weather apps have App Store screenshots with an angled phone?
In the top ten: MyRadar Accurate Weather Radar (#5) and Windy.com (#10). Further down the chart: Zoom Earth - Weather Forecast (#11), Weather Underground: Local Map (#23), CARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar (#24), NOAA Radar & Weather Forecast (#48) and Windfinder: Wind & Weather map (#51), and 4 more.
Should my Weather app have App Store screenshots with an angled phone?
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 9 of the other 90 (10%), so the top ten do it more 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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