The App Almanac
App Store Movers, 6 October 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
- Map My Ride With GPS Tracker snatched the Longest Continuous Run crown away from Holy Bible (6 Oct)
- Golfstream - Social Network pulled the The Priciest Paid App crown away from SYS™ (5 Oct)
- SYS™ wrestled the The Priciest Paid App crown right back from Golfstream - Social Network (5 Oct)
- Golfstream - Social Network turned around and reclaimed the The Priciest Paid App crown from SYS™ (5 Oct)
- SYS™ took it back yet again, reclaiming the The Priciest Paid App crown from Golfstream - Social Network (5 Oct)
- Golfstream - Social Network swapped back in, lifting the The Priciest Paid App crown from SYS™ (5 Oct)
- SYS™ grabbed the The Priciest Paid App crown back once more from Golfstream - Social Network (5 Oct)
- Golfstream - Social Network and SYS™ just kept trading the The Priciest Paid App crown back and forth, with Golfstream winning this round (5 Oct)
- SYS™ came out on top again, taking the The Priciest Paid App crown from Golfstream - Social Network (5 Oct)
- Golfstream - Social Network claimed the The Priciest Paid App crown from Tapline Tycoon (4 Oct)
- Tapline Tycoon took the The Priciest Paid App crown from Твой Финансовый Калькулятор (4 Oct)
- Твой Финансовый Калькулятор answered right back, taking the The Priciest Paid App crown from Tapline Tycoon (4 Oct)
- Adie: Baby & Toddler Journal picked up the Demands the Newest iOS crown from Superclock: Alarm Clock, Timer (4 Oct)
- Tapline Tycoon took the The Priciest Paid App crown from Твой Финансовый Калькулятор once more (4 Oct)
- Твой Финансовый Калькулятор grabbed the The Priciest Paid App crown from Golfstream - Social Network (4 Oct)
- Superclock: Alarm Clock, Timer took the Demands the Newest iOS crown from Quoted: Quote & Invoice (4 Oct)
- Golfstream - Social Network closed the day by taking the The Priciest Paid App crown from SYS™ (4 Oct)
On the move
- AnkiMobile Flashcards jumped from #25 to #10 on Most Globally Charting App (+15)
- 饿不着 climbed from #18 to #5 on The Priciest Paid App (+13)
- Map My Ride With GPS Tracker leapt all the way from #13 to #1 on Longest Continuous Run (+12)
- Obsidian rose from #17 to #6 on The Priciest Paid App (+11)
- Map My Run GPS Running Tracker moved up from #12 to #2 on Longest Continuous Run (+10)
- Deezer: Music Player, Podcast matched that same climb, going from #19 to #9 on Longest Continuous Run (+10)
- Claude by Anthropic climbed from #16 to #7 on Most Countries at Number One (+9)
- Google moved from #13 to #6 on Most Globally Charting App (+7)
- Google Gemini went from #12 to #6 on Most Countries at Number One (+6)
- SIXT rent, share, ride & plus inched up from #21 to #16 on Longest Continuous Run (+5)
New to the boards
- 七十二候の時候の挨拶 - 約5日ごとの手紙の書き出し debuted on Demands the Newest iOS at #3
- 献立の栄養計算 - 八訂の食品成分表で1日の合計 showed up on Demands the Newest iOS at #4
- OCBC Singapore appeared on Longest Continuous Run at #6
- Foundation Buddy broke onto Demands the Newest iOS at #8
- OCBC Singapore popped up again, this time on Oldest App Still Updated at #8
- 曲を8カウントでつなげる音源編集 - Eightcut landed on Demands the Newest iOS at #10
Price drops and freebies
- CASE .NET Security Exam Prep dropped from $12.99 to Free
- CASE Java Security Exam Prep slid from $12.99 down to Free
- FinanceFlow - Budget & CRM cut its price from $12.99 to Free
- Today In History went from $9.99 to Free
- Traqary: Freelance Timesheet dropped from $8.99 to Free
- Simulator Station fell from $5.99 to Free
- Art Master went from $4.99 to Free
- SpatialEMU dropped from $4.99 to Free
- TahtaCast slid from $4.99 to Free
- Auto Route cut its price from $3.99 to Free
- GuerrierDuJour dropped from $3.99 to Free
- LearnType PRO went from $2.99 to Free
You can check the live picture anytime on the Trends page, keep an eye on price drops over at Deals, or browse through all record boards.
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.