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Screenshot style breakdown
Sampled from 5 of Step's Aurora Guide's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#2C3C54 bg
#49576B
#DC5C5C accent
#FFFFFF text
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About this app
Created by an aurora photographer, the app is your perfect companion for aurora adventures. Make informed decisions, get timely alerts, and improve your chances of seeing and capturing the northern lights and aurora australis. Discover the features that make this app indispensable: Timely Alerts Don't miss the aurora. Receive notifications about elevated Kp-index levels in the coming days and when your chances of witnessing the aurora within the next hour are becoming high. Get the notice you need to be ready. Real-time Aurora Forecast Witness the aurora probability in real-time with the SWPC Ovation aurora forecast. Instantly see current aurora probabilities, monitor unfolding trends, and pinpoint the anticipated peak times — all tailored for your location. These insights pair perfectly with aurora alerts. Additionally, solar wind parameters offer a deeper understanding of current a…
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What you can learn from Step's Aurora Guide
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 5 screenshots above are Step's Aurora Guide's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: Step's Aurora Guide runs a dark set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #2C3C54) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #DC5C5C, 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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