Sampled from 6 of Adelaide Metro: Should I Run?'s App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#ECECEC bg
#CFCFCF
#84D49C accent
#111111 text
Captions read from the screenshots (OCR, may contain small errors): 4 headlines, 10.5 words on average (longest 17).
Simple real-time bus, train & tram tracking for Adelaide Metro. Nothing complicated, just a Map, your favourite Stops and an automatically refreshing list of Arrivals. - Prioritise the routes you travel with "Regular Routes" (via the Settings tab) - Use the Radar tab to filter by route or vehicle ID and track buses, trains, and trams in real-time For Adelaidians who want an answer to that ever present question when they embark on their daily commute, "Should I Run?". This app is only useful in Adelaide, South Australia. ShouldIRun is ad supported. If you choose to purchase ShouldIRun Premium you'll be able to control ads and support future development. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscri…
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 14 screenshots above are Adelaide Metro: Should I Run?'s answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: Adelaide Metro: Should I Run? runs a mixed light-and-dark set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #ECECEC) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #84D49C, 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.
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Open the screenshot editor →Closest background + accent colours among the listings we've analysed — useful when you want to see the same palette handled by a different team.