Capital One Mobile holds rank one on the July 28, 2026 UTC App Store Top Free chart, a banking app position it also held on July 27, while TikTok Pro - Events and ChatGPT round out the top three. Netflix Game Controller climbed as Netflix pushed its mobile gaming controller feature with a July 28 app update.
Top trending apps on App Store — July 28
Capital One Mobile: Capital One Mobile is the banking app for Capital One customers to manage accounts and pay bills. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
TikTok Pro - Events: TikTok Pro - Events appears to be a TikTok-related utility app surfacing in App Store charts. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
ChatGPT: ChatGPT is OpenAI's official mobile app for conversational AI assistance. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
Netflix Game Controller: Netflix Game Controller is Netflix's companion app that turns an iPhone into a controller for TV games. Its rank reflects ongoing Netflix Games promotion with version 3.10.0 updated around July 28.
Depop - Buy & Sell Clothes: Depop is a peer-to-peer fashion marketplace app for buying and selling secondhand clothing. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
DramaBox - Stream Drama Shorts: DramaBox is a short-form vertical drama streaming app popular for serialized mobile video content. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
Threads: Threads is Meta's text-based social network tied to Instagram. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace: Vinted is a secondhand fashion marketplace app for buying and selling used clothing. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
Claude by Anthropic: Claude by Anthropic is Anthropic's official mobile app for its Claude AI assistant. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
Google Gemini: Google Gemini is Google's AI assistant app integrating Gemini models for chat and productivity. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
Google: Google is the core Google search and services app for iOS. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
CapCut: Photo & Video Editor: CapCut is ByteDance's popular mobile video editor used heavily for TikTok content creation. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
Whatnot: Shop, Sell, Connect: Whatnot is a live-shopping marketplace app where sellers stream auctions for collectibles and sneakers. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
WhatsApp Messenger: WhatsApp Messenger is Meta's encrypted messaging app for texts, calls, and group chats. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire: Temu is PDD Holdings' discount shopping app known for ultra-cheap goods shipped direct from manufacturers. No widely reported trigger identified for July 28, 2026.
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What today's App Store trends reveal
The App Store free chart blends utility staples and trend-driven downloads. Capital One Mobile, WhatsApp Messenger, and Google maps or search apps recur because existing customer bases reinstall or update frequently, not because of viral moments.
AI apps (ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, Grok AI at rank 45) occupy multiple top-50 slots, reflecting sustained interest in mobile AI assistants rather than a single July 28 launch. Short-drama apps (DramaBox, StoryReel, PineDrama) show the vertical-video entertainment category still expanding on iOS.
Resale and deal apps (Depop, Vinted, Temu, Whatnot) cluster in the top 20, a consumer-spending pattern consistent with July 27's board. No major rank-one swap occurred versus yesterday; the story is stability at the top with AI and drama apps filling mid-chart growth slots.
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App Store chart positions in this post were pulled from the Trends MCP App Store Top Free endpoint. Mobile marketers tracking category rank use it to compare iOS download momentum against Android. See the App Store Trends data source page.
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