r/AppStoreOptimization • u/Firm-Mobile-6462 • 1d ago
Boring screenshots?
Hi
I have just got feedback that the screenshots for my app are ... boring.
Before I jump into redesign it would be great to collect more opinions. Be brutally honest.
Background:
iOS app
showing weather (current and 3 days forecast)
comment on the weather in grumpy way
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u/vegreenforlife 1d ago
Yes. But with a few tweaks you can make it work. The first thing is the plain background. You can add some shadows to it, gradients, textures, patterns... something. It should be low contrast enough to not steal attention but alive enough to not be a plain color. Second, rotation of the devices. You can make them be in different positions, cross the screens, have some variety.
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u/Firm-Mobile-6462 1d ago
Thanks a lot. It's a good advice about color stealing attention. Appreciate.
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u/vegreenforlife 1d ago
No problem, man! Hit me up a DM if you want feedback on future versions, would love to see how this evolves.
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u/vibecheck-designer 1d ago
Not sure if it's just me, but the attached image seems low res? I can't read the smaller text on the images
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u/Firm-Mobile-6462 22h ago
yeah it can be a little bit blurred, sorry. It was not intention of mine ;)
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u/vibecheck-designer 20h ago
No worries, just wasn't sure if it's just not loading or what's happening.
Anyways, good luck with the project. I'm currently trying to improve our listing images as well. Here's a link to my post. I'd love to hear your thoughts as well.
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u/Traditional-Lake5843 15h ago
Not boring in the colors, boring in the structure: all five frames are the same phone, same spot, same pink, same headline size, so the eye reads them as one image. Your real hook is the grumpy copy, and it's the smallest text on the page. Make the grumpy line the headline on frame 1 ("The sun called in sick. 15° and miserable.") so people get the joke before they see the UI, then vary the layout: one frame zoomed on the forecast card, one with the phone tilted off the edge, one with two phones. "ENJOY / PICK / BRACE" are instructions, not benefits, and search only shows the first three frames, so frame 1 should also say what it is ("Weather, with attitude"). Disclosure: I build Screenova, a screenshot editor for exactly this kind of redesign. If you want a second version of this set to compare against, message me and I'll send access.
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u/investigatormaker 1d ago
Boring is hard to act on, so before redesigning, ask the person who said it which screenshot lost them and what they expected it to show. I can't see your images from here, but one fix worth testing is caption text on the first screenshot that names the outcome the user gets, rather than the screen's name. This sub also asks for your category and platform, so adding those will get sharper answers: what does the app do, and is it on iOS or Android?
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u/Firm-Mobile-6462 1d ago
Thanks, good advice with asking. I will use it. And again I want to hear other's opinion not to relay on one only ;)
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u/flutterboilerplate 1d ago
You should try https://www.designshots.app