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App Store screenshots: where to find the good ones and how to make yours
Six galleries of App Store screenshot design and the two tools that make the twelve sizes. What the top apps do on the first frame.
· updated Sep 7, 2026 · 2 min read · 6 products
The short answer
before.click and AppShot Gallery are the two galleries of App Store screenshots from top iOS apps, both free. ScreensDesign shows how successful apps design onboarding and paywalls, Spotted in Prod and 60fps cover the interactions behind them. Screenshot Studio makes the twelve sizes and eight languages from a Mac and uploads them. The first frame carries one claim and one screen, every time.
The App Store gives an app five screenshots and about two seconds. The first frame decides the install, and the best apps treat it as a poster with one claim. The board has six places to study them and two tools to make yours.
Where do the screenshots live?
before.click, a gallery of App Store screenshot design from top iOS apps, free. AppShot Gallery, App Store screenshots collected for ASO and mobile UI, free. Between them the current state of the craft is a scroll away, sorted by category, which is the view that matters because a finance app and a game solve different first frames.
What does the first frame do?
One claim in the headline, one screen below it, one colour. The apps that convert put the outcome in the headline, a real screen under it, and keep the device frame small so the screen reads. Frames two to five tell the story in order, and the fifth is the social proof or the price.
Where is the onboarding?
ScreensDesign, which shows how successful iOS apps design onboarding, paywalls and screens, freemium. The screenshot promises, the onboarding delivers, and the paywall is where both meet. Studying the three together is the whole lesson.
Where are the interactions?
Spotted in Prod covers standout iOS apps and interactions with the makers behind them. 60fps collects UI and UX animation details from the best iOS and web apps. Both are for the screenshot that shows a moment of motion, frozen well.
How do you make the twelve sizes?
Screenshot Studio, App Store screenshots localised and uploaded from a Mac app, bought once. It ends the spreadsheet of sizes and languages. For the device frame in the screenshot, Mokkit or Protato, see Rotato vs Protato vs Hano.
The hub is inspiration on the board, and the general galleries are in design inspiration galleries, sorted by what you are actually looking for.
App Store screenshot design from top iOS apps
The gallery to open first, sorted by category. The current craft in one scroll.
Pros
- Free
- Sorted by category
- Updated
Cons
- iOS only
Screenshots collected for ASO and mobile UI
The second gallery, with the ASO angle. Compare the same category across the two.
Pros
- Free
- ASO focus
- Broad
Cons
- Less curation than before.click
Onboarding, paywalls and screens from successful apps
The screenshot promises, the onboarding delivers, the paywall is where they meet.
Pros
- Full flows
- Paywalls included
- Free tier
Cons
- The deep library is paid
Standout interactions with the makers behind them
For the frame that freezes a moment of motion well.
Pros
- Free
- Maker context
- Curated
Cons
- Slower to update
Animation details from the best iOS and web apps
The reference for motion, cut into details.
Pros
- Detail level
- iOS and web
- Free tier
Cons
- Paid for the full archive
The twelve sizes and eight languages, from a Mac, uploaded
Ends the spreadsheet. One layout, every size, every language, straight to App Store Connect.
Pros
- Localisation
- Direct upload
- One time price
Cons
- Mac only
- App Store only
Questions
How many App Store screenshots should I upload?
All the slots the store gives you, with the first three doing the work. Most installs come from the search result, where only the first one to three frames show. Put the claim, the core screen and the outcome in those three, and use the rest for depth and proof.
Should screenshots be real screens or illustrations?
Real screens with a headline on top. The apps in before.click and AppShot Gallery that lead their categories show the product, framed small enough that the screen reads. Illustrations in place of the product read as a promise the app might break, and reviewers notice.
What sizes does the App Store need?
One 6.9 inch set and one 6.5 inch set for iPhone, plus iPad sizes if the app supports it, in each language you localise. Screenshot Studio generates the set from one layout and uploads it to App Store Connect, which is the reason it exists.
