Sampled from 6 of Police Scanner Radio & Fire's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#FC9C3C bg
#DD8934
#543C24 accent
#111111 text
Scanner Radio is the #1 police scanner and alerts you of breaking news so you can listen to the action live with millions of others. Stay up to date with your local news, traffic, emergency and public safety or listen in during major national live events in real time. Features: • Breaking news alerts to get the scoop before anyone else. • View scanners located nearest you. • View the most popular scanners. • View the newest scanners being added all the time. • Star your favorite scanners for quick access. • Browse thousands of scanners from all over the world by location or genre (public safety, air traffic, railroad, marine, etc). • CarPlay support Receive an alert anytime: • A scanner in the directory has more than a certain amount of listeners • A specific scanner has more than a certain number of listeners • A Broadcastify alert is posted for one of your favorites • A Broadcastif…
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 14 screenshots above are Police Scanner Radio & Fire's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: Police Scanner Radio & Fire runs a light set with one background colour (#FC9C3C) carried across every screenshot — the listing reads as a single poster when the shots sit side by side in search results. The accent colour we picked up, #543C24, 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.
Open LaunchShots and design your App Store & Google Play screenshots — pick a device frame, drop captions, ship in minutes. Free, in your browser.
Open the screenshot editor →Closest background + accent colours among the listings we've analysed — useful when you want to see the same palette handled by a different team.