Weather app screenshots with a small app screen
The app’s screen takes under a third of the picture. A small screen leaves most of the picture to the words, a photograph or an illustration.
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
2% 13 of 555
The top ten
2 of 10 against 9 of the other 90
13 of the 555 Weather screenshots read (2%) 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 18th for this. It is most common in Food & Drink (30% of apps) and least common in Games (2%).
12 examples from the chart.
12 of the 13 Weather app screenshots with a small app screen, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.
“Plan Accurately”
“To the Minute Push Notifications Keeping You Ahead of the Storm”
“Storm Radar™”
“Up to 5 Locations”
“Hurricane tracker”
“Wind, Weather, Waves & Tides”
“Weather for people with places to be”
“Hurricane Tracker”
“Hourly Forecast”
“The World Leader in Wind Forecasting”
“LIVE WEATHER RADAR”
“Easy access to the weather”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 12 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
“Plan Accurately”
Know exactly when the storm will passThe Weather Channel - Radar · #1 · screenshot 5“To the Minute Push Notifications Keeping You Ahead of the Storm”
MyRadar Accurate Weather Radar · #5 · screenshot 3“Storm Radar™”
Storm Radar: Weather Tracker · #31 · screenshot 2“Up to 5 Locations”
FEMA · #36 · screenshot 3“Hurricane tracker”
NOAA Radar & Weather Forecast · #48 · screenshot 3“Wind, Weather, Waves & Tides”
for Your Outdoor ActivitiesWindfinder: Wind & Weather map · #51 · screenshot 1“Weather for people with places to be”
Yahoo Weather: Daily Forecasts · #52 · screenshot 1“Hurricane Tracker”
Active Storms Forecasted PathsWeather Scope: NOAA Radar Live · #54 · screenshot 2“Hourly Forecast”
for 10 daysWeather ۬ · #59 · screenshot 1“The World Leader in Wind Forecasting”
PredictWind — Marine Forecasts · #63 · screenshot 2“LIVE WEATHER RADAR”
Weather Navigation for Car! · #99 · screenshot 1“Easy access to the weather”
Weather ۬ · #59 · screenshot 3
Top ten Weather apps that do it.
- #1The Weather Channel - Radar1 of its 6 screenshots
- #5MyRadar Accurate Weather Radar1 of its 6 screenshots
The same tactic in other categories.
| Category | Apps that do it | Screenshots | Top ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink | 30% 30 of 100 | 6% 35 of 540 | 3 of 10 |
| Finance | 25% 25 of 100 | 6% 35 of 581 | 4 of 10 |
| Medical | 24% 24 of 100 | 5% 28 of 548 | 4 of 10 |
| Travel | 21% 21 of 100 | 5% 27 of 561 | 2 of 10 |
| Utilities | 21% 21 of 100 | 4% 24 of 549 | 1 of 10 |
| Lifestyle | 18% 18 of 100 | 4% 21 of 556 | 0 of 10 |
| Sports | 18% 18 of 100 | 4% 21 of 558 | 3 of 10 |
| Navigation | 17% 17 of 99 | 4% 22 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Music | 17% 17 of 100 | 4% 22 of 550 | 0 of 10 |
| Shopping | 16% 16 of 100 | 4% 21 of 562 | 4 of 10 |
| News | 15% 15 of 98 | 4% 21 of 517 | 2 of 10 |
| Productivity | 15% 15 of 99 | 3% 18 of 551 | 1 of 10 |
| Business | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 16 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Entertainment | 15% 15 of 100 | 3% 16 of 544 | 0 of 10 |
| Social Networking | 14% 14 of 100 | 3% 15 of 554 | 1 of 10 |
| Education | 12% 12 of 100 | 3% 18 of 555 | 1 of 10 |
| Graphics & Design | 11% 11 of 99 | 2% 14 of 564 | 0 of 10 |
| Health & Fitness | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 12 of 574 | 0 of 10 |
| Reference | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 11 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Weather | 11% 11 of 100 | 2% 13 of 555 | 2 of 10 |
| Developer Tools | 8% 8 of 100 | 2% 12 of 507 | 1 of 10 |
| Photo & Video | 5% 5 of 100 | 1% 5 of 566 | 0 of 10 |
| Games | 2% 2 of 100 | 1% 3 of 567 | 0 of 10 |
Related tactics.
Often on the same screenshot
- Words aligned left46% of these screenshots, against 10% of all Weather screenshots
- High contrast words54% of these screenshots, against 20% of all Weather screenshots
- Headline readable at thumbnail size54% of these screenshots, against 23% of all Weather screenshots
- Phone cut off at the foot38% of these screenshots, against 11% of all Weather screenshots
- Has a headline92% of these screenshots, against 65% of all Weather screenshots
- App icon shown46% of these screenshots, against 19% 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%
- Phone at an angle11%
- 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 small app screen?
11 of the top 100 Weather apps (11%) have at least one, and 13 of their 555 screenshots (2%) 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 small app screen?
In the top ten: The Weather Channel - Radar (#1) and MyRadar Accurate Weather Radar (#5). Further down the chart: Storm Radar: Weather Tracker (#31), FEMA (#36), NOAA Radar & Weather Forecast (#48), Windfinder: Wind & Weather map (#51) and Yahoo Weather: Daily Forecasts (#52), and 4 more.
Should my Weather app have App Store screenshots with a small app screen?
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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