Weather 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 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
6% 6 of 100
Screenshots that do it
1% 7 of 555
The top ten
1 of 10 against 5 of the other 90
7 of the 555 Weather screenshots read (1%) do this, across 6 of the top 100 apps (6%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 5 of the other 90 (6%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Weather is 14th for this. It is most common in Shopping (19% of apps) and least common in Photo & Video (3%).
All 7 examples from the chart.
Every one of the Weather app screenshots with text over the UI on the chart, the highest app first.
“Experience Daily Video Forecasts & Weather Related Content”
“Get Real-Time Weather Alerts”
“GET AHEAD OF YOUR GAME”
“Easy access to the weather”
“ATLANTA'S”
“The sun is talking some serious trash about you behind your back.”
“How many clouds does it take to change a lightbulb? Clouds don't change lightbulbs, you weirdo.”
What these screenshots say, word for word.
The words on all 7 that carry any, as each app wrote them.
- Introducing tv
“Experience Daily Video Forecasts & Weather Related Content”
MyRadar Accurate Weather Radar · #5 · screenshot 4 “Get Real-Time Weather Alerts”
Turn on push notifications so Beacon can warn you the moment severe weather is headed your way.“Never get caught in a storm.”Islandwide Weather · #33 · screenshot 2“GET AHEAD OF YOUR GAME”
DeerCast-Prep. Predict. Pursue · #42 · screenshot 1“Easy access to the weather”
Weather ۬ · #59 · screenshot 3“ATLANTA'S”
CHIEF METEOROLOGISTWSB-TV Weather · #86 · screenshot 1“The sun is talking some serious trash about you behind your back.”
What The Forecast?!! · #98 · screenshot 1“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.
- #5MyRadar Accurate Weather Radar1 of its 6 screenshots
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
- No phone, bare screen71% of these screenshots, against 25% of all Weather screenshots
- Says “you” or “your”57% of these screenshots, against 11% of all Weather screenshots
- A person in the picture43% of these screenshots, against 6% of all Weather screenshots
- Has a headline100% of these screenshots, against 65% of all Weather screenshots
- Words aligned left43% of these screenshots, against 10% of all Weather screenshots
- Photo background57% of these screenshots, against 30% 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%
- 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%
- No app screen at all4%
Questions, answered from the chart.
How many top Weather apps have App Store screenshots with text over the UI?
6 of the top 100 Weather apps (6%) have at least one, and 7 of their 555 screenshots (1%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which Weather apps have App Store screenshots with text over the UI?
In the top ten: MyRadar Accurate Weather Radar (#5). Further down the chart: Islandwide Weather (#33), DeerCast-Prep. Predict. Pursue (#42), Weather ۬ (#59), WSB-TV Weather (#86) and What The Forecast?!! (#98).
Should my Weather app have App Store screenshots with text over the UI?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 1 of the top ten Weather apps do it (10%), against 5 of the other 90 (6%), 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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