App Store screenshot sizes in 2026: the complete list

The only iPhone screenshot size Apple requires in 2026 is 1206×2622 or 1179×2556 pixels (portrait), the "iPhone with Dynamic Island, medium display" class. If your app runs on iPad, you also need 2064×2752 or 2048×2732 for the 13-inch iPad, and Mac apps need one 16:10 size such as 2880×1800. Everything else is optional: App Store Connect scales your largest required set down to older devices.

That is a change from the advice most guides still give (upload 6.9-inch or 6.5-inch first), so below are the full tables from Apple's screenshot specifications page, checked on November 12, 2026, plus the upload rules and a tested way to capture every size.

The short answer: what you must upload

For each size you need at least 1 and at most 10 screenshots per language, as .png, .jpg or .jpeg, with no alpha channel or transparency. App Store Connect rejects the upload, not the review, when the pixels or the alpha are wrong, so you find out fast.

Every iPhone screenshot size

Apple no longer lists iPhones by inches. It groups them by display type, and each class falls back to another one when you leave it empty. The inch labels in brackets are the common names, not Apple's.

Landscape is the same pair of numbers swapped (for example 2622×1206). You can mix orientations inside one set, but a consistent orientation reads better in the store.

iPad screenshot sizes

An iPhone-only app does not need iPad screenshots at all. A universal app does, even if iPad is not your focus: App Store Connect will not let you submit without the 13-inch set.

Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro and Apple Watch

• Mac: one of 1280×800, 1440×900, 2560×1600 or 2880×1800 (16:10, landscape only). Use 2880×1800 so the images stay sharp on Retina displays.
• Apple TV: 1920×1080 or 3840×2160.
• Apple Vision Pro: 3840×2160.
• Apple Watch: one size, used in every language: 422×514 (Ultra 4, Ultra 3), 410×502 (Ultra 2, Ultra), 416×496 (Series 10 to 12), 396×484 (Series 7 to 9), 368×448 (Series 4 to 6, SE) or 312×390 (Series 1 to 3).

The rules that get screenshots rejected

Pixel size is checked by App Store Connect on upload. The content rules are checked in App Review, under Guideline 2.3.3: screenshots "should show the app in use, and not merely the title art, login page, or splash screen." Text and image overlays are fine. Run through this list before you upload:

On a Mac you can check the alpha channel of a file with sips -g hasAlpha screenshot.png. If it prints hasAlpha: yes, flatten it, for example by re-exporting as JPEG.

Raw captures or designed screenshots?

Both are allowed. A raw capture is the screen exactly as the app shows it. A designed (or "marketing") screenshot puts that capture on a background with a headline and, often, a device frame. Most top apps use designed screenshots because the headline tells people what they are looking at before they read anything else. Drag the slider to compare the same moment both ways:

Raw captureDesigned

A good set tells one short story, one idea per screenshot, in the order a new user would discover the app:

How to capture screenshots at the exact size

The easiest way to get the right pixels is to capture them on a device of the required class, so nothing gets resized. In the iOS Simulator that means picking an iPhone 17 or iPhone 17 Pro (1206×2622) for the required set, and an iPad Pro 13-inch for iPad.

# Clean status bar on the booted Simulator (undo with: xcrun simctl status_bar booted clear)
xcrun simctl status_bar booted override --time "9:41" \
  --dataNetwork wifi --wifiMode active --wifiBars 3 \
  --cellularMode active --cellularBars 4 \
  --batteryState charged --batteryLevel 100

# Save a screenshot at the device's native resolution
xcrun simctl io booted screenshot ~/Desktop/01-home.png

Repeat that for every screen, every device class and every language, and the work adds up: 7 screenshots × 2 iPhone classes × 1 iPad × 5 languages is 105 files. That is the part worth automating. (Recording video of the Simulator instead? See how to record the iOS Simulator.)

Let your coding agent make the whole set

ShowTake is a Mac app with a built-in MCP server. Your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) drives your app in the Simulator once, ShowTake records the take, and the same take gives you the App Store screenshots, the App Preview video and social cuts. It picks the settled end of each step, writes every file at Apple's exact pixels (sRGB, no alpha) and checks each one after export.

Ask for the set in plain words:

Film a take of the main flow of my app, then make the App Store screenshots:
the required set with marketing style (headline per step on a background),
plus every other accepted size. Show me the files when they pass validation.

These are the still sizes ShowTake writes, from the same data as the launch assets docs:

Screenshots and launch images are part of ShowTake Pro (from $9 a month, see pricing); filming and the X video export are free with a watermark. If you also need the video, read how to make an App Store preview video and check the file with the free App Preview checker.

Common questions

What is the required iPhone screenshot size for the App Store in 2026?

1206×2622 or 1179×2556 pixels in portrait (2622×1206 or 2556×1179 in landscape), the "iPhone with Dynamic Island, medium display" class. At least one screenshot at that size is required for every iPhone app; App Store Connect scales it down for older iPhones.

Do I still need 6.9-inch or 6.5-inch screenshots?

No, they are optional now. Apple's screenshot specifications page lists only the medium Dynamic Island class as required for iPhone. Upload 1320×2868 too if you want native art on the largest phones; otherwise those devices show a scaled version of a smaller set.

What format should App Store screenshots be?

PNG, JPG or JPEG, with no alpha channel or transparency. Apple publishes no file size, color profile or DPI limit for screenshots; sRGB is the safe choice so colors look the same on every device.

How many screenshots can I upload?

At least 1 and up to 10 per device size and language. The first one to three are shown in search results when your app has no App Preview video, so put your strongest screens first.

Can App Store screenshots have device frames and text?

Yes. Guideline 2.3.3 allows text and image overlays as long as the screenshots show the app in use. Device frames are common and accepted on screenshots. App Preview videos are stricter: they must be screen captures of the app itself, without frames.