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Screenshot style breakdown
Sampled from 6 of Espresso: World news in a shot's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#1C347C bg
#3B508E
#34DCB4 accent
#FFFFFF text
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About this app
Espresso from The Economist is the faster, smarter way to know the news. Power through the world’s top stories in the time it takes to have a cup of coffee, with incisive analysis updated throughout the day. The Espresso app is now free for students. Here is what people say about Espresso: “If all you have each day is a few minutes and you're tired of the 24hrs news cycle mostly regurgitating the same info all day everyday, the Espresso helps distil the cacophony of news each day into a single powerful update.” What you’ll get: - Top stories for quick analysis - “The World in Brief” news summary updated three times a day - Five bite-size articles offering finishable 1 minute reads - Audio versions of articles to enjoy hands-free - Daily podcasts and short videos offering fresh perspectives on current events - A zingy blend of Figure of the day, Quote of the day and Chart of the day …
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What you can learn from Espresso: World news in a shot
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 16 screenshots above are Espresso: World news in a shot's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: Espresso: World news in a shot runs a dark set with one background colour (#1C347C) 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, #34DCB4, 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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