App Store Top Free vs Google Trends live ranks

Pull App Store Top Free and Google Trends in one Trends MCP account, then join iOS free-chart titles against live search queries, google search indexes, and Android download volume.

Live data as of 2026-08-26

An App Store Top Free vs Google Trends comparison on Trends MCP is two get_top_trends calls: type App Store Top Free and type Google Trends. From the August 26, 2026 pull, both boards stamped 2026-08-26T18:01:38 UTC. App Store Top Free returned 50 titles at offset 0 and 50 at offset 50, then count 0 at offset 100, for a closed board of 100. Google Trends returned 50 rows at offsets 0, 50, 100, and 150, filling ranks 1 through 200, then count 0 at offset 200. App Store rank 1 was ChatGPT. Google Trends rank 1 was dolly parton. Zero exact titles overlapped in 100 versus 200. google search for ChatGPT sat at 80.0 on 2026-08-22. Free tier access is 100 requests per month.

From the Trends MCP scan of August 26, 2026, App Store Top Free and Google Trends both stamped 2026-08-26T18:01:38 UTC, App Store Top Free closed at 100 rows, and Google Trends filled 200, so a default limit 25 join misses every Google query after 25 and every free app after the first page.

RankApp Store Top FreeGoogle Trends
1ChatGPTdolly parton
2NBA 2K HQtim curry
3Vinted: Pre-loved marketplacejed york
4TikTok Pro - Eventstarget costume
5Threadslunar eclipse august 2026
6Depop - Buy and Sell Clothesbitcoin price
77 Brew Coffeenationwide indus foods chicken recall
8Microsoft Authenticatorshelley fabares
9Claude by Anthropicsocial security cola 2027 announcement date
10Canvas by Instructuremichael wright

App Store ranks 11 through 20 included Google Gemini at 11, ParentSquare at 12, Google at 13, PineDrama at 14, Capital One Mobile at 15, WhatsApp Messenger at 16, CapCut at 17, X at 18, Temu at 19, and Microsoft Teams at 20. Google Trends ranks 11 through 20 included insidious 6 at 11, xrp price at 13, and meghan markle prince harry uk move at 16. ChatGPT also sat at Google Play rank 11 and Wikipedia Trending rank 22 on the same stamp, with Wikipedia rank 1 matching Google Trends rank 1 as Dolly Parton. App Store sort rank_change window 1d on this stamp returned count 47 against baseline 2026-08-26T00:01:34 UTC, a different clock than the 02:01 cluster used by Google Trends and Wikipedia. The top App Store climber was Capital One Shopping: Save Now at rank 46, prev_rank 81, rank_change 35. ChatGPT at rank 1 was not on that climber list.

How to pull both boards in one account

Two get_top_trends calls against the same Trends MCP key return App Store Top Free and Google Trends as separate ranked lists, and REST mode get_top_trends bills each type and each page as its own request, so paginating App Store Top Free to offset 100 plus Google Trends through offset 200 is six requests before any get_growth follow-up.

{"mode": "get_top_trends", "type": "App Store Top Free", "limit": 50, "offset": 0}
{"mode": "get_top_trends", "type": "Google Trends", "limit": 50, "offset": 0}

MCP clients send the same fields on get_top_trends. App Store Top Free on this stamp filled 50, then 50, then 0. Google Trends filled 50 four times, then 0 at offset 200. The App Store Top Free API page still describes a 25-row scan from August 3, 2026. This pull closed at 100. The Google Trends Trending Now API page documents the 200-row fill. Offset and limit behavior for both feeds is on get_top_trends pagination.

A Google Play call is a separate request. On this stamp WhatsApp Messenger led Google Play at rank 1 while ChatGPT sat at 11. App Store Top Free is an iOS free-chart board. Google Play is a different store list. Do not treat rank 1 on one as rank 1 on the other.

Which App Store titles match Google queries

Exact title matching on App Store Top Free 100 versus Google Trends 200 returned zero shared strings, and the only durable join was Google Docs at App Store rank 67 versus google docs at Google Trends rank 28, so a production join needs an alias table rather than lowercase equality.

App Store titleApp Store rankClosest Google Trends rowGoogle rankJoin type
ChatGPT1none in 200n/amiss
NBA 2K HQ2none in 200n/amiss
Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace3none in 200n/amiss
Threads5none in 200n/amiss
Claude by Anthropic9none in 200n/amiss
Google Gemini11none in 200n/amiss
Google Docs67google docs28exact after case fold
Starbucks78starbucks fall menu76token only
Walmart: Shopping and Savings40walmart contactless payment rollout51token only
Meta AI47meta152token only
dolly parton (Google only)none in 100dolly parton1miss
bitcoin price (Google only)none in 100bitcoin price6miss
iphone 18 pro max release date (Google only)none in 100iphone 18 pro max release date53miss
apple event (Google only)none in 100apple event164miss

Google Trends rank 1 dolly parton had no App Store counterpart in 100. App Store rank 1 ChatGPT had no Google Trends counterpart in 200. NBA 2K HQ at App Store rank 2 also missed the 200, even though google search for NBA 2K sat at 100.0. Dunkin' at App Store rank 43 sat near free dunkin coffee promo code today at Google rank 175, another token collision rather than an exact title.

google search follow-ups on the same names

get_growth on google search, youtube, wikipedia, and app downloads turns a live rank into a dated 0-100 index, and those indexes on this stamp did not move with App Store rank: ChatGPT held App Store 1 at google search 80.0, while Vinted at App Store 3 sat at 100.0.

