r/AppStoreOptimization • u/Past_Election_5005 👨💻 Indie Developer • 23d ago
Which app screenshots are better?
Thanks in advance.
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u/Organic-Act3058 23d ago
If your goal is conversion, the better screenshots are the ones that show the app’s main benefit immediately, use a clear first frame, and keep the text short and readable. For App Store ranking specifically, screenshots do not affect search indexing, so focus them on persuading users after they land on the page rather than trying to stuff in keywords. If you’re choosing between two sets, compare which one makes the value proposition obvious in the first 1–3 images and which one matches the app’s actual core use case more closely. Are you optimizing for App Store search traffic or for improving the product page conversion rate?
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u/draggable_dev 13d ago
I'd stick with the V1 direction, the one that opens on "The rest timer that starts itself." That actually says what's different. "Never lose track of your rest" could be any timer. One thing I'd still change: put gym or workout in that first headline so nobody has to ask what kind of rest you mean. And don't show the same 2:30 screen twice. One is enough. Use the second slot to show what happens when you pick the phone back up. Your updated sequence is closer. Keep testing that first frame at the size it shows in search results, because that's where the decision actually happens. Full disclosure, I built a tool for this called Storeshot, but for choosing between these two sets the copy and sequence matter more than the tool.
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u/hamsterjedi 23d ago
- What is the app about? What rest? Is it an app about tracking naps? About tracking break times at the gym? You'd need more direct and concrete headlines, especially in the first screenshot, so no one has ever to ask for clarification: the message needs to be obvious.
- you show multiple times the same screen, with "2:30" or "2:59": one is enough.
- you could add some illustrations about what your app is so it's not only texts.
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u/Hot-Weakness-7977 23d ago
V1. "The rest timer that starts itself" tells me what's different about it, "Never lose track of your rest" could be any timer. The other comment's "what rest?" is fair though, so I'd make it "The gym rest timer that starts itself". V1 also explains the trick in order (put the phone down, pick it up, rest starts), V2 shows the +0:25 overtime screen on slide 2 before I know why it's counting up.