App Store top free apps today: August 4, 2026

App Store top free apps today: August 4, 2026

TikTok Pro Events retakes number 1 on App Store Top Free on August 4, 2026, after Netflix Game Controller held the lead on August 2 and August 3. ParentSquare enters the published cut at rank 5 as a K-12 school messaging app, replacing Atom Movie Tickets and Watch Duty from yesterday's top 15. Trends MCP get_top_trends returned 50 apps (as_of 2026-08-04T06:01:41 UTC) for type App Store Top Free. WhatsApp Messenger returns at rank 12 after sitting at rank 16 on August 3, while Freecash climbs from rank 14 to rank 10. Netflix Game Controller slips from rank 1 to rank 3.

Top trending apps on the App Store (Top Free): August 4

1. TikTok Pro - Events: An iOS events companion on the August 4 App Store Top Free chart. Rank 1 after rank 2 on August 3, reclaiming the lead it held on August 1. TikTok's U.S. standalone events app launched in early June 2026 around FIFA World Cup fan challenges; residual chart demand returns it to the top of 50 API rows.

2. ChatGPT: An iOS AI assistant at rank 2 after rank 3 on August 3. OpenAI's ChatGPT iOS app remains a habitual top-free AI download on the Trends MCP board. The one-place climb accompanies Netflix Game Controller's drop from the lead.

3. Netflix Game Controller: An iOS companion controller at rank 3 after two days at rank 1. Netflix's controller app pairs phones with TV and browser Netflix Games sessions; Ember Picks chart history shows repeated U.S. rank 1 peaks in July 2026 without a separate August 4 product launch note. The two-place slip is the largest podium move versus August 3.

4. Capital One Mobile: An iOS banking app at rank 4. Same position as August 3. No widely reported trigger identified for August 4, 2026. Bill pay and card management keep the bank app inside the top 5 of 50 API rows.

5. ParentSquare: An iOS K-12 school and family messaging app at rank 5 and new versus the August 3 published top 15. Ember Picks listed ParentSquare at number 1 in the U.S. Top Free Education chart on August 3, 2026, after 98 days on that category board. Back-to-school district rollouts explain the jump into the overall free chart without a separate consumer product launch headline.

6. Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace: An iOS secondhand fashion app at rank 6 after rank 5 on August 3. No widely reported trigger identified for August 4, 2026. Resale demand sits beside Depop at rank 7.

7. Depop - Buy & Sell Clothes: An iOS resale marketplace at rank 7 after rank 6 on August 3. No widely reported trigger identified for August 4, 2026.

8. Threads: An iOS social app at rank 8 after rank 7 on August 3. No widely reported trigger identified for August 4, 2026.

9. DramaBox - Stream Drama Shorts: An iOS short-drama streaming app at rank 9 after rank 8 on August 3. Residual micro-drama demand from late-July chart climbs explains the hold inside the published cut without a fresh August 4 launch note.

10. Freecash - Get Paid Real Money: An iOS rewards app at rank 10 after rank 14 on August 3, a four-place climb. No widely reported trigger identified for August 4, 2026. The app entered the published cut on August 3 and keeps climbing inside the mid-chart cluster.

11. Google: An iOS search app at rank 11. Same position as August 3. No widely reported trigger identified for August 4, 2026.

12. WhatsApp Messenger: An iOS messaging app at rank 12 and returning versus the August 3 published top 15 after sitting at rank 16 on that day's full board. No widely reported trigger identified for August 4, 2026. Habitual messaging downloads push WhatsApp back into the cut.

13. CapCut: Photo & Video Editor: An iOS video editor at rank 13. Same rank as August 3. No widely reported trigger identified for August 4, 2026. Creator-tool demand keeps CapCut inside the mid-chart cluster.

14. Google Gemini: An iOS AI assistant at rank 14 after rank 15 on August 3. Habitual top-free assistant download beside ChatGPT at rank 2.

15. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire: An iOS discount shopping app at rank 15 after rank 12 on August 3, a three-place drop. No widely reported trigger identified for August 4, 2026. Temu remains inside the published 15 after entering on August 3.

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What changed on the App Store (Top Free) since yesterday

Compared with the August 3, 2026 App Store Top Free daily post, the podium reshuffles and school messaging displaces movie tickets and wildfire alerts.

• New entrants: ParentSquare at rank 5; WhatsApp Messenger at rank 12
• Big movers: TikTok Pro Events 2 to 1; ChatGPT 3 to 2; Netflix Game Controller 1 to 3; Freecash 14 to 10; Temu 12 to 15; Vinted 5 to 6; Depop 6 to 7; Threads 7 to 8; DramaBox 8 to 9
• Drop-offs from August 3 top 15: Atom - Movie Tickets & Times; Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods
• Stable mid fixtures: Capital One Mobile still rank 4; Google still rank 11; CapCut still rank 13

What the App Store free chart shows on August 4

Events, AI, and school messaging share the signal on August 4, 2026. TikTok Pro Events reclaiming rank 1 points to residual World Cup-era events demand rather than a fresh press cycle. ParentSquare entering at rank 5 tracks August school communication downloads after Ember Picks logged it at Education rank 1 on August 3.

Watch Duty dropping out of the published 15 even as Spokane Complex fires remain in national news (about 700 structures and roughly 65,000 evacuations per Seattle Times and KUOW, August 3 to 4) shows disaster-alert demand can fade on the overall free chart before the story ends. Atom's exit continues the post-opening fade after Spider-Man: Brand New Day's $360 million domestic opening (Deadline and Screen Daily, August 3, 2026). Across 50 API rows, AI assistants, resale apps, and micro-drama streaming remain sticky mid-chart fixtures.

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These ranks came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends API on August 4, 2026, using type App Store Top Free and limit 50. The feed serves analysts, marketers, and agent workflows that need live boards. Related page: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/app-store-top-free-api.

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• Evergreen guide: https://www.trendsmcp.ai/blog/best-app-store-trend-research-tools