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Screenshot style breakdown
Sampled from 6 of Newslaundry's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#044474 bg
#275E87
#6C94B4 accent
#FFFFFF text
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About this app
Newslaundry is a reader-supported, independent news media company. In an industry driven by corporate and government interests, we strongly believe in the need for an independent news model, and a free and accountable press. Through media critique, reportage, podcasts, documentaries, comics and animation, our stories bring you the latest in current affairs in innovative and engaging formats. Here are our core values: Ad-free: At Newslaundry, you get to bypass the digital clutter and go straight to the story. Focus on media: The media holds democracy to account, but what about the media itself? We believe news organisations should be accountable, including us. Our stories on the media are driven by that belief. Substance, not breaking: We believe in bringing our readers the stories behind the headlines, through thoughtfully-researched deep dives and ground reports. Community, not p…
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What you can learn from Newslaundry
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 Newslaundry's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: Newslaundry runs a mixed light-and-dark set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #044474) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #6C94B4, 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.
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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.