The App Almanac
App Store Movers, 16 October 2026
14 record crowns changed hands, 10 on the move, 12 price drops across the App Store in the last day.
Crowns that changed hands
- SYS™ snatched the The Priciest Paid App crown away from Tapline Tycoon (16 Oct)
- Tapline Tycoon took the The Priciest Paid App crown off Твой Финансовый Калькулятор (16 Oct)
- OND - طبلة وعود pried the Most Expensive App With Real Ratings crown away from SnapType Pro (16 Oct)
- Твой Финансовый Калькулятор picked up the The Priciest Paid App crown from FFQ8 (16 Oct)
- Duolingo: Learn Languages bumped Procreate Pocket off the top of Most Globally Charting App (15 Oct)
- SnapType Pro picked up the Most Expensive App With Real Ratings crown from Attack Balls™ Bubble Shooter (15 Oct)
- Procreate Pocket grabbed back Most Globally Charting App from Duolingo: Learn Languages (15 Oct)
- FFQ8 took the The Priciest Paid App crown from SYS™ (15 Oct)
- SYS™ turned right around and took it back from FFQ8 on The Priciest Paid App (15 Oct)
- FFQ8 took the The Priciest Paid App crown from SYS™ once more (14 Oct)
- Duolingo: Learn Languages edged out Procreate Pocket again on Most Globally Charting App (14 Oct)
- SYS™ picked up the The Priciest Paid App crown from FFQ8 (14 Oct)
- FFQ8 picked up the The Priciest Paid App crown from Golfstream - Social Network (14 Oct)
- Attack Balls™ Bubble Shooter picked up the Most Expensive App With Real Ratings crown from SnapType Pro (14 Oct)
On the move
- roc.Kasse jumped from #19 up to #6 on The Priciest Paid App (+13)
- Shadowrocket jumped from #24 up to #11 on Most Globally Charting App (+13)
- CyberTuner moved from #18 up to #7 on The Priciest Paid App (+11)
- Shale Shaker Vibration moved from #17 up to #8 on The Priciest Paid App (+9)
- Relax Melodies P: Sleep Sounds moved from #25 up to #16 on Most Expensive App With Real Ratings (+9)
- Muse from Meta moved from #13 up to #6 on Most Countries at Number One (+7)
- USB Disk Pro moved from #24 up to #17 on Most Expensive App With Real Ratings (+7)
- Duolingo: Learn Languages rocketed from #7 to #1 on Most Globally Charting App (+6)
- Entertastic white label admin moved from #16 up to #10 on The Priciest Paid App (+6)
- Piano Companion PRO: chords moved from #23 up to #18 on Most Expensive App With Real Ratings (+5)
New to the boards
- OND - طبلة وعود debuted at #1 on Most Expensive App With Real Ratings
- ARki: Building + Room Planner showed up on Demands the Newest iOS at #2
- Fanfold: News as Magazines showed up on Demands the Newest iOS at #3
- YoungPhoto - Aesthetic Camera showed up on Most Countries at Number One at #4
- APTV showed up on Most Countries at Number One at #7
- Threema. The Secure Messenger showed up on Most Countries at Number One at #8
- OND - طبلة وعود also popped up on The Priciest Paid App at #9
- 王者荣耀 showed up on Most Countries at Number One at #10
Price drops and freebies
- Attack Balls™ Bubble Shooter dropped from $400.00 to Free
- Data Scientific dropped from $24.99 to Free
- ميزان النبط dropped from $11.99 to Free
- Kesit: Screenshot & Text OCR dropped from $6.99 to Free
- Dive Plan dropped from $5.99 to Free
- The Turnkeeper dropped from $5.00 to Free
- Art Master dropped from $4.99 to Free
- Yoga Timer dropped from $4.99 to Free
- JumpBoost dropped from $4.99 to Free
- Au-Menu dropped from $4.99 to Free
- Antizuck Smart Glasses Scanner dropped from $4.99 to Free
- RVG-PRO dropped from $3.99 to Free
Want the live picture? Head over to the Trends page, keep an eye on price drops over at Deals, or just poke around all record boards yourself.
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.