The App Almanac
App Store Movers, 18 October 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
- FFQ8 pulled the The Priciest Paid App crown away from SYS™ (18 Oct)
- SYS™ snatched the The Priciest Paid App crown right back from FFQ8 (18 Oct)
- Procreate Pocket claimed the Most Globally Charting App crown from Duolingo: Learn Languages (18 Oct)
- SnapType Pro picked up the Most Expensive App With Real Ratings crown from OND - طبلة وعود (18 Oct)
- FFQ8 got the The Priciest Paid App crown back from SYS™ (18 Oct)
- SYS™ grabbed the The Priciest Paid App crown back from FFQ8 (18 Oct)
- FFQ8 swiped the The Priciest Paid App crown from SYS™ again (18 Oct)
- SYS™ wrestled the The Priciest Paid App crown back from FFQ8 (17 Oct)
- 易仙AI八字【2026年运程】 seized the Longest Continuous Run crown from Numerology: Life Path Chart (17 Oct)
- Duolingo: Learn Languages won the Most Globally Charting App crown back from Procreate Pocket (17 Oct)
- Procreate Pocket turned right around and took Most Globally Charting App back from Duolingo: Learn Languages (17 Oct)
- FFQ8 lifted the The Priciest Paid App crown from Твой Финансовый Калькулятор (17 Oct)
- Твой Финансовый Калькулятор claimed the The Priciest Paid App crown from FFQ8 (16 Oct)
- FFQ8 snagged the The Priciest Paid App crown from SYS™ (16 Oct)
- SYS™ took the The Priciest Paid App crown from FFQ8 (16 Oct)
- FFQ8 took the The Priciest Paid App crown from SYS™ once more (16 Oct)
On the move
- roc.Kasse jumped from #20 to #8 on The Priciest Paid App (+12)
- BlinkDrama - Short Dramas climbed from #17 to #6 on Most Countries at Number One (+11)
- CyberTuner moved from #19 to #9 on The Priciest Paid App (+10)
- Shale Shaker Vibration rose from #18 to #10 on The Priciest Paid App (+8)
- Google went from #14 to #7 on Most Globally Charting App (+7)
- Entertastic white label admin rose from #16 to #11 on The Priciest Paid App (+5)
- Vargo Anesthesia Mega App climbed from #25 to #20 on Most Expensive App With Real Ratings (+5)
- VERT Team System nudged up from #15 to #12 on The Priciest Paid App (+3)
- Money Manager (Remove Ads) climbed from #22 to #19 on Most Countries at Number One (+3)
- roc.Ident moved from #22 to #19 on The Priciest Paid App (+3)
New to the boards
- 易仙AI八字【2026年运程】 landed at #1 on Longest Continuous Run
- 王者万象棋 broke into Youngest Hit App at #3
- 易仙AI八字【2026年运程】 showed up on Oldest App Still Updated at #7
- RAIM – Doppelreime & KI-Texte entered Demands the Newest iOS at #9
- 抖音 debuted on Most Countries at Number One at #9
- My Expense Diary entered Demands the Newest iOS at #10
Price drops and freebies
- 昇格論文ナビ cut its price from ¥1,200 to Free
- Tapline Tycoon fell from $1,000.00 all the way down to Free
- OND - طبلة وعود dropped from $999.99 to Free
- Monefic went from $14.99 to Free
- Ollie AAC - Smart Communicator dropped from $9.99 to Free
- GoalWize.AI: Pregnancy & Baby went from $8.99 to Free
- FileMark: Convert to Markdown dropped from $7.99 to Free
- Will It Fit? Room Planner went from $5.99 to Free
- Invoice Flow dropped from $4.99 to Free
- Neon Water Sort Puzzle game went from $4.99 to Free
- 山とグルメと温泉と dropped from $4.99 to Free
- PrivyScan: Glasses Detector went from $3.99 to Free
Want the live picture? Head to the Trends page, keep an eye on fresh price cuts over at Deals, or dig through all record boards yourself.
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.