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App Store screenshot sizes in 2026: the required sizes, and nine layouts that work
The screenshot sizes App Store Connect and Google Play ask for in 2026, the rules that get listings rejected, and nine layouts that read well in search.
By DraftScreens · · 6 min read
Store screenshots are the most viewed design your app will ever have, and the one most people make the night before submission. This is a reference: the sizes both stores ask for, the rules that cause rejections, and nine layouts that read well at thumbnail size.
The free App Store Screenshot Maker exports these sizes from one set of screens, in your browser.
Sizes were checked against Apple's and Google's published specifications in October 2026. Both stores change them from time to time, so confirm in App Store Connect and Play Console before you upload.
iPhone and iPad
App Store Connect asks for one set of iPhone screenshots at the largest display size and scales it for smaller devices. If the app runs on iPad, it asks for one iPad set too. Portrait sizes:
| Display | Accepted portrait sizes, in pixels |
|---|---|
| iPhone 6.9 inch | 1320 x 2868, 1290 x 2796 or 1260 x 2736 |
| iPhone 6.5 inch | 1284 x 2778 or 1242 x 2688 |
| iPad 13 inch | 2064 x 2752 or 2048 x 2732 |
Landscape versions swap the two numbers. You can upload up to ten screenshots per device size. The first few appear in search results, so they carry the listing.
Google Play
Play is looser. A screenshot must be:
- a JPEG or a 24-bit PNG with no transparency
- between 320 and 3840 pixels on each side
- no more than twice as long on its longest side as on its shortest
You need at least two and can upload up to eight per device type. Sizes that work well:
| Device | Pixels |
|---|---|
| Phone | 1080 x 1920 |
| 7 inch tablet | 1200 x 1920 |
| 10 inch tablet | 1600 x 2560 |
Play also asks for a 1024 x 500 feature graphic and a 512 x 512 icon.
Rules that get listings rejected
- Show the app. Apple expects screenshots to show the app in use, not only a title card, a login page or a splash screen.
- Do not imply a device you do not support. An iPad frame on an iPhone-only app is a mismatch.
- Keep claims true. Prices, "free" and feature claims have to match the listing and the app.
- Do not mention other platforms. No Android references on the App Store, and the reverse on Play.
- Make text legible. A small caption on a 2868-pixel canvas is invisible at thumbnail size.
Nine layouts that work
- Caption above, phone below. The classic. The headline is read first.
- Caption below. Phone first, for apps where the screen is the pitch.
- Bleed off the bottom. The phone runs off the edge and the top half of the screen does the work.
- Big headline, small tilted phone. For a benefit statement that needs room.
- Tilted. A little motion without a 3D render.
- Pair. Two overlapping screens show a flow in one frame.
- Full bleed. No frame. The screen fills the canvas with the caption over a gradient.
- Device only. Quiet, for the second or third screenshot after a loud first one.
- Panorama. One wide image split across several screenshots, so the set reads as a single picture when swiped.
Keep one background system and one type family across the set. Write captions as benefits, not features: "Never miss a dose", not "Reminders". Both stores let you upload a different set per language, so translate the captions for every language you ship.
Make the set
Drop your screens into the App Store Screenshot Maker, pick a template, write the captions, choose the sizes and download a ZIP. It is free, needs no account, and nothing is uploaded.
If you do not have the screens yet, that is what DraftScreens is for.