App Store Top Free vs Top Paid live ranks

An App Store Top Free vs Top Paid comparison on Trends MCP is two get_top_trends calls: type App Store Top Free and type App Store Top Paid. From the August 25, 2026 pull, both boards stamped 2026-08-25T08:01:36 UTC with 100 rows. Offset 100 returned count 0 on each feed. Free rank 1 was ChatGPT. Paid rank 1 was HotSchedules. Title overlap across the 200 rows was zero. ChatGPT on source app downloads sat at 4,975,458 recent volume on 2026-08-24, index 6.9, down 48.89% over 7 days. Google Play ranked ChatGPT at 11 on the same stamp. Free tier access is 100 requests per month.

What App Store Top Free vs Top Paid data shows right now

From the Trends MCP scan of August 25, 2026, App Store Top Free and App Store Top Paid both stamped 2026-08-25T08:01:36 UTC, each returning 100 rows at limit 100, with offset 100 empty, so the join is a closed 100-versus-100 cut instead of a paged 200-row chart.

Free ranks 13 through 25 included Microsoft Authenticator at 13, Claude by Anthropic at 14, Google Gemini at 17, PineDrama at 18, X at 19, WhatsApp Messenger at 22, and Sleeper Sports at 25. Paid ranks 13 through 25 included MilGPS at 13, Earthquake Network at 14, Things 3 at 20, Goblin Tools at 21, and Threema at 25.

Same-stamp title overlap was empty. Brand-level neighbors, not string equals:

Growth follow-ups on the same pull day used source app downloads and app rankings (recent_date 2026-08-24) plus google search and youtube (recent_date 2026-08-22, 261 weekly points):

ChatGPT is the split signal. iOS Free rank 1 sits next to Google Play rank 11 and Android rankings volume 1.0 (index 100.0, flat across 7D, 14D, and 30D), while Paid had no ChatGPT title in 100 rows. Rankings volume 1 is a chart position, not a download count; quote 4,975,458 beside it. For the Free board alone, see the App Store Top Free API.

Exact API calls for both iOS charts

Two get_top_trends calls cover the snapshot: type App Store Top Free for no-upfront-price downloads and type App Store Top Paid for paid apps, each counting as one request against the monthly quota on the August 25, 2026 pull, with limit 100 required because offset 100 returned count 0 and extra pages do not exist.

{
  "mode": "get_top_trends",
  "type": "App Store Top Free",
  "limit": 100
}

{
  "mode": "get_top_trends",
  "type": "App Store Top Paid",
  "limit": 100
}

{
  "mode": "get_growth",
  "source": "app downloads",
  "keyword": "com.openai.chatgpt",
  "percent_growth": ["7D", "14D", "30D"]
}

Join on shortened brand tokens, not raw titles. "TikTok Pro - Events" at Free rank 4 and "TikTok - Videos, Shop and LIVE" at Free rank 37 are two chart rows for one brand; Google Play listed the main TikTok title at rank 8. Android follow-ups need a bundle ID. com.zhiliaoapp.musically returned no_data on this pull, so the TikTok row stops at the board ranks. Offset details for feeds that do page past 100 live on get_top_trends offset and limit.

Why Free and Paid share zero titles

Free on this stamp was a consumer board of assistants, marketplaces, sports, and short-drama apps, while Paid was a utilities-and-tools mix of scheduling, VPN, flashcards, tuners, and recipe managers, with zero shared titles across the 200 rows and no paid AI assistant sitting next to ChatGPT at Free rank 1.

The AI cluster on Free occupied five ranks: ChatGPT at 1, Claude by Anthropic at 14, Google Gemini at 17, Meta AI at 55, and Grok AI at 56. google search for Claude sat at 74.0 on 2026-08-22, up 270.0% over 12 months from 20.0. Grok sat at 30.0, down 3.23% over 7 days. None of those five titles appeared on Paid.

