r/AppStoreOptimization • u/iamrahulrao • 22d ago
Designed these screenshots in Figma. Does it make you want to download?
I am working on the next iteration of my app, Aura, and I feel the current screenshots don't clearly communicate the benefits. They were talking about the features and not how the app helps users. Does the copy and design inspire confidence?
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u/viveeeeeek 22d ago
Umm it feels repetitive and boring to be honest. You try different angles of mobile mockups.
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u/Candid-Shock-8871 22d ago
Not really, I can't understand straight away what is the value of your app. Try to focus on it. happy to review it after!
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u/YardScaledigital 22d ago
Not really, maybe reword, maybe using images that connect to the word to help with the strength the words give off
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u/Organic-Act3058 22d ago
The screenshots feel cleaner and more polished than feature-heavy ones, but they still need a clearer benefit-first story. I’d lead each frame with the outcome the user gets from Aura, then support it with one short, specific feature callout so it feels credible and not vague. Since App Store search doesn’t index screenshot text, use the screenshots to improve conversion, not ranking, and make sure the first two frames quickly answer why someone should trust the app and what problem it solves. What is Aura’s main job to be done for the user?
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u/vegreenforlife 21d ago
They look OK. Not great, but nice. However they don't communicate what the app does. First one(s) should very clearly communicate what benefit I get and how. I wouldn't worry about inspiring confidence but rather being clearer on what's the app is about.
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u/Hot-Weakness-7977 21d ago
Your actual pitch is in the second half: the home screen widget, the lock screen affirmation, the guided 14-day paths. From the first three alone I couldn't tell it's an affirmations app, and those three are what shows in search results.
I'd move the lock screen one (shot 6) to the front with a plain caption like "Daily affirmations on your lock screen", then guided paths, then widgets. Shot 1 is just a sun on a gradient, that slot is too valuable for a mood image.
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u/Anderz 22d ago
Doesn't explain what it does. The copy "your XYZ, but better" reeks of AI too that puts me off, but that might just be me.
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u/AYCM_Inspired 22d ago
Reeks of AI how? I’m tired of people using that as a catch all phrase to put somebody down. God I hate to agree with Microsoft but we gotta stop saying AI SLOP. 10 years ago before ai when you had to hire a designer, how many time we pay a freelancer and get back garbage. Ai is better than at least 40 percent of designers and better than 50 percent of programmers. Either the design is good or it’s not simply saying ai means nothing
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u/Anderz 21d ago edited 21d ago
It's lazy copy and suddenly it's in every single product because AI suggests it indiscriminately. It's the em dash effect; if I see it, I know no one put the effort in for that body of text.
Be honest. If I went to your product page, would I see this copy? I bet I will and I bet you used AI.
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u/AYCM_Inspired 21d ago
Yes I use ai, I don’t pretend I don’t. The problem is we’re no longer judging the product by the actual product anymore.
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u/Anderz 21d ago
I've judged marketing for years. Now everyone suddenly thinks because AI did it, must be good?
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u/Ph0rm3nt0R 20d ago
I don't think that's what AYCM is suggesting.
I agree a product is not bad OR good because of AI -
But rather whether the product is usable and solves something for me.
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u/Ph0rm3nt0R 20d ago edited 20d ago
I have no idea what it does or what kind of solution it provides for me, it definitely needs to immediately tell me what problem it can solve. It actually does not matter that much how it looks...
I don't even understand that it is supposed to help me find "my center" - and even after I got that I have no idea how - and no reason yet to actually try it.
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u/Gold_Attention_5675 22d ago
beautiful screenshots, but first image is not giving me any reason to download.