[[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame]

Just explain it with code:

//  ViewController.m
#import "ViewController.h"
#define kMainScreenFrame [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]
#define kMainScreenWidth kMainScreenFrame.size.width
#define kMainScreenHeight (kMainScreenFrame.size.height-20)
#define kApplicationFrame [[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame]
#define kApplicationBounds CGRectMake(0, 0, kMainScreenFrame.size.width, kApplicationFrame.size.height) 
@interface ViewController ()

@end

@implementation ViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];
    
    NSLog(@"[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]:  %f  %f  %f  %f", kMainScreenFrame.origin.x, kMainScreenFrame.origin.y, kMainScreenFrame.size.width, kMainScreenFrame.size.height);
    NSLog(@"[[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame]:  %f  %f  %f  %f", kApplicationFrame.origin.x, kApplicationFrame.origin.y, kApplicationFrame.size.width, kApplicationFrame.size.height);
    NSLog(@"kApplicationBounds:  %f  %f  %f  %f", kApplicationBounds.origin.x, kApplicationBounds.origin.y, kApplicationBounds.size.width, kApplicationBounds.size.height); 
    /** if exists statusBar, output:
        [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]:  0.000000  0.000000  320.000000  480.000000
        [[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame]:  0.000000  20.000000  320.000000  460.000000
        kApplicationBounds:  0.000000  0.000000  320.000000  460.000000
     
        if not exists statusBar, output:
        [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]:  0.000000  0.000000  320.000000  480.000000
        [[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame]:  0.000000  0.000000  320.000000  480.000000
        kApplicationBounds:  0.000000  0.000000  320.000000  480.000000
     
        So, [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds] have no any connection with statusBar
     */

    UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, -20, 320, 80)];
    // 如果有statusBar, 即使是加在window上也不能遮挡住statusBar
    [view setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
    [self.view addSubview:view];
    UIWindow *window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, -20, kMainScreenWidth, kMainScreenFrame.size.height)];   // kMainScreenFrame
    [window addSubview:view];
    [window makeKeyAndVisible];
}

@end