Music App Store screenshot ideas
Explore the examples below or browse the music screenshot gallery.
First screenshot examples
Four ways to introduce an app, with design choices you can apply to your own screenshots.
The listening and identified-song screens show the start and result of the recognition task together.
Try this: Pair an input state with its output when that change is the clearest way to explain your app.
The populated feed supports the headline by showing content within a single audio destination.
Try this: For a content app, show a realistic selection so readers can understand what browsing looks like.
The musician photo keeps the creative activity visible beneath an award line that names the platform and year.
Try this: Connect external recognition to the activity your users care about, and state the award precisely.
The widget is shown on the home screen, exactly where the headline says friends' music will appear.
Try this: Show a widget or extension in its actual location so readers can understand how they will encounter it.
Screenshot layouts
Based on 40 selected apps from the iOS Music 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 music apps:
Set structure
How full sets are organized:
| Feature per slide | 70% |
| Mixed structure | 18% |
| Benefit story | 13% |
Headline formulas
Share of analyzed headlines using each headline formula:
| Benefit statement | 45% |
| Imperative | 29% |
| Feature name | 15% |
| Stat claim | 4% |
| Social proof | 4% |
| Other | 1% |
| Question | 0% |
Benefit statement headlines from real sets
- “Stay current with new releases”
- “Discover new music with a swipe”
- “Explore playlists mixed just for you”
- “Stream Official Hi-Res Concert Audio”
Imperative headlines from real sets
- “Listen to your favorite podcasts”
- “Watch Exclusive Concert Livestreams”
- “Discover New Bands, Follow your Favorites”
- “RINGTONE ANY SONG”
Feature name headlines from real sets
- “Get Music Premium for ad-free music, offline, & background play”
- “Watch Shows On Demand in 4K UHD”
- “Contact Posters Generated with AI”
- “Wallpapers with Depth Effect”
Stat claim headlines from real sets
- “Over 100 million official songs”
- “Discover over 2M+ tabs & chords”
- “Connect to 65,000 jukeboxes”
- “Access 1000+ loops and samples”
Social proof headlines from real sets
- “iPad App of the Year Winner 2024”
- ““My voice is no longer breaking and I can finally reach the high notes””
- “Trusted by 200M musicians worldwide”
- “Apple Design Award Winner”
Device, background, and text balance
Device presentation
| Framed device | 60% |
| Angled device | 16% |
| Clipped device | 10% |
| No device | 10% |
| Frameless device | 3% |
Background types
| Flat color | 45% |
| Gradient | 40% |
| Scene or photo | 11% |
| Pattern | 2% |
| Blurred UI | 1% |
Text to UI ratio
| UI dominant | 52% |
| Balanced | 42% |
| Text dominant | 6% |
Palettes from the sample
Dominant colors recorded in selected music sets:
Typography
Typography observed in the sampled music sets:
- clean modern sans headlines in white on black, teal accent UI highlights, cinematic moody photography
- clean bold rounded sans-serif, white text on a saturated color-per-slide gradient, a subtle concentric ripple pattern echoing the Shazam listening animation runs through every background
- extra-bold black grotesk sans, mixed-weight headlines with one word emphasized heavier, set on a solid pink card bordered by a soft teal-to-pink gradient edge
- heavy condensed sans, tight two-line stacks, sentence case with one word highlighted in a contrasting brand color
- rounded friendly sans, large bold headline weights, white on deep teal/navy gradients
- tracked-out monospace eyebrow label over bold rounded-sans headline, black on white, sentence case
Keep exploring
- Music screenshot examples: the full sets behind these numbers.
- All categories: compare music with the other categories.
- Screenshot sizes: the dimensions your set needs to ship.
Create your music 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.
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