Sampled from 6 of Cats & Dogs Weather's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#FCE404 bg
#DDC803
#046CFC accent
#111111 text
Reading the caption text from the screenshots in your browser…
FEATURED in App Store's "App of the Day", "4 New Apps We Love" and "Apps & Games We Love This Month!" Cats & Dogs creates a unique pawsome experience, mixing routine weather checking with virtual pets in the most enjoyable way that barks joy! At the outset, users choose their favourite furry companion — a playful pup or a cute kitty — select your local weather, as powered by Dark Sky, and then the fun begins. You don't just get the precise and accurate weather forecast information, it’s also now your job to take care of your cuddly pet by dressing them up in the silliest, cutest and trendiest outfits…but you can’t dress them in any old frock! Cats & Dogs rewards you by dressing your virtual pet in the right clothes for the weather in your neighbourhood. So, if it’s pouring down with rain, you might fancy wearing a pirate hat, some fun fishy flippers or perhaps a nostalgic Victori…
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 10 screenshots above are Cats & Dogs Weather's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: Cats & Dogs Weather runs a light set with one background colour (#FCE404) carried across every screenshot — the listing reads as a single poster when the shots sit side by side in search results. The accent colour we picked up, #046CFC, 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 Weather apps approach the same problem? Browse more Weather apps in the showcase.
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 →Closest background + accent colours among the listings we've analysed — useful when you want to see the same palette handled by a different team.