The App Store in August 2026, by the numbers

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

Apps tracked

248,305

Publishers

56,903

Total ratings

2,531,523,281

Mean rating

4.12

Free

79.5%

Paid

20.4%

Activity in August 2026

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

Newly tracked

85,940

Apps updated

15,272

Price drops

528

Price rises

618

Biggest categories

Education27,500

Utilities24,711

Games24,581

Productivity13,940

Lifestyle13,158

Health & Fitness12,707

Business12,604

Entertainment11,238

Photo & Video9,677

Sports9,350

Change since the previous release

Metric	Previous	This release	Change
Apps tracked	162,551	248,305	+85,754
Publishers	54,184	56,903	+2,719
Total ratings	2,466,588,026	2,531,523,281	+64,935,255
Paid share %	25.6	20.4	−5.2

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AppWanderer. “State of the App Store, 2026-08.” https://appwanderer.com/data/releases/2026-08 (methodology v1.0). Free to quote and reproduce with a link back.