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Screenshot style breakdown
Sampled from 1 of TV Uhlelo Program South Africa : the south-african TV listings (ZA)'s App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#FCFCFC bg
#DDDDDD
#B40404 accent
#111111 text
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About this app
TV Guide South Africa allows you to view the TV program of all your favorite South African TV channels. More on the App: • Works over WiFi, 4G, 3G or EDGE. • Works in South Africa or abroad. • Nominated for optimized and full compatibility with iOS 8. • Compatible with iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C and earlier devices. • The TV program is automatically renewed. • Do not require registration via Facebook, Gmail or another. • App immediately functional and free. • tab dedicated to your favorite channels, which allows for faster consultation! • Ability to set alarms to be notified of the commencement of your favorite programs. • Interface translated into English, Afrikaans and Zulu. The South-African TV listings now available from a single App. TV-Guide South Africa (ZA).
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What you can learn from TV Uhlelo Program South Africa : the south-african TV listings (ZA)
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 2 screenshots above are TV Uhlelo Program South Africa : the south-african TV listings (ZA)'s answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: TV Uhlelo Program South Africa : the south-african TV listings (ZA) runs a light set with one background colour (#FCFCFC) 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, #B40404, 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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