Weather app screenshots with a phone cropped below
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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
32% 32 of 100
Screenshots that do it
11% 63 of 555
The top ten
3 of 10 against 29 of the other 90
63 of the 555 Weather screenshots read (11%) do this, across 32 of the top 100 apps (32%). 3 of the top ten do it (30%), against 29 of the other 90 (32%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Weather is 20th for this. It is most common in Finance (70% of apps) and least common in Games (6%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 63 Weather app screenshots with a phone cropped below, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Be Informed”
“Dive into the details, day by day, hour by hour”
“Air pollutant forecast”
“TRACK HURRICANES IN REAL-TIME”
“14-day hourly forecast”
“11 Billion+ weather alerts sent last year”
“Explore Heat Maps & More”
“Crazy. Powerful. Hilarious.”
“Storm Radar™”
“Weather. On Your Route.”
“Receive Current Local Weather Alerts”
“NOAA weather radar Live”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on 40 of the 60 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Be Informed”
Never miss critical local flood alertsThe Weather Channel - Radar · #1 · screenshot 3“Dive into the details, day by day, hour by hour”
CNN Weather · #4 · screenshot 3“Air pollutant forecast”
Hi Weather · #8 · screenshot 3“TRACK HURRICANES IN REAL-TIME”
Zoom Earth - Weather Forecast · #11 · screenshot 2“14-day hourly forecast”
in-depth weather outlookClime: NOAA Weather Radar Live · #12 · screenshot 3“11 Billion+ weather alerts sent last year”
WeatherBug: Weather Forecast · #15 · screenshot 1“Explore Heat Maps & More”
Weather Underground: Local Map · #23 · screenshot 4“Crazy. Powerful. Hilarious.”
CARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar · #24 · screenshot 3“Storm Radar™”
Storm Radar: Weather Tracker · #31 · screenshot 2“Weather. On Your Route.”
Weather on the Way · #39 · screenshot 1“Receive Current Local Weather Alerts”
Emergency: Severe Weather App · #40 · screenshot 1“NOAA weather radar Live”
NOAA: Weather Radar & Forecast · #41 · screenshot 1“STORM TRACKER”
Storm Tracker° · #47 · screenshot 1“Indoor Thermometer”
Check Current Room Temperature In SecondsIndoor Thermometer · #49 · screenshot 1“Local Weather Trends”
Weather Radar - NOAA Channel · #50 · screenshot 6“Wind, Weather, Waves & Tides”
for Your Outdoor ActivitiesWindfinder: Wind & Weather map · #51 · screenshot 1“When it's serious, you'll know first”
Yahoo Weather: Daily Forecasts · #52 · screenshot 5“NOAA Weather Radar LIVE”
Weather Scope: NOAA Radar Live · #54 · screenshot 1“Pinpoint forecasts, in real time”
Weather Live Radar - NOAA · #55 · screenshot 1“Complete Weather Picture”
RainViewer: Live Weather Radar · #58 · screenshot 6“PredictWind.com”
THE WORLD LEADERPredictWind — Marine Forecasts · #63 · screenshot 1“Know when the rain will start and stop”
Hyper-accurate nowcast shows exactly when the storm will hit.Precip - Rain Forecast & Alert · #64 · screenshot 5“Plan your day ahead”
IQAir AirVisual | Air Quality · #66 · screenshot 2“Forecasts”
Tropical Hurricane Tracker · #67 · screenshot 3“Hour by hour, where to look”
Best window, radiant & cloudsMeteor Shower: Alerts · #71 · screenshot 5“Severe Weather Warnings”
Tornado Watches, Severe Thunderstorms, & Special Marine WarningsTornado Tracker by TornadoPath · #91 · screenshot 2- COMMUNITY SIGHTINGS
“See it as it happens.”
Aurora Forecast. · #92 · screenshot 4 “Aurora strength and real-time data along with charts and colors to help you understand it easily.”
