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Screenshot style breakdown
Sampled from 6 of Dictionary.com: English Words's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#04248C bg
#27429C
#8C9CDC accent
#FFFFFF text
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Download the #1 free dictionary app! With more than 2 million trusted definitions and synonyms, this English dictionary and thesaurus app for iPhone is optimized for your mobile device. Improve your English vocabulary, whether you're just starting your learning journey or you're already a word wizard. Install the app for access to definitions and synonyms whenever and wherever you need them — no bulky books necessary. Flip to dark mode to give your eyes a break, or stick to the traditional set-up. In addition to the trusted reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, this education app includes: Word of the Day ► Learn a new word each day and expand your vocabulary. Example Sentences ► Browse real-world example sentences to see how words are used. Idioms ► Explore how words can gain new meanings. Rhymes ► Finish every verse. Audio Pronunciations ► Never mispronounc…
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What you can learn from Dictionary.com: English Words
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 Dictionary.com: English Words's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: Dictionary.com: English Words runs a mixed light-and-dark set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #04248C) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #8C9CDC, 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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