The App Store in July 2026, by the numbers

A permanent, citable snapshot of the tracked catalogue as of 31 Jul 2026, with month activity for July 2026. Computed from our live index of public metadata — downloads, revenue and retention are not visible to us and are not estimated.

Apps tracked

162,551

Publishers

54,184

Total ratings

2,466,588,026

Mean rating

4.12

Free

74.3%

Paid

25.6%

Activity in July 2026

Our own observations over the period — not a claim about Apple’s additions or removals.

Newly tracked

136,753

Apps updated

48,155

Price drops

474

Price rises

419

Biggest categories

Education17,188

Utilities14,417

Games14,071

Lifestyle8,257

Productivity8,198

Business7,553

Health & Fitness7,464

Entertainment7,361

Reference6,928

Music6,709

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AppWanderer. “State of the App Store, 2026-07.” https://appwanderer.com/data/releases/2026-07 (methodology v1.0). Free to quote and reproduce with a link back.