RTL · Arabic
App Store and Google Play screenshots in Arabic
Arabic is right to left and is written in Arabic script (joined letters). App Store Connect files the copy under ar; Play Console files it under ar-SA.
- Language
- Arabic
- App Store Connect code
- ar
- Play Console code
- ar-SA
- Text direction
- RTL — right to left
- Script
- Arabic script (joined letters)
- Plan
- Free and Pro. Free projects hold up to 3 languages beyond English, one locale per export. Pro includes every supported language and exports them together in one batch.
How long does Arabic copy run?
Running text
15-30% longer than the English source
Arabic reads right to left and joins its letters, so the paragraph flips and the line height grows; the width is not the only thing that changes.
Screenshot headlines
Screenshot copy is a short string, and short strings swing hardest: published figures put a translation of a source under 10 characters at 200-300% of its length, falling to about 130% once the source runs past 70 characters.
Sources: DTP Services Berlin — Text expansion in translation and W3C Internationalization — Text size in translation.
The checker on a real pair
English: Write better headlines
Arabic: اكتب عناوين أفضل لتطبيقك
Fits as authored. Arabic reads right to left and joins its letters, so the wrap follows the script, not spaces alone.
Check your own Arabic headline in the free text-fit tool — it opens on Arabic.
Other languages
Localize this language in ScreenCraft
Lay the screens out once, translate the copy into Arabic, and see the same fit rules applied before anything exports — then export the mirrored layout as a ZIP.
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