App Store Free trending today: Oct 14, 2026

Dave's Hot Chicken is new at rank 1 on App Store Top Free for October 14, 2026, snapshot 2026-10-14T04:01:35.037818. AppTracker listed version 5.3.10 on October 10 with a bug-fix note. Muse from Meta slipped from rank 1 to rank 2. Claude by Anthropic is new at rank 10. Reco Social fell from rank 4 to rank 8, a 4-rank drop. as_of moved from 02:01:46.905971 on October 13 to 04:01:35.037818.

Top trending apps on App Store Free: October 14

1. Dave's Hot Chicken

   New at rank 1. Nashville-hot-chicken order-and-rewards app. AppTracker dated version 5.3.10 to October 10. AppInsider listed a U.S. Food and Drink Free rank of 2 on October 14. No separate October 14 campaign note beyond the chart jump from outside yesterday's ten.

2. Muse from Meta

   Meta AI app at rank 2 after rank 1, down 1. Same listing as October 13. No separate October 14 feature drop identified. The track Muse from Meta page covers the chart path.

3. Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace

   Resale marketplace at rank 3 after rank 2, down 1. Same slot cluster as October 13. No separate October 14 listing event identified.

4. ChatGPT

   OpenAI chat client at rank 4 after rank 3, down 1. Held inside the top 5. No separate October 14 model-drop note attached to this free-chart row.

5. TikTok Pro - Events

   Events-branded TikTok client at rank 5 after rank 7, up 2. Same name as October 13. No separate October 14 product note identified.

6. McDonald's

   Restaurant order app at rank 6 after rank 5, down 1. Same slot cluster as October 13. No separate October 14 promotion identified.

7. PineDrama - Short Dramas

   Short-form drama app at rank 7 after rank 6, down 1. Same listing as October 13. No widely reported October 14 trigger identified.

8. Reco Social

   Social app at rank 8 after rank 4, down 4. Largest drop inside the ten. No widely reported October 14 incident identified for the slide.

9. Threads

   Meta text app at rank 9 after rank 8, down 1. Same listing as October 13. No separate October 14 feature note identified.

10. Claude by Anthropic

    New at rank 10. Anthropic chat client. The App Store listing showed version 1.261012.20 about 12 hours before this pull and a 4.7 rating on 279000 ratings. MRRBeam listed a U.S. Productivity Free rank of 3 on October 13.

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What changed on App Store Free since yesterday

New: Dave's Hot Chicken at 1, Claude by Anthropic at 10. Drop-off: Kalshi: Trade Football and more, VibeShort: AI Short Dramas. Muse 1 to 2. Vinted 2 to 3. ChatGPT 3 to 4. Reco Social 4 to 8 (down 4). McDonald's 5 to 6. PineDrama 6 to 7. TikTok Pro 7 to 5. Threads 8 to 9. as_of moved from 02:01:46.905971 to 04:01:35.037818.

What today's App Store Free trends reveal

Food-order and AI clients broke the Meta-plus-resale cluster that sat at ranks 1 and 2 on October 13. Dave's Hot Chicken is a one-day chart spike on a October 10 bug-fix build, not a first listing. Claude's entry at 10 matches a same-week Productivity chart presence rather than a brand-new app. Reco Social is the only 4-rank mover. Kalshi and VibeShort left after one day at 9 and 10. The matching page is App Store Top Free API.

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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool for App Store Top Free with limit 10. The call is for mobile-growth watchers who need the live U.S. free chart rather than a category screenshot.

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