Shared google search and youtube recent_date 2026-08-22 unless noted:

KeywordLive rankSource7D value7D growth30D note
ChatGPTApp Store 1google search80.0+9.59% from 73.075.0, +6.67%
ChatGPTApp Store 1youtube48.0-15.79% from 57.027.0, +77.78%
ChatGPTWikipedia 22wikipedian/a7D collapsed_range47.5 / 6,574 on 2026-07-01, +41.79%
ChatGPTApp Store 1app downloads10.0 on 2026-08-26volume 7,293,948, +42.37% from 5,123,149baseline 0.0 on 2026-07-26
VintedApp Store 3google search100.0+19.05% from 84.076.0, +31.58%
ThreadsApp Store 5google search10.00.0% from 10.011.0, -9.09%
ThreadsApp Store 5app downloads0.1 on 2026-08-25volume 529,387, -70.74% from 1,809,288volume 2.0 on 2026-07-25
Claude AIApp Store 9google search64.0-8.57% from 70.074.0, -13.51%
Google GeminiApp Store 11google search16.00.0% from 16.015.0, +6.67%
Google GeminiApp Store 11youtube9.0+12.5% from 8.06.0, +50.0%
google docsApp Store 67 / Google 28google search51.00.0% from 51.054.0, -5.56%
google docsApp Store 67 / Google 28youtube31.0+14.81% from 27.030.0, +3.33%
NBA 2KApp Store 2google search100.0+100.0% from 50.067.0, +49.25%
NBA 2KApp Store 2youtube41.0+46.43% from 28.037.0, +10.81%
dolly partonGoogle 1google search1.00.0% from 1.0baseline 0.0 on 2026-07-25
bitcoin priceGoogle 6google search27.0+35.0% from 20.025.0, +8.0%

ChatGPT 3M google search sat at 80.0 versus 82.0 on 2026-05-23, a 2.44% drop. ChatGPT Android 3M volume sat at 7,293,948 versus 34,826,884 on 2026-05-28, a 79.06% drop. google docs 3M google search sat at 51.0 versus 88.0, a 42.05% drop. Claude AI 3M sat at 64.0 versus 96.0, a 33.33% drop. NBA 2K google search carried estimated volume 189,000 on 2026-08-22 versus 94,400 on 2026-08-15. Threads google search carried estimated volume 3,640,000. com.google.android.apps.bard on app downloads returned no_data, so Gemini Android volume is omitted. ChatGPT 30D app downloads and dolly parton 30D google search both had baseline_value 0.0; the API can emit a 999999.0 percent on that shape, so the page quotes the two indexes instead.

Where the App Store-Google join stops

App Store rows are iOS free-chart display names with no download counts, and Google Trends rows are search queries with no app identity, so the join is a string match across two different objects, and this stamp shows why a limit 25 client never sees that mismatch.

App Store Top Free closed at 100. Google Trends closed at 200. Exact overlap was 0. The Google Docs join sits at App Store 67, outside a default 25-row page, and at Google Trends 28, also outside that default. ChatGPT at App Store 1 is inside 25 and still absent from Google Trends 200. AI titles clustered on the free chart: ChatGPT at 1, Claude by Anthropic at 9, Google Gemini at 11, Meta AI at 47, Grok AI at 48. None of those five strings appeared in Google Trends 200.

get_growth does not accept a live-board type. Follow-ups use keyword sources such as google search, youtube, wikipedia, or app downloads with an Android bundle ID. wikipedia 7D often collapses to one monthly point; ChatGPT wikipedia 7D did that here. Free covers 100 requests per month. Starter is $19 for 1,000. Check current pricing before locking a production budget.

Common questions

Each get_top_trends call takes one type, so call App Store Top Free once and Google Trends once, then join titles in code. Both feeds use the same auth header. On August 26, 2026 both boards stamped 2026-08-26T18:01:38 UTC. App Store Top Free closed at 100 titles. Google Trends filled ranks 1 through 200, then count 0 at offset 200.
No exact title match appeared in App Store Top Free 100 versus Google Trends 200 on this stamp. App Store rank 1 was ChatGPT. Google Trends rank 1 was dolly parton. The closest join was Google Docs at App Store rank 67 versus google docs at Google Trends rank 28. Token overlaps such as Starbucks versus starbucks fall menu are not the same string.
No. ChatGPT sat at App Store rank 1, Google Play rank 11, and Wikipedia Trending rank 22, and still missed all 200 Google Trends rows. google search for ChatGPT sat at 80.0 on 2026-08-22, up 9.59% over 7 days from 73.0. Android downloads for com.openai.chatgpt sat at 7,293,948 volume on 2026-08-26.
Trends MCP free covers 100 requests per month across every source, including App Store Top Free and Google Trends. Starter is $19 for 1,000 requests, Pro is $49 for 5,000, and Business is $199 for 25,000. Extra percent_growth windows inside one get_growth call still count as a single request.