The App Almanac
App Store Movers, 8 August 2026
3 record crowns changed hands, 10 on the move, 12 price drops across the App Store in the last day.
Crowns that changed hands
- Darty Sécurité snatched the Most iPad Screenshots crown away from HandyRecorder (8 Aug)
- Bedspace Management grabbed the Demands the Newest iOS crown from Unifi QRify (7 Aug)
- Unifi QRify had been holding that same Demands the Newest iOS crown just before, after taking it from バナープロ - 電光掲示板アプリ (7 Aug)
On the move
- Procreate Pocket jumped from #8 to #2 on Most Globally Charting App (+6)
- SCADA & PLC Academy went from #14 to #9 on Most iPad Screenshots (+5)
- Threads rose from #10 to #6 on Most Countries at Number One (+4)
- Google Gemini went from #11 to #7 on that same Most Countries at Number One board (+4)
- CapCut: Photo & Video Editor jumped from #12 to #8 on Most Countries at Number One (+4)
- Chinh Đồ 2 Origin moved up from #12 to #8 on Most iPad Screenshots (+4)
- iPhemeris Astrology Charts picked up ground, going from #24 to #20 on Oldest App Still Updated (+4)
- 12 Steps Companion AA Big Book went from #25 to #21 on that same Oldest App Still Updated list (+4)
- YouTube rose from #6 to #3 on Most Countries at Number One (+3)
- Shop: All your favorite brands went from #8 to #5 on Most Countries at Number One (+3)
New to the boards
- Bedspace Management debuted at #1 on Demands the Newest iOS
- Штрафы ГИБДД официальные +фото showed up at #3 on Most Screenshot Heavy App
- 王者荣耀 broke into Most Countries at Number One at #4
- Baca Kakatua landed at #5 on Most Screenshot Heavy App
- Radex AI: Health Assistant showed up at #6 on The Biggest Free App
- Shadowrocket popped up at #9 on Most Globally Charting App
Price drops and freebies
- Roastmaster went from $9.99 to Free
- CreatorGrade Pro went from $9.99 to Free
- Mandala Maker 360 Pro dropped from $3.99 to Free
- Tare: Kitchen Companion went from $2.99 to Free
- PrivShot — Photo Privacy Blur dropped from $2.99 to Free
- Compound Int Calculator Plus went from $1.99 to Free
- Hazumi for Hacker News dropped from $1.99 to Free
- Zanoza: Your Radio Collection went from $1.99 to Free
- Nommio: Save Food Places dropped from $1.99 to Free
- NeonVortex went from $1.49 to Free
- 改图鸭 dropped from $0.99 to Free
- Book Tracker - Book Scanner went from $7.99 to Free
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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.