What is ranking on the App Store today: August 26, 2026
ChatGPT still leads App Store Top Free on August 26, 2026, for a second day at #1. NBA 2K HQ holds #2 after the companion app's August 21 launch week. The surprise is the bottom: Capital One Mobile is a new #9 and ParentSquare a new #10, while Temu and ReelShort leave. Vinted climbs from #4 to #3. Seven of ten titles overlap August 25.
Top trending apps on the App Store: August 26
ChatGPT
Holds #1. Rank is unchanged from August 25, when it had already risen from #3 on August 24. OpenAI's consumer chat app is the free-chart fixture. No August 26 model-card headline was required to explain the hold.
NBA 2K HQ
Holds #2. Rank is unchanged. The 2K companion launched August 21 and sat at #1 on August 24 before ChatGPT reclaimed the top slot. Preseason basketball downloads remain the why.
Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace
Rises from #4 on August 25 to #3. The resale marketplace swaps with 7 Brew. Late-August wardrobe refresh is the seasonal why, not a version note.
TikTok Pro - Events
Rises from #5 to #4. Rank change is one slot. No separate Events SKU launch was dated August 26.
7 Brew Coffee
Falls from #3 to #5. The ordering app drops two ranks after a one-day #3 print. No menu recall was attached.
Microsoft Authenticator
Rises from #7 to #6. The identity app swaps with Canvas. Back-to-school login resets are the seasonal why.
Canvas by Instructure
Falls from #6 to #7. The LMS companion is a one-rank slip into the same campus cluster as ParentSquare at #10.
Depop - Buy & Sell Clothes
Rises from #9 to #8. Rank change is one slot. Temu, yesterday's #8, is gone, so the second resale app moves up beside Vinted.
Capital One Mobile
A new #9. The bank app is a new finance row. No widely reported outage or rewards-drop dated August 26 was attached at fetch time.
ParentSquare
A new #10. The school-communication app is a late-August campus row next to Canvas. No district-wide mandate headline was attached.
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What changed on App Store free since yesterday
New in the top 10 versus August 25: Capital One Mobile (#9), ParentSquare (#10). Drop-offs: Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire (#8), ReelShort - Stream Drama & TV (#10). Big movers: none of 5 ranks. Vinted from #4 to #3; 7 Brew from #3 to #5; TikTok Pro from #5 to #4; Authenticator from #7 to #6; Canvas from #6 to #7; Depop from #9 to #8. ChatGPT and NBA 2K HQ hold 1 and 2.
What today's App Store free apps reveal
Campus and resale sit under two locked leaders. ChatGPT at #1 and NBA 2K HQ at #2 did not move. Vinted at #3 and Depop at #8 are a clothing-resale pair after Temu left. Canvas at #7 and ParentSquare at #10 are school comms for late August.
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This ranked list is the August 26, 2026 get_top_trends snapshot for type App Store Top Free with limit 10. Product and research teams that watch free-chart ranks as they move can call the same feed as new rows arrive. The generating call:
{
"type": "App Store Top Free",
"limit": 10
}
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