Custom product pages for education apps
Make one custom product page for each subject, level and learner your app serves: a language, an exam, a school subject, adults learning for work, parents choosing for a child. Open each page on a real lesson at that level, name the learner where you can, and keep the words about children inside Apple’s Kids Category rules.

Which pages can an education app make?
One per subject, level or learner. Education searches are unusually specific: a person looks for one language, one exam, one year of maths, and judges an app by whether the first screenshot is at their level. A custom product page gives each its own screenshots, app previews and promotional text, and keywords of its own so it appears in search for them.1 Because a page is localizable, a page for learners in another country is a localized version of one you have, which is covered in localizing custom product pages.1
A plan for Pebblequiz, a made-up study app with flashcards, practice tests and a maths tutor:
| Page | Who arrives | What the first screenshot leads with |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish | Searches like “learn spanish” or “spanish vocabulary” | A Spanish flashcard with its audio and a streak of seven days |
| Driving theory | Searches like “permit test practice” or “driving theory test” | A practice question with the answer explained, and a mock test score |
| Maths homework | Searches like “math homework help” or “algebra solver” | A worked equation, step by step, at secondary school level |
| Adults at work | An Apple Ads ad group about learning on a commute | A five-minute lesson with where you left off yesterday |
| Parents | A parenting newsletter, by the page’s link | The parent’s view of a child’s week of practice, said to the parent |
| Back to school | A seasonal campaign in August and September | A term’s study plan, retired when the campaign ends |
The searches are examples of how learners phrase these needs, not measured volumes. Your keyword field and ad reports show which reach you.
What do the top 100 Education apps lead with?
The most common lead is a feature, in 32% of their first screenshots. We read every screenshot of the top 100 free Education apps on the US App Store on October 9, 2026, 555 in all, and counted the first of each set, the one people see first. The full set, app by app, is on the Education page of the App Screenshot Index.
| Apps read | 100 |
|---|---|
| Screenshots read | 555 |
| First screenshots with a headline | 85% |
| Median headline length | 5 words |
| Showing proof (a rating, laurel, user count, press logo or user quote) | 32% |
| Read on | October 9, 2026 |
| Leads with | Share of first screenshots | Real headlines from the top apps |
|---|---|---|
| A feature | 32% | “Get Test Scores” · “Access all of your favorited courses and groups!” · “Identify Any Plants” |
| An outcome | 12% | “Never miss an update” · “Get better Grades” · “Leave your next lecture or meeting with beautiful notes.” |
| A problem | 0% | None in this read |
| Who it is for | 3% | None we can quote without naming the app |
| Trust | 1% | None we can quote without naming the app |
The shares do not add up to 100: a headline can do two of these at once, and some do none (a slogan, a single word, the app’s name). Headlines are quoted as the apps wrote them, without saying whose they are.
In education, 12% of the leaders’ first screenshots lead with an outcome, such as speaking with confidence or a better grade, against 32% with a feature. Who the app is for is rare, at 3%, and 32% show proof such as a rating or a learner count. A page for one level or one kind of learner can say who it is for in the headline and sit apart.
These numbers describe what leading apps do, not what causes installs. A top app ranks for its brand, its budget and its age as much as for its screenshots, so read the table as the conventions your page will sit beside in search, and decide whether to match them or stand apart.
What goes in the first screenshot of each page?
A real lesson at the visitor’s level, with the subject in the headline:
- Open inside a lesson.A flashcard, a question, a worked step. A course catalogue says you have content; a lesson shows what learning with you is like.
- Match the level exactly.A beginner Spanish page shows “¿Cómo te llamas?”, not the subjunctive. A visitor who sees the wrong level leaves.
- Put the subject and level in the headline.“Spanish from your first word” or “Practice the theory test in 10-minute sets”. Not “Learn anything”.
- Show progress you can show honestly.A streak, a mock score, a finished unit. Not a grade the app cannot promise.
- Speak to the adult who downloads.For a child’s app, the person reading the page is a parent or teacher. Talk to them about what the child does and what they will see.
For the headline itself, see writing screenshot headlines.
What will App Review look at?
Every page is reviewed against the App Review Guidelines.1 For education, the rules about children come first:
- “For Kids” is reserved. Terms like “For Kids” and “For Children” in app metadata are reserved for the Kids Category.2 Apps outside it cannot include terms in the name, subtitle, icon, screenshots or description that imply the main audience is children.3 A page for parents is fine; a page that says it is for kids needs the app to be in the Kids Category.
- Kids Category apps keep their rules on every page. They must not include links out of the app, purchasing opportunities or other distractions unless behind a parental gate.4 A page should not promise a store or a chat the child can reach freely.
- No promised results. Marketing services the app does not actually offer is grounds for removal.5 “Fluent in 30 days” and “Guaranteed A grades” are results, not lessons.
- Made-up learners. You must hold the rights to everything in a screenshot and show fictional account information instead of a real person’s data.6 A class list with real pupils’ names cannot go on a page.
How many pages should you start with?
Start with the searches you already get traffic from. Group the keywords you already appear for by subject and level, add any Apple Ads ad group themes and any school or partner links that already send people, and make a page for the group with the most people first. Seasonal pages, such as exam season, are made in time for the season and retired after. The method is in how many custom product pages you need.
How do you know a page works?
App Analytics reports each custom product page’s product page views, downloads and conversion rate beside your default page.7 A page’s data appears once it has at least five first-time downloads.7 Read a seasonal page over its season, against the default page for the same weeks, since interest in learning can follow the school year. The steps are in how to measure custom product pages.
Sources
- 1Apple, Custom product pages
- 2Apple, App Review Guidelines 2.3.8 (metadata for all audiences, “For Kids”)
- 3Apple, App Review Guidelines 5.1.4 (kids)
- 4Apple, App Review Guidelines 1.3 (Kids Category)
- 5Apple, App Review Guidelines 2.3.1 (misleading marketing)
- 6Apple, App Review Guidelines 2.3.9 (rights and fictional data in screenshots)
- 7Apple, Custom product page analytics (App Store Connect Help)
Questions people ask
Can a page say “for kids” if my app is not in the Kids Category?
Should a language app make one page per language?
Can my page promise better grades or fluency in a month?
Can I show a real student’s progress?
See your first page.
Look up your app. In about a minute you see three pages planned for it and one designed on your own screenshots, before you sign up.