The App Almanac
App Store Movers, 29 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
- FFQ8 snatched the The Priciest Paid App crown away from Твой Финансовый Калькулятор (29 Oct)
- GoTalk® NOW PLUS bumped Bus Torino off the Most Verbose App Description crown (29 Oct)
- My Media Shelf claimed the Demands the Newest iOS crown from Creaky Hinge (29 Oct)
- Bus Torino took the Most Verbose App Description crown back from TrainerRoad (28 Oct)
- Creaky Hinge picked up the Demands the Newest iOS crown from Cue the Music Man (28 Oct)
- Time: Spatial Clocks grabbed the Supports the Oldest iOS crown from PlantIn Vision (28 Oct)
- Cue the Music Man got the Demands the Newest iOS crown back from Findnook: Home Inventory (28 Oct)
- TrainerRoad picked up the Most Verbose App Description crown from Wells Fargo Mobile® (28 Oct)
- Findnook: Home Inventory pried the Demands the Newest iOS crown away from Cue the Music Man (28 Oct)
- PlantIn Vision picked up the Supports the Oldest iOS crown from Adobe Firefly: Generative AI (28 Oct)
- Cue the Music Man claimed the Demands the Newest iOS crown from My Media Shelf (28 Oct)
- Твой Финансовый Калькулятор picked up the The Priciest Paid App crown from Golfstream - Social Network (28 Oct)
- AzPostMobile took over the Most Languages crown from Oshi Island - Pixel Art Widget (28 Oct)
- Adobe Firefly: Generative AI picked up the Supports the Oldest iOS crown from Convict Conditioning Vision (27 Oct)
On the move
- iHex jumped from #24 to #2 on Most Devices Supported, a climb of 22 spots
- Shadowrocket moved from #25 up to #9 on Most Globally Charting App, gaining 16 places
- PDF Reader Pro – Lite Edition went from #23 to #9 on Most Verbose App Description, up 14
- VERT Team System rose from #19 to #6 on The Priciest Paid App, a 13-spot gain
- Muslim Mate Pro - Ramadan 2020 went from #19 to #6 on Most Verbose App Description, also up 13
- b.Pilot climbed from #25 to #13 on Most Screenshot Heavy App, picking up 12 places
- Dux Manufactory moved from #15 to #9 on The Priciest Paid App, up 6
- AudioMaster Pro: Mastering DAW rose from #21 to #15 on Most Expensive App With Real Ratings, also up 6
- FFQ8 went from #5 to #1 on The Priciest Paid App, a 4-spot jump
- Goaaal!™ Soccer TARGET PRACTICE – The Classic Kicking Game in 3D climbed from #15 to #11 on Most Devices Supported, up 4
New to the boards
- Time: Spatial Clocks debuted at #1 on Supports the Oldest iOS
- GoTalk® NOW PLUS opened at #1 on Most Verbose App Description
- arvid Animals & Dinosaurs showed up at #2 on Supports the Oldest iOS
- Chromagraph Camera entered at #2 on Most Countries at Number One
- Mushaf Madina - القرآن الكريم entered at #2 on Most Verbose App Description
- Bus Torino debuted at #3 on Most Verbose App Description
- Arcade Claw Lite entered at #3 on Most Devices Supported
- iDaily WORLD - FUTURE OF NEWS showed up at #3 on Supports the Oldest iOS
- Metal Detector & Magnetometer entered at #4 on Most Verbose App Description
- LawnCare Pro Invoicing & More entered at #5 on Most Verbose App Description
Price drops and freebies
- IQ Pro - Brain Test & Training went from $9.99 down to Free
- English Dictionary Offline went from $9.99 down to Free
- MileLedger: Business Miles cut its price from $8.99 to Free
- CAD Translator dropped from $4.99 to Free
- Padel Tap dropped from $4.99 to Free
- Fallen Sky RPG went from $3.99 to Free
- Tournament Bracket Generator dropped from $2.99 to Free
- MyQRCode Gerador de QR Codes went from $2.99 to Free
- RunTrace: GPS Running Tracker went from $2.99 to Free
- ShuFee: Learn Lebanese Arabic dropped from $1.99 to Free
- Mellow Marshmallow Stickers went from $0.99 to Free
- CrackNet dropped from ₹0.99 to Free
Want the live picture? Check the Trends page whenever you like, catch fresh price drops over on Deals, or dig through 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.