Short-drama apps filled six Free ranks: PineDrama at 18, ReelShort at 21, StoryReel at 33, VibeShort at 42, DramaBox at 53, and DramaWave at 60. Paid had none. Marketplace apps (Vinted 3, Depop 7, Temu 9, Whatnot 24, SHEIN 43, AliExpress 62) also stayed on Free. Temu google search sat at 60.0 with about 34,500,000 estimated volume, flat over 7 days and down 34.07% over 12 months from 91.0. For the Paid board alone, see the App Store Top Paid API.

How Google Play ranks the same brands

Google Play on the same 2026-08-25T08:01:36 UTC stamp returned 50 rows at limit 50, led by WhatsApp Messenger at rank 1, Facebook at 2, YouTube at 3, Instagram at 4, and Free Fire at 5, while ChatGPT sat at Play rank 11, Gemini at 21, Duolingo at 16, and YouTube at 3 on Play versus 70 on iOS Free.

That Play-versus-iOS gap is the reason a Free vs Paid page still needs a third board. iOS Free rank 22 for WhatsApp is a weak read of demand when Play has the same title at rank 1 and app downloads prints 5,697,493 on 2026-08-24. YouTube app downloads sat at 16,727,603 (index 1.6, down 44.83% over 7 days from 30,267,411). Duolingo app downloads sat at 982,451 (index 2.2). Duolingo app rankings volume sat at 97.0 with index 26.7; the index rose 217.86% over 7 days while volume moved from 121.0 to 97.0, which is a better chart position because rankings volume is rank, lower better. For the dual-store chart pattern, see Google Play vs App Store top charts.

What paid-chart search growth actually shows

Paid titles rarely have Android download series, so the honest follow-up on this stamp is google search on a shortened brand, using the 261 weekly points ending 2026-08-22, rather than inventing an iOS unit count that App Store Top Paid does not return.

HotSchedules sat at search index 27.0, up 3.85% over 7 days from 26.0 and up 12.5% over 30 days from 24.0. A first 12M call returned data_unavailable; the 7D and 30D retry succeeded. Shadowrocket sat at 50.0, down 10.71% over 7 days from 56.0, down 30.56% over 30 days from 72.0, and down 5.66% over 12 months from 53.0. Anki sat at 61.0, up 5.17% over 7 days, flat over 30 days, and down 34.41% over 12 months from 93.0. Procreate sat at 49.0, flat over 7 days and down 19.67% over 30 days and 12 months. Streaks sat at 48.0, down 20.0% over 7 days and up 50.0% over 12 months from 32.0. Things 3 sat at 15.0, flat over 7 days. FL Studio sat at 58.0, up 1.75% over 7 days. Threema sat at 25.0, down 30.56% over 7 days from 36.0.

Those indexes do not prove paid-download volume. They prove the brand still has a search series that can be dated next to the iOS rank. Paprika as a google search keyword hit 82.0 with about 1,050,000 estimated volume; that string also names a spice, so this page does not treat 82.0 as an app-install signal.

Limits of a Free versus Paid join

Display names are not bundle IDs, not prices, and not revenue: Trends MCP does not return App Store Connect units or a Top Grossing board on these two types, so a Free versus Paid join is a chart-title cut plus optional Android and search follow-ups, not a sales ranking.

Android follow-ups failed on this pull for com.zhiliaoapp.musically (no_data), com.instagram.android downloads (no_data), and com.google.android.apps.bard rankings (no_data). Quote the miss. Instagram still sat at iOS Free rank 40 and Google Play rank 4. Gemini still sat at iOS Free rank 17 and Play rank 21 without a downloads series on the Bard bundle.

Default limit 25 on either iOS board hides ChatGPT's neighbors and the whole Paid utilities tail. A limit 25 Free pull would stop at Sleeper Sports and miss TikTok at 37, Claude stays in, but Gemini at 17 is inside 25 while Grok at 56 is not. Paid limit 25 would include Threema and drop LumaFusion at 79. Two requests at limit 100 cover both closed boards. The free plan includes 100 requests per month across every type. Check current pricing before quoting a plan for production volume.