Demands the Newest iOS

One Name, Four Slots

HYO SEOP LEE landed two apps just two spots apart, AudioEngineer EAR Trainer at rank 18 and AudioEngineerKit: SPL & RTA at rank 20, both sitting at the board's current ceiling of 26.5. Look across the full top 100 and this developer's name turns up 4 times, more than anyone else on the list. That's not a coincidence of how the App Store algorithm shakes out. It looks like one small studio's habit: build measurement tools for audio engineers, then push an update whenever Apple ships a new iOS version.

The name that actually matters here sits at rank 18 and rank 20, not at rank 1. HYO SEOP LEE racked up four appearances without ever grabbing the top slot.

The Real Shape of the Top 100

Apple TV Remote sits alone at the top with 27.0, half a point clear of everything else you can see here. Rows 2 through 25, A HIDEAWAY UNDER THE STARS, Biova, Draft Edge - Fantasy Football, Solitaire Medley, and the rest, all land at exactly 26.5. That's the real shape of this board: one cliff, then a flat plateau, nothing like the gradual taper you'd expect from a normal ranking. The gap between #1 and #2 is 0.5. The gap between #2 and #25 is zero.

That's what you get when a board is tracking a version number rather than a continuous score. Apple sets a new minimum requirement, a batch of apps updates on the same day, and they all land tied. Apple TV Remote's lead is real, but it comes down to timing on one release cycle, not any extra work under the hood.

Twenty Handoffs and a Familiar Loser

The top spot has flipped 20 times over the stretch we've tracked. This isn't a leaderboard that sits still; it's a line of apps racing to keep up with Apple's latest OS build. The most recent flip happened in August 2026, when Apple TV Remote took the crown from AudioEngineer EAR Trainer. Apple TV Remote only just arrived in the top ten, yet it's already held #1 for 16 of the last 47 tracked days.

The app Apple TV Remote knocked off happens to belong to HYO SEOP LEE, the same developer holding four seats across this top 100. For a stretch, one of their apps ran the whole board before Apple's own remote-control app came along and took the crown. If you're going to lose the top spot, losing it to the platform owner itself isn't a bad way to go.