Sampled from 6 of Obsidian Read's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#0C0C0C bg
#2E2E2E
#CC4C84 accent
#FFFFFF text
Captions read from the screenshots (OCR, may contain small errors): 5 headlines, 13.2 words on average (longest 18).
ObsidianRead La romance française qui vous empêchera de dormir. Vous ouvrez un chapitre... puis un autre. Et soudain, il est 3 heures du matin. Obsidian Read, c'est des romans de romance écrits en français, des chapitres de héros imparfaits, d'héroïnes inoubliables, de tensions insoutenables et de fins de chapitre qui vous obligent à lire « juste un dernier ». DES ROMANCES POUR TOUS LES GOÛTS • Enemies to Lovers • Dark Romance et Mafia • Hockey Romance et Sports Romance • Grumpy × Sunshine • Fake Dating • Prof–étudiante, Boss–assistante • Slow Burn • Mariage arrangé • Bodyguard • Seconde chance • Huis clos et proximité forcée UNE LECTURE PENSÉE POUR VOUS • Modes clair, sombre et sépia • Police, taille du texte et interlignage réglables • Reprise exactement là où vous vous étiez arrêtée • Bibliothèque et progression sauvegardées d'un appareil à l'autre • Vos lectures restent privé…
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 6 screenshots above are Obsidian Read's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: Obsidian Read runs a mixed light-and-dark set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #0C0C0C) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #CC4C84, 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 Book apps approach the same problem? Browse more Book 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.