Hello Aurora: Northern Lights · #95 · screenshot 1“Northern Lights Tracker”
Aurora Forecast - Borealis Map · #96 · screenshot 2- WindAlert
“Access weather data from”
90,000 proprietary Tempest Weather SystemsWindAlert: Wind & Weather Map · #97 · screenshot 1 “LIVE WEATHER RADAR”
Weather Navigation for Car! · #99 · screenshot 1“Hour by hour, day by day, know what's next”
CNN Weather · #4 · screenshot 5“WIND SPEED MAP”
DETAILED VIEWZoom Earth - Weather Forecast · #11 · screenshot 4“Hyper-Local Weather Forecast”
WeatherBug: Weather Forecast · #15 · screenshot 2“10-Day Daily & Hourly Forecasts”
Weather Underground: Local Map · #23 · screenshot 6“Notifications”
Rain, Lightning, Hurricanes & MoreCARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar · #24 · screenshot 5“Know what lies ahead”
Weather on the Way · #39 · screenshot 4“Protect Loved Ones”
From Severe WeatherEmergency: Severe Weather App · #40 · screenshot 2“Minute-by- Minute Rain”
Track rain movement and intensity in real-timeNOAA: Weather Radar & Forecast · #41 · screenshot 3“24/7 LIVE RADAR”
Storm Tracker° · #47 · screenshot 2
Top ten Weather apps that do it.
- #1The Weather Channel - Radar1 of its 6 screenshots
- #4CNN Weather2 of its 6 screenshots
- #8Hi Weather1 of its 5 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 70% 70 of 100 | 33% 191 of 581 | 6 of 10 |
| Food & Drink | 62% 62 of 100 | 23% 122 of 540 | 5 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 62% 62 of 100 | 25% 145 of 574 | 5 of 10 |
| Business | 61% 61 of 100 | 21% 119 of 554 | 7 of 10 |
| Reference | 60% 60 of 100 | 21% 121 of 566 | 3 of 10 |
| Productivity | 53% 52 of 99 | 22% 122 of 551 | 4 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 50% 50 of 100 | 18% 101 of 556 | 6 of 10 |
| Navigation | 49% 49 of 99 | 17% 95 of 566 | 4 of 10 |
| Utilities | 49% 49 of 100 | 18% 98 of 549 | 4 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 47% 47 of 99 | 14% 77 of 564 | 3 of 10 |
| Travel | 47% 47 of 100 | 16% 90 of 561 | 4 of 10 |
| Shopping | 46% 46 of 100 | 18% 102 of 562 | 6 of 10 |
| Medical | 45% 45 of 100 | 16% 90 of 548 | 7 of 10 |
| Music | 44% 44 of 100 | 17% 94 of 550 | 4 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 44% 44 of 100 | 17% 94 of 554 | 5 of 10 |
| Sports | 43% 43 of 100 | 15% 82 of 558 | 6 of 10 |
| News | 41% 40 of 98 | 15% 79 of 517 | 6 of 10 |
| Education | 38% 38 of 100 | 15% 83 of 555 | 5 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 36% 36 of 100 | 12% 65 of 544 | 3 of 10 |
| Weather | 32% 32 of 100 | 11% 63 of 555 | 3 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 28% 28 of 100 | 10% 57 of 566 | 5 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 26% 26 of 100 | 10% 52 of 507 | 0 of 10 |
| Games | 6% 6 of 100 | 2% 11 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Words at the top92% of these screenshots, against 59% of all Weather screenshots
- Has a headline95% of these screenshots, against 65% of all Weather screenshots
- Phone drawn100% of these screenshots, against 74% of all Weather screenshots
- Plain tone68% of these screenshots, against 43% of all Weather screenshots
- Headline under five words63% of these screenshots, against 40% of all Weather screenshots
- Headline readable at thumbnail size43% of these screenshots, against 23% 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%
- Headline too small to read31%
- Words aligned left24%
- A person in the picture19%
- Two or more screens13%
- Words at the bottom13%
- Phone at an angle11%
- 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 a phone cropped below?
32 of the top 100 Weather apps (32%) have at least one, and 63 of their 555 screenshots (11%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Weather apps have App Store screenshots with a phone cropped below?
In the top ten: The Weather Channel - Radar (#1), CNN Weather (#4) and Hi Weather (#8). Further down the chart: Zoom Earth - Weather Forecast (#11), Clime: NOAA Weather Radar Live (#12), WeatherBug: Weather Forecast (#15), Weather Underground: Local Map (#23) and CARROT Weather: Alerts & Radar (#24), and 24 more.
Should my Weather app have App Store screenshots with a phone cropped below?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 3 of the top ten Weather apps do it (30%), against 29 of the other 90 (32%), 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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