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Screenshot style breakdown
Sampled from 5 of Common App's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#5CCCCC bg
#50B3B3
#1474BC accent
#111111 text
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About this app
Simplify your college application experience with Common App for mobile. Common App for mobile provides you with the same secure, streamlined application experience you’ve come to expect from Common App online, all from the convenience of your mobile device. The app seamlessly integrates with the first-year desktop experience — allowing you to apply to more than 1000 colleges, research financial aid, and get advice from counselors. Common App for mobile is free and easy to use. Download the app to navigate your entire college application journey.
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What you can learn from Common App
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 Common App's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: Common App runs a light set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #5CCCCC) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #1474BC, 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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Closest background + accent colours among the listings we've analysed — useful when you want to see the same palette handled by a different team.