Chart position — tracked daily by LaunchShots
Screenshot style breakdown
Sampled from 4 of METAR's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#242424 bg
#424242
#D4942C accent
#FFFFFF text
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About this app
- View decoded METARs & TAFs from thousands of airports worldwide - View up to 10 nearby airports and their current weather observations and forecasts - See observed runway wind components - Search and favourite airports that you visit frequently - Customise the units being displayed to suit you - Switch between light and dark mode METAR Pro - Subscription* The same great features we've always provided for free will always be available for free, but we've created a couple of extra premium features to add a little more to METAR for people who'd like to subscribe to METAR Pro. - View up to 50 nearby airports and their current weather observations and forecasts - Display raw METAR or TAF text on lock and home screen widgets - Display runway layout and wind indications on home screen widgets * Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours befor…
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What you can learn from METAR
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 8 screenshots above are METAR's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: METAR runs a mixed light-and-dark set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #242424) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #D4942C, 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.
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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.