App Store (Free)
Muse from Meta is rank 1 on App Store Top Free for October 12, 2026, snapshot 2026-10-12T08:01:32.934343. 9to5Mac dated the iPad launch and business connectors to October 7; AppTracker logged version 10.2 on October 10. Netflix Game Controller is new at rank 5. Reco Social is new at rank 7. PineDrama jumped from rank 9 to rank 4. The matching product page is Track Muse from Meta.
Top trending apps on App Store Free: October 12
Muse from Meta
Meta personal-agent app at rank 1, same slot as October 11. App Store version 10.2 added Asana, Canva, Dropbox, Figma, QuickBooks, GitHub, Klaviyo, Zoom, and Meta ad-account connectors plus iPad. No separate October 12 launch note.
Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace
Resale marketplace at rank 2, same slot as October 11. No widely reported October 12 feature drop identified.
ChatGPT
OpenAI consumer app at rank 3, same slot as October 11. Fixture on this board through the October 11 ten.
PineDrama - Short Dramas
Short-form drama app at rank 4 after rank 9 on October 11, up 5. No separate October 12 press note found beyond the five-rank climb.
Netflix Game Controller
New at rank 5. Netflix's App Store listing says the phone or tablet becomes a controller for Netflix games on TV or a computer browser, with Overcooked, Pictionary, LEGO Party, and Boggle named as included titles.
TikTok Pro - Events
Events-branded TikTok client at rank 6 after rank 5, down 1. One-rank slip, still in the ten.
Reco Social
New at rank 7. Reco Social, Inc. lists a recommendations network that extracts product, place, and title mentions from posts. The App Store copy was not reused here.
McDonald's
Restaurant app at rank 8 after rank 4 on October 11, down 4. No separate October 12 promotion identified for the slip.
Kalshi: Trade Football & more
Prediction-market app at rank 9 after rank 10, up 1. NFL-week seasonal listing, still on the ten.
Threads
Meta text app at rank 10 after rank 7, down 3. Trump Accounts: Official App and CapCut, ranks 6 and 8 on October 11, are the drop-offs.
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What changed on App Store Free since October 11
New entrants: Netflix Game Controller (5), Reco Social (7). Big movers (5+ ranks): PineDrama 9 to 4. Other moves: TikTok Pro 5 to 6, McDonald's 4 to 8, Kalshi 10 to 9, Threads 7 to 10. Holdovers: Muse (1), Vinted (2), ChatGPT (3). Drop-offs: Trump Accounts: Official App (6), CapCut: Photo and Video Editor (8). as_of 2026-10-12T08:01:32.934343 versus 2026-10-11T02:01:41.236250. Clock 08:01:32.934343.
What today's App Store Free apps reveal
The October 12 App Store Free ten is still a Muse board with two new utilities in the middle. Rank 1 has not moved since October 11. Ranks 2 and 3 are still Vinted and ChatGPT. Rank 4 is PineDrama after a five-rank climb. Rank 5 is Netflix turning a phone into a TV gamepad. Rank 7 is a recommendations social app. McDonald's and Threads slipped. The Trump Accounts app that sat at 6 yesterday is gone, which is the sharpest political drop on this chart.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool on October 12, 2026. The call is for analysts who need a dated snapshot of a live board rather than a keyword time series. The matching data source page is App Store Top Free API.
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