The App Almanac
App Store Movers, 30 July 2026
16 record crowns changed hands, 10 on the move, 12 price drops across the App Store in the last day.
Crowns that changed hands
- Oshi Island - Pixel Art Widget took over the Most Languages crown, bumping Open Food Facts - Product Scan out of the top spot (30 Jul)
- ホロライブドリームス took the Youngest Hit App crown away from イナズマイレブン クロス (30 Jul)
- Parchi: Audio Sticky Notes edged past Epic Spectacles to claim the Supports the Oldest iOS crown (29 Jul)
- Epic Spectacles had itself only just grabbed that same Supports the Oldest iOS crown from iDaily WORLD - FUTURE OF NEWS (29 Jul)
- RanelidRemix moved past كتاب الرقية الشرعية to take the Most Devices Supported crown (29 Jul)
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows knocked Total War: ROME REMASTERED off the The Biggest App throne (29 Jul)
- Voice Changer got past Fieldrunners for the Ghost Apps Still Standing crown (28 Jul)
- Gangstar Vegas - Mafia action took the The Most Iterated App crown from YPT - Study Group (28 Jul)
- They Are Coming! took the Most Minimal Description With Real Volume crown away from argaam legacy (28 Jul)
- HandyRecorder pushed Vip Betting Tips Prediction off the Most iPad Screenshots crown (28 Jul)
- iDaily WORLD - FUTURE OF NEWS won the Supports the Oldest iOS crown back from Kung Fu Panda: School of Chi (28 Jul)
- Total War: ROME REMASTERED knocked macOS Big Sur off The Biggest App (28 Jul)
- macOS Big Sur took the The Biggest Free App crown from 我的世界:移动版 (28 Jul)
- Kung Fu Panda: School of Chi beat out First Aid for the Supports the Oldest iOS crown (28 Jul)
- macOS Big Sur picked up the The Biggest App crown as well, taking it from 我的世界:移动版 (28 Jul)
- Little Big Workshop took the Most Screenshot Heavy App crown from Ballerburg - Atari (28 Jul)
On the move
- Money Manager (Remove Ads) jumped from #20 to #6 on Most Countries at Number One (+14)
- PeakFinder jumped from #17 to #5 on Most Countries at Number One (+12)
- Procreate Pocket rose from #10 to #2 on Most Globally Charting App (+8)
- The Weather Channel - Radar moved up from #19 to #14 on Longest Continuous Run (+5)
- Shadowrocket moved up from #11 to #8 on Most Globally Charting App (+3)
- Spotify: Music and Podcasts moved up from #12 to #10 on Most Globally Charting App (+2)
- YouTube picked up one spot, going from #4 to #3, on Most Countries at Number One (+1)
- Threads picked up one spot too, going from #5 to #4, on Most Countries at Number One (+1)
- WhatsApp Messenger moved up one spot, from #11 to #10, on Recently Updated Giant (+1)
- WhatsApp Messenger made the identical move, from #11 to #10, on Most Rated of All Time (+1)
New to the boards
- Parchi: Audio Sticky Notes debuted at #1 on Supports the Oldest iOS
- Transparent Calculator landed at #2 on Supports the Oldest iOS
- Lies of P popped up at #3 on The Biggest App
- Survival Pro entered at #3 on Most Verbose App Description
- Da Vinci Eye: Art Projector debuted at #3 on Supports the Oldest iOS
- BVOffice landed at #3 on Most iPad Screenshots
- iClouds Lite entered at #4 on Ghost Apps Still Standing
- Epic Spectacles popped up at #4 on Supports the Oldest iOS
- JSON2SQLite debuted at #5 on Most Screenshot Heavy App
- Destiny: Rising entered at #5 on Massive But Loved
Price drops and freebies
- NDX Shopping Assistant went from $6.99 to Free
- Metron (Pro Metronome) went from $4.99 to Free
- MyBrushes Pro - Sketch, Paint and Draw went from $2.99 to Free
- Blue Hour & Golden Hour went from $2.99 to Free
- Mandelbrot Metal went from $1.99 to Free
- WorkHours Log Timesheet OT Pay went from $1.99 to Free
- Red Light: Good Night went from $1.99 to Free
- Haberler.com went from $0.99 to Free
- Sales Tax Canada: GST & HST went from $0.99 to Free
- 轻日记-记事本.备忘录.便签.待办 went from $0.99 to Free
- DatePlay: Couple Games went from $0.99 to Free
- Nöbetmatik went from $0.99 to Free
If you want the live picture, the Trends page has it. Price cuts live on Deals, and you can poke through all record boards any time you like.
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.