App Store Top Paid chart API

The App Store Top Paid API on Trends MCP returns the live ranked paid chart for iOS apps in one get_top_trends call. From the Trends MCP scan stamped 2026-08-08T06:01:36 UTC (pulled into this page on August 8, 2026), the board listed 25 paid apps led by Shadowrocket, HotSchedules, and Wildwood: Follow the Crows. Google Search follow-ups put Shadowrocket at recent index 57.0 on August 1, 2026 (+58.33% over 12 months) and Streaks app at 74.0 (+45.1% over 30 days). The free plan covers 100 requests per month. For the free chart sibling, see the App Store Top Free API.

What App Store Top Paid data shows right now

From the Trends MCP scan of August 8, 2026 (as_of 2026-08-08T06:01:36 UTC), get_top_trends for type App Store Top Paid returned 25 ranked paid apps. Utilities and prosumer tools dominated the top half: Shadowrocket at rank 1, HotSchedules at 2, AnkiMobile Flashcards at 4, Procreate Pocket at 5, TonalEnergy Tuner and Metronome at 6, Paprika Recipe Manager 3 at 8, RadarScope at 11, and FL Studio Mobile at 13.

Other notable paid ranks in the same 25: SkyView at 12; StopTheScript at 14; PeakFinder at 18; LiveATC Air Radio at 20; AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker at 21; PhotoPills at 23; Threema. The Secure Messenger at 24; Moment Pro Camera II at 25. The board count was 25.

The exact API calls

Chart ranks and brand history use different tools. get_top_trends with type App Store Top Paid returns the iOS paid chart. get_growth with source google search or youtube needs a shortened brand keyword. Long chart titles with colons and subtitles often underperform as keywords.

{
  "mode": "get_top_trends",
  "type": "App Store Top Paid",
  "limit": 25
}

{
  "mode": "get_growth",
  "source": "google search",
  "keyword": "Shadowrocket",
  "percent_growth": ["30D", "3M", "6M", "12M"]
}

The August 8, 2026 board pull used limit 25 and offset 0. Raising limit is allowed up to the API max of 200 when a longer paid chart is needed.

Growth follow-ups on paid chart leaders

Shadowrocket led the paid board while search cooled short-term and rose long-term. Google Search recent value was 57.0 on August 1, 2026: -24.0% over 30 days (baseline 75.0), -39.36% over 3 months (baseline 94.0), +14.0% over 6 months (baseline 50.0), and +58.33% over 12 months (baseline 36.0). YouTube for Shadowrocket rose 17.86% over 30 days (33.0 versus 28.0), fell 23.26% over 3 months, then rose 22.22% over 6 months and 6.45% over 12 months.

Streaks (rank 22) was the strongest Google Search climber among follow-ups. Streaks app sat at recent index 74.0: +45.1% over 30 days (baseline 51.0), +311.11% over 3 months (baseline 18.0), +469.23% over 6 months (baseline 13.0), and +1,380.0% over 12 months (baseline 5.0). A mid-chart paid rank can still show rising brand demand.

FL Studio Mobile (rank 13) held YouTube index 52.0 with +13.04% over 30 days, flat 0.0% over 3 months, -3.7% over 6 months, and -5.45% over 12 months. Procreate Pocket stayed near its year-ago level: recent 37.0, 12-month growth 0.0%, with softer 30-day (-17.78%) and 6-month (-11.9%) windows.

AnkiMobile Flashcards and RadarScope cooled hard. AnkiMobile fell to recent index 18.0 from 71.0 over 30 days (-74.65%) and from 100.0 over 3 months (-82.0%). RadarScope fell to 25.0 from 41.0 over 30 days (-39.02%) and from 56.0 over 3 months (-55.36%). HotSchedules was steadier but still down: recent 24.0, -7.69% over 30 days and -14.29% over 12 months. Paprika Recipe Manager recent 42.0 fell 51.16% over 30 days yet rose 40.0% over 12 months versus a 30.0 baseline.

Who uses an App Store Top Paid feed

App marketers watch paid-chart composition to see which upfront-price categories are winning shelf space: VPN-style tools, scheduling, flashcards, drawing, weather, and music production on August 8, 2026. Competitive intelligence teams pull the board daily, then confirm brand demand with Google Search before assuming a rank 1 title is accelerating. Creator-tool desks pair FL Studio Mobile and Procreate Pocket ranks with YouTube growth to separate chart position from tutorial demand.

A practical loop: call App Store Top Paid at limit 25, keep 5 titles in the niche, shorten each to a brand keyword, then run get_growth on google search (and youtube for media apps). The August 8, 2026 Streaks and Shadowrocket 12-month numbers show durable demand; the AnkiMobile and RadarScope 30-day drops show when a paid rank is not a rising search story. For Android free-chart coverage, use the free Google Play trends API.

Limits and honest caveats

App Store Top Paid returns display names only. Prices, revenue, review counts, and App Store Connect metrics are not in this feed. iOS paid titles often lack a clean Android bundle for source app downloads; when that happens, say so and use google search instead of inventing a package ID. Trademark characters in titles (for example SkyView) should be stripped to ASCII before citing in reports.

Coverage is a daily scan stamped with as_of_ts, not a live websocket. Intraday reshuffles between scans are invisible. Zero-baseline growth percents can print as extreme values with low-quality warnings; quote the recent 0-100 index when the baseline is 0.0. For game concurrent-player signals outside the App Store, pair this board with the Steam Most Played API.

Getting started

Sign up on the free tier, copy the API key, and call get_top_trends with type App Store Top Paid. Authentication is one bearer header on https://api.trendsmcp.ai. Free tier: 100 requests per month. Starter is $19 per month for 1,000 requests; Pro is $49 for 5,000; Business is $199 for 25,000. See pricing for current numbers and the App Store Top Free API page for the free-chart sibling this paid feed mirrors.