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Screenshot changes — detected by LaunchShots
Screenshot style breakdown
Sampled from 6 of The West Australian's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#FCFCFC bg
#DDDDDD
#0434CC accent
#111111 text
Reading the caption text from the screenshots in your browser…
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About this app
Download The West Australian app now to unlock premium access to the best in news, opinion, sport, business, politics, lifestyle, entertainment, travel, and more from WA’s biggest and most experienced newsroom. Delivered fast to your mobile and tablet, stay in touch when you are on the move. Plus browse WA’s daily newspaper on your device, every morning exactly as it was printed, and unlock exclusive discounts for dining, movies and more with your digital West Rewards card. Features: - Premium News: unrivalled coverage of local and regional news that matters, plus informed opinion and analysis from WA’s most trusted journalists and columnists - Breaking news: up to the minute news from around the country and the world - Notifications: Be the first to know with breaking news alerts - Comments: Have your say on stories that matter to you - Today’s newspaper: browse WA’s daily newspaper…
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What you can learn from The West Australian
Every shipping app on the App Store has gone through the same decisions you're working through right now: which screenshot goes first, what caption sits over it, which device frame to show, what color the background should be. The 12 screenshots above are The West Australian's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: The West Australian runs a mixed light-and-dark set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #FCFCFC) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #0434CC, is the one to reuse for badges, arrows and highlighted words if you borrow this look. Hit Use this style to open the editor with these exact colours and drop your own screenshot in.
Notice the first screenshot in particular. It's the one users see in search results and on the product page, and it's where most apps spend their best caption and tightest design. Look at the proportion of background to phone, where the text sits, what one thing the image is trying to communicate.
Want to see how other News apps approach the same problem? Browse more News apps in the showcase.
Take what works into your own screenshots
Open LaunchShots and design your App Store & Google Play screenshots — pick a device frame, drop captions, ship in minutes. Free, in your browser.
Open the screenshot editor →Apps with a similar look
Closest background + accent colours among the listings we've analysed — useful when you want to see the same palette handled by a different team.