Entertainment App Store screenshot ideas
Explore the examples below or browse the entertainment screenshot gallery.
First screenshot examples
Four ways to introduce an app, with design choices you can apply to your own screenshots.
The velvet curtain places the ticket-buying message in a cinema setting before any detailed explanation.
Try this: Use a familiar setting to establish context, then name the main action directly.
A featured anime title and synopsis make the library offer concrete through one piece of content.
Try this: Lead with a representative title when the content itself is the main reason to use the app.
The phone remote sits below the TV screen it controls, showing the relationship between the two devices.
Try this: For a companion app, show both the controls and the device or experience they affect.
The wait estimate sits beside the waitlist button, pairing a decision with the action that follows it.
Try this: Show the information users need and the next action together when explaining a practical task.
Screenshot layouts
Based on 45 selected apps from the iOS Entertainment charts. These figures describe design patterns, not conversion results.
The first screenshot
The first screenshot introduces the set. These are the layouts used on screenshot one in the sampled entertainment apps:
Set structure
How full sets are organized:
| Feature per slide | 71% |
| Benefit story | 16% |
| Mixed structure | 13% |
Headline formulas
Share of analyzed headlines using each headline formula:
| Benefit statement | 46% |
| Imperative | 29% |
| Feature name | 21% |
| Stat claim | 2% |
| Other | 1% |
| Question | 1% |
| Social proof | 0% |
Benefit statement headlines from real sets
- “Quickly access exclusives from your favorite creators”
- “Be the first to experience the latest releases”
- “STREAM INSTANTLY WITHOUT ANY EXTRA SUBCRIPTION FEES”
- “ALL THE LATEST EPISODES”
Imperative headlines from real sets
- “Join the conversation with community chats”
- “Explore creators' curated collections”
- “Get to know other fans”
- “WATCH YOUR FAVORITE CREATORS ANYTIME ON THE ZEUS NETWORK”
Feature name headlines from real sets
- “Download podcasts & more for offline listening”
- “Exclusive Originals”
- “Robust parental controls”
- “MUST SEE TV”
Stat claim headlines from real sets
- “Regresa el reality #1 de México”
- “World's largest dedicated anime library”
- “LIVE TV WITH 95+ CHANNELS”
- “Check out in as few as two taps”
Other headlines from real sets
- “Let there be live”
- “Unforgettable love”
Device, background, and text balance
Device presentation
| Framed device | 64% |
| Angled device | 13% |
| No device | 9% |
| Frameless device | 8% |
| Clipped device | 7% |
Background types
| Flat color | 34% |
| Gradient | 30% |
| Scene or photo | 18% |
| Blurred UI | 9% |
| Pattern | 8% |
Text to UI ratio
| UI dominant | 55% |
| Balanced | 40% |
| Text dominant | 5% |
Palettes from the sample
Dominant colors recorded in selected entertainment sets:
Typography
Typography observed in the sampled entertainment sets:
- clean rounded sans, mixed-weight two-line headlines (light regular + bold), white on black
- heavy black condensed sans, all-caps headline plus light-weight subhead, white on red velvet curtain
- bold rounded sans, black headline with orange emphasis word, cream background contrasting dark device UI
- bold rounded sans-serif, dark navy on soft lavender, two-line benefit headlines under a small purple line-icon
- heavy condensed sans, all-caps, tight leading, white with green highlight blocks
- friendly rounded sans, bold headlines, white on deep purple gradients
Keep exploring
- Entertainment screenshot examples: the full sets behind these numbers.
- All categories: compare entertainment with the other categories.
- Screenshot sizes: the dimensions your set needs to ship.
Create your entertainment screenshot set
Use these examples to plan your set. Screenies adds layouts and headlines to your raw app screenshots, ready for you to edit and export.
Create entertainment screenshots