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Utilities apps: screenshot design benchmarks

How Utilities apps design their App Store screenshots — theme, caption position, background colours, screenshot counts — measured from 27 listings by LaunchShots.

48%
use a light theme across the set
light 48%mixed 30%dark 22%
37%
put the caption above the phone
above 37%below 11%overlay 15%no caption 37%
5.4
screenshots per listing on average · 19% use 8 or more
3.57
average App Store rating of the analysed apps
Background colours
white 41%blue 30%black 15%yellow 7%dark grey 4%

Based on 27 analysed listings in Utilities. Updated continuously as new apps are analysed. How we measure →

Analysed Utilities listings

Top Widgets⁺ - 万能小组件手机桌面主题美化工具
mixed · caption top · 10 shots
МегаФон
light · caption bottom · 4 shots
国家反诈中心
mixed · caption none · 4 shots
Sign.Me
light · caption bottom · 3 shots
Smart App PH
mixed · caption none · 8 shots
Avast One: Security & Privacy
light · caption top · 6 shots
Universal Remote | Smart TV
dark · caption overlay · 7 shots
Tevi
light · caption top · 4 shots
国家网络身份认证
light · caption top · 4 shots
FRITZ!App WLAN
light · caption none · 5 shots
マイ ニフティ
dark · caption none · 6 shots
NFC Tools
mixed · caption overlay · 9 shots

How to read this

If you're designing screenshots for an Utilities app, this is the field you're competing in. A dark theme is the majority choice here, so going the other way is a deliberate way to stand out in search results — where your first screenshot sits next to competitors'. 37% put the caption above the phone; the caption is read first either way, but above-the-phone keeps the text in the thumbnail crop the App Store shows in search. The average listing uses 5.4 screenshots — Apple allows 10, and only 19% use 8 or more, so the later slots are mostly uncontested space for feature depth. Open any listing above to see its exact colours and load them into the editor with one click.

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