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Sell the benefit, not the interface

A caption like “Track your habits” describes a feature. “Build habits that actually stick” describes a life improvement. Users scan captions before they look at the UI inside the frame, so write captions the way you would write ad headlines — short, benefit-first, five to seven words.

See how top-grossing apps apply this in the wild — browse their screenshot sets filtered by category, revenue and language.