Chart position — tracked daily by LaunchShots
Screenshot changes — detected by LaunchShots
Screenshot style breakdown
Sampled from 5 of The Mirror's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#24243C bg
#424257
#942424 accent
#FFFFFF text
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About this app
The Mirror App gives you the latest breaking stories and trending news from the UK and around the world, delivering big exclusive stories from award-winning journalists. Follow the latest news from your favourite football, rugby and cricket teams. Get the latest celebrity gossip. Stay informed with TV interviews and exclusive money saving tips, all from The Mirror App. With The Mirror App, get access to: • Breaking UK and global news stories • News and reports on your favourite sports teams • Political and government news • Money saving tips • Daily horoscopes • Celebrity gossip on all your favourite stars • TV and film reviews, interviews and videos • Weird News and bizarre stories • The latest trends and discoveries in technology and science The App also features: • Customised news feeds right on the home screen • The ability to read an article even when you are offline • The abili…
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What you can learn from The Mirror
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 The Mirror's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: The Mirror runs a mixed light-and-dark set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #24243C) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #942424, 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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Open the screenshot editor →Apps with a similar look
Closest background + accent colours among the listings we've analysed — useful when you want to see the same palette handled by a different team.