The App Almanac
App Store Movers, 15 September 2026
17 record crowns changed hands, 10 on the move, 12 price drops across the App Store in the last day.
Crowns that changed hands
- R-MAP Meridian claimed the Most Verbose App Description crown, pushing Fence Material Cost Estimator out of the top spot (15 Sep)
- Golfstream - Social Network won back the The Priciest Paid App crown from SYS™ (15 Sep)
- SYS™ turned around and took the The Priciest Paid App crown right back from Golfstream - Social Network (15 Sep)
- Golfstream - Social Network grabbed the The Priciest Paid App crown back from SYS™ (15 Sep)
- SYS™ wasted no time reclaiming the The Priciest Paid App crown from Golfstream - Social Network (15 Sep)
- Golfstream - Social Network flipped the The Priciest Paid App crown away from SYS™ again (14 Sep)
- SYS™ pulled the The Priciest Paid App crown back from Golfstream - Social Network (14 Sep)
- Golfstream - Social Network passed SYS™ to retake the The Priciest Paid App crown (14 Sep)
- SYS™ answered right back, moving past Golfstream - Social Network to reclaim the The Priciest Paid App crown (14 Sep)
- Gangstar Vegas - Mafia action took the The Most Iterated App crown from Block Out! - Color Sort Puzzle (14 Sep)
- Golfstream - Social Network lifted the The Priciest Paid App crown off Твой Финансовый Калькулятор (14 Sep)
- Твой Финансовый Калькулятор got the The Priciest Paid App crown back from Golfstream - Social Network (14 Sep)
- Golfstream - Social Network took the The Priciest Paid App crown from SYS™ once more (13 Sep)
- SYS™ reclaimed the The Priciest Paid App crown from Golfstream - Social Network (13 Sep)
- Golfstream - Social Network snagged the The Priciest Paid App crown back from SYS™ (13 Sep)
- SYS™ took the The Priciest Paid App crown right back yet again from Golfstream - Social Network (13 Sep)
- Golfstream - Social Network closed out the run by taking the The Priciest Paid App crown from Твой Финансовый Калькулятор (13 Sep)
On the move
- Shanghai Mahjongg Puzzle climbed from #24 to #11 on Highest Rated With Real Volume (+13)
- Shanghai Mahjongg Puzzle also moved up from #22 to #10 on Highest Rated Free App With Volume (+12)
- The Division Resurgence jumped from #21 to #11 on Massive But Loved (+10)
- ANOTHER EDEN climbed from #13 to #7 on Massive But Loved (+6)
- TikTok ティックトック moved from #4 to #2 on Most Countries at Number One (+2)
- Shadowrocket gained two spots, going from #12 to #10, on Most Globally Charting App (+2)
- Gangstar Vegas - Mafia action nudged up from #2 to #1 on The Most Iterated App (+1)
- RuneScape moved up a spot, from #3 to #2, on The Most Iterated App (+1)
- Balls Master: Brick Breaker climbed from #4 to #3 on The Most Iterated App (+1)
- Djamo moved up from #5 to #4 on The Most Iterated App (+1)
New to the boards
- R-MAP Meridian debuted at #1 on Most Verbose App Description
- Siri came in at #2 on Demands the Newest iOS
- ForcastMenu showed up at #3 on Demands the Newest iOS
- 今日の暦と天気 appeared at #4 on Demands the Newest iOS
- お買い物 landed at #5 on Demands the Newest iOS
- Trumpet Studio - Practice Hub arrived at #6 on Demands the Newest iOS
- Blitzer.de PRO came in at #6 on Most Countries at Number One
- Rest Music showed up at #7 on Demands the Newest iOS
- (Dice) debuted at #8 on Demands the Newest iOS
- 抖音 landed at #8 on Most Countries at Number One
Price drops and freebies
- マンション管理士 一問一答 過去問730問 went from ¥300 down to Free
- AI Fitness dropped from $69.99 to Free
- MarkSnapper cut its price from $12.99 down to Free
- GitNotēs: Notes & Todos + Git went from $12.99 to Free
- MS AI-901 Exam Prep and Study dropped from $12.99 to Free
- KidsMind: Read Along Stories cut its price from $9.99 to Free
- KidsMind: Kho truyện cho bé went from $9.99 down to Free
- ShadowClip dropped from $7.99 to Free
- GETOCK cut its price from $5.99 to Free
- Fantastic Coffee Guide went from $5.99 to Free
- World General Knowledge - GK dropped from $4.99 to Free
- Forum Copilot cut its price from $4.99 down to Free
Want the live picture? Head to the Trends page. Keep an eye on Deals for fresh price drops, or dig through all record boards on your own.
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.