App Store screenshots: sizes, rules and listings
Exact pixel sizes for every iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro and Apple Watch class, read from Apple's own pages, each article dated. The file rules that reject an upload before a human sees it, and what to put in the screenshots when the app has no users yet. Free to quote with a link. Written by Flexdger Wallet, a crypto wallet app simulator: we make phone screens, so we measure them.
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Sizes by device
iPhone 17 screenshot size: Pro, Pro Max, Air, the 18 line and which slot to fill
Pick your upload slot first, then the pixels. The iPhone 17 and 17 Pro shoot 1206 × 2622 px (402 × 874 pt, 3x); the 17 Pro Max shoots 1320 × 2868 px (440 × 956 pt); the iPhone Air shoots 1260 × 2736 px (420 × 912 pt). The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max simply repeat the 17 Pro pair. Guides that give the iPhone 17 as 1179 × 2556 are quoting the iPhone 16 grid, which the store still tolerates.
iPhone points vs pixels: screen sizes from the 11 to the 18
Two numbers describe every iPhone screen. Points are what a layout is written in and pixels are what an exported file contains; one multiplication turns the first into the second. Below, the table for each model from the iPhone 11 to the 18.
App Store screenshot sizes in pixels: what upload accepts
Start from the upload checks that actually reject files, then work backwards to the pixel sizes Apple lists for each iPhone and iPad slot, and the arithmetic that produces them.
App Store screenshot sizes beyond iPhone: iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Vision Pro
iPhone is the famous list, but each other Apple platform has its own, and they are short. This page gathers the exact pixel sizes for iPad (one required class, the rest scaled), Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Vision Pro.
Uploads and rejections
Fixing “The dimensions of one or more screenshots are wrong” in App Store Connect
Three minutes of measuring usually settles this error. Read the real pixel size of each file, find the slot it is going into, and compare against the closed list below. Missing by a few pixels counts as missing.
Why App Store screenshots get rejected, and how to tell which kind
A rejected screenshot can mean a bad file or a bad claim. Work out which one you have first, because only then does the fix make sense.
App preview video specs: length, codec, audio and the 886 × 1920 surprise
An app preview is a short video with a strict export recipe: 15 to 30 seconds, three at most per set, H.264 around 10-12 Mbps, 30 fps, 500 MB. The catch is the pixel size, which is not the size of the phone that recorded it.
The status bar
9:41 and the status bar: what to show in App Store screenshots
Fix the clock, fill the signal and the battery, and strip everything that dates the capture. Here is the checklist, the reason behind 9:41, and the exact measurements if you are redrawing the bar instead of capturing it.
How to get an iPhone screenshot with no status bar (and why none of the options is free)
Apple gives you no switch that removes the status bar from a screenshot. What you get instead is a menu of trade-offs: a few minutes of prep, an image Apple will reject, a Mac, or a retouched file. Here is each one with the numbers.
The listing, before you have users
Wallet app screenshots and App Review: the three questions a reviewer asks
A reviewer looking at a wallet listing runs through three questions: whose product is this, is this the app, and what does it promise? Each has a guideline behind it. Here is how they apply to wallet images, and what to put in a listing that has no users yet.
Figma mockup or real screenshot for a product image
Same pixel size, opposite weaknesses. Start from the situation you are in, then see what each route costs you.
Written by Flexdger Wallet, a crypto wallet app simulator: a mockup that opens on your phone, never a real wallet. For your own app’s screenshots, shoot your build; where a wallet mockup belongs, and where it has no place.