The App Almanac
App Store Movers, 19 July 2026
1 record crown changed hands, 10 on the move, 12 price drops across the App Store in the last day.
Crowns that changed hands
- Monster Hunter Stories bumped SCP Foundation Chinese nn5n from the top spot on The Biggest App crown (18 Jul)
On the move
- Loquiz jumped from #22 up to #5 on Most iPad Screenshots (+17)
- Netflix rose from #25 to #11 on Most Globally Charting App (+14)
- Money Manager (Remove Ads) moved up from #17 to #6 on Most Countries at Number One (+11)
- HotSchedules climbed from #14 to #4 on Longest Continuous Run (+10)
- Bugs and Numbers went from #15 to #8 on Most iPad Screenshots (+7)
- Lose It! – Calorie Counter inched up from #23 to #17 on Longest Continuous Run (+6)
- Block Out! - Color Sort Puzzle climbed from #9 to #4 on The Most Iterated App (+5)
- Sky: Children of the Light moved from #21 to #16 on Massive But Loved (+5)
- Thumbtack: Home Service Pros rose from #20 to #16 on The Most Iterated App (+4)
- Netflix Game Controller went from #6 to #3 on Most Countries at Number One (+3)
New to the boards
- Monster Hunter Stories took #1 on The Biggest App
- Pilze Sammeln + Bestimmen entered Most iPad Screenshots at #4
- AlpineFlower Finder – Europe entered Most iPad Screenshots at #6
- Blitzer.de PRO appeared on Most Countries at Number One at #7
- Fitness Point Pro: Home & Gym entered Most iPad Screenshots at #7
- Topo GPS - Topographic maps showed up on Most iPad Screenshots at #9
- Le Monde, Live News appeared on Longest Continuous Run at #10
- Google Gemini appeared on Most Countries at Number One at #10
- Gus on the Go: French showed up on Most iPad Screenshots at #10
Price drops and freebies
- EarthQuake Map dropped from $24.99 to Free
- Focus Reader by EasyRead AI dropped from $24.99 to Free
- Miyako Coloring Books dropped from $7.99 to Free
- Ruby – Curated News Reader dropped from $6.99 to Free
- Beat Kitchen Harmonic Synth dropped from $6.99 to Free
- 釣行録 dropped from $5.99 to Free
- Emergency Ultrasound Handbook dropped from $4.99 to Free
- HeartDistance dropped from $4.99 to Free
- Mintseed - Daily Budgets dropped from $3.99 to Free
- Family Walkie Talkie dropped from $2.99 to Free
- MyVibe — Mood Music dropped from $2.99 to Free
- Sailor's Deck: COLREGS dropped from $1.99 to Free
You can catch the live picture anytime on the Trends page, keep an eye on price drops over at Deals, or dig through all record boards.
About the Almanac
Each edition is a data digest, not an editorial guide: it summarises the period's biggest moves across our record boards — crown changes, climbers, new entrants and price drops — drawn straight from the dated figures behind every board. Every name links to the record it came from.