What's trending on App Store Free today: Oct 15, 2026

Muse from Meta is back at rank 1 on App Store Top Free for October 15, 2026, snapshot 08:01:46.763347, after Dave's Hot Chicken's one-day lead collapsed four ranks to 5. Google Gemini is new at rank 10 after Google dated Gemini 4 Argon to October 13 and the iOS listing showed build 1.2026.4070303, while Claude by Anthropic climbed from 10 to 7 on version 1.261013.20. as_of moved from 04:01:35.037818 on October 14 to 08:01:46.763347.

Top trending apps on App Store Free: October 15

1. Muse from Meta

   Meta AI agent app at rank 1 after rank 2, up 1. eWeek dated Sensor Tower next-day return at 73 percent in an October 14 note, and AppInsider still listed Muse at U.S. All Apps Free rank 1 in that day's refresh. The track Muse from Meta page covers the chart path.

2. Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace

   Resale marketplace at rank 2 after rank 3, up 1. The App Store listing showed version 26.40.0 about one day before this pull, a performance and bug-fix note. GameQuant had Vinted inside the U.S. Top Free ten on each of the 30 days through October 7, with a 4.87 average on 415572 ratings that week.

3. ChatGPT

   OpenAI chat client at rank 3 after rank 4, up 1. Held inside the top 5 for a third consecutive pull. No separate October 15 model-drop note attached to this free-chart row.

4. TikTok Pro - Events

   Events-branded TikTok client at rank 4 after rank 5, up 1. TechCrunch dated the U.S. standalone launch to June 3 for cultural-moment hubs such as the FIFA World Cup, and the store listing last showed version 47.0.0 on September 22.

5. Dave's Hot Chicken

   Nashville-hot-chicken order-and-rewards app at rank 5 after rank 1, down 4. AppTracker dated version 5.3.10 to October 10 with a bug-fix note, and the one-day rank-1 spike did not hold through 08:01:46.763347.

6. PineDrama - Short Dramas

   Short-form drama app at rank 6 after rank 7, up 1. GameQuant had a U.S. Top Free peak of rank 4 on October 5 and 48485 ratings through October 7; no widely reported trigger identified for October 15, 2026.

7. Claude by Anthropic

   Anthropic chat client at rank 7 after rank 10, up 3. The App Store listing showed version 1.261013.20 hours before this pull, after 1.261012.20 on October 13, with bug-fix notes rather than a named model drop.

8. Threads

   Meta text app at rank 8 after rank 9, up 1. Same listing family as Muse. No separate October 15 feature note identified.

9. McDonald's

   Restaurant order app at rank 9 after rank 6, down 3. USA Today dated the Monopoly peel-and-scan return to October 6, while the 2 dollar breakfast-sandwich window ended October 4 and is not attached to this rank.

10. Google Gemini

    New at rank 10. Google AI chat client after Google dated Gemini 4 Argon to October 13 and iOS showed build 1.2026.4070303, following 1.2026.3970207 on October 7; Reco Social dropped off.

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What changed on App Store Free since yesterday

New: Google Gemini at 10. Drop-off: Reco Social. Muse 2 to 1. Vinted 3 to 2. ChatGPT 4 to 3. TikTok Pro 5 to 4. Dave's Hot Chicken 1 to 5 (down 4). PineDrama 7 to 6. Claude 10 to 7 (up 3). Threads 9 to 8. McDonald's 6 to 9. as_of moved from 04:01:35.037818 to 08:01:46.763347.

What today's App Store Free trends reveal

The one-day food-order spike reversed, and the AI-client stack reclaimed the top of the U.S. free chart. Muse, ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini now occupy four of ten slots, with Gemini the only new name. Vinted remains the resale fixture at 2. Dave's Hot Chicken is the largest drop inside the ten. Reco Social left after one day at rank 8 on October 14. 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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