For scanner apps
App Store screenshots for scanner apps
Scanner-app screenshots prove a transformation: a messy phone photo of a document becomes a crisp, cropped, professional PDF. Like photo editors, the highest-converting shot is the before/after — show the imperfect input and the clean output. The buyer wants to replace a real scanner, so the screenshot has to make the output look genuinely professional, not just "a photo with a filter."
What converts
What works for scanner apps
A before/after — a skewed phone photo of a page becoming a crisp, cropped PDF.
One clean finished document on the hero — the output looking genuinely professional.
Headline copy naming the replacement ("A scanner in your pocket"), not the feature list.
Toolbar-and-settings screenshots as the hero — proves the work, not the result.
Obviously low-quality output that looks like a photo, not a scan — undercuts the whole pitch.
Generic document / paperwork stock imagery instead of your app's actual output.
Preset · Professional
The professional preset, applied
ShotStudio defaults scanner apps to the Professional personality preset. Voice: confident, declarative, no fluff. Typography: Inter or system sans, sharp, restrained, technical. Theme and palette are sampled from your uploads, so the marketing matches your actual app — override the personality on the wizard step if you want a different one.
Workflow
Three uploads in. Three polished shots back.
Drop three raw simulator screenshots, name your app, write a one-line pitch. ShotStudio writes the headline, picks the preset, and returns three 1290×2796 shots ready for App Store Connect — in under a minute.
Upload three screenshots
Hero feature, differentiator, one more. PNG or JPEG, up to 10 MB. Never written to disk.
Name your scanner app
App name, one-sentence pitch. Example: "A scanner app that turns a crumpled receipt into a clean, searchable PDF in one tap." — we write the headline and pick the preset.
Download three polished shots
1290×2796 sRGB PNGs, no watermark. Click-to-edit any text on the preview before exporting.
FAQ
Scanner apps screenshot questions
Should scanner-app screenshots use before/after?
Yes — before/after is the strongest shot type here. Show a skewed, shadowed phone photo of a document transforming into a crisp, cropped, professional scan. The transformation is the entire value proposition.
How do I make the output look professional?
Show a clean, high-contrast, properly cropped document — ideally with edge detection and shadow removal visible in the result. The buyer is replacing a real scanner, so the output must look like a real scan.
Why Professional for scanner apps?
Because the output needs to read as business-grade, and Professional's restrained type plus confident copy reinforce that. Theme and palette are sampled from your uploads.