iPad App Store Screenshots: Sizes, Requirements and Design Tips (2026)

Most teams design their iPhone screenshots carefully and then treat iPad as an afterthought: the same images, stretched into a bigger frame, uploaded at 11 PM before release. iPad users notice. And so does App Review.

Here is everything you need to get iPad screenshots right in 2026: the exact sizes, what is required, and how to design for the bigger canvas.

All accepted iPad screenshot sizes

13-inch iPad display (required)

• 2064 x 2752 px portrait or 2752 x 2064 px landscape
• 2048 x 2732 px portrait or 2732 x 2048 px landscape

11-inch iPad display (optional)

• 1488 x 2266 px portrait or 2266 x 1488 px landscape
• 1668 x 2420 px portrait or 2420 x 1668 px landscape
• 1668 x 2388 px portrait or 2388 x 1668 px landscape
• 1640 x 2360 px portrait or 2360 x 1640 px landscape

If you skip the 11-inch size, App Store Connect uses scaled versions of your 13-inch screenshots. For details on every device, see our pages for the 13-inch iPad and 11-inch iPad, plus the full App Store screenshot sizes guide.

Do you need iPad screenshots?

If your app runs on iPad, yes: Apple requires screenshots for the 13-inch iPad display. If your app is iPhone-only, you do not upload iPad screenshots at all.

The general rules are the same as for iPhone:

• 1 to 10 screenshots per device size and localization.
• Up to 3 app previews per device size and language.
• JPEG, JPG or PNG. Images cannot include alpha channels or transparency.

Let the 13-inch size do the heavy lifting

Apple's rule of thumb: if your interface is the same across device sizes, provide only the highest-resolution screenshots and they scale down automatically. For iPad that means designing at 13 inches and letting App Store Connect handle the rest.

If you want different screenshots for a specific size or language, open View All Sizes in Media Manager on your app version page and upload them there.

Don't ship stretched iPhone screenshots

An iPhone screen is tall and narrow. A 13-inch iPad in portrait is close to 3:4. Putting an iPhone UI into an iPad canvas means either huge empty margins or a stretched, blurry interface, and both look cheap next to competitors who did it properly.

Always capture real iPad screens, ideally from a 13-inch iPad simulator, so the layout, sidebars and spacing are exactly what users will get.

Designing for the bigger canvas

• Show what only iPad can do. Split View, sidebars, multi-column layouts, Apple Pencil, keyboard shortcuts, drag and drop. If your iPad app has these, they are your best selling points.
• Use the space for context. iPad screenshots can show more of a workflow: a document with its sidebar, a dashboard with several widgets, a canvas with tools.
• Scale your captions, not your word count. Bigger text, same 3-5 word headlines. Long paragraphs are just as unreadable on iPad.
• Try a two-screen layout. One wide panel can hold two screens side by side, showing a before and after or two related features.
• Keep the same story as on iPhone. Same order, same messages, same visual system, so the brand feels consistent across devices.

Portrait or landscape?

Match how people actually use your app. Productivity, drawing, video and many games are used in landscape, so landscape screenshots show them at their best. Reading, social and lifestyle apps often feel more natural in portrait. Do not mix orientations within one set unless you have a strong reason; it looks messy in the gallery.

Localizing iPad screenshots

Every localization needs its own iPad set, just like iPhone. That doubles the work: 10 languages × 6 screenshots × 2 devices = 120 images for one release, and every caption change touches all of them.

Design both device sets from the same project so translations, colors and copy stay in sync. Our guide on how to localize App Store screenshots walks through the full process.

App previews on iPad

You can add up to 3 app previews per device size and language. On iPad, a short preview is often the best way to show multitasking, Apple Pencil input or a drag-and-drop workflow that a still image cannot explain. Keep it focused on real app footage and show the core feature in the first few seconds. Our guide to App Store preview videos covers the specs and structure.

Common iPad screenshot mistakes

• iPhone screenshots in an iPad frame. The fastest way to look low effort, and a rejection risk.
• Tiny captions. Text sized for iPhone looks lost on a 13-inch canvas. Scale it up.
• Empty space everywhere. If your iPad layout is just a blown-up phone layout, the screenshots will show it. Fix the app layout first.
• Mixed orientations. Two portrait and three landscape screenshots make the gallery look broken.
• Forgetting localizations. English iPad screenshots next to localized iPhone screenshots on the same product page feel inconsistent.
• Outdated UI. iPad screenshots are updated less often than iPhone ones, so they drift out of date first.

iPad screenshot checklist

• 13-inch iPad screenshots at 2064 x 2752 or 2048 x 2732 px (or landscape equivalents).
• Real iPad UI, no iPhone frames or stretched layouts.
• One orientation across the whole set.
• iPad-specific features shown where you have them.
• Captions short and large enough to read in the App Store gallery.
• No transparency in exported files.
• A localized set for every language you support.

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Sources: Apple: Screenshot specifications, Apple: Upload app previews and screenshots.