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Utilities apps: screenshot design benchmarks

How Utilities apps design their App Store screenshots — theme, caption position, background colours, screenshot counts, caption length — measured from 2608 listings by LaunchShots.

45%
use a light theme across the set
light 45%mixed 24%dark 32%
37%
put the caption above the phone
above 37%below 19%overlay 14%no caption 30%
5.6
screenshots per listing on average · 18% use 8 or more
3.66
average App Store rating of the analysed apps
8
words per screenshot caption (from 335 OCR'd captions) · 10% ALL CAPS · 8% say "you"
Background colours
white 38%blue 21%black 13%teal 5%red 4%

Based on 2,608 analysed listings in Utilities. Updated continuously as new apps are analysed. How we measure →

Analysed Utilities listings

中国移动(手机营业厅)
light · caption top · 3 shots
搜狗输入法-语音变声斗图表情
light · caption bottom · 6 shots
百度-AI智能搜索
light · caption top · 6 shots
菜鸟—快递物流轻松查寄取
light · caption bottom · 7 shots
My Verizon
light · caption overlay · 8 shots
gov.br
light · caption none · 5 shots
Google
light · caption overlay · 7 shots
中国电信-全国统一官方服务平台
light · caption bottom · 6 shots
CNH do Brasil
light · caption top · 5 shots
Google Chrome
light · caption bottom · 10 shots
My Spectrum
dark · caption top · 7 shots
Vivo: Fatura, Suporte e mais
mixed · caption top · 8 shots

How to read this

If you're designing screenshots for an Utilities app, this is the field you're competing in. A dark theme is the majority choice here, so going the other way is a deliberate way to stand out in search results — where your first screenshot sits next to competitors'. 37% put the caption above the phone; the caption is read first either way, but above-the-phone keeps the text in the thumbnail crop the App Store shows in search. The average listing uses 5.6 screenshots — Apple allows 10, and only 18% use 8 or more, so the later slots are mostly uncontested space for feature depth. Open any listing above to see its exact colours and load them into the editor with one click